RARE NEW YORK CITY 1896 PRO-McKINLEY LABOR GROUP BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$359.26
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Session I January 2023 Political
Item Description
7/8" with W&H back paper. Text reads "Wage Earners' Patriotic League" depicting a pen, mallet, and spade. This group was organized by Col. J. E. Blum and its motto was "Honest Dollars For A Day's Honest Toil." We found a pair of New York Times articles reporting on two of the group's meetings. The first from September 9, 1896 has triple headlines reading "No Free Silver For Them/First Rally Of Wage-Earners' Patriotic League/Remarkable Gathering Of Laboring Men On The East Side-Of Various Political Parties, They Unite In Opposing Bryan And A Sliced Dollar 'Though We Are Laborers,' Said One, 'We Can't Be Bunkoed.'" The second article from October, 1896 is triple headlined "Put Out Bryan Shouters/They Tried To Howl Down Speakers For Gold/Police Take An Active Part In Cooper Union Mass Meeting Of Wage Earners' League-Silver Men Cheered Every Reference To Bryan And Hissed Points Against Him..." A rare button unlisted in Hake. We've seen two. Exc.
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