Miners take a violent stand: Frustrated by labor dispute in 1899, fed-up workers unite by blowing up the Bunker Hill Mine building.

From: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) | Date: February 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jim Kershner

Feb. 26--We'll use any excuse to tell the story of one of the most violent and startling events in Inland Northwest history: the 1899 Bunker Hill Mine riot and bombing Our excuse is the art exhibit "Big Trouble: Scott Fife's Idaho Project," on display now through May 7 at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane. Fife uses the 1997 book "Big Trouble," by J. Anthony Lukas, as an inspiration for a series of sculptural portraits of the book's...

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