CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES, AND LOCAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR OF AMERICA. ADOPTED AT READING, PA., JAN. 1-4, 1878... AND AT HAMILTON, ONT., OCTOBER 5-12, 1885. "WHEN BAD MEN COMBINE THE GOOD MUST ASSOCIATE, ELSE THEY WILL FALL, ONE BY ONE, AN UNPITIED SACRIFICE IN A CONTEMPTIBLE STRUGGLE."
[Cincinnati? 1883?]. 3-3/4" x 5-5/8". 84 pp. Stitched in original plain wrappers. Stitched, a clean text. Front wrapper with folds turning into closed tears. Else Very Good.
The Knights of Labor became a formidable opponent of powerful concentrations of capital. In 1884 and 1885 the Knights ordered strikes against Jay Gould's railroads. Variations of this pamphlet were frequently issued, probably corresponding to the adoption of the Constitutions in different cities.
The Knights of Labor was formed, its Preamble states, to counter "the alarming development and aggression of aggregated wealth," to the detriment of "the toiling masses."
OCLC 38696315 [5- U TX, U MD, Stanford, AL Arch. Hist., Chicago Hist. Mus.] as of November 2025. Item #41455
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