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Early American labor strikes and their costly tolls
A survey traces the United States first strikes to Philadelphia boot makers in 1796, then a chain of labor actions through 1890. It notes costs to workers and employers, trials for conspiracy, and pivotal actions in Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia, and other centers, ending with major rail and steel industry clashes and wage disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Commercial Advertiser
Philadelphia
America
John Bedford
Moses Levy
New York
Pittsburg
Albany
Carpenters
Boston
Providence
Mansfield
Maia
Paterson
N.J
Loas
Pennsylvania Industrial Statistics Bureau
Maine
Moravensing
Kensington
Brown's Mill
Wayne Street
Fall River
Mass
Workingmen's Benevolent Association of
Eastern Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Martinsburg
W. Va
Martinearg
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Martins. B
Cincinnati
Newark
Toledo
St. Louis
Comanesios
Siece
Erie
E Shore
Michi Southern
Allegheny County
Philadelphia and Railroad
Knights of Labor
B&t
Carnegie
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
Knights of Labor Committee
Turtle Creek