Richard Harris narrates this account of a 1913 strike in Michigan's Copper Country that was punctuated by tragedy: 73 people, mostly children, died in what came to be known as the Italian Hall Disaster after "fire" was yelled at a union Christmas party, causing a stampede for the exit. The tragedy was memorialized by Woody Guthrie in his song "1913 Massacre," which is performed here by Steve Earle.