Terrence Powderly structured the Knights of Labor, an attempt that begun in 1869 by and continued secretly until 1881. Like the Nation Labor Union, it campaigned for economic and social reform and won a number of strikes for the eight-hour workday and were successful against Jay Gould’s Wabash Railroad in 1885. However, the Knights of Labor became entangled in a sticky scandal and were beheaded.
In 1886, Samuel Gompers