. Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: being a complete survey of American industries, embracing agriculture and horticulture; including the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, wheat; the raising of horses, neat-cattle, etc.; all the important manufactures, shipping and fisheries, railroads, mines and mining, and oil; also a history of the coal-miners and the Molly Maguires; banks, insurance, and commerce; trade-unions, strikes, and eight-hour movement; together with a description of Canadian industries . g. ^een g0[ng \0Ug before the Mollies
. Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: being a complete survey of American industries, embracing agriculture and horticulture; including the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, wheat; the raising of horses, neat-cattle, etc.; all the important manufactures, shipping and fisheries, railroads, mines and mining, and oil; also a history of the coal-miners and the Molly Maguires; banks, insurance, and commerce; trade-unions, strikes, and eight-hour movement; together with a description of Canadian industries . g. ^een g0[ng \0Ug before the Mollies stole in, and announced their unwelcome presence. Under their evil sway the Lmions made newdemands, founded harsher rules for the government of members, and extendedTheir de- tne^r Power over the miners who held aloof from the organization,mands and Thus they went on until they demanded of the mining-companiespowers. t^at no man should be employed or discharged without the sanc-tion of the Union. To this demand others were added of hardly less impe-rious nature. The manner and hours of working, and the superintendentsand bosses, were regarded as under their control. Moreover, they claimethe right to determine the rates of wages, and times of payment, and otherequally extravagant and surprising demands. Says Mr. Dewees, Some ofthese acts are attributable to the circumstances which gave them the power,and others to the pernicious influence of the band of criminals who foistedthemselves among them. Whilst it is an act of simple justice to the leaders. MANUS KULL. OF THE UNITED STATES. 723 of the Labor Union to acknowledge, that, as a general rule, the true inter-ests of the working-men, from their stand-point, were sought to be obtainedpeaceably and through compromise, and whilst, in such efforts, they had theapproval of the great body of the society, unreasonable demands were pressedthrough the influence, and granted through fear, of the Molly Maguire. Under the influence of orga
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