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These telegrams, spanning March through April 1886, are from county sheriffs, the Adjutant General, district attorneys, and other individuals regarding the Missouri Pacific Railroad Strike to Kansas Governor John Martin. They discuss the conditions of the strike including the number of increasing strikers (1,000), the length of the strike, the proclamation issued by the governor, the enforcement of the laws by the sheriff, and the support needed (i.e.- a militia).
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 455079
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 29 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455079
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1885
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - Sheriff
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement - Strikes
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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