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Edward Powers 1877 - 1966

Edward Powers of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida was born on December 14, 1877, and died at age 88 years old in September 1966.
Edward Powers
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida 33161
December 14, 1877
September 1966
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    1877

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    December 14, 1877
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  • 09/dd
    1966

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    September 1966
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    Edward Powers lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1877, in the year that Edward Powers was born, on July 14th, strikes and resulting riots began at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. A sympathy strike and rioting began in Pittsburgh and a worker's rebellion began in St. Louis, then spread to other cities. 100 people were killed before the strikes ended when President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to each of the cities involved.
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In 1884, he was only 7 years old when on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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