National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators Proceedings on Microfilm
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Abstract
Proceedings of the Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators, held in Columbus, Ohio on February 8-11, 1887.
Dates
- 1887
Creator
- National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
The National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers was formed by members of the Knights of Labor. John McBride, Chris Evans and Daniel McLaughlin, were the original founders. The union believed in an eight hour work day, and overall better working conditions in the mining industry. Because they did not deliver on their promises they los support and members.
The rivalry between them and the United Mine Workers of America led to the formation of the United Mine Workers.
Extent
0.11 cubic feet
Quantity:
1 microfilm reel
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), microfilm.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, May 12, 2014
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 12, 2019
- Title
- National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers Second Annual Joint Conference of Miners and Operators Proceedings on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 12, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository