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[8] [9] As the chosen date approached, U.S. labor unions prepared for a general strike in support of the eight-hour day. [9] On Saturday, May 1, thousands of workers who went on strike and attended rallies held throughout the United States sang the anthem "Eight Hour." The song's chorus reflected the ideology of the Great Upheaval, "Eight Hours ...
The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a Knights strike involving more than 200,000 workers. ... The song "Hold the Fort" ... Archived from the original on ...
The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, owned by Jay Gould. At least ten people were killed.
The Bay View massacre (sometimes also referred to as the Bay View Tragedy) was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to strike against their employers, demanding the enforcement of an eight-hour work day.
The data is considered likely un-comprehensive but still used the same definition of strikes as later periods. For this era, all strikes with more than six workers or less than one day were excluded. [3]: 2–3, 36 No concrete data was collected for the amount of strikes from 1906 to 1913 federally. [3]: 2-3, (8-9 in pdf)
Pages in category "1880s strikes in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886; H.
The Strike (1886) by Robert Koehler, often assumed to depict the 1886 strikes in Belgium [1]. The Belgian strikes of 1886, occasionally known as the social revolt of 1886 (French: Révolte sociale de 1886), was a violent period of industrial strikes and riots in Belgium from 18 to 29 March 1886 and an important moment in Belgium's 19th-century history.
Charles Bordes – Paysages Tristes (song cycle) George Whitefield Chadwick – Symphony No. 2 op. 21 in B-flat (revision) Felix Draeseke – String Quartet No. 2 op. 35 in E minor, Piano Concerto op. 36 in E-flat, Symphony No. 3 in C major Tragica; Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 op. 45 in G minor; Arthur Foote – In the Mountains ...