George A. Schilling (1850 inBaden[1] - 1936) was a prominentAmericanunion leader andGeorgist in the late nineteenth century. He was also active in Anarchist circles.[2] From 1865 to the 1890s, Schilling worked inChicago for theArbeiter Zeitung, a German-language newspaper with socialist (and later,anarchist) leanings. He made his mark in the Chicago labor movement as a member of thecooper's union and a leader of theKnights of Labor. In 1886, he was a prominent supporter of theLabor Party inIllinois. In 1886, the Labor PartyendorsedJohn Altgeld for ajudgeship, which Altgeld won.[3]
In 1892, Schilling endorsed Altgeld in a successful race forGovernor ofIllinois.[4] In 1893, he was appointed by Governor Altgeld as secretary on the State Board of Labor Commissioners, and in 1903 he was appointed by Altgeld to the Chicago Board of Local Improvements.[3]
In 1919 Schilling was a signatory to the call to establish theCommittee of 48, a liberal political organization which sought to establish athird party in America between the ideological poles of reaction on the one hand and revolution on the other.[5]
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