LibGuides: Iron Range Miners' Strikes of 1907 & 1916: Newspapers

Suggested Newspapers & Dates

Newspapers:

Duluth Evening Herald
Duluth News Tribune
Eveleth News
Hibbing News/Mesaba Ore
Hibbing Tribune
Labor World (Duluth)
Mesaba Miner (Chisholm)
Minnesota Union Advocate (St. Paul)
Striker's News ("official strike bulletin of the striking iron ore miners of the Mesaba Range") (filed under Hibbing)
Tribune-Herald (Chisholm)
Virginia Daily Enterprise

Dates:

July 20, 1907: Strike begins
August 10, 1907: 19 miners accused of rioting are imprisoned for one month.
June 3, 1916: Strike begins.
June 22, 1916: Miner John Alar killed during clash with mining company guards in Virginia.
June 16, 1916: Over 4,000 miners gather for Alar funeral procession.
July 3, 1916: Deputy Sheriff John Myron and Tomi Ladvalla are shot and killed in clash with strikers in Biwabik.
July 11, 1916: IWW organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn arrives in Minnesota.
August 7, 1916: Sympathy strike begins on Cuyuna Range.
August 25, 1916: Workers from Section 30 mine (Vermilion Range) strike.
September 17, 1916: Strike ends.
December 15, 1916: IWW organizers jailed for killing Myron are released.

The Minnesota Historical Society holds the world's largest collection of Minnesota newspapers, with dates ranging from 1849 to the present day.

Past issues of most newspaper titles are available on microfilm in the MNHS library, but there is also digital access to select newspapers.

Use the links to the left to search for newspapers available at MNHS and to search within digitized newspaper collections.

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
A searchable website of Minnesota newspapers. Contains geographically and culturally diverse papers from 1856 to 1924.
Historical Minneapolis Tribune
Search or browse in the 1867-2001 issues of the Minneapolis Tribune. This database is only available in the library.
Library Catalog-Newspapers
Search by city and title of newspaper (i.e. Granite Falls Tribune) or by the city and "newspapers" (i.e. Granite Falls newspapers).
Newspapers at MNHS
Search various historic newspapers for advertisements and articles about people, events, and activities.
Chronicling America
Access digital historic newspapers from MN and other states through this project by the Library of Congress.
Electronic Library of MN
MN residents can search online magazine, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles and eBooks.