Where Russell Avenue meets Superior Street in Bay View, an understated brown sign pays homage to one of the most significant sites in Milwaukee’s history: a 19th-century iron mill where a march ...

But these protests turned deadly in Milwaukee on May 5, 1886, during a march on the Bay View Rolling Mills. The event became known as the Bay View Massacre and since its centennial anniversary in ...

There was one business that remained open: the Bay View Rolling Mills, the city’s largest employer. Listen to the interview to learn how Bay View Rolling Mills became a landmark in Wisconsin ...

There was further trouble at Rolling Mills in Milwaukee as a somewhat peaceful demonstration turned ugly. The following events led up to what is known today as the Massacre at Bay View. The central ...

According to historians, the massacre came as some 1,500 workers marched toward the Bay View Rolling Mill plant, urging the workers to join labor demonstrations. The group was then fired upon by ...

In Milwaukee, all but one factory, the North Chicago Railroad Rolling Mills Steel Foundry in Bay View, were shutdown. On May 5, more than 3,000 workers marched from St. Stanislaus Church (on 5th ...

A group of Bay View homes could be declared a city historic district — which could halt future development plans for those properties. The proposal would affect seven houses on the east side of ...