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University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 46100 a Xerox Education Company 73-11,599 INFORMATION TO USERS This dissertation was produced from a microfilm copy of the original document. While the most advanced technological means to photograph and reproduce this document have been used, the quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the original submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help you understand markings or patterns which may appear on this reproduction. 1. The sign or "target" for pages apparently lacking from the document photographed is "Missing Page(s)". If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting thru an image and duplicating adjacent pages to insure you complete continuity. 2. 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Silver prints of "photographs" may be ordered at additional charge by writing the Order Department, giving the catalog number, title, author and specific pages you wish reproduced. University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 46100 A Xerox Education Company 73-11,599 WAKSMUNDSKI, John, 19t^3- McKINLEY POLITICS AND THE CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD AMERICAN LABOR, 1870-1900. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1972 History, modern University Microfilms, A XEROX Company , Ann Arbor. Michigan © 1973 JOHN WAKSMUNDSKI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFIIMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. M cKi n l e y p o l i t i c s a n d t h e c h a n g i n g ATTITUDES TOWARD AFRICAN LABOR 1870-1900 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By John Waksmundski, B.S., M.S. The Ohio State University 1972 Approved by Adviser Department of History PLEASE NOTE: Some pages may have indistinct print. Filmed as received. University Microfilms, A Xerox Education Company ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Several individuals and institutions aided me in the preparation and writing of this dissertation, I take great pleasure in thanking them for their invaluable assist­ ance. To Professor K. Austin Kerr, I am grateful for the supervision and direction he has provided in the research and writing of this dissertation. To Professor Robert H. Bremner, I owe a major debt for without his friendly and professional advice my graduate training period would have been a far more difficult experience. Professors Kerr and Bremner have contributed greatly to my understanding of American social, political, economic, and intellectual his­ tory in general and of the period between 1865 and 1920 in particular. To Professor Warren Van Tine, I am grateful for his perceptive insights into labor history, and for his suggestions and criticisms regarding this study. He has always been more than willing to help me. A number of libraries have assisted me in the col­ lection of data so important to my study. I benefitted much from my experiences in Washington, D.C. at the National Archives and the Department of Archives and Manuscripts in the Catholic University of America, and in Columbus, Ohio ii at the Ohio Historical Society and The Ohio State Univer­ sity Library. Many librarians and archivists have been cooperative in disclosing information and leading me to pertinent sources, Anthony Libertella, now Professor of History at Iona College, has shown an unusual interest in the ideas contained in this dissertation. For his friendship and willingness to listen to and share problems, I will be always grateful. The enduring patience and encouragement of my wife. Sue Waksmundski, and my sons, Michael and David have sustained me not only in completing this study but in my overall quest for higher education. Without their help, this dissertation might not be a reality, and for that reason it is as much theirs as mine. VITA June 9 , 19^3 =-*••••. Born - Puritan, Pennsylvania I96I-I965 ................. United States Air Force 1967 ............ ..... B.S., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1968 ............ M.S., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1968-I969 ................. High School Teacher, Spencerville, Ohio 1969-1971 ......... Graduate Assistant, Depart­ ment of History, The Ohio State University 1971-I972 . .......... Research Fellowship, The Ohio State University 1972-1973 ................. High School Teacher, Upper Arlington Schools, Columbus, Ohio FIELDS' OF STUDY Major Field: American History America in the Twentieth Century. Professor K. Austin Kerr American Social and Intellectual History. Professor Robert Bremner American Legal and Constitutional History. Professor Bradley Chapin Czarist and Soviet Russia. Professor Michael Curran BUYERS AND SELLERS What is a man worth? What can he do? What is his value? On the one hand those who buy labor. On the other hand those who have nothing to sell but their labor. And when the buyers of labor tell the sellers, "Nothing doing today, not a chance!" - then what? Carl Sandburg Honey and Salt PREFACE This dissertation proceeds along two lines, each related to the emergence, in the l890's, of a pragmatic- capitalist oriented way of looking at American society and organized labor’s position in that society. It seeks, first, to examine the underlying assumptions and beliefs regarding labor during a critical era by exploring the responses of leading unionists, intellectuals, politicians and businessmen to the immense challenge of socio-economic change sparked by intense industrial growth. Of particular importance here is the challenge of "the labor question," perhaps the single most important issue facing Americans during the I890’s and early twentieth century. In an effort to shed light upon these issues this study addresses itself to such questions as these: how was labor accepted into the emerging capitalist order? What were the sources within organized labor and the business and political communities which helped shape labor policy? And finally, what new conditions forced people to deal with the labor problem and how did labor fare as a result of this new focus? The second objective of this study is to associate this focus on the labor problem, and what it meant for the progress of trade unions, with the career of William McKinley. ' Vi Unlike the theoretical approach involved in understanding an ideology emerging from men's responses to labor issues, this objective dictates a more narrative approach. Its goal is to describe the attitudes and policies of William McKinley, and his friend Mark Hanna, toward the laboring classes, especially during the height of their power. For example, two significant pieces of legislation relating to labor were passed during the McKinley presidency. In 1898 Congress enacted the Erdman Act, providing "a means for mediation and arbitration of controversies affecting railways and their employees. A second measure, passed in the same year, established an Industrial Commission to investigate, among other things, the problems of labor and management and furnish suggestions which may "harmonize conflicting i n t e r e s t s . "2 These legislative measures, be­ cause they address themselves to settling the issue of labor's position in the capitalist framework, are closely associated to the development of those attitudes and ideas inherent in the new employer outlook tov/ard organized workers. The time base for this study is the late l890's, and to a lesser extent, the early .twentieth century. This ^U.S., Department of Commerce and Labor, Bulletin of Labor, Vol. XXIV - 1912 (Washington, D.C.: Government Print- ing W i c e 7 I9I2y, pp. 1, 58-61. ^UiS., Statutes at Large. XXX, pp. 476-77. vii period has been chosen because it represents both a climax and take-off point in American intellectual and economic history. From the Civil War onward the United States had been subjected to a phenomenal amount of social and economic change— the rise of powerful monopolies and "Robber Barons," the rise of the industrial city, the continuing waves of immigrants, industry’s triumph over agriculture, the spec­ tacular growth of labor- unions— with which traditional American ideas could not keep pace. As America entered the eighteen-nineties, however, many important leaders in academic, labor, business, and politics began to perceive the dawn of a new era and offered ideas and programs to readjust the American political economy to the new realities. The 1890’s are also important in that, except for the New Deal era, it is generally recognized as the most important period in American labor history. During the nineties Samuel Gomper’s "pure and simple unionism," the guiding philosophy of the labor movement for decades to come, asserted itself over idealism, socialism,' and the ideological and political challenges of strong minorities within the movement. Youthful unions such as the American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers showed remarkable endurance by weathering massive unemployment resulting from the severe depression of 1893-97. Various groups of workers, moreover, fought and survived a number ' viii of violent wars with capital, most notably the furious up­ heavals at Coeur d ’Alene, Homestead, and Pullman.
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