To the miners and laborers of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, 1877 March 17.

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To the miners and laborers of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, 1877 March 17.

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Franklin B. Gowen issued this broadside from Philadelphia to notify the miners and laborers of an accident and death insurance fund to which the company gave a $20,000 endowment and the workers could voluntarily contribute. The broadside spells out the provisions for contributions and payment in the event of an injury or death.

1 broadside ; 23 x 15 cm.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company

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The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, a subsidiary of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road, was founded in 1871 to allow its parent corporation to control the transportation of anthracite coal mined in eastern Pennsylvania. The coal company operated mines and coal processing plants, and the finished product was shipped via the railroad's lines. The Philadelphia and Reading Iron and Coal Company became a separate corporation in 1923 after the U.S. government initiated an anti-trus...

Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889

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Franklin B. Gowen, a lawyer, was president of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Company, 1869-1883. From the description of To the miners and laborers of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, 1877 March 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35766271 ...