Protection and the dinner pail in 1890s mining and industry
The piece reports strikes by 2000 black coal miners in Brazil Indiana over a pay cut to 70 cents, a wider railroad and steel industry downturn, and Illinois miners rejecting a ten cent per ton reduction. It critiques tariffs as failing to deliver wages or steady work while citing government receipts and expenditures.
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