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Tag Archives: Knights
Knights of Labor Local Assembly 1562 (LA 1562)
In Brooklyn in mid-1880 a local assembly of the Knights of Labor, LA 1562, was established which would later become a notorious component of the story of the rise and fall of the organization. It was a ‘mixed’ branch not … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Cuno, Greenbackers, Knights, LA 1562, Matthew Maguire
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Central Labor Union of New York and Vicinity (CLU)
In December 1881 a meeting was called by the prominent trade unionist Robert Blissert for the new year for the purpose of ‘sending greetings and encouragement to the tenants and workingmen of Ireland in their struggle against the English feudal … Continue reading
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Tagged Knights, Matthew Maguire, Robert Blissert, Socialistic Labor Party, United Labor, Van Patten
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The Irish World
The Irish World was founded by Patrick Ford in Brooklyn in 1870. Linking Irish news to labor issues that were more international in character, it reached at one stage a circulation of 100,000. In the light of this broad range … Continue reading
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Tagged Greenbackers, Irish World, Knights, Land League
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