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THE WORKER II* AMERICAN FICTION
An Annotated Bibliography
Compiled by
VIRGINIA PRESTRIDGE
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS NO. !*
INSTITUTE OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
University of Illinois
Champaign } Illinois,
BIBLIOGRAPHIC COETRIBUTIOH5
This publication is one of a series of bibliographies
abstracts , and bibliographic essays and criticism relating
to some aspect of labor and industrial relations. These
will be prepared at irregular intervals by the Library of
the University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Indus*
trial Relations*
Contributions will be priisarily from staff and faculty
members of the Institute and will frequently be related to
some phase of the Institute's general research program.
Ralph E. McCoy , Institute
Librarian and Series Editor
KANSAS CITJ^IO.) PUBUC UB8AW
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IHTRODUCTION
Stimulated by a growing interest in the use of the novel in teaching
labor relations^ ve have compiled this list with the hope that from these
books the reader may gain insight into various phases of the labor move
ment .
Our interest has been in selecting works which present fictional
treatment of the worker and his problems in industrial America, works which
deal with authentic working class problems and conditions as the central
theme. To judge a book's appropriateness for inclusion, we have asked the
following qualifying questions: Does it contribute to the literature about
the labor movement? Does it take place in an industrial work setting?
Does it center about the worker himself? Does it pose labor problems?
Although every book listed may not meet each of these standards , these
criteria have proved to be reasonably effective in ferreting out labor
novels from the tremendous body of general economic fiction.
Categorically excluded from this bibliography are poetry, dram, short
stories, biography , and foreign novels,, all of which offer intriguing pos
sibilities for future bibliographic development. Within the class of Amer
ican novels our objective has been refined still further by ruling out
those works which simply use the factory as a vehicle to develop a story,
i.e., as a backdrop for romance, poverty, social reform, ideology, and the
like. On the other hand, if a proletarian or social novel, for instance,
is so constructed as to center around the essential problems of workers, we
have considered it to be within the scope of our definition. A cut-off
date of December 1953 & as ^ e ^ n observed as a practical limitation.
Public interest in the laboring man as reflected in the novel appears
to have been almost non-existent before 1865* By the end of the nineteenth
century, however, insurgent industrialism with its devastating effect on
established social patterns, had fired the imaginations of the "ickrakers, fl
religious enthusiasts, and social reformers to such an extent that a deluge
of literature ensued on the general theme of the disparity between labor
and capital. Our selection of these early novels has been isore or less
arbitrary since their connection with the labor movement was often obscure.
As a group these early labor novels are badly written and highly aoralis-
tic, illustrating that industry and virtee are ever rewarded. IveB so, a
few of them offer an accurate picture of ecuclitio&s giving i^etits to tiie
labor movement, or they represent a significant literary ''first* 1 in use of
the laboring man as a fit subject for a novel, fhese have been air
considerations in choosing works written before 1915*
Such well-known writers as Eowells, Dreiser, aol ftee lassos feaire
aware of the tyeaeadocts significance and the social and ecoaoaic
of industrial development. In their preoccupation with tbe seeaiijg%y
oncilable conflicts of new societal cjeiftaads and oM
iii
industrialism as a background for analyzing social change in America.
While not minimizing the importance of this broad treatment, we have ex
cluded many of their works because they transcended our concern for the
worker in relation to the labor movement.
Literary interest in the worker seems to have subsided following
World War I but was revived during the depression when his plight became
a juicy plum for the proletarians . Although this group undoubtedly has
given some accurate descriptions of conditions at the time, their crusading
enthusiasm seems more often to have sacrificed art and fact to ideology.
Though there is still no great abundance of good labor fiction, more recent
writers appear to have adopted a less radical, more realistic approach to
the subject.
Since most novels included here deal with contemporaneous problems,
they are arranged by year of publication* Considered singly these books
reflect differing shades of public opinion toward labor during the period
they were written. Viewed as a whole, they present a kaleidoscopic view
of the labor movement. Following the main listing there are author, title,
and subject indexes which afford ready reference to specific items by entry
numbers. It has been impossible for us to obtain or read all the novels,
so we have relied heavily on book reviews for determining fitness for in
clusion. As it has not been our purpose to judge the literary quality of
these books but rather to make their existence known, the selections range
from quite good to unbelievably bad. We have attested to present three
pertinent facts for each entrythe locale of the action, its approximate
date, and the type of worker involved. In cases where further information
was readily available, a brief statement has been added.
The task of compiling a list of labor novels for the period prior to
1910 was relatively simple because of the extensive research presented by
Walter F. Taylor in The Economic Novel in America, by George Mayberry in
Industrialism and the Industrial Worker in the American Hovel, l8l^-l890^
and by Lisle A. Rose in A Descriptive Catalogue of Sconomic and Politico-
economic Fiction in the United States, 1902-1909* We are especially indebt
ed to Professor Rose for his help 'in allowing us to examine his unpublished
notes on economic and political novels. We should also like to acknowledge
the generosity of Professor John G* Ohirnbull who has permitted us free use
of his Bibliographical Survey of I^bor Hovels since 1900* A coiaplete list
of the sources investigated appears at the end of this bibliography*
Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Institute faculty ntK> assisted by
reading and evaluating some of the books*
September
Virginia
COT^TEWTS
Se:res Note * ii
In-troduc-tion iii
Chronological (Man) Ezrtirles . . . 1
Au.-fch.Q3? Index *..,.,... 19
Tl-ble Index - 21
Siibject Index 23
Ls~b of Piiblica-bioris Consulted 26
THE WORKER IS AMERICAN FICTION
1. Savage^ Sarah, The Factory Girl.
New England; early l800's; textile workers. Earliest
American novel having a vorking person as the leading
character .
2. Davis, Rebecca Harding. Margaret Howth; A Story of To-Day. Boston,
Ticknor & Fields, IfiiSa! 266p.
Indiana; l860's; woolen mill workers. One of the more
realistic early novels with a work setting.
3. Ward, Elizabeth S. Phelps, The Silent Partner. Boston, Osgood, l8?l.
302p.
New England; 1870; mill workers . One of the first labor
novels of any significance.
IK Roe, Mary A. (C. M. Cornwall, pseud.) Free, Yet Forging Their Own
Chains . New York, Dodd, Mead, 187^ 3?8p.
Pennsylvania; 1870 's; mine workers.
5. Bellamy, Charles J. The Breton Mills . New York, Putnam, 1879-
East; 1870 's; woolen mill workers.
6. Aldrich, Thomas B. The Stillwater Tragedy. Boston, Eoughton. Mifflin,
1880.
lew England village; late l870's; marble workers. Early
labor novel showing the evils of strikes.
7. Douglas, Amanda M. Hope Mils: or between Friend and Sweetheart.
Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1880. 372p. "~~
New England; l870 T s; textile workers. Advocates industrial
cooperation by labor and capital.
