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Score Pullman Strike Betrayal

Statement of the Central Executive of the Workers (Communist) Party accusing the Brotherhood leaders of not standing up against race segregation in…

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress., Pullman Porters File Petition With Commerce Commission, !6 September, 1927

Monitor article about the petition that the BSCP filed to the Interstate Commerce commission on 7th September, 1927. They requested an investigation…

Pullman Company Will Not Arbitrate in Porters FIght, 19 August, 1927

In 1927, a letter from Edwin P. Morrow in the Omaha Monitor, exposing the pullman company refuses to arbitrate with the porters, although they had…

1914, Pullman Conductors and Porters Organize

News item in the 1914 Day Book outlining the unfair treatment and salary of the Pullman Porters. In 1914 a car port received $27.50 a month while…

The Voice Newspaper, A.E. Simms To Be Ordinated, 1947

The Voice Newspaper announcement of the 197Ordination of Alfred SImms. Alfred became a deacon at Christ Temple Church in downtown Lincoln. . At this…

“Train Car Hit” Driver Is Hurt”., Nebraska State Journal, 1946

On May 28, 1946. the Lincoln Star Journal reported
that Albert Simms was in a car train collision at 19th and R street. He was struck on the…

Tags: Alfred Simms, Pullman Porters

Alfred E. Simms Retirement Announcement in the Voice Newspaper., Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress., 1949

The Retirement announcement of Alfred Simms on the front page of the Voice newspaper. Alfred Simms retired from a 30 year career as a Pullman car…

Tags: Alfred Simms, Pullman Porters

Alfred Simms Retirement Commendations, 1949

Newspaper clipping from the Voice newspaper, reporting the retirement of Alfred E. Simms retired from a 30 year career as a Pullman car chair porter,…

Tags: Alfred Simms, Christ Temple Church, Pullman Porters

To Federal Court- Mason Todd Sues for wrongful arrest., Ancestry.Com, Lincoln Daily News, 1913

Notice in the Lincoln News announcing that Mason Todd sues Mrs Sodeberg for $5,000 stating that she caused his wrongful arrest and imprisonment.

Tags: Mason Todd, Pullman Porters

If you want the most for your money you want the Burlington Route, G.W. Bokkell; C.P. & T.A., Courier Pub. Co., 1889

Advertisement for the Burlington Route. Advertising clean, well ventilated cars, elegant dinners where you pay only for what you order, and "Attentive…

Tags: Newspapers, Pullman Porters, Railways