Ohio Falls Iron Works
This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany
One of the worst episodes of labor strife occurred at the Ohio Falls Iron Works, one of the largest iron manufacturers in the West. When managers attempted to impose a 20 percent wage cut in 1874, workers struck, prompting a standoff that lasted for several months.
Image courtesy of Industies of Louiville, Kentucky, and of New Albany, Indiana (Louisville: J. M. Elstner and Co., 1886), p. 238.
This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany
The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany
By the early 1870s, New Albany became a bustling river town with extensive commercial activity and a large number of industrial facilities. Nationwide economic trends disrupted New Albany’s economic prosperity. The Great Panic of 1873 swept across…