8. Hay, John. (Published anonymously. ) The Bread-Winners . Hew York,
Harper, 186%. 3193? .
An American town; l880's; railroad workers. This early
strike novel attracted much attention; sympathetic to
workers, but anti -union.
9. Warner, Beverly E* Troubled Waters, A Problem of Today, Philadelphia,
Lippincott,, 1885. 32?p.
Sast; Io80 ! s; factory -workers. Proposes labor-
management cooperation as solution to strikes,
dissatisfaction and labor problems in general*
10. Grant, Robert. (Anonymously published.) ?ace to Face. Ifew York,
Scribner, 1886.
New England; l880 f s: early problems of labor and
capital showing changes wrought by labor unrest*
11. Ross, Clinton. The Silent Korlanan. New York, Putnam, 1836. 131p.
East; lS30 T s; steelworkerg
12. Benjaiiin ; Charles A* (Published anonymously.) The Strike in the
B----.M111. Eoston ; Ticknor, 1887-
New England; l880 T s; textile workers*
13* Hale, Edward E. How They Lived at Efempton* Boston, J. 3. Smith, l
*
Eastern village; iSSG's; woolen mill workers. One
of the early profit-sharing novels*
Tourge, Albion W* Murvale Eastman^ Christian oocialist. New York,
Fords , Howard , & Hulberb, 1890^
Eastern city; l880 r s; horsecar drivers* Theme of
book is Christian socialism,
15* Beard ; Daniel C* Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance. New York,
Charles L. Webster, 1892* 221p*
Pennsylvania; l890 I s; coal miners* Protests evils
inflicted on workers.
16* King, Edward. Joseph galzaonalu Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1893-
Uew York; l390 ! s; sweatshop workers.
17* Long, Lily A* Apprentices to Destiny . Kew York, Merrill & Baker ,
'1895*
East; l890 T s; factory workers* Involves arson,
a strike, aod labor troubles in general-
Foote, Mary H. Coeiir d r AUne* Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 189^-*
2
West; 1892; miners. About a labor war between
a mining syndicate and a union; based on Coeur
d'Alene riots*
19- Sheldon., Charles M. The Crucifixion of Philip Strong. Chicago,
McClurg, 189^.
East; 1890's; textile workers.
20. Martin, James M. Which Way, Sirs, the Better? Boston, Arena, 1895
215P-
Pennsylvania; 1890*3; ironworkers.
21. Robinson, Harry P. Men Born Equal. Hew York, Harper, 1895. 373p.
U. 3. city; l8QO T s; radical labor leader. Intrigue
in which strike is promoted to gain political
advantage .
22* Rood, Henry E. The Company Doctor. Springfield, Mass., Merriain, 1895 -
259P*
Pennsylvania; 1890 ! s; coal miners. Concerned with
Molly JMaguires and with unrestricted immigration.
23- Sheldon, Charles M. His Brother T s Keeper. Boston, Congregational
Sunday-School and Publishing Society, 1896. 38lp.
West; 1890 f s; iron miners. Based on events in an
actual strike.
2k. Smith, Francis H. Tom Grogan. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1896.
East; late 2,800 T s; stevedores.
25- Warman, Cy. Snow on the Headlight. Hew York, Appleton, 1899.
Chicago; 1880*3; railroad workers Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad.
26. Herrick, Robert, The Web of Life. New York, Macmillan, 1900. 356p.
Chicago; late l800's; Pullman strike.
27. Freeman, Mary E* ilkins. The Portion of Labor. New York, Harper,
1901.
New England; late nineteenth century; factory
workers, One of the early capital vs. labor
novels .
28, Gibbons, William F. Those Black Diamond Men. New York, Fleming H.
Revell, 1902. 3^^^ '
Pennsylvania; turn of the century; coal miners.
29. Turner, George K. The Taskmasters. New York, McClure, Phillies, 1902,
3l6p.
New England; 1890 's; mill workers. Concerned with.
industrial feudalism and political controls .
30. Garland, Hamlin. Hesper . New York, Harper, 1903. *Mp,
Colorado; turn of the century; miners. Of a strike
for a nine hour day.
31. Mann, Henry. Adam Clarke . New York, Popular Book, 190^. 280p.
Pennsylvania; turn of the century; immigrant steel-
workers. A restrained Christian socialistic book
with pro-labor slant, protesting horrible working
conditions .
32. Cooke, Grace M. The Grapple. Boston, Page, 1905. 4l5p.
Illinois; early 1900 's; mine workers.
33. Newell, Arthur. A Knight of the Toilers. Philadelphia, F. L. Marsh,
1905. 2?0p.
East; turn of the century; miners. Suggests that
unions should turn capitalistic.
3^. Scott, Leroy. The Walking Delegate. New York, Doubleday, Page, 1905.
372p.
New York; early 1900 's; ironworkers union. Suggests
that unions should reform themselves.
35- Van Vorst, Marie. Amanda of the Mill. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1905.
South Carolina; turn of the century; textile
workers. Pro-labor, concerned mostly with child
labor.
36. MacGrath, Harold. Half a Rogue. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1906.
p.
East; early 1900' s; trade unions and politicians.
37. Moore, John T. The Bishop of Cottor.tovn; A Story of the Southern Cotton
Mills . Philadelphia , Winston, ~
Alabama; 1870' s; textile workers. Dwells on horrors
of child labor.
33. Sinclair, Upton B. The Jungle. New York, Doubleday, Doran, 1906. 309p.
Chicago; turn of the century; stockyard workers.
A classic tale of the horror and futility of a
worker's life and failure in attempts to organise.
39 Carter, John P., Jr. The Destroyers . Washington, D. C., Neale, 1907.
350p.
Illinois: early 1900' s; coal miners. Of a strike
and methods employed to defeat it.
40. Hapgood, Hut chins. The Spirit of Labor. Nev York, Duf field, 1907.
4iOp. '
Chicago; early 1900' s; woodworker and labor leader.
Presents anarchism as solution to labor problems.
1*1. Hurt, Halter. The Scarlet Shadow. Girard, Kan., Anneal to Reason,
1907.
Colorado; turn of the century; miners. Socialist
novel about the Cripple Creek Strike.
42. Teller, Charlotte. The Cage. New York, Applet on, 1907.
Chicago; l880's; lumber workers. Deals with the
Haymarket affair.
43. Eddy, Arthur J. Ganton and Company. Chicago, McClurg, 1908.
Chicago; early 1900' s; meat packers and teamsters.
Professes to be pro-worker but dwells on evils of
unions in describing a teamsters' strike.
H. Harris, Frank. The Bomb, New York, M. Kennerley, 1909. 329p.
Chicago; 1886; labor riots. Discusses Hayiaarket
riots in terms of terrible working conditions,
police brutality, and social unrest.
45. Hughes, Rupert. Miss 318 and Mr. 37. Hew York, Fleming H. Revell,
1912. 128p.
U.S. city; 1910; department store employees. About
the need for fire laws in working establishments.
. Albery, Faxon F. D. Michael Ryan, Capitalist; A Story of Labor.
Columbus, Ohio, Rowfant, 1913. l63p.
Midwest; early 1900' s; steelworkers union.
. Bullard, Arthur. (Albert Edwards, pseud.) Comrade Yetta. New York,
Macmillan, 1913. Wp.
New York; early 1900 f s; sweatshop workers. Socialist
oriented view of industrial unrest and the trade union
movement .
^8. O'Brien, Howard V. New Men for Old. New York, M. Kennerley, 1914.
320p.
Chicago; early 1900' s; preserving plant workers.
^9- Poole, Ernest. The Harbor. New York, Macmillan, 1915. 38?p.
New York; early 1900' s; dock workers. Of labor
unrest and terrible working conditions.
50. Churchill, Winston. The Dwelling Place of Light. New York,
Macmillan, 191?. 462p.
Massachusetts; around 1912; textile workers. About
industrialism and the alleged misdoings of the BJW.
51. Maher, Richard A. Gold Must Be Tried by Fire. New York, Macmillan.
1917. 303P-
New York; around 1915; paper mill workers.
52. Sinclair, Upton B. King Coal. New York, Macmillan, 1917. 396p.
Colorado; 1914-15; coal miners. Points to mine
dangers and tells of a mine disaster which could
have been prevented.
53- Grey, Zane. Desert of Wheat. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1918. 376p,
Washington State; 1917-20; anti-IWW novel.
5^- Tobenkin, Elias. House of Conrad. Philadelphia, Stokes, 1918. 375p.
Eastern U.S. and California; 1868-1916; conserva
tive labor leader.
55- Webster, Henry K. An American Family; A Novel of To-Day.
Indianapolis, Bobbs -Merrill, 1918.
Chicago; prior to World War I; machinists.
56. Anderson, Sherwood. Poor White; A Hovel. New York, Huebsch, 1920.
371p
Small Ohio town; 1880*1900; farm equipment workers.
Vivid picture of the effects of industrialization
on the people of an agricultural community,
57* Conrad ; Lawrence H. Temper. New York, Dodd, Mead, 192*1-. 305p,
Midwest; early 1920* s; automobile worker.
58. Walker, Charles R. Bread and Fire. Boston, Houghton Miff lin, 1927.
302p.
New York and Pennsylvania; 1920 f s; steelworkers .
Sociological presentation of labor conditions in
a steel town, of mechanization.; of strikes and
radical thought.
59. Cohen, Eyman, and Lester Cohen. Aaron Traum. New*York, Liveriglit,
1930.
New York; 1920 ! s; immigrant Jewish garment workers.
Hero becomes ardent unionist.
60. Vorse, Mary M. H. Strike . Hew York, Liveright. 1930. 376p.
North Carolina; late twenties; textile workers,
Sympathetic description of a dramatic strike
situation.
61. Brown, Rollo W. Firemakers; A Novel of Environment. New York,
Coward-McCann, 1931, 380p.
Southern Ohio; early 1900*8; coal miners. Gives a
hopeless picture of a worker's efforts to escape from
mining into a new life.
62. Colman, Louis Lumber. Boston, Little, Brown, 1931. 296p.
Northwest; 1920 T s; lumber workers. Of a series of
misfortunes besetting a worker and his inability
to meet or adjust to them*
63. Anderson, Sherwood, Beyond Desire. New York, Liveright, 1932* 3593? <
Georgia and North Carolina villages; early 1930* s;
textile workers. Brings out social implications
of industrialization.
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Brody, Catherine. Nobody Starves . New York, Longmans, Green, 1932
23lp.
In and around Detroit; depression years; automobile
workers. A sociological study of the effects of
depression and of the anonymity of mechanization.
65. Dargan, Olive T. (Fielding Burke, pseud.) Call Home the Eeart.
New York, Longmans, Green, 1932. ^32p.
Worth Carolina; late 1920 's and early 1930's;
hillbillies and textile -workers. Proletarian
novel about the struggles of very depressed
workers.
66. Dell, Floyd. Diana Stair. Hew York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. 64l
Boston; 18^0's; mill workers and a strike leader.
67. Lumpkin, Grace. To Make My Bread. New York, Macaulay, 1932. 38%.
North Carolina: early 1930' s; textile workers.
Of industrialization and rebellion against old
established social patterns.
68. Page, Dorothy M. Gathering Storm. Hew York, International, 1932.
37%.
South; early 1930 's; textile workers. Considers
problems of Negro and white workers.
69. Conroy, Jack. The Disinherited. New York, Covici, Friede, 1933-
310p.
U.S.; 1920' s; an industrial "bum" who works in many
factories and mills.
70. Cantwell, Robert. Land of Plenty. Few York, Farrar & Rinehart,
West; 1930 's; lumber workers. Good description
of strike from beginning to end,
71* Gilfillan, Harriet W. (Lauren Gilfillan, pseud.) I Went to Pit College.
New York, Viking, 193^. 288p.
Pennsylvania; early 1930' s; coal miners. Tells
about a strike and offers Communism as solution
to worker's troubles.
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72. Halper, Albert. The Foundry. Hew York, Viking, 193^.
Chicago; 1928-29; electrotype foundry workers.
Good description of relationships in the shop
owners, bosses and laborers.
73- Eerbst, Josephine. The Executioner Waits. New York, Ear court,
Brace, 193^. 371p.
U.S.; 1918-1929; general labor unrest and IWW.
Raymond, Margaret T. Bend in the Road- New York, Longmans, Green,
East; just before and after the "crash" of
1929; greeting card factory workers. Describes
uncertainty which marked that period.
75, Rollins, William. (O'Connor Stacy, pseud.) The Shadow Before,
New York, McBride, 1934. 389?.
East; early 1930 ! s; textile workers. Of a
strike and its effects.
76. Basso, Hamilton. In Their Own Image, Few York, Scribner, 1935. 317p,
South Carolina; early 1930 T s; textile workers.
Strike story*
77* Dargan, Olive T. (Fielding Burke, pseud.) A Stone Came Rolling.
Nev York, Longmans, Green, 1935,
North Carolina; depression; textile -workers and
hillbillies. Of social unrest and labor -wars.
78, Havighurst, Walter. Pier 17, Keif York, Macmillan, 1935. 26pp.
West coast; 1930 ! s; seamen. A shipping strike
told from sailor *s point of view.
79- Lunpkin, Grace. A Sign for Cain. New York, Lee Furman, 1935* 376p.
Small southern town; early 1930 J s; sharecroppers
and other workers . Leftist novel showing work
of radical labor leaders.
80. Steele, James. Conveyor . New York, International, 1935* 222p,
Midwest; 1930 T s; auto workers. Effect of a
speed-up on workers.
81. Tippett, Thomas. Horse Shoe Bottoms . New York, Harper, 1935*
Illinois; l870 7 s; coal miners. Early labor history
told in terms of" miners 1 struggles.
82. Weatherwax, Clara. Marching I Marching I New York, John Day, 1935
256p.
Northwest; 1930 T s; lumber workers. Proletarian
account of mistreatment of workers, culminating
in strike for organization,
83. Whit comb, Robert, Talk United States I New York, Harrison Smith &
Robert Haas, 1935. 303p.
U.S.; 1915-1935; variety of workers including
bricklayers*
84. Coleman, McAlister and Hilmar S. Raushenbush , Red Neck, Ifew York,
Random House, 1936* 352?.
Pennsylvania; 1930 T s; miners.
85* Steinbeck, John. In Dubious Battle, ITew York, Covici, Friede,
California; early 1930's; fruit pickers* Of social
injustice and a strike.
86. Zugsmith, Leane. A Time to Remember Hew York, Random House,
352p-
York; 1930 T s; department store vorkers. Detailed
description of store operations and of a successful
strike .
87. Cuthbert, Clifton. Another Such Victory. Fev York, Eillman-Curl,
1937- 28lp.
JTev England; 193^; textile workers. A strike
account .
88. Ealper, Albert. The Chute. New York, Viking, 193T- 558p,
Chicago; 1930 T s; mail-order house workers.
Character study showing the discouragemejit
of a routine job,
89. Hart, Alan. In the Lives of Men, New York, Norton, 1937-
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Northwestern frontier tovn; 1890-1909; lumber-
workers. A story of the IWW T s and early labor
unrest.
90. Hatcher, Harlan E. Central Standard Time, New York, Farrar &
Rinehart, 1937.
Ohio; 193^-j manufacturing workers. Depicts
industrial conflict.
91. Jeter, Goetze. The Strikers, Philadelphia, Stokes, 1937. 329p.
New England; 1930 T s; shoe factory.
92. Johnson, Josephine W. Jordanstovn. New York, Simon and Schuster,
1937. 259P*
Midwest; early 1930 *s; small tovn vorkers.
Pathetic story of the worker's desperation
during the depression and of feeble attempts
at organization.
93* Lawrence, Josephine. Sound of Running Feet, Philadelphia, Stokes,
1937^ 307P.
U.S. city; 1930 T s; real estate clerks* About an
attempt to form a union.
9!*. Mclntyre, John T. Ferment . New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.
Philadelphia; 1930 f s; labor racketeering and
strikebreaking .
95- Newhouse, Edward. This Is Your Day. New York, Lee Furman, 1937. 313p<
Upstate New York; 1930 J s; farm workers. Of a
young communist f s attempts to organise.
96. Simon, Charlie M, The Share -Cropper* New York, Button, 1937.
Arkansas; early 1930 Is S sharecroppers. About
attempts at organizing, with resultant "black
listing and other social evils.
97- Wormser, Richard* All's Fair. Nev York, Modern Age Books , 1937-
U,S* mining conmiunity; 1930 ! s; mine -workers.
Organizing struggles.
98. Bisno, Beatrice. Tomorrow's Bread . lev York, Liveright, 1938* 328p.
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Chicago; late l800 ! s-1920 l s; Jewish garment
workers. About the making of a labor leader
and his devotion to tlie union,
99* Garside, Edward B, Cranberry Red, Hew York, Little, Brown, 1938,
Cape Cod; 1930's; cranberry factory workers,
Proletarian novel about oppressed "hyphenated"
American workers*
100* Preston^ John E. The Liberals. New York, John Day, 1938. 386p.
Connecticut; 1930 f s; factory workers. Deals
with evils of capitalism, with anti-Semitism,
labor unions^ strikes and CIO activities.
101. Roe, Wellington. Begin No Day. New York, Putnam, 1938, 3G7p.
Connecticut; 1937; hat makers.
102. Sinclair, Upton B. Little Steel. New York, Parrar & Einehart, 1938,
308p.
Pennsylvania; late 1930 r s; steelworkers-CIO.
Anti-business novel which deals briefly with
organizing.
103. Smitter. Wessel. P. 0. B., Detroit. lew York, Harper, 1938. 3^0p.
Midwest; 1930 f s; auto worker* Dwells on the
effects of mechanization.
IQk. Taber, Gladys B. A Star to Steer By. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith,
1938. 285p.
Wisconsin; 193Q' S > fflill workers. The story of
a strike.
105. Zugsmith, Leane. Summer Soldier. New York, Bandom House, 1938* 29Qp
Southern county; 1930 J s; union or^nisers. Of the
tactics used to defeat a group of liberal n outsiders * "
106. Davidson, Lallah S. South of Joplin. Ifew York, Norton, 1939. 29Qp.
Ms sour i, Oklahoma, and Kansas; 1930 ! s; lead
s and CIO.
107. DI Donato, Pietro. Christ in Concrete. Indianapolis, Bdbbs-Jferrill,
1939. 3Hp.
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Hew York; 1930 's; bricklayers. Brutal story of
an Italian-American family's struggle for
existence.
108. Edmunds, Murrell, Beteen the Devil. New York, Button, 1939- 288p.
Small Virginia mill-town; 1930 's; textile workers.
A minister's part in labor's war for recognition.
109. Givens, Charles G. The Devil Takes a Hill Town. Indianapolis, Bobbs
Merrill, 1939- 306p.
Tennessee; 1930 's; factory worker s-AFL and CIO.
Described as the hillbilly worker's "Green
Pastures . " Humorous .
110. Herbst, Josephine. The Rope of Gold. lew York, larcourt, Brace,
1939.
U.S.; 1933-1937; farm labor organiser.
111. Lanham, Edwin M. The Stricklands. Boston, Little, Brown, 1939.
Oklahoma; 1930 's; organiser of tenant farmers.
112. McKenney, Ruth. Industrial Valley. lew York, Harcourt, Brace, 1939
3T9P.
Akron, Ohio; 1932-1936; rubber workers. Fro-labor
account of the turbulent growth of the CIO.
113 Paul, Elliot H. The Stars and Stripes Forever. !Jew York, Random
Souse, 1939. 393P-
Connecticut; late 1930 's; manufacturing workers.
Realistic description of attempts to organize and
of a strike.
Ilk. Sandoz, Marl. Capital City. Boston, Little, Brown, 1939- 3^3P-
Midwestern city; 1930* s; labor strife. Composite
picture of politics, labor, and social stratifi
cation in a state capital setting.
