The necessity of the period - "Eight-Hour Men." "Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby direct that from and after this date no reduction shall be made in the wages paid by the Government by the day to such laborers, workmen, and mechanics, on account of such reduction of the hours of labor". To eight hours day : eine Darstellung einer Versammlung von Männern / [Unbekannter Künstler]
