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The demand was made and rejected that same night, and so effective at midnight, the strike began in East St. Louis, [9] [a] and within hours strikers virtually controlled the city. [11] The following morning strikers announced they would allow passenger and mail trains passage through the city, but intended to stop all freight traffic.
St. Louis (/ s eɪ n t ˈ l uː ɪ s, s ən t-/ saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) [11] is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri.It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers.
The eight-hour day movement (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses of working time. The modern movement originated in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where industrial production in large factories transformed working ...
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1804 to 1865 included the creation of St. Louis as the territorial capital of the Louisiana Territory, a brief period of growth until the Panic of 1819 and subsequent depression, rapid diversification of industry after the introduction of the steamboat and the return of prosperity, and rising tensions about the issues of immigration and slavery.
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Guide book and complete pocket map of St. Louis, St. Louis: Printed by Clayton & Babington, 1867, OL 24157645M; L. U. Reavis (1874). Saint Louis, the Commercial Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley. Tribune Publishing Company. "St. Louis", Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Cities, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876
Here's a rundown of Missouri's gun laws, including who can buy, ... Kansas City and St. Louis require permits for ... There were 60% of respondents in favor of imposing a 72 hour wait time to ...
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