In England, a compassionate parliament declares that children can't be
required to work more than 12 hours a day. And they must have an hours'
instruction in the Christian Religion every Sunday and not be required to
sleep more than two in a bed - 1802
The American Railway Union, headed by Eugene Debs, is founded in Chicago. In
the Pullman strike a year later, the union was defeated by federal
injunctions and troops, and Debs was imprisoned for violating the
injunctions - 1893