OCR Text |
Show . ' " IA;: When Labor Began - - '; .' T'ie "History of Labor" In the Cnlt fl1 States, by John It. Commons and s '-'lates, generally recognized as the '-"'lir-.- authority on the subject, says: i "We Place the beginning of the Amer : lcan labor movement In the year IS'i ".;;: at Hiihidelplda. In that year ami -?. 5';.; -! Place American wage earners for the , first time joined together as a class Grilles of trade lines, in a contest lth em;loyers." The contest re- 7 strike of building ferred to was str u unir dav a";,r iovents , their con- |