A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913 14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, the stage was set for a major struggle between labor and management. The Michigan Copper Strike received national attention and garnered the support of luminaries in organized labor like Mother Jones, John Mitchell, Clarence Darrow, and Charles Moyer. The hope of victory was overshadowed, however, by...