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Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis

by Heinz-Dietrich Suppan

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At the turn of the 20th Century, labor, political reforms and imperialistic expansion along with their problems and conflicts dominated the headlines of American newspapers. The growth of labor unions that wanted a better life for their members and other workers were pushing against a wall, reinforced by the wealthy industrialists, the press and those agencies at the state and federal levels. While the major strikes organized by the labor unions that resulted in the Haymarket Riot in Chicago and the strikes at the Pullman Palace Car Company and the steel companies cornered most of the national news, there was a conflict that took place in the late 1890s in a small Midwestern Illinois town that would determine the future of unionism and its struggle to survive. Although the title of this book uses the term “crossroads” it might have been more accurate to use the term “Collision Course On The Illinois Prairie”. So many forces came together in this small coal mining town that would result in the struggle of the survival of union organization, Industrialist resistance, strikes and unfounded rumors that led to a massacre. It would be just one of many in Illinois that caused the streets to run red with blood until troops and imposition of martial law would be used to restore order. It would draw the attention of the state and national governments to address these conflicts and take action in an attempt to deal with the domestic labor problems that would continue well into the 20th Century.

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 120 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (May 09, 2017)
ISBN10: 1478786892
ISBN13: 9781478786894
Genre: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

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Heinz-Dietrich SuppanHeinz Suppan, a Springfield, Illinois native received his Associate of Arts degree at Springfield Junior College, a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois and a Master’s Degree at the University of Illinois in Springfield. He has lived in Ottawa, Illinois and has taught German and history at Marquette Academy for the past 35 years. He has also taught German and a variety of history classes at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Illinois, Joliet Junior College and Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby Illinois. In 2015 Suppan published his first book “Remember Indian Creek! In the Shadow of the Black Hawk War” and in 2016 he published his second book, “Marking Time: The Radium Girls of Ottawa”. From 2013 to 2016 Suppan has presented excerpts from his two books at the Conference on Illinois History in Springfield. He presented “Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis” in 2015. His latest endeavor, “The Ottawa Rescue Case” tells the story of several local citizens in Ottawa, Illinois who risked their freedom and fortunes to assist a runaway slave escape from legal authorities and helped him connect with the underground railroad which got Jim Gray to freedom in Canada. Suppan continues to teach at Marquette Academy and is an adjunct instructor at Illinois Valley Community College. He lives with his wife Leslie in Ottawa.
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