growth of factory system left working class unsettled
taylorism reduces power of individual laborers
unionization—knights of labors, founded in 1869
membership reached 700k by 1885, though did not win any significant victories
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cincinnati riots by knights were not caused by ire of labor leader; rather, demand was for removal of unjust technicalities, delays, discriminations etc
‘army of the discontented’ continues to amass forces, could one day arise in its wrath
pressuring ‘men who taunt others with unequal earnings, and distort the truth’
accuses vanderbilt of lying—“I know of no business in the United States, in which a skilled mechanic … gets money enough for … a barrel of flour”
further argues that child labor wages should be the same; can operate machines just as well as an adult
ends with a assertion that less time will lead to laborers understanding the true inequality