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AOH Ancient Order of Hibernians |
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resisting english rule midnight they did a lot of damage with out being caught brought tradition to to the country, mostly in cities some in mines |
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| nativist: English Prostant born here; wrote miners journal, believed in all sterotypes of Irish; anti-union, anti-slave; first to write of Molly McGuires |
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| Workingmen's Benevolent Association |
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| WBA; 1869; started by John Siney; this is a labor union |
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Non violence Harmoney of Interests |
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| things that the WBA believed in |
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| Anthracite Board of Trade |
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organization that the mine operators joined when the miners joined the WBA; this was started by Franklin Gowen (the summer of 1902 the miners went on strike for 160 days and the nation was scared that there would be a coal shortage, and the President interviened (Teddy)) |
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| President of Philly and Reading RR; wanted to break up the unions; bought up Schuylkill mines and rose prices; in 1874 he decided to go after the WBA and he gave a 10% pay cut |
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