The epic labor struggle in the ‘Decatur war zone’

By Bob Sampson

As the 19th century prepared to turn into the 20th, a cataclysmic confrontation between labor and management occurred in the steelmaking town of Homestead, Pa., pitting the wealthy Carnegie Steel Co.

{after 1st article on article listing}

Books | Thursday, January 15,2004

Look at U.S. Senators is a valuable, though uneven, political history

By Bob Sampson

Most Illinoisans could only reply with a blank expression if asked to identify the likes of Jesse Burgess Thomas or Richard Montgomery Young or Otis Ferguson Glenn or James M. Slattery. Yet, at one t