[Drop title] The Kansas City Strike
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- Kansas City, MO , 1900
Kansas City, MO, 1900. Very Good+. Kansas City, MO: s.i., 1900. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (23cm.). Previous folds, else Near Fine.
Angry open letter dated March 23, 1900, signed in print at the end of the text by five members of the city's Typothetae regarding the ongoing strike organized by the Feeders' Union, the Pressmen's Union, and the Typographical Union. Up until 1899, employer printers of the city had been allowed to run "open" shops which could hire both union and non-union workers. However, on November 1, 1899, the three aforementioned Unions proposed a contract that would require all employers to hire only union men.
The strike that ensued was a long and acrimonious affair, the text of this letter alleging that "Thirty-three non-union employees have been assaulted and unmercifully beaten...Our property has been destroyed, type and cuts have been ruined, presses have been broken, large plate glass windows in different shops have been smashed..."
Not separately cataloged in OCLC as of January, 2025.
Angry open letter dated March 23, 1900, signed in print at the end of the text by five members of the city's Typothetae regarding the ongoing strike organized by the Feeders' Union, the Pressmen's Union, and the Typographical Union. Up until 1899, employer printers of the city had been allowed to run "open" shops which could hire both union and non-union workers. However, on November 1, 1899, the three aforementioned Unions proposed a contract that would require all employers to hire only union men.
The strike that ensued was a long and acrimonious affair, the text of this letter alleging that "Thirty-three non-union employees have been assaulted and unmercifully beaten...Our property has been destroyed, type and cuts have been ruined, presses have been broken, large plate glass windows in different shops have been smashed..."
Not separately cataloged in OCLC as of January, 2025.