The Knights of Labor
11 April 1891: A lithograph by Tom Merry from the St Stephen's Review, which satirizes the diverse nature of the American population and the political views which they were believed to hold. In the picture, the spirit of a founding father shows Uncle Sam a German Anarchist, a Russian Nihilist, a Fenian and a member of the Knights of Labor.
Panic at the New York Stock Exchange
1893: Investors panicking in the New York Stock Exchange. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Factories
Undated view over rooftops of large factory complex with plumes of smoke escaping many smokestacks, unspecified location, probably USA. (Photo by Welgos/Getty Images)
JP Morgan and the strikes
circa 1902: A cartoon of banker and financier John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (1837 - 1913) - 'Let me settle the strike' - he holds a club on which is written $450,000,000. Original Publication: The Topic of the Month - The Great Coal Strike in America (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Blast furnace workers
October 1890: A group of workers from the blast furnace at Ensley, six miles from Birmingham, Alabama. Iron ore is converted into about 200 tons of pig iron per day in each of the three functioning furnaces. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Samuel Gompers
English born American labor leader Samuel Gompers (1850 - 1924), who founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in 1886 and led the American Federation of Labor (AFL). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
The Knights of Labor
11 April 1891: A lithograph by Tom Merry from the St Stephen's Review, which satirizes the diverse nature of the American population and the political views which they were believed to hold. In the picture, the spirit of a founding father shows Uncle Sam a German Anarchist, a Russian Nihilist, a Fenian and a member of the Knights of Labor.
Unions 
