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Carmelo Benfante 1884 - 1968

Carmelo Benfante of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY was born on September 3, 1884, and died at age 83 years old in July 1968.
Carmelo Benfante
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY 14301
September 3, 1884
July 1968
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Carmelo Benfante's History: 1884 - 1968

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  • 09/3
    1884

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    September 3, 1884
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  • 07/dd
    1968

    Death

    July 1968
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    Carmelo Benfante lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1884, in the year that Carmelo Benfante was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1894, at the age of merely 10 years old, Carmelo was alive when on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
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