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Title: From 1800 to 1900. The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., A.B. Kuhlman Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE HERO OF THE STRIKE, COAL CREEK, TENN. In 1892 a periud of great labor agitation began, lasting for several years. One of the most heroic figures of thosetroublesome times is Colonel Anderson, under a flag of truce, meeting the infuriated miners at Coal Creek,
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I s I ! (- = 2 5 «•l_ * « — J. xID t =(E - ° 5i2 5 3 EVOLUTION IN INDUSTRY 559 to workmen in most countries until late in the century. There arc excellentunions in the Australian colonies, both these and those of the mother coun-try being superior in organization and influence to the trade unions of theUnited States, though those of the latter country have gained much inpower and cohesion in recent years. The first great combination of all trades was the International Work-ingmens Association, founded in London in 1847, and in-tended to combine the industrial classes throughout Europe. tional Work- Dr. Karl Marx gave it a definite organization on the con- ingmens As-, . , ..... . . sociation tinent in 1004, but it was there warped widely trom its orig-inal purpose, became a field for anarchists, and came to an end in 1872. Inthe United States a general organization called the Knights of Labor wasformed in 1869, and at one time had a membership of a million, but hasnow greatly d

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