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  • The packing-house workers of Chicago and the steel workers all over the and he led the strike, the great steel strike of 1919.

    Memories Of The Industrial Workers Of The World 1997

  • Well, Foster was so convinced that he was right, that he went into the AFL and I can't tell you what an act of treason that was, and he organized two bodies of basic workers in this country who had never been organized before, the steel workers and the packing-house workers.

    Memories Of The Industrial Workers Of The World 1997

  • President Grant's daughter had caught a titled gentle - man in Turkey or somewhere, as had the daughters of railroad tycoons, wheat millionaires, packing-house magnates and the owners of trolley-car franchises.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • An extensive examination by Wiley and Bigelow of packing-house products and preserved meats showed that of the latter only a small amount contained objectionable preservatives.

    Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder

  • The next man was challenged: he was a retired packing-house operator in

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • The practice has created a vast network of inter-relations, that leads the cotton spinner of Massachusetts to eat the meat prepared by the packing-house operative in Omaha, while the pottery of Trenton and the clothing of New York are sent to the Yukon in exchange for fish and to the Golden Gate for fruit.

    The American Empire Scott Nearing 1933

  • One of Mrs. Lorch's lodgers worked in a packing-house, and Mrs. Andersen brought Thea word that she had spoken to Mr. Eckman and he would gladly take her to Packing-town.

    The song of the lark 1915

  • She was backed by some of the packing-house people and by the Chicago Northwestern Railroad.

    The song of the lark 1915

  • (We are living on tinned goods these days, and since mind is rumoured to be an emanation of matter, our similes are naturally of the packing-house variety.) "You'd better bring your revolvers along, and a couple of rifles," said Captain Jansen.

    Chapter 15 1913

  • Her childish extravagance and contempt for all the serious facts of life could be charged to her father's generosity and his long packing-house purse.

    The song of the lark 1915

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