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Adjutant General Colonel A. B. Campbell of Parsons, Kansas, writes Kansas Governor John Martin of Topeka. He informs the governor that citizens are putting together a force of fifty special police to respond to striking railroad workers. Railroad employees at Parsons were striking and the governor granted permission to provide citizens with arms to keep the peace.
Creator: Campbell, A. B.
Date: April 9, 1886
Item Number: 213040
Call Number: Governors Office, Martin, Correspondence, Box 29, Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213040
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1886
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Militias
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Labette
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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