Anti-Picketing Ordinance of 1919 A labor ordinance passed by the Indianapolis City Council September 19, 1919, forbade all forms of picketing by striking workers… Read More »Anti-Picketing Ordinance of 1919
Associated Employers of Indianapolis In 1904 local businessmen established the Employers Association of Indianapolis to combat labor strikes in the city. Membership grew steadily… Read More »Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Atlas Engine Works Indianapolis has a long history of industry and manufacturing, which persists today. In the 1870s had already made Indianapolis a… Read More »Atlas Engine Works
Carrier Corporation Carrier Corporation was founded on June 26, 1915, in Farmington, Connecticut. It is a leading producer of heating, air conditioning,… Read More »Carrier Corporation
Central Indiana Labor Council The 19th-century industrialization of Indiana was accompanied by the emergence of an active and somewhat militant organized labor movement in… Read More »Central Indiana Labor Council
Columbia Conserve Company A nationally known experiment in industrial democracy, the Columbia Conserve Company, located in at 1735 Churchman Avenue (at the ),… Read More »Columbia Conserve Company
Committee Of Public Safety In the summer of 1877, the nation experienced the most serious labor disruptions in its history. On July 16 a… Read More »Committee Of Public Safety
John Fehrenbatch (June 29, 1844-Dec. 21, 1930). Born in Rochester, New York, Fehrenbatch went to work in a woolen factory in that… Read More »John Fehrenbatch
Edward J. Fillenwarth Sr. (June 21, 1910-Dec. 12, 1996). An Indianapolis native, Fillenwarth was the third of eight children of Henry James Fillenwarth, a… Read More »Edward J. Fillenwarth Sr.
Powers Hapgood (Dec. 28, 1899-Feb. 4, 1949). Powers Hapgood, son of , was born in Chicago and raised in Indianapolis where he… Read More »Powers Hapgood
