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Knights of Labor

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Knights of Labor American labor organization, started by Philadelphia tailors in 1869, led by Uriah S. Stephens. It became a body of national scope and importance in 1878 and grew more rapidly after 1881, when its earlier secrecy was abandoned. Organized on an industrial basis, with women, black workers (after 1883), and employers welcomed, excluding only bankers, lawyers, gamblers, and stockholders, the Knights of Labor aided various groups in strikes and boycotts, winning important strikes on the Union Pacific in 1884 and on the Wabash RR in 1885. But failure in the Missouri Pacific strike... Read more
Knights of Labor
Knights of Labor. Founded in 1869 as a secret society...cutters, the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor by the early 1880s emerged at the center...distributed in every state and territory. Knights of Labor cooperatives planned large‐scale... Read more
Knights of Labor
...Founded in 1869 by Uriah Smith Stephens as the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor, it included both skilled and unskilled workers, and it proposed...splinter group left to form the AFL (later AFL-CIO ). Knights of Labor Knights of Labor Knights of Labor Read more

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