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Globeville Exchange 16 to 1 Letterhead, Max Malich Union Leader [155476]

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Globeville Exchange 16 to 1 Letterhead, Max Malich Union Leader [155476]
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This item SOLD at 2022 Oct 16 @ 11:39UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Pictorial letterhead for The Globeville Exchange 16 to 1, Max Malich, Prop. Fine Wines, Liquors, California Brandies, Holland Gin, Domestic and Imported Cigars. 183 Pennsylvania Ave. Dateline Globeville, Colo., June 17, 1900. Message to the Rio Grande Southern Expense Agent. Message from Max Malich about sending a box to Paul Gaiski that he wants forwarded by mail wagon. Photo vignette in upper left of Max Malich. 11 x 8.25" Folds, stains. Globeville is a suburb north of Denver, founded in the 1880s around the Globe Smelting and Refining Company. Max Malich played an important role in this community, and was known as the "King of Globeville." He was an Australian immigrant that was the leader of the smelter workers union. He helped organize a workers strike in 1903. In 1907, Malich was involved in one of the most celebrated trials of the 20th century, the trial of "Big Bill" Haywood for ordering the assassination of former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg. Confessed assassin Harry Orchard accused Malich of once talking about blowing up a Globeville hotel full of non-union miners. (The hotel was never blown up.) Malich also supposedly wanted to blow up a Globeville grocery store operated by a competitor. During the trial, Malich took the stand and denied all of Orchard's charges. Malich was cleared of all charges. But, in September 1907, his grocery store and meat market were destroyed in a mysterious explosion. Malich and his family later moved to the Western Slope, where he ran a large ranch in Montrose County. 16 to 1 refers to the effort of the western states involved in silver mining to keep the price of silver close to the price of gold.

Date: 1900
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Globeville
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection