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In this telegram, Missouri Pacific Railway Company vice president H. M. Hoxie of St. Louis, Missouri, asks J.B. Van Dyne, of Sedalia, Missouri, if he has discharged any men for participating in the railroad strike. Strikers in Parsons, Kansas, refused to return to work after hearing men who participated in the strike in Texas had been let go.
Creator: Hoxie, H. M.
Date: May 18, 1885
Item Number: 212908
Call Number: Governors Office, Martin, Correspondence, Box 29 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212908
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Texas and Pacific Railway
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1885
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Other States - Missouri - Sedalia
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Texas and Pacific Railway
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
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