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In this resolution, the Irish American Protections Club in Atchison, Kansas, thanks Kansas Governor John Martin for his effort in ending a railroad strike. The resolution notes that "It is the first time in the history of strikes that a Governor was found on the side of labor?"
Creator: Irish American Protection Club
Date: March 17, 1885
Item Number: 212905
Call Number: Governors Office, John Martin, Correspondence, Box 29 Folder 5.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212905
Business and Industry - Labor
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy
Date - 1880s - 1885
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Resolution
People - European Americans - Irish
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Printed materials - Organization materials - Resolutions
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212905