"Work, give us work" : Jacob Coxey and the industrial army movement / Steven L. Piott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piott, Steven L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--United States--History.

Working class.

Unemployed--United States.

Unemployed.

Coxey, Jacob Sechler, 1854-1951.

Coxey, Jacob Sechler.

Fry, Lewis Cass.

Kelly, Charles T.

Scheffler, Solomon I.

Hogan, William.

Cantwell, Frank.

Jeffries, Edward J.

Coxey's Army.

Populist Party (U.S. : 1892-1908)--History.

Populist Party (U.S. : 1892-1908).

Industrial Army of the United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 186 pages : illustrations, photographs (black and white) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

"The depression that began in 1893 caused widespread economic suffering throughout the country and triggered a march of unemployed men from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. Known in the press as "Coxey's Army" -- led, ironically, by successful businessman Jacob Coxey -- the marchers demanded that the federal government create jobs for idled workers. But Coxey's march overshadowed a much larger story. In late March 1894, other "armies" of unemployed mobilized on the Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountain states to begin their own pilgrimages to the nation's capital. Confronted with distances farther than those covered by European crusaders to the Holy Land, western marchers had to improvise. When railroads refused them or demanded full fare that they didn't have, they commandeered trains. Sometimes they built boats to continue their journeys on one of the major rivers. Alarmed by the possibility of 100,000 unemployed workers converging on the nation's capital, railroad and government officials did everything they could to stop them. This exhaustively researched history tells the story of these dogged marchers who only wanted to work."--back cover.

Contents:

The Inspiration: Coxey's Army

Fry's Los Angeles Army

Kelly's San Francisco Army (Part 1)

Kelly's San Francisco Army (Part 2)

Hogan's Montana Army

Scheffler's Portland Army

The Northwestern Industrial Armies of Cantwell and Jeffries

the Industrial Armies of Colorado and Utah.

Notes:

Bibliography pages 179-182.

ISBN:

9781476697031

1476697035

9781476654836

1476654832

OCLC:

1443717682

Publisher Number:

90103253327