| adjourn: |
break off temporarily |
| arbitration: |
settling of disputes |
| assemblages: |
gatherings |
| barbaric: |
uncivilized |
| canvassing: |
surveying, counting |
| community of interest: |
people with shared interest |
| comprised: |
made up |
| conference: |
discussion |
| congregated: |
gathered |
| corporation house: |
employer owned housing |
| curtail: |
limit |
| deputed: |
delegated, assigned |
| discharged: |
fired |
| encroachments: |
infringements, intrusions, violations |
| estate: |
property |
| exploitation: |
the taking advantage of; making a profit from |
| expose: |
public revelation |
| forbear: |
abstain, hold back |
| inception: |
beginning |
| induce: |
persuade, convince |
| made up: |
made |
| Molly Stark: |
Revolutionary War heroine, who nursed soldiers during smallpox epidemic |
| obsess: |
think about something all the time |
| operative: |
worker |
| oppression: |
the act of keeping people down, crushing them, acting tyrannically |
| peart: |
lively, cheerful |
| piety: |
devotion to God |
| pique: |
feeling of resentment |
| reduction: |
lowering, cut |
| refrained: |
held back |
| scab: |
someone who breaks a strike by working or crossing a picket line |
| severe handling: |
criticism |
| solicit: |
encourage |
| solidarity: |
unity |
| tyranny: |
cruel and arbitrary use of authority |
| unorganized: |
not belonging to a labor union |
| vindicate: |
clear of blame |
