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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 235147, member: 56&quot;]The Knights of Labor was an interesting organization.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><i>Though often overlooked, the Knights of Labor contributed to the tradition of labor protest songs in America. The Knights frequently included music in their regular meetings, and encouraged local members to write and perform their work. In Chicago, James and Emily Talmadge, printers and supporters of the Knights of Labor, published the songbook &quot;Labor Songs Dedicated to the Knights of Labor&quot; (1885). The song &quot;Hold the Fort&quot; [also &quot;Storm the Fort&quot;], a Knights of Labor pro-labor revision of the hymn by the same name, became the most popular labor song prior to Ralph Chaplin IWW anthem “Solidarity Forever”.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s some stuff on Will Hardman (apparently better know for latter work):</p><p><a href="http://theoldrecordgal.blogspot.ca/2016/11/the-search-for-will-j-hardman-and-more.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theoldrecordgal.blogspot.ca/2016/11/the-search-for-will-j-hardman-and-more.html" rel="nofollow">http://theoldrecordgal.blogspot.ca/2016/11/the-search-for-will-j-hardman-and-more.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you should contact that blogger.&nbsp; He might not have anything to add, but you can bet he’d be interested in knowing about the songster.</p><p><br /></p><p>U. S. Stephens was founder of the order and had the title “Grand Master Workman”.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would be of interest to people who collect folk and popular music, and to people interested in the history of labor movements.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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