When was it published?

September 24, 1886 in The Times

Domestic News September 24, 1886

The Times

Q: What keywords are associated?

Labor Treatment, South Aristocracy, Democratic Party, Knights Of Labor, T B Barry

Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

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What is this article about?

T. B. Barry of Bay City, a Knights of Labor executive board member and Democrat, expresses shock at the harsh treatment of laborers in the South, likening it to slavery days and questioning the Democratic party's support for workers.

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Just where the following came from we do not know, but it is good all the same: "T. B. Barry, of Bay City, a member of the executive board. K. of L., has been down south and is astonished at the inhuman treatment of the laboring classes there. the old aristocracy has arisen and placed it's heel on the laborer as in the days of slavery. It is horrible, says Mr. Barry, and yet Mr. Barry is and has always been a democrat. His eyes are being slowly opened to the fact that the Democratic party is not the party from which the laborer may hope to obtain justice."

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Economic

What keywords are associated?

Labor Treatment South Aristocracy Democratic Party Knights Of Labor T B Barry

What entities or persons were involved?

T. B. Barry

Where did it happen?

South

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

South

Key Persons

T. B. Barry

Event Details

T. B. Barry, of Bay City, a member of the executive board K. of L., has been down south and is astonished at the inhuman treatment of the laboring classes there. The old aristocracy has arisen and placed its heel on the laborer as in the days of slavery. It is horrible, says Mr. Barry, and yet Mr. Barry is and has always been a democrat. His eyes are being slowly opened to the fact that the Democratic party is not the party from which the laborer may hope to obtain justice.