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2007, c2006., Pantheon Books Call No: 973.85 GRE Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Re-creates the events surrounding the 1886 bombing of a Chicago labor rally and the controversial trial and eventual execution of four men accused of the crime.
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-- Fight for an eight-hour workday2004., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 973.85 BRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Provides information about labor unions, discussing their formation in the 1800s to ensure better working conditions for workers, and looks at the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national union to help the working class, as well as the riot that erupted in 1886 after a clash between unions and the Chicago police.
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c2006., Pre-adolescent, Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 331.89 Lau Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: Discusses the labor strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, Illinois, in 1894, and the federal government's use of force to keep the railroads operating and to control the striking workers.
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-- Pullman strike of eighteen-ninety-four2006., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 973.87 LAU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: American workersSummary Note: Discusses the labor strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, Illinois, in 1894, and the federal government's use of force to keep the railroads operating and to control the striking workers.