| 1. |  | Columbia Hotel Bomb Scene, Montpelier, Indiana | Blackford County (Ind.); Hotels; Storefronts; Explosions; Strikes and lockouts; Labor disputes | A 1923 strike forced two Montpelier factories to bring in strikebreakers and house them at the Columbia Hotel. On January 9, 1924, strikers detonated a bomb outside the hotel, injuring one. The factories... |
