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Teamsters declared by proclamation at the 1916 Convention that the horse would always be the heart of the union and always remain a part of any badge, button, logo or flag

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Tobin saw that technology was radically changing the freight-moving industry. Recognizing the trend and to motorization as more than a passing fad, he set out to organize the fast growing motorized truck delivery industry. He began by organizing motor truck drivers and prevailed on horse and wagon companies to train their drivers in automotive skills. In 1912, Teamsters were part of the first transcontinental delivery of goods by motor truck. The wave of the future was obvious to even the most die-hard traditionalists, and Teamsters had secured themselves a place as leaders of the transition.

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 For several years, trucks and horses worked some of the same jobs: Teamsters at the reins and at the wheel. Desperate to compete with the new motor carriers, horse-drawn freight firms tried to save money by eliminating feedings for Teamsters horses. Teamsters responded by striking, winning important safeguards for their animals’ well being. As further proof of their devotion to their loyal partners, even amid the many changes, Teamsters declared by proclamation at the 1916 Convention that the horse would always be the heart of the union and always remain a part of any badge, button, logo or flag.

 


 
A Teamster working in Westmoreland County (located in Western Pennsylvania) for Byers' Grocery in November of 1910

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United Teamsters of America "1907" Local 708
 
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Horses made out of sand
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Stablemen-Rare horse blanket pins and tags


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1870s-80s Livery Stable Brass Claim Tags


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Early Real Photo of Livery Stable in Maryland
 
ANTIQUE VINTAGE MILKING SHOEING HOBBLES
 
1800's Blacksmiths Leather Horse Shoeing Waist Belt
 
Antique 1900's Chicago illinois Teamsters horses 2434 Guyler Ave photograph
 
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J.P. Hoffa served Montour County in the Pennsylvania House of Represenatives from 1885-1890.
J. P. Hoffa served Montour County in the Pennsylvania House of Represenatives from 1885-1890 - Not related to General President James P. Hoffa
 
 
 

Pension Issue (Teamster-War of 1812)

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 Pension Office [Washington], 28 July 1857, to Hugh D. McLellan, Esq. of Gorham, Maine, regarding "the claim of Samuel Lombard No. 157.465 for bounty land under the act of March the 3d 1855 for service as a teamster during the War of 1812 has again been submitted and the subjoined report [included] transmitted... There is nothing to show that the claimant was a teamster in the intent and meaning of the Act of Congress under which said claim was presented." Together with a Partly Printed Document bearing the printed signature "J. Minot, Commissioner of Pensions", 1 page,, 14 July 1856, Pension Office [Washington], "Act of March 3, 1855 (Circular N.)... The application of Samuel Lombard No. 157465 as Teamster must set for the name of the Quarter Master by whom he was paid, before the Auditor can be able to report service; the claim will therefore, remain suspended until the same be furnished."


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1907 IBT Convention Credential
 
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Horse Shoers Union 1907
 
1984 PA Conference of Teamsters medal with ribbon
 
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1891 I B T Indiana (State Seal) Brotherhood of Trainmen
 
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Vintage Civil War-Teamster Horse Tack

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Livery Stable Blues orginal sheet music 1917
 
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The Union Railroad 

A Class III switching railroad located in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania. The company is owned by Transtar, Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of USS Corp, more popularly known as United States Steel. The railroad's primary customers are the three plants of the USS Mon Valley Works, the USS Edgar Thompson Steel Works (blast furnaces, basic oxygen steelmaking, and continuous slab casting), the USS Irvin Works (hot and cold rolling mills and finishing lines) and the USS Clairton Works (producer of coke for blast furnace ironmaking).

History of the Union Railroad 

Andrew Carnegie had been discussing rail transport with other lines, but determined the best way to protect his interests was to control the rail line himself. Several smaller companies had constructed sections of the route. "Bear Creek Railroad (name changed to Shenango and Allegheny Railroad Co.) was incorporated in March 1865 for the purpose of moving coal 21 miles from Pardoe to Shenango for delivery to other railroads and the Erie Extension Canal. By 1883, Shenango and Allegheny had extended north to Greenville, PA, and south to Butler, PA. By 1892, the line had extended north to reach the port of Conneaut Ohio. The extensions carried their own descriptive corporate names and survived a series of corporate reorganizations to become the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie." The rail line had been completed as far as Butler, still 40 miles distant from the Mon Valley. The first ore boat arrived in Conneaut in 1892 stimulating the interest of Andrew Carnegie. In April 1896, a tri-party agreement between PS&LE, Union Railroad Company and Carnegie Steel Company called for construction of a line from Butler to East Pittsburgh. The Butler and Pittsburgh Railroad Company incorporated April 8, 1896 and completed, spectacularly, by October 27, 1897 including a long, single track bridge across the Allegheny River. Also in 1897, PS&LE and B&P were consolidated into the Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie under majority ownership of Carnegie. The Union Railroad or as some call "railroad in the sky" was created 1896. The railroad, as it exists today, has resulted from the union of five different railroads between the years 1906 and 1915. The original URR extended from East Pittsburgh to Hays, a distance of six miles, and was constructed in the years 1894–1907.

