E
Edison, T. A., [64].
Education, condition before 1840, [28]; issue with labor, [36], public school improvement, [42]; Paris peace treaty and, [107].
Edward III, proclamation of 1349, [12].
Eidlitz, O. M., [146].
Eight-Hour League, [70]; see also Hours of labor.
Elevator Constructors’ Union, [118]
Eliot, C. W., and Gompers, [98].
Ely, R. T., quoted, [21].
Emerson, R. W., on communistic experiments, [41].
Employers’ organizations, [249].
Erdman Act, [146], [162].
Erie Railroad, firemen organize Brotherhood, [152].
Erne, Lord, Irish landlord, [177] (note).
Ettor, J. J., [204].
Evans, G. H., [48]-[49].
Evans, Samuel, [233].
Evening Post, account of mass meeting in New York, [32]; quoted, [33].
Everett, Edward, [53].
Everett (Wash.), and I. W. W., [212].
F
Factory Girls’ Association (Lowell), [55].
Factory inspection, Paris peace treaty and, [107]; as political issue, [231]; provided by law, [249]-[250].
Farmers’ Alliance, [233]; and Knights of Labor at St. Louis, [235].
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada, [89].
Female Industry Association, [56].
Female Labor Reform Association, [55].
Field, J. G., [236].
Finance, demand for capital after Civil War, [64]-[65]; reform as a political issue, [231]; People’s party platform, [236]; see also Panics, Taxation.
Firemen’s Magazine, [155], [156].
“Five Stars,” see Knights of Labor.
Flynn, E. G., [208].
Force, Peter, [24].
Foster, F. K., The Labor Movement, the Problem of Today, quoted, [75]-[76].
Fox, Martin, [116].
France, syndicalism in, [188]; general strikes, [200].
Free Enquirer, [222].
Friendly Societies, [168].
Furuseth, Andrew, [247].
G
Garretson, A. B., [151], [152].
General Trades’ Union of New York City, [31].
George, Henry, [234]; Evans precursor of, [48].
Glassblowers’ Union, [124].
Goldfield (Nev.), I. W. W. at, [202].
Goldman, Emma, on syndicalism, [198]; on general strikes, [199].
Gompers, Samuel, President of American Federation of Labor, [94] et seq.; early life, [94]; national lobbyist for Federation, [99], [247]; organizes American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, [101]; on Council of Defense, [102]; heads American labor mission to Europe (1917), [104]-[105]; and Berne labor conference, [105]-[106]; contribution to Paris treaty of peace, [106]-[107]; and Socialism, [107]-[108]; personal characteristics, [108]; sentenced to imprisonment, [182], [254]; birthday occasion of gift to Danbury union, [184]; on American labor party, [255]; experience at London Conference (1918), [256]-[258].
Government control of public utilities, People’s party demands, [236].
Government operation of railroads, Brotherhoods’ plan for (1919), [167].
Government ownership, National Labor party on, [230] (note).
Government Printing Office, Roosevelt espouses open shop in, [248].
Grangers, help organize National Union party, [233]; join Workingman’s party in California, [240].
Granite City (Ill.), early morning strikes in steel mills, [210]-[211].
Granite Cutters’ National Union, [124].
Gray’s Harbor (Wash.), I. W. W. in, [212].
Great Britain, American institutions modeled after those of, [1]-[2]; survey of industrial system, [2] et seq.; ten-hour law in, [53]; British Trades Union as model for American Federation, [88]; labor leaders in, [123]; labor compared with that in America, [124].
Great War, American Federation of Labor and, [100] et seq.; and railroads, [166]-[167]; I. W. W. and, [215]; and Socialist party, [244]-[245].
Greeley, Horace, and ten-hour bill, [52]; on child labor law, [53]; and eight-hour day, [71].
Green Point (L. I.), potters’ strike (1880), [67].
Greenback party, [68], [231], [237].
Guild system, [3]-[4], [13].
H
Hamond, Edward, on I. W. W., [198].
Hardie, Keir, [123].
Hargreaves, James, invents spinning-jenny, [7].
Harriman, Job, [243].
Hayes, Dennis, [124]-[125].
Hayes, R. B., proclamation, [67].
Haywood, W. D., [195], [197], [202]; quoted, [199].
Henderson, Arthur, [257].
Henderson, John, [123].
Herald, New York, quoted, [56].
Hewitt, A. S., [234].
Highland Park (Ill.), Home for Disabled Railroad Men, [139].
Hines, W. D., Director-General of Railroads, [167].
Homestead Act (1862), [50].
Homestead strike (1892), [126], [174].
Homesteaders, [233].
Hoqiam (Wash.), sabotage in, [212].
Hours of labor, long hours, [28], [44]; ten-hour day, [30]-[31], [32], [34], [35], [44], [50]-[54], [160]; first ten-hour law (1847), [52]; as issue, [69]-[70]; eight-hour day, [70]-[72], [74], [129], [152]; Paris peace treaty and eight-hour day, [106]; eight-hour railroad law, [133] (note), [160], [164]-[166], [247]; eight-hour law as political issue, [231]; State regulation, [250].
Housing conditions about 1840, [27].
Hume, Joseph, [17]-[18].
I
I. W. W., see Industrial Workers of the World.
Idaho, miners’ strike, [174]; “hobo” labor in, [190]; violence in, [193]; and I. W. W., [216].
Illinois, strikes, [66], [67]; eight-hour law (1867), [71]; I. W. W. and draft in, [216]; United Labor party in, [235]; labor code, [249].
Illinois Central Railroad, conductors organize union, [150].
Immigration, character of immigrants, [26]; adds to armies of labor, [69]; I. W. W. and, [191]; People’s party on, [236].
Indiana, strikes, [66], [67]; shoemakers’ strike (1880), [68]; labor ticket (1888), [237].
Indianapolis, McNamara trial at, [175].
Industrial Commission, United States, [152]; report quoted, [168]; on union restriction of output, [186].
Industrial Revolution, [26].
Industrial Workers of the World, American Alliance for Labor and Democracy as an anecdote for, [101]; and American Federation of Labor, [109]; history of movement, [188] et seq.; factions, [196]; and direct action, [200]-[201]; and Socialist party, [245].
Industry, centralization of, [87]-[88].
“Infidel” party, [223], [224].
Inspection, see Factory inspection.
Insurance, Locomotive Engineers’ Mutual Life and Accident Insurance Association, [138]-[139]; Order of Railway Conductors, [150]; Brotherhood of Trainmen, [160]-[161].
Inter-Allied Labor Conference, London (1918), [256]-[258].
International Association of Machinists, [125].
International Association of Steam, Hot Water and Power Pipe Fitters and Helpers, [119].
International Firemen’s Union, [152]-[153].
International Typographical Union of North America, [60], [126], [169].
Interstate commerce, regulation as political issue, [231].
Interstate Commerce Commission, and wage increases, [145]; Clark on, [151]; Wilson asks for reorganization of, [164].
Ipswich (Mass.), meeting against I. W. W., [211].
Iron Molders’ Union of North America, [60], [169].
Italy, syndicalism in, [189]; general strikes, [200].