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Page 17
Until quite recently the movements of workingmen in the direction of organization did not attract much attention . The historian did not feel called upon to take more than a passing glance at labor socie- ties until within the last five ...
Until quite recently the movements of workingmen in the direction of organization did not attract much attention . The historian did not feel called upon to take more than a passing glance at labor socie- ties until within the last five ...
Page 112
Of the number who assembled at the silk - mill about fifteen hundred started in the direction of the shops , and the remainder went in the directions named . When the strike was inaugurated , the Mayor of Scranton issued a call for ...
Of the number who assembled at the silk - mill about fifteen hundred started in the direction of the shops , and the remainder went in the directions named . When the strike was inaugurated , the Mayor of Scranton issued a call for ...
Page 178
... dwelling , barn and out - houses are given to him free of charge , if he is lacking in the capital necessary to defray the cost of implements , seed and stock , he will fail unless help is extended to him in this direction also .
... dwelling , barn and out - houses are given to him free of charge , if he is lacking in the capital necessary to defray the cost of implements , seed and stock , he will fail unless help is extended to him in this direction also .
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Contents
THE OLD ORDER CHANGES | 18 |
THE AWAKENING | 31 |
The workman studies the Bill of RightsConditions of white and black slaves | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Thirty Years of Labor, 1859-1889 Reprints of economic classics |
| Author | Terence Vincent Powderly |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | A. M. Kelley, 1967 |
| ISBN | 0678002495, 9780678002490 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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