7/8" slightly yellowed w/real photo and his name in small panel. Union bug on reverse. Likely c. 1910-1920. As a young Russian immigrant, in New York City Berkman met and lived w/Emma Goldman, another Russian immigrant who was working in a clothing factory. Berkman and Goldman both became involved in a campaign to free the men convicted of the hay market bombing. In 1892 they started a small business in Worcester, Mass. providing lunches for local workers. Later that year Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Union called out its name at the Homestead plant owned by Henry Frick and Andrew Carnegie. Frick employed 300 strike breakers from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The men were brought in on armed barges down the Monongahela River. A day-long battle took place, 10 men were killed and 60 wounded before the governor obtained order by placing Homestead under marshal law. Berkman decided to make a dramatic gesture against capitalism. After gaining entry into his office, Berkman shot Henry Frick three times and stabbed him twice. However, Frick survived the attack and made a full recovery. Found guilty of attempted murder, Berkman spent the next 14 years in Pa.'s Western Penitentiary. Released in 1906, Berkman and Goldman established themselves as the leaders or the anarchist movement in the U.S. They published a radical journal, Mother Earth, plus also helped to organize industrial disputes such as the Lawrence textile strike. On the outbreak of WWI, both became involved w/campaign to keep the U.S. out of the conflict. Berkman moved to San Francisco in Jan. 1916, started a new anarchist journal, Blast. Five months later a bomb went off killing six people in the city. The authorities suspected that the bomb had been planted by anti-war campaigners and Berkman was arrested but later released. Thomas Mooney, a local trade union leader, was falsely convicted of the offense and spent the next 23 years in prison before being released. The U.S. declared war on the central powers in 1917. When Berkman campaigned against conscription he was arrested and charged w/violating the Espionage Act. He was found guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison. When released in Dec., 1919, both Berkman and Goldman were deported to Russia. Cello has a few tiny rubs and scratches visible under magnification but displays glossy and Exc. Only example we've seen. Rare.