Anaconda Copper Shuts Down All Montana Operations to Force Legislative Changes
The Amalgamated Copper Company (later Anaconda Copper Mining Company) executed an extraordinary act of corporate extortion by shutting down all mining operations across Montana, deliberately putting 15,000 workers out of work to force the state legislature to pass laws favorable to the company. This …
Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
F. Augustus Heinze
Judge William Clancy
Governor Joseph Toole
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