United States 1911

Synopsis

In Gompers v. Bucks Stove and Range Company, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of a lower court enjoining the American Federation of Labor from including the Bucks Stove and Range Company on its "unfair" and "We Don't Patronize" lists and from thereby promoting an illegal secondary boycott. Additionally, the Court overturned a ruling by the lower court sentencing AFL president Samuel Gompers and two of his associates to jail terms for contempt for violating the terms of the injunction. The Bucks Stove decision was a setback to organized labor's efforts to develop legal means, including boycotts, to press its demands.

Timeline

• 1891: Construction of Trans-Siberian Railway begins. Mean while, crop failures across Russia lead to widespread starvation.
• 1896: First modern Olympic Games are held in Athens.
• 1901: U.S. President William McKinley is assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist...