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 in the city and imposed fines and prison terms on… 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 over the next decade. In 1914 the organization absorbed a… Read More »Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Carrier Corporation Carrier Corporation was founded on June 26, 1915, in Farmington, Connecticut. It is a leading producer of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment with a manufacturing facility in Indianapolis for… 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 which workers sought relief from economic distress through political activism.… Read More »Central Indiana Labor Council
Columbia Conserve Company A nationally known experiment in industrial democracy, the Columbia Conserve Company, located in Beech Grove at 1735 Churchman Avenue (at the Belt Line Railroad), canned a variety of soups and… 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 spontaneous labor uprising against the Baltimore And Ohio Railroad at… 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 city at age eight. In 1861, he moved to Indianapolis… 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 worker with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He grew up on English… Read More »Edward J. Fillenwarth Sr.
Powers Hapgood (Dec. 28, 1899-Feb. 4, 1949). Powers Hapgood, son of William Powers Hapgood, was born in Chicago and raised in Indianapolis where he attended Shortridge High School. He graduated from Harvard… Read More »Powers Hapgood
William Powers Hapgood (Feb. 26, 1872-July 30, 1960). Born in Chicago, Hapgood graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and worked for several years in Chicago with a wholesale grocer. He moved to Indianapolis… Read More »William Powers Hapgood
