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Gilded Labor

Labor in the Gilded Age

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Practice in the 1880s by which railroads would give money back to its favored customers, rather than charging them lower prices, so that it could appear to be charging a flat rate for everyone Rebates
Organization of labor unions that only represented skilled workers; excluded women, blacks, and immigrants American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court decision that said the Sherman Anti-Trust Act did not apply to manufacturing US v. E.C. Knight Co.
Stated that individual states could control trade within their states, but could not regulate railroads coming through them over which only Congress had exclusive jurisdiction Wabash RR Company v. Illinois
Labor confrontation that took place between striking workers and police in Chicago and was disrupted by a bomb thrown by anarchists; this episode discredited labor Haymarket Square riot
Supreme Court decision that said states could regulate private property affected by the public interest Munn v. Illinois
Leader of the Knights of Labor Terence Powderly
Members of a private detective agency that were often used as strike breakers Pinkertons
Strike at a Pennsylvania steel plant; the strike lasted for five months and then gave in Homestead Strike
Founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor; became a leading spokesman for the labor movement Samuel Gompers
Labor Union formed in 1869 that included skilled and nonskilled workers Knights of Labor
Labor leader who was jailed during the Pullman strike for ignoring an injuction, founder of the Socialist party in the United States Eugene V. Debs
Federal law outlawed unfair business practices and established the first regulatory commission Interstate Commerce Act
Strike at a company that made sleeper cars for trains; the company cut wages but didn't cut rents or store prices in its "model town" Pullman Strike
Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio; first time federal troops were used to quell a strike Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Court order obtained by a company to ban unions and stop strikes Injunction
Court case that endorsed the use of a court injunction in a labor strike In Re Debs
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