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In this telegram, business men and property owners from several Kansas communities plead with the governor to issue a proclamation to resume traffic on all rail lines operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company during the railroad strike of 1886.
Creator: Kansas Community Leaders
Date: March 26, 1886
Item Number: 213038
Call Number: Governors Office, John Martin, Correspondence, Box 29 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213038
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1886
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
Places - Cities and towns - Beloit
Places - Cities and towns - Blue Rapids
Places - Cities and towns - Burr Oak
Places - Cities and towns - Cawker City
Places - Cities and towns - Clifton
Places - Cities and towns - Clyde
Places - Cities and towns - Kirwin
Places - Cities and towns - Mankato
Places - Cities and towns - Osborne
Places - Cities and towns - Whiting
Places - Counties - Cloud
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Jewell
Places - Counties - Marshall
Places - Counties - Mitchell
Places - Counties - Osborne
Places - Counties - Phillips
Places - Counties - Washington
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Petition
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/213038
