Blacklegs, The

DESCRIPTION: ""Curiosity caused me one evening to ramble"; by the Shoofly he hears two old ladies. One curses the blacklegs who are depriving union men of work. The other says the blacklegs are just trying to support their families. But times are still hard
AUTHOR: Patrick Johnson (source: Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: mining labor-movement hardtimes boss
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 222-224, "The Blacklegs" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Sliding Scale" (character of Franklin Gowen)
cf. "Muff Lawler, the Squealer" [Laws E32] (subject: the Long Strike and the Molly Maguires) and references there
NOTES [20 words]: For Franklin Gowen, the mine boss attacked in this song, see the notes to "Muff Lawler, the Squealer" [Laws E25]. - RBW
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