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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