Four years later, Carnegie formed the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad under this exclusive ownership and arranged to lease PS&LE for 999 years. This arrangement stayed in place with the formation of U. S. Steel in 1901, which bought out Carnegie interests.

The Union was expanded to include the several other mills in the Mon Valley Region. The Union was responsible for the various switching task within each mill, for delivering raw materials to each mill (which would arrive on the Union via interchange with the Bessemer & Lake Erie, another US Steel owned and operated railroad) and for delivering the finished products to interchange with the major railroads in the area (most notable the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie).

In 1906, B&LE leased, and later sold, to Union Railroad the portion of line between North Bessemer and East Pittsburgh.

At its peak, the Union served eight separate steel mills and numerous other businesses (see below for complete list)- USS Homestead, USS Rankin, USS Edgar Thomson, USS Duquesne-National, USS National Tube & Pipe, USS Clairton,the relatively new USS Irvin rolling mill and Grant Steel in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. The URR also used four bridges crossing the Monongahela River - Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge, Union Railroad Clairton's Wyle Bridge, McKeesport Connecting Riverton Bridge (also known as: Union Railroad Riverton Bridge), Carrie Furnace Hot Medal Bridge (also known as: Union Railroad Rankin Hot Metal Bridge) - and was one of the busy railroads in the United States by tonnage hauled. Unlike the rest of the steel industry, the Union was relatively accepting of modernization as demonstrated by construction of a then state-of-the-art yard and dispatching center in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in the early 1950s. With the decline of the steel industry in the United States, the Union's operations were greatly scaled back.

Today main transportation is iron ore from North Bessemer interchange. Edgar Thomson gets it coke from the Clairton works that is also interchanged to Dexter yard, slabs from Edgar Thomson to Irvin works and finished steel products (coils) from Irvin works to the interchanges. Only the Port Perry Bridge remains open for rail traffic. For inner-mill service the Edgar Thomson plant uses US Steel own EMD-switchers to move the hot metal subs and for tressel unloading. Crews from the URR have their own motive power EMD's for general switching duties within the mill. Their duties include the movement of loaded ore and coke cars to the staging yard and tressel, spotting and pulling the caster and slab mills, along with bringing in scrap and flux cars into the BOP "Basic Oxygen Process". After closing the Riverton bridge in 2008] there is no rail connection between the URR network and Mckeesport Tubular Operations "Camp Hill". Using URR motive power to switch McKeesport Tubular is the duty of McKeesport Connection Railroad (MKC), another subsidiary of Transtar. The Duquesne Coal Docks are still in operations unloading scrap metal from barges to be used at Edgar Thomson and coal barges to interchange with Norfolk Southern in the Kenny Yard. Union Railroad continues to serve the Mon Valley and have since expanded its customer base to include Dura-Bond pipe coating in the former Duquesne Works site and General Electric in West Mifflin hauling special oversize generators.


 
 
 
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The 1934 Minneapolis Strike
Teamsters Local Union No. 574
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1934 Press Photo National Guardsmen in front of strike Headquarter at Minn. This is an original press photo. Credit-ACME an NEA Photo. Photo is dated 8-13-1934.
1934 Press Photo Minn. National Guard at strike HQ in Minneapolis. This is an original press photo. Credit-ACME-NEA Photo. Photo is dated 08-02-1934.

The 1934 Minneapolis Strike

Teamsters Local Union No. 574

In 1934 Minneapolis was one of the major hauling centers of the United States, and the major distribution center in the Upper Midwest. Thousands of truck drivers were employed in the city's trucking industry, but many were unorganized.

A small group of organized drivers in the city made up General Drivers Local 574 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 574 had been trying for several years -- with little success -- to organize drivers in Minneapolis. They didn't care what industry the drivers were from, they wanted to create one large industrial organization for all drivers.

The strike began on May 16. The workers demanded recognition of the union, wage increases, shorter working hours and the right of the union to represent "inside workers" -- workers employed in distribution centers but who were not drivers, such as warehouse and loading bay workers.

Two pickets, John Belor and Henry Ness, were killed and the hail of bullets. More than 65 other workers were injured. Many were shot in the back.

 

Read complete story on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Web Site at: http://teamster.org/about/teamster-history/1934


 
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Authentic “Knights of Labor” stein from the 1870’s
 
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SAMUEL GOMPERS, AFL PRESIDENT’S - AUTHENTIC PERSONALLY SIGNED & DATED SENTIMENT
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