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A.O. Brown, mayor of Parsons, Kansas, telegrams Kansas Governor john Martin, of Topeka, requesting immediate help from the "troops" over a labor dispute. Strikers had driven a freight train off the tracks near Parsons. In February 1885, railroad shop workers walked off the job because of a cut in pay and reduced hours of work. Governor Martin was able to negotiate a settlement to the strike but problems continued throughout Kansas, Missouri, and Texas.
Creator: Brown, A. O.
Date: March 30, 1886
Item Number: 211278
Call Number: Governor's Office, Martin , Box 29 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211278
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Telegraph
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Shop
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives
Collections - Library
Date - 1880s - 1886
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Communication - Telecommunication - Telegraph
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Labette
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Shop
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives
Type of Material - Unpublished documents
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