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Omaha Steve

(103,460 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:25 PM Jun 2015

6-17-15 March of the Mill Children in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/june-17-march-of-the-mill-children/

June 17, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1903. Mary Harris better known as “Mother” Jones held a rally in Philadelphia.

The famous Irish-American labor leader had come to Pennsylvania to support a strike of textile workers. As many as one-hundred thousand workers were out on strike.

2:00 minute audio link.

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6-17-15 March of the Mill Children in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP

Where my mother was born, still tough times years later than 1902 AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1

AuntPatsy

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1. Where my mother was born, still tough times years later than 1902

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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:28 PM

Jun 2015

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