Thirty Years of Labor, 1859-1889A. M. Kelley, 1967 - 372 pages |
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Page 105
... Railroad notified its employes that their wages would be reduced , and at once all railroads centering at Pitts- burg began to agitate the question of effecting a restoration of the ten per cent . reduction . On June 2 a meeting of railroad ...
... Railroad notified its employes that their wages would be reduced , and at once all railroads centering at Pitts- burg began to agitate the question of effecting a restoration of the ten per cent . reduction . On June 2 a meeting of railroad ...
Page 106
... Railroad Company on account of , as they believed , an unjust discrimination by the railroad company against them in freight rates , which made it very difficult for their manufacturers to compete successfully with manufacturers further ...
... Railroad Company on account of , as they believed , an unjust discrimination by the railroad company against them in freight rates , which made it very difficult for their manufacturers to compete successfully with manufacturers further ...
Page 171
... railroad act of any real significance or import- ance . By it was initiated the system of granting lands to railroads , which prevailed until after July 1 , 1862. On that date Congress incorporated , by a direct act , the Union Pacific ...
... railroad act of any real significance or import- ance . By it was initiated the system of granting lands to railroads , which prevailed until after July 1 , 1862. On that date Congress incorporated , by a direct act , the Union Pacific ...
Contents
THE OLD ORDER CHANGES | 17 |
THE AWAKENING | 31 |
The workman studies the Bill of RightsConditions of white and black slaves | 57 |
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