Fictional characters
- Aino, a Finnish miner.
- Gene Baker, sheriff's deputy.
- Milo Blatnik, boarder in the Kovich boarding house.
- Toivo Eskola, miner.
- Susan Fletcher, sporting girl at Torelli's Boarding House.
- Ina, Maria, Leppe and Briana, sporting girls at Torelli's Boarding House.
- Moose Jackson, the bouncer at Torelli's.
- Old Joe, boarder in the Kovich boarding house.
- Quincy Johnson, reporter, Duluth Labor News.
- Johan Koski, strike committee member.
- Anton Kovich, Katka's uncle, who gives her a place to live.
- Katka Kovich, a Slovenian immigrant who ends up living on the Iron Range in Minnesota.
- Lily Kovich, Anton's wife.
- Andre Kristeva, a Bulgarian clerk for the mining company and strike committee member.
- Andy Lamppi, soda pop peddler.
- Harris Maki, heavy equipment operator at the mine and striker.
- John Logan, a deputy
- Avi Nurmi, wife of Hans Nurmi.
- Hans Nurmi, victim of a beating and shooting by the sheriff's men.
- Dr. Payne, a doctor used by the miners.
- Eli Sandinski, a deputy.
- Paul Schmidt, International Workers of the World (IWW) organizer who accompanies Katka to America.
- Adeline Sherek, the midwife.
- Mr. Augustine Stone, an owner of the Oliver Mining Company.
- Sheriff Archibald Turner, the town sheriff.
- William Jarvi, member of the Finnish Socialist Hall.
- Leo, Ana and Danko Zalar, immigrants who gave Milo Blatnik a place to live when he first arrived.
- Mrs. Zalinsky, an immigrant mother who shares space in steerage with Katka.
- Grete, Mrs. Zalinsky's daughter.
- Samo Zupitz, a miner.
Historical figures of the era, who appear in fictionalized roles
- Arthur Boose, IWW organizer.
- Gov. Joseph Burnquist, governor of Minnesota.
- Eugene Debs, Socialist presidential candidate and labor leader.
- Joseph Ettor, IWW organizer.
- Emma Goldman, anarchist leader.
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, IWW leader, suffragette and later chair of the Communist Party USA.
- James "Joe" Gilday, IWW organizer.
- Warren H. Greene, prosecuting attorney.
- Dr. Andrea Hall, Iron Range doctor.
- Big Bill Haywood, founding member of the IWW.
- Arthur Le Sueur, defense attorney.
- Frank Little, French-speaking Ojibwe IWW leader.
- Sam Scarlett, IWW organizer.
- Carlo Tresca, IWW organizer and anarchist.
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