But they were divided on the
Knights of Labor, and so the case was referred to Rome.
With the support of the
Knights of Labor, then some 700,000 strong, the National Granite Cutters' Union boycott was effective enough that Wilke had difficulty finding skilled workers to train the prisoners to quarry and cut the granite in Burnet and the limestone that would be taken from the quarry at Oatmanville.
Some, like the
Knights of Labor, were dedicated to effecting change on a level that would preserve the basic structure of American life; others, like the anarchists and socialists, sought a complete reshaping of society.
The
Knights of Labor organized not just by sector but also geographically.
Similarly, a ll the familiar union histories are reviewed, including those of the
Knights of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World, the Homestead and Pullman strikes, and the formation of the AFL-CIO itself.
It had happened in 1886 under the
Knights of Labor. Again, the "Yards" was organized, this time by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen; only to be lost once more in a 1904 strike.
How many of us are familiar with the
Knights of Labor? The "Labor Amendment" to the US Constitution (the 13th)?
By the 1880s she had joined the
Knights of Labor and had begun her lifelong friendship with its leader, Terence Powderly.
Or who were the
Knights of Labor? Who was Sidney Hillman?
Anthony, Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers, Louisa May Alcott, Henry James, Sr., Molly Maguires, Pullman Strikers, and the
Knights of Labor into a sweeping narrative, Young does not present a simple, straightforward history of Debs.
Kellman: If I have to pick a few things, I usually point to the Populists and the
Knights of Labor.