Eight Hours (Read the lyrics)

Executive order for the 10-hour day, 1840

Eight-Hour Proclamation, 1869

Editorial, New York Times, 1869

Eight Hour Strike, 1871

Editorial, Chicago Tribune,1879

Workingman's Opposition, 1879 

Samuel Gompers on shorter hours, 1883

Terence V. Powderly, 1890

New York Times, 1897

Samuel Gompers Quotations