Primitive Methodist Society Chapter 14

James Delaney said “a major influence on social, moral, and political life at the time was the church.” (Delaney). This quote relates to the time

In his book, “Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War”, Thomas G. Andrews construes the trajectory of a unique labor movement of the southern Colorado coal workers. The labor movement is unique as it integrates the social, ecological and industrial context of the strike for a captivating narration of the Ludlow massacre. Andrew’s account is valuable as he insists that credible conclusions must be grounded in complete and sophisticated provenance as opposed to oversimplified explanations. The intent of this response paper is to analyze the burdensome nature of obtaining coal, substandard pay and the treacherous working conditions. Secondly, the paper discusses the ways which helped employees to achieve autonomy and solidarity.

The miners continued working diligently, even though they were paid with little money that would just be given back to the company when they bought their necessities at the local company store. The miners were left with nothing other than a sense of desperation. That is, until they begin trying to form a labor union to fight their oppressors. The novel continues by walking you through the fights the miners are subject to. However, their annoyance to the companies only brings more troublesome times. The companies were too strong and the miners were brought down. Many of them were killed and the companies’ greed for industrialization only grey. However, this was a historical novel, so we know that such occurrences were availing. Later in history, changes were made to better the lives of miners thanks to the ones that were like was we saw in Storming Heaven.

Eventually, the workers of American Coal, who were once the landowners of the very area they were mining, formed a labor union to fight for better working conditions. The union was met with great opposition by the company’s secret police. As time went on, the coal miners continued to fight for their rights, only to be put down violently by the coal company’s strikebreakers. Union leaders were also fired and blacklisted from the company as a means to put a stop to union activity.

The First African American Baptist Church was originated in 1773 under the leadership of Reverend George Leile. In 1775 of May he was ordained as the pastor and December of 1777 the church was officially consulted as the body of believers. During the decades of slavery in America, slave association were a constant source of concern to slave owners. Religious exercises of slaves were closely watched to detect plans for escape or insurrection. African-American churches showed an air of militancy in the eyes of white Americans. Insurrections such as Nat Turner's in Virginia, born out of the religious inspiration of slaves, horrified white Americans. Understanding the potential end which could result

For the followers of the Holiness Church in the Appalachian Mountain region, serpent handling is a central activity at their religious meetings. Following a passage in the Gospel of Mark, followers are instructed to “take up serpents” and trust in God enough to put their lives at risk. This rather unique religious ritual can be analyzed and understood by looking towards the MacMillan definition of religion. The MacMillan Encyclopedia of Religion states “[…] almost every known culture [has] a depth dimension in cultural experiences […] toward some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life. When more or less distinct patterns of behavior are built around this depth dimension in a culture, this

I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 22, 2002 to Matt and Rachel Eilers I was born at Mercy Medical Center. On the twenty third of February I got to go to my home at 7526 Cattail Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My room had blue curtains; I still can remember it. My brother was born on October 11, 2006. At the age of 5 years old I had brain surgery due to my Chiari malformation. I went to kindergarten on August 20, 2008 at Holloway House. My preschool and kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Varn.

Wayland Baptist isn’t a big university as in matter of fact the main campus is in Plainview. It has a community of 25,000 on the high plains of west Texas between Lubbock and Amarillo.

After the tragic death of Peter’s good friend James Scobbie many debates were held between the miners and the government. The miners had enough. On the 29th of November 1854, 12,000 diggers met under the Southern

The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. A. J. Smith Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008.

adamantly opposed any recognition of the union. Thus, the union members decided to strike over wages, safety

I disagreed with the Company’s decision to lower the wages of the workers. The men and women were suffering from starvation, straining their bodies to the bone, and were living in poorly constructed houses. The reason they lived like this was because of the iron law of wages. “Wage levels are fixed by the iron law of the irreducible minimum.” The Company kept the wages at the bare minimum in which the workers can eat, and reproduce. The Company was exploiting these miners who literally put spilled their blood and sweat just to suffer. The Company, knowing their workers were not living sufficiently, decided to lower

The trigger for Britain's most bitter industrial dispute of recent times was the announcement that one Yorkshire pit, Cortonwood near Barnsley, was to close, all over Yorkshire walked out, not realising that it would be a year before they returned. Whereas previous coal strikes had been over in a matter of weeks, this time both union and government dug in for a lengthy battle. In the end, the biggest losers were ordinary miners.

It is important to acknowledge the importance religion played in eighteenth century society, as sermons were seen as divine, righteous and promoted God’s word on earth. The Church was seen as a meeting place for many in the community where political, Social and religious ideas could be communicated freely, while sermons in their own right were blueprints of how one should attempt to live ones life on earth. With this in mind, the vast account’s of sermons on the 1707 Union reflects how the Church was attempting to indoctrinate its congregations into accepting pro-union ideas, both before and after it was signed. Biblical comparisons to the Union, made it difficult for the congregation to question it publically, while it also promoted the idea of social hegemony between pro and anti Union supporters, using the Ten commandments as the Reverend Charles Bean stated. This concept was shared by Rev Chandler and Rev Freke who both preached thanksgiving sermons on how one should attempt to dwell with brethren in unity.

James King a union activist was vociferous in 1886 on the barriers presented by sectarian divisions for effective trade unionism. King accused both nationalists and Orangemen of putting their fanaticism to the forefront of their priorities stating they would rather “pay a crown for throttling his obnoxious neighbour more readily than he would a penny for proper protection in the pit”. While other miners argued ‘only a small percentage’ held such fanatical and extreme religious views, William Small was of the belief that weak union organisation in Lanarkshire in the 1890s had not helped due to ‘jealousy between certain sections’ ‘there are religious differences…and racial differences’. Issues that Holytown miners’ agent John Robertson recalls were present in the 1894 Scottish miners strike when the union had been ‘crucified between racial an religious prejudices’.