This event led Lyman Gage to organize a group, notably containing three women, including Ellen Henrotin and Bertha Palmer. Ironically, prior to its occurence, some of the men involved invested in the Oakwood Cemetary Association. It escalated when Edwin Walker was named Special Attorney backed by the GMA, and after this event, the rival company, Wagner, was acquired from the Vanderbilts. Nelson Miles commanded the U.S. Marshalls that were eventually called, on the pretext of interference with U.S. Mail, and in its after
This event led Lyman Gage to organize a group, notably containing three women, including Ellen Henrotin and Bertha Palmer. Ironically, prior to its occurence, some of the men involved invested in the Oakwood Cemetary Association. It escalated when Edwin Walker was named Special Attorney backed by the GMA, and after this event, the rival company, Wagner, was acquired from the Vanderbilts. Nelson Miles commanded the U.S. Marshalls that were eventually called, on the pretext of interference with U.S. Mail, and in its aftermath Eugene V. Debs was arrested. Quashed by order of Grover Cleveland, FTP, identify this May, 1894 event in which a group of workers living in a company town near Chicago refused to work.
This event led Lyman Gage to organize a group, notably containing three women, including Ellen Henrotin and Bertha Palmer.
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