Secret Societies that started in Pennsylvainia and Ohio you may never of heard of

 While the Mollie Mcquires a Secret Society of Coal Miners in Eastern Pa known for violence against their Employer .The Coal Mine Owners

Their where several that where formed for the good of man kind . During the Industrial revolution in America some to protect workers and others to protect newly arriving Immigrants to help them assimilate living in America. Life insurance and death benefits where a big part of-these organizations

to help family's survive after a husband died at work or health issue  some have gone on to become enormous beneficial organizations offering insurance including  NSS Life   the National Slovak Assoc. and GBU Life which is the  German Benefits Union

One such secret society  was the Ancient Order of United Workman  which started in Meadville Pa in a former church  approx  year of 1868



By John Jordan Upchurch  a mechanic on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad 
being dissatisfied with the previous benevolent association he belonged to  

Seeing all the things he saw wrong with previous organization he set out to correct those things and provide better benefits to members including higher death benefits payouts 
as Employers of the time did not provide this benefit to workers family's 
 
The organization still exists to this day known today as National Fraternal Congress of America.
 
 
Another organization which started in Cincinnati Ohio
is
The Improved Benevolent and protective Order of Elks of The World

Which also still exists to this day

Was started by Arthur James Riggs and Benjamin Franklin Howard in 1868 
after they where both denied membership to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks because they where black 

 
 But they where not about to put up with this racism and started an Elks open to all 
the group still exists to this day and is flourishing  compared to the former all whites only group

https://www.ibpoew.org/

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