Perhaps it's a sign that they've seen something in us which pointedly and tragically we don't yet quite see in ourselves and have never been alowed to believe in by figures in our past that we are deserving of love.
But it wasn't until 12,000 government forces were sent to quell a strike, and two railway workers were tragically killed that pressure mounted from the American workforce and Labor Day was put on the federal calendar.
Your mention of Shakespeare reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, his famous lovers who fall in love despite their fighting families, only to die tragically young.