115. Levin, Meyer. Citizens. lew York, Viking, 1940. 650p.
Chicago; Memorial Day cjassacre, 1937; steelworkers .
116. Maltz, Albert, The Underground Stream. Boston, Little, Brown,
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Detroit; 1936; autoworkers . Relates struggle for
union recognition prior to formation of CIO and
validation of the Wagner Act.
117. Meyer sburg, Dorothy. Seventh Avenue. New York, Dutton, 19^0. 288p.
New York; late 1930's; garment workers. An
enrployer's battle against unionization.
118. Mitchell, Ruth C. Of Huaan Kindness. New York, Appleton-Century,
^0. 359P-
California; 1930* s; farm workers and owners.
119. Atherton, Sarah H. Mark's Own. Indianapolis, Eobbs -Merrill,
492p.
Pennsylvania; 1850-1930; coal miners. Couples
details of coal mining with a dramatic account
of the rise of the union.
120. Attaway, William. Blood on the Forge. Hew York, Boubleday, Doran,
19*U. 279P-
Pennsylvania; first World War; Negro steelworkers .
A brutal tale of the psychological effects on the
Negro of contrasting ways of life.
121. Bell, Thomas. Out of This Furnace. Boston, Little, Brown, 191*1
Pennsylvania; 1880-1938; steelworkers of immigrant
background. A three-generation picture of struggle,
culminating in the formation of the CIO.
122. Kapstein, Israel J. Something of a Hero. Hew York, Knopf, 19^1. 596p.
Midwest; 1907 to 1929; effects of industrialism on
various people.
123. Skidmore, Hubert. Hawk's Nest. Hew York, Boubleday, Doran,
368p.
West Virginia; early 1930 r s; tunnel-drillers. A
tragic story of the victims of silicosis.
12U. Halper, Albert. !Ehe Little People. New York, Harper, 19^2.
Chicago; early 19^0 ! s; department store clerks.
Sympathetic portrayal of fearful and exploited
people .
125* McKenney, Ruth. Jake Home, New York, Harcourt, Brace, 19^3*
Pennsylvania and New York; 1920 T s and 1930*3; coal
miner who becomes a radical labor organizer* Drama-
tizes labor history of the period.
126. Swarthout, Glendon P. Willow Run. New York, Crowell, 19^3. 237p.
Willow Run; early 19^0 's; aircraft workers,
127* Norris, Charles G. Flint. Hew York, Doubleday, Doran, l$bk. 35%.
San Francisco; l30 r s; longshoremen. Presents
claims made by labor and capital in a bloody-
water front strike.
128, Sherman, Ray W. Other Mahoney* New York, Ives Washburn, 19U. 3^3p.
U.S. industrial town; late l890's-19^0 T s:
factory workers.
129* Greene, Josiah E. Not in Our Stars. New York, Jfecmillan, 19^5. 588p.
East; 19^0 T s; dairy workers. Labor difficulties
are personalised by means of glimpses into the
lives of the dairy employees.
130. Hayes, Dorsha. Who Walk with the Earth. i\Tew York, Harper, 1$&5.
322p.
Hew York; conteniporary; union education director.
Shows intra -union conflict.
131. Asch, Shalom. East River. lew York, Putnam, 191*6. if38p.
Ifew York; turn of the century; Jewish garment
workers. Stresses religious life of xoain
characters .
132. Bell, Thomas. There Comes a Time. Boston, Little, Brown, 19^6* 288p,
Hew York; early 19^0 *s; bank employees and the
CIO. Excellent account of organising activities.
133. Cook, Fannie. Mrs. Palmer *s Honey. Hew York, Doubleday, 19^6. 280p.
St. Louis; middle 19^0* s; Negro workers active
in CIO. Presents ethnic problems involved in
organizing.
134. Field, Ben. Piper Tompkins. New York, Doubleday, 19^6. 259p.
15
New England; World War II; defense plant worker.
Shows change of an individual from "lone wolf 17 to
ardent unionist.
135. Tillett, Dorothy S. (John Stephen Strange, pseud.) Angry Dust.
Hew York, Doubleday, 19^6. 369p,
U.S. city; post-World War II; CIO business agent.
A United Metal Workers 1 representative of rare
ability faces the problems of post-war reconversion.
136. Boyer, Richard 0. The Dark Ship. Boston, Little, Brown, 19V? . 306p.
Troop transport; World War II; maritime workers,
A fictional account of the MU and its leaders.
137. Dargan, Olive T, (Fielding Burke, pseud.) Sons of the Stranger.
New York, Longmans, Green, 19V/. t
Denver Rockies; turn of the century; miners.
138. Fast, Howard. Clarkton. New York, Buell, Sloan & Pearce, 19^7. 239p
Massachusetts; contemporary; mill workers. Story
of a strike from a Marxist point of view.
139- Hayes, Alfred. Shadow of Heaven. New York, Eowell, Soskin,
New York; mid -19^0 f s; disenchanted labor leader.
Himes, Chester B. Lonely Crusade. New York, Knopf, IQVj. 398p.
West Coast; contemporary; Negro labor organiser
in airplane factory. Somewhat violent story told
with a psychological slant.
Stone, Irving. Adversary in the House. New York, Doubleday, 19V? ,
U.S.; nineteenth century; labor leader. Fiction
alised account of the life of Eugene V. Debs.
Chevalier, Haakon M. For Us the Living. New York, Knopf, 1948. 400p
California; 1929-19^1; farm laborers and longshore
men. A murder mystery serves as vehicle for telling
this story of labor *s struggle for organization.
Lee, Harry. Sir and Brother. Hew York, Appleton -Century-Crofts,
302p.
16
East; contemporary; labor leader of the steel
workers. Of union-management negotiation and.
intra -union disagreement*
Saxton, Alexander P. Great Midland* Hew York, Aopleton-Century-
Crofts, 1943. 352p.
Chicago; prior to World War II; railroad vorkers.
3W T s, coimunists, and other labor elements.
Duncan, David. Serpent's Egg. New York, Macmxllan, 19*19. 2^3p.
California; World War II; bus driver.
lb6. Morgan, Murray/ C. (Cromwell Murray, pseud,) Viewless Winds, New
York, Button, 19^9- 22Gp.
Oregon; 19^0 T s; labor leader. Labor-capital
conflict in a logging town,
. Thorseth, Matthea. Color of Ripening. Seattle, Wash., Superior Pub*,
Pacific Northwest; around 1915 j Norwegian- American
labor leader. His activities in the IWW movement,
lli-8. Von Ehau, Henry. Fraternally Yours. Boston, Sought on Mifflin,
New York; contemporary; building worker. Satire
about union racketeering.
