Protectionism, Wages and Strikes in the Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County: 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose This article has been excerpted from the author's master's thesis completed in 1967 • The Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County, Pa.: 1840-1900. During much of the

to the crematorium: the Penn Iron Works, a rolling mill headed by A.J. Stein- man; and the Inquirer Printing Co., the largest job printing plant in Penn- sylvania (later to become the Wickersham Printing Co.). Political an- tagonists such as A.J. Steinman, W.U. Hensel, M.T. Garvin, and W.W. Griest

Tinkerers, Mechanics and Inventors of Lancaster County By John Ward Willson Loose A few caveats are in order. My essay is not an "in depth" study of each and every tinkerer, mechanic and inventor that ever worked in Lancaster County, nor does it attempt to single out every person who contributed in

, which fol- lowed the iron rolling developments, made use of similar machin- ery, processes and terms, for which a present tense description would be appropriate. Much of the data herewith listed has been compiled from many sources, such as Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, the reports of the