1865 Upper Peninsula miners' strike

Upper Peninsula miners' strike
Sailors from Michigan, seen here at an unknown date, helped put down the 1865 miner's strike.
Date	July 1865
Location	Marquette, Michigan
Goals	Higher wages
Methods	Strikes, looting

Ore miners working on the Marquette Iron Range (located in the United States' Upper Peninsula of Michigan) went on strike in July 1865, shortly after the end of the American Civil War. They were put down by a naval detachment from the USS Michigan, using an improvised armored train, and later with an army detachment from Chicago.