Adams, Samuel H. Sunrise to Sunset Kev York, Random House, 1950,
Hew York State; 1830 T s; textile workeA. Depicts
the ruthless treatment of child and female labor
in the paternalistic cotton mills of Troy, Hew
York* Describes early attempts at organised pro
test to the rules and regulations of the mill.
150. Hughes, Rupert* The Giant Hakes; A Novel about Samuel Gompers
York, Borden, 1950.
U.S.; late 19th and early 20th centuries; labor
leader. Biographical novel about Samuel Goiroers
and the
151. Stegner, Wallace E. Preacher and the Slave, Boston, Houghton Mifflin,
1950. iK>3p.
17
West; 1910-1916; labor leader. Biographical
novel about Joseph. Hillstrom ("Joe Eill Tf ) and
the IWW.
152* Williams, Ben Ames. Owen Glen, Boston, Houghton Mif f lin, 1950. 629p-
Small Ohio town; 1890 T s; coal miner*
153* Carey, Bernice. The Beautiful Stranger, Uew York, Doubleday, 1951*
California; 1950 r s; mill workers. A murder
mystery with a CIO angle*
15k. Idell, Albert 3. Stephen Hayne, Few York, Sloane, 1951.
Pennsylvania; 1370*5; coal miners*
155* McDonald, Grace L. (Margaret Graham, pseud*) Swing Shift. London,
Citadel Pr., 1951.
West and south; 1900-1950; railroad and cigar
workers .
156. Motley, Willard. We Fished All Mght* Ifew York, Applet on-Century-
Crofts, 1951. 560p.
Chicago; before and after World War II; labor
leader .
157. Harris, Cyril. The Trouble at Hunger sford. Boston, Little, Brown,
1952. 29%*
Peekskill, New York; 1850 T s; ironworkers, saw
mill workers, miners. Story of miners and the
Molly Maguires.
158. Morris, Jane K. Julie, Uew York, McGraw-Hill, 1952. 28?P
Hew York and Chicago; late 19th century; labor
organizer and leader.
159- Bissel, Richard P. T 1/2 Cents. Boston, Little, Brown, 1953.
Iowa; contenrporary; pa jama factory* Hionorons
novel of workers who are about to strike for
a 7 1/2^ increase.
18
Author Index
Adams , Samuel E.,
Albery , Faxon F . D . , k6
Aldrich, Thomas B,, 6
Anderson, Shervood, 56, 63
Asch, Shalom, 131
Atherton, Sarah H*, 119
Attaway, William, 120
Basso, Hamilton, j6
Beard, Daniel C., 15
Bell, Thomas, 121, 132
Bellamy, Charles J. , 5
Benjamin, Charles A., 12
Bisno, Beatrice, 98
Bissell, Richard P,, 159
Boyer, Richard 0., 136
Brody, Catherine, 6^
Brown, Hollo ., 6l
Bullard, Arthur
(Albert Edwards, Pseud. ),
Burke, Fielding,
see Olive Dargan
Cantvell, Robert, 70
Carey, Bernice, 153
Carter, John F., Jr., 39
Chevalier, Haakon M. , 1^2
Churchill, Winston, 50
Cohen, Eyman, 59
Cohen, Lester, 59
Coleman, McAlister, 84
Colman, Louis, 62
Conrad, Lawrence H-, 57
Conroy, Jack, 69
Cook, Fannie, 133
Cooke, Grace M., 32
Cornwall, C. M.,
see Mary A* Roe
Cuthbert, Clifton, 87
Bargan, Olive T.
(Fielding Burke, pseud. ),
65, 77, 137
Davidson, Lallah 3., 106
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 2
Dell, Floyd, 66
Di Donato, Pietro, 107
Douglas, Amanda M*, 7
Duncan, David,
Eddy, Arthur J., 43
Edmunds, Morrell, 108
Edwards, Albert,
see Arthur Bullard
Fast, Howard, 138
Field, Ben, 13^
Foote, MaryE., 18
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins, 27
Garland, Hainlin, 30
Garside, Edward B., 99
Gibbons, William F., 28
Gilfillan, Harriet W.
(Lauren Gilfillan, pseud. ),
71
Gilfillan, Lauren,
see Harriet W. Gilfillan
Givens, Charles G., 109
Graham, Jfergaret,
see Grace L* McDonald
Grant, Robert, 10
Greene, Josiah E*, 129
Grey, Zane, 53
Hale, Edward E., 13
Halper, Albert, 72, 88,
Hapgood, Hut chins, 40
Harris, Cyril, 157
Harris, Frank, kk
Hart, Alan, 89
Hatcher, Ear Ian H., 90
Haviglmrst, Walter, 78
Hay^ John, 8
Hayes, Alfred, 139
Hayes, Dorsha, 130
Herbst, Josephine, 73>
Herrick, Robert, 26
Hiisesj Chester B*, 1^0
Hughes, Eupertj ^5, 150
Hurt, Walter,
Idell^ Albert E*, 154
Jeter, Goetze, 91
Johnson, Josephine W*> 92
Kapstein, Israel J-, 122
^ Edvard, 16
19
Lannam, Edwin M., Ill
Lawrence, Josephine, 93
Lee, Harry, 143
Levin, Meyer, 115
Long, Lily A,, IT
Lumpkin, Grace, 67, 79
McDonald, Grace L.
(Margaret Graham, Pseud. ), 155
MacGrath, Harold, 36
Mclntyre, John T., 9^
McKenney, Ruth, 112, 125
Maher, Richard A., 51
Maltz, Albert, 116
Mann, Henry, 31
Martin, James M., 20
Meyer sburg, Dorothy, 117
Mitchell, Ruth C., 118
Moore, John T., 37
Morgan, Murray C.
(Cromwell Murray, pseud. ),
Morris, Jane K., 158
Motley, Willard, 156
Murray, Cromwell,
see Murray C . Morgan
Newell, Arthur, 33
Newhouse, Edward, 95
Norris, Charles G., 127
O'Brien, Howard V.
Page, Dorothy M., 68
Paul, Elliot H., 113
Poole, Ernest, k$
Preston, John H., 100
Raushenbush, Hilmar S., 8^
Raymond, Margaret T., 7^
Robinson, Harry P., 21
Roe, Mary A.
(C. M. Cornwall, pseud. ),
Roe, Wellington, 101
Rollins, William
(O'Connor Stacy, pseud. ),
75
Rood, Henry E., 22
Ross, Clinton, 11
Sandoz, Mari,
Savage, Sarah, 1
Saxton, Alexander P . ,
Scott, Leroy, 3^
Sheldon, Charles M., 19, 23
Sherman, Ray W., 128
Simon, Charlie M., 96
Sinclair, Upton B., 38, 52, 102
Skidmore, Hubert, 123
Smith, Francis H., 2k
Smitter, Wessel, 103
Stacy, O'Connor,
see William Rollins
Steele, James, 80
Stegner, Wallace E., 151
Steinbeck, John, 85
Stone, Irving, 1^1
Strange, John S-,
see Dorothy S . Tillett
Swarthout, Glendon F., 126
Taber, Gladys B.,
Teller, Charlotte,
Thorseth, Matthea,
Tillett, Dorothy S.
