Word: workmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Tanssing has an exceedingly interesting account in the Forum for October of "Workmen's Insurance in Germany" a system for the compulsory insurance of workmen against accidents of any sort...
...time, but it was not until the middle of the century that the greatest energy was shown. A French consul named Botta made the most important discovery. At a small town near the site of ancient Nineveh in Assyria, he set to work, and after much labor his workmen succeeded in unearthing an ancient Assyrian palace of huge proportions. During this time discoveries were being made also in the southern part of Babylonia. Huge mounds were being dug out in which were buried palaces, temples and ruined cities. After this time until 1872 there was very little discovery. At that...
During the past three weeks work on Hastings Hall has gone forward rapidly. Nearly all the roof has been slated, and inside the walls the workmen have been putting the steam-heating apparatus in place. The walls have not been plastered at all yet, but it is expected that not much time will be required to do that work, since a part of the inside walls will be finished in Philadelphia pressed brick with red mortar, and therefore will require no further finishing. Work on the flooring has not yet been begun, but the supporting iron cross beams...
...Telegraph operatives are skilled workmen who cannot safely be removed. Hence the proposed system would be a valuable model of a nonpartisan civil service.- Sen. Rep., 48th Cong., "Statements...
...workmen on the new recitation hall at Yale have struck, and work has been suspended for several days. The contractors refused to yield in any way to the demands of the strikers, and have engaged non-union men. No great trouble has been caused by the strike, however, and it is hoped to have the walls well up to the second story before it will be necessary to quit work on account of the weather...