During the late 19th century, many industrial plants were introducing new technologies and machines that caused many Union workers to be laid off from their jobs. There was an increasing number of these machines, taking place of the actual person, which sought to reduce and cut labor costs. With the rise of these machines taking over the jobs of many workers, there was a large number of people who led strikes and protests to what was happening during this time.

Within these pictures, it demonstrates how the powerful, elite groups of people and the big-shot business men, undermined and forced the lower-class of people, who were in poverty as it was, to work for a small amount of pay and slave over what little jobs they still had. Their strikes and protests were nothing compared to what the Labor Union forces had on them.