(JohnS. Strange, pseud.)? 135
Tippett, Thomas, 8l
Tobenkin, Elias, 5^
Tourgee, Albion W., lU
Turner, George K., 29
Van Vorst, Marie, 35
Von Rhau, Henry, 1^8
Vorse, Mary M. H., 60
Walker, Charles R., 58
Ward, Elizabeth S. Phelps, 3
Warman, Cy, 25
Warner, Beverly E., 9
Weatherwax, Clara, 82
Webster, Henry K., 55
Whit comb, Robert, 83
Wilkins, Mary E,
see Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Williams, Ben Ames, 152
Wormser, Richard, 97
Zugsmith, Leane, 86, 105
20
Title Index
Aaron Traum, 59
Adam Clarke, 31
Adversary in the House,
All's Fair, 97
Amanda of the Mill, 35
An American Family; A Hovel
of To-Day, 55
Angry Dust, 135
Another Such Victory, 87
Apprentices to Destiny, 17
The Beautiful Stranger, 153
Begin No Day, 101
Bend in the Road, Jh
Between the Devil, 108
Beyond Desire, 63
The Bishop of Cottontownj A
Story of the Southern
Cotton Mills, 37
Blood on the Forge, 120
The Bomb, hh
Bread and Fire, 58
The Bread-Winners, 8
The Breton Mills, 5
The Cage, *i-2
Call Home the Heart, 65
Capital City, 11^
Central Standard Time, 90
Christ in Concrete, 107
The Chute, 88
Citizens, 115
Clarkton, 138
Coeur d'Alene, 18
Color of Ripening, 1*1-7
The Company Doctor, 22
Comrade Yetta, Vf
Conveyor, 80
Cranberry Red, 99
The Crucifixion of
Philip Strong, 19
The Dark Ship, 136
Desert of Wheat, 53
The Destroyers, 39
The Devil Takes a Hill Town, 109
Diana Stair, 66
The Disinherited, 69
The Dwelling Place of Light, 50
East River, 131
The Executioner Waits, 73
F. 0. B., Detroit, 103
Face to Face, 10
The Factory Girl, 1
Ferment, 9^
Firemakers; A Hovel of
Environment, 6l
Flint, 127
For Us the Living,
The Foundry, 72
Fraternally Yours,
Free, Yet Forging Their
Own Chains, k
Ganton and Company, ^3
Gathering Storm, 68
The Giant liakes; A Novel
about Samuel Gompers, 150
Gold Must Be Tried by Fire, 51
The Grapple, 32
Great Midland, lt
Half a Rogue, 36
The Harbor, k<$
Hawk's Hest, 123
Keeper, 30
His Brother's Keeper, 23
Hope Mils: or between
Friend and Sweetheart, 7
Horse Shoe Bottoms, 81
House of Conrad, 5^
How They Lived at Hampton, 13
I Went to Pit College, 71
In Dubious Battle, 85
In the Lives of 3fen, 89
In Their Own linage, 76
Industrial Valley, 112
Jake Home, 125
Jordanstown, 92
Joseph Zalmonah, 16
Julie, 158
The Jungle, 38
21
King Coal, 52
A Knight of the Toilers, 33
Land of Plenty, TO
The Liberals, 100
The Little People,
Little Steel, 102
Lonely Crusade,
Lumber, 62
Marching! Marching I, 82
Margaret Eo T .rth; A Story
of To -Day, 2
Mark's Own, 119
Men Born Equal, 21
Michael Ryan, Capitalist;
A Story of Labor, 46
Miss 318 and Mr. 37, lj-5
Moonb light and Six Feet
of Romance, 15
Mrs. Palmer's Honey, 133
Murvale Eastman, Christian
Socialist, it
New Men for Old, hB
Nobody Starves, 6k
Not in Our Stars, 129
Of Human Kindness, 118
Other Mahoney, 128
Out of This Furnace, 121
Owen Glen, 152
Pier 17, 78
Piper Tompkins, 13^
Poor White; A Novel, 56
The Portion of Labor, 27
Preacher and the Slave, 151
Red Heck, 8k
The Rope of Gold, 110
The Scarlet Shadow, 4l
Serpent's Egg, 1^5
7 1/2 Cents, 159
Seventh Avenue, 117
The Shadow Before, 75
Shadow of Heaven, 139
The Share -Cropper, 96
A Sign for Cain, 79
Tiie Silent Partner, 3
The Silent Workman, 11
Sir and Brother, 1^3
Snow on the Headlight, 25
Something of a Hero, 122
Sons of the Stranger, 137
Sound of Running Feet, 93
South of Joplin, 106
The Spirit of Labor, 40
A Star to Steer By, !<&
The Stars and Stripes Forever, 113
Stephen Hayne, 15^
The Stillwater Tragedy, 6
A Stone Came Rolling, 77
The Stricklands, 111
Strike, 60
The Strike in the B Mill, 12
The Strikers, 91
Summer Soldier, 105
Sunrise to Sunset, 1^9
Swing Shift, 155
Talk United States I, 83
The Taskmasters, 29
Temper, 57
There Comes a Time, 132
This Is lour Day, 95
Those Black Diamond Men, 28
A Time to Remember, 86
To Make My Bread, 67
Tom Grogan, 2k
Tomorrow's Bread, 98
The Trouble at Hunger sford, 157
Troubled Waters . A
Problem of Today, 9
The Underground Stream, 116
Viewless Hinds, 146
The Walking Delegate, 3^
We Fished All Eight, 156
The Web of Life, 26
Which Way, Sirs, the Better, 20
Who Walk with the Earth, 130
Willow Run, 126
22
Subject Index
Aircraft workers, 126, 140
Akron , 112
Alabama, 37
Anerican Federation of
Labor, 109 , 150
Anarchism, 40, 42
Anti-Semitism, 100
Arkansas, 96
Automobile workers, 57,
6k, 80, 103, 116
Bank clerks, 132
Blacklisting, 8l, 94, 96
Boston, 66
Bricklayers, 83, 107
Building workers, 148
Bus drivers, 145
California, 54, 85, 118,
142, 11*5, 153; see
also San Francisco
Cape Cod, 99
Chicago, 25, 26, 38, 40,
te, 43, W, ^8, 55,
72, 88, 98, 115, 12^,
144, 156, 158
Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad, 25
Child labor, 35, 37, 149
Christian socialism, l4, 31
Cigar vorkers, 155
Coal miners, 15, 22, 28, 39,
52, 61, 71, 81, 119, 125,
152, 154 ; see also Miners
Coeur d'Alene riots, 18
Colorado, 30, 4l, 52, 137
Communism, 65, 71, 79, 82,
95, 99, 138, 144
Congress of Industrial
Organizations, 100, 102,
106, 109, 112, 121, 132,
