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Goldfield, Nevada, 1907. Unbound. Very good. An exceptionally rare $5 labor strike note was issued by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies) during the Goldfield, Nevada miners' strike. It measures 7¼" x 3¼". Almost no wear; a dot of black ink at the tip of the upper left corner. Labor conflict came to Goldfield in the early 1900s when the Western Miners Union, an IWW affiliate, began to fight the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), for control of mining labor. The Carpenters had a history of cordial relationships with Goldfield's mines and legitimate businesses in the region. The IWW, a revolutionary union dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, allied itself with the region's saloon keepers and gambling houses, openly supporting the systematic theft of high-grade ore by miners as they exited work each day, and most of the stolen gold was spent on whiskey and card-playing. Additionally, the IWW tried to force all… Read More