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The Great Railroad Strike...

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DAILY GAZETTE AND BULLETIN, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1877

  • The Great Railroad Strike

The front page of this issue covers the events relating to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.  Headlines/sub-heads include:

"Bloody Revolution", "Terrible Carnage and Loss of Life at Pittsburg", "Major General pearson Wounded - Sheriff Fife Killed", "Hundreds of Freight Cars Burned - - Union Depot Destroyed", "Further Particulars of the Great Riot at Pittsburg", "One Hundred and Thirty Locomotives Disabled", "Flight of the Troops and the Railway Officers", and much more.

This issue, complete in 4 pages is in relatively good condition.  However, some minor dirtiness can be found throughout.

Category: Post-Civil War
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.