133, 135, 153
Connecticut, 100, 101, 113
Cranberry factory -workers, 99
Cripple Creek strike, 4l
Dairy workers, 129
Debs, Eugene V., l4l
Defense plant vorkers, 134
Department store clerks, 45,
"86, 124
Detroit, 64, 116
Dock vorkers, 24, 49, 127;
142
East, 5; 9, 11, 13, 1^, IT,
19, 24, 33, 36, 54; 74,
75, 129, 143; see also
Connecticut; Massachusetts;
New England; Hew York;
Pennsylvania; West Virginia
Electrotype foundry workers, 72
Ethnic groups, see Immigrants;
Italian -Americans; Jewish
workers; Negroes; Norwegian-
Americans
Factory workers, 3, 9, 17, 27,
29, 66, 69, 90, 100, 104,
109, 113, 128, 138, 153
Farm equipment workers, 56
Farm workers, 79, 95, 96, 110,
111, 118, 142; see also
Dairy workers; Fruit pickers
Fruit pickers, 85
Garment workers, l6, 47, 59,
98, 117, 131
Georgia, 63
Gompers, Samuel, 150
Greeting card factory worker s^
Hat makers, 101
Eaymarket riot, 42, 44
Hillbillies, 65, 77, 109
Hillstrom, Joseph, 151
Horsecar drivers, 14
Hours of work, see Working
conditions
Illinois, 32, 39, 81; see also
Chicago
Immigrants, 22, 31, 59, 99,
121; see also Italian -Americans;
Norwegian-Americans
Indiana, 2
Industrial cooperation,
2, 7, 9
Industrial Workers of the
, 50, 53, 73, 89,
lVT, 151
Industrialization, 50, 56,
58, 63, 67, 103, 122
Iowa, 159
Ironworkers, 20, 3^, 157
Italian -American workers,
107
Jewish -workers, 59 , 88, 98,
131
Kansas , 106
Labor leaders, 21, 1*0, 66,
79. 98, 110, 111, 133,
135, 136, 139, 1^0, ilu,
1^3, 1^6, 1V7, 150, 151,
156, 158; see also Unions,
Organisers
Labor problems, see Labor
unrest; Labor wars;
Strikes; Sweatshops
Labor racketeering, 9^, 1^8
Labor unrest, 10, 17, 27,
Vf, k9, 13, 89, 90, 114,
128, 146
Labor war, 18, k2, kk, 77,
108, 127
Lead miners, 106; see also
Miners
Longshoremen, see Dock
workers
Lumber workers, kQ, ^2, 62,
70, 82, 89, IW, 157
Machinists, 55
Maguires, see Molly Maguires
Mail-order house workers,
88
Marble workers, 6
Massachusetts, 50, 138; see
also Boston; Cape Cod
Meat packers, see Stockyard
workers
Mechanization, see Indus
trialization
Memorial Day massacre, 115
Metal workers, 135
Michigan, see Detroit; 'fillow
Run
Midwest, 46, 57, 80, 92, 103,
114, 122; see also Illinois;
Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Mis
souri; Ohio; Wisconsin
Mill workers^ see Factory workers
Miners, 4, 18, 23, 30, 32, 33,
in, 8^, 97, 137, 157; see
also Coal miners; Lead miners
Missouri, 106; see also St. Louis
Molly Maguires, 22, 157
National Maritime Union, 136;
see also Seamen
Negroes, 68, 79, 120, 133,
New England, 1, 3, 6, 7, 10,
12, 27, 29, 87, 91, 13^
New York, 16, 3^, ^7, ^9, 51
58, 59, 86, 95, 107, 117,
125, 130, 131, 132, 139,
IW, 1^9, 157, 158
North Carolina, 60, 63, 65, 67
77
Northwest, 62, 82, 89, iVf
Norwegian -American workers, 1^
Ohio, 56, 6l, 90, 152; see also
Akron
Oklahoma, 106, 111
Oregon, 1^6
Pajania factory workers, 159
Paper mill workers, 51
Paternalism, 29, 1^9
Pennsylvania, b, 15, 20, 22,
28, 31, 58, 71, 81f, 102,
119, 120, 121, 125,
see also Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 9^
Politics, 21, 29, 36, 13A
Preserving plant workers,
Profit-sharing^ 13, 20
Proletarians, see ConHnunism
Pullman strike, 26
Railroad workers, 8, 25,
155
Real estate clerks, 93
Rubber workers, 112
Tunnel drillers, 123
St. Louis, 133
San Francisco, 127
Sawmill workers, see Lumber
workers
Seamen, 78, 136
Sharecroppers, gee Farm
workers
Shoe factory workers, 91
Silicosis, 123
Social change, see Indus
trialization
Socialism, 34, 38, 4l, 47;
see also Christian socialism
South, 68, 19, 105, 155 j see
also Alabama; Arkansas;
Georgia; North Carolina;
South Carolina; Tennessee;
Virginia
South Carolina, 35, 76
Steelworkers, 11, 31, 46, 58,
102, 115, 120, 121, 143
Stockyard workers, 38, 43
Strikebreaking, 39, 92, 94
Strikes, 6, 8, 17, 20, 21,
23, 30, 39, 43, 58, 60,
66, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77,
78, 82, 85, 86, 87, 100,
104, 112, 113, 127, 138;
see also Coeur d'Alene
riots; Cripple Creek
strike; Pullman strike
Sweatshops, 16, 47
Teamsters, 43
Tennessee, 109
Textile workers, 1, 2, 5, 7,
12, 13, 19, 35, 37, 50, 60,
63, 65, 67, 68, 75, 76, 77>
87, 108, 149
Unions: Business agent, 135;
Capitalistic, 33; Education
director, 130; Organizers,
54, 95, 105, 110, 111, 125,
133, 140, 158; Organizing
activities, 81, 92, 93, 97,
102, 113, 116, 119, 132,
133 j 142; see also American
Federation of Workers; Con
gress of Industrial Organi
zations; Labor leaders;
Politics; Strikes
Virginia, 108
Washington (State), 53
West, 18, 23, 70, 78, l4o, 155;
see also California; Colorado;
ITorthwest; Oregon; Washington
state.
West Virginia, 123
White collar workers, see Bank
clerks; Department store
clerks; Real estate clerks
Willow Run, 126
Wisconsin, 104
Worker, see type of workers,
i.e., Factory workers; Bat
makers; Miners; Steelworkers ;
etc.
Working conditions, 15, 30, 31,
38, 44, 45, 49, 52, 80; see
also Sweatshops
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