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... miner knew how to limit them . Still miners worked in darkness illumi- nated only by the flickering oil or carbide lamps on their caps . In spite of the skill and precautions of an individual , carelessness , or inexperienced miners ...
... miner knew how to limit them . Still miners worked in darkness illumi- nated only by the flickering oil or carbide lamps on their caps . In spite of the skill and precautions of an individual , carelessness , or inexperienced miners ...
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... miners out of the pits . They clashed with the private guards of employers , with the police , and with the militia in their fight for better conditions . And they fought among them- selves because there were always more miners than ...
... miners out of the pits . They clashed with the private guards of employers , with the police , and with the militia in their fight for better conditions . And they fought among them- selves because there were always more miners than ...
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... miners were placated only by Mitchell's conciliatory efforts and the provi- sion for a joint interstate conference of operators and miners scheduled to meet in Chicago , January , 1898 , to decide on a new scale . At the January meeting ...
... miners were placated only by Mitchell's conciliatory efforts and the provi- sion for a joint interstate conference of operators and miners scheduled to meet in Chicago , January , 1898 , to decide on a new scale . At the January meeting ...
Contents
Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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| Title | Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 Volume 4 of Sesquicentennial history of Illinois |
| Author | John Howard Keiser |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0252006178, 9780252006173 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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