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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877...
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877...
Item # 675583
July 24, 1877
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, July 24, 1877
* Great railroad strike
* Riots in many cities
Over three columns of the front page are taken up with a fine account of the Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877, part of the larger Great Railroad Strike which resulted in over 100 deaths including women & children. The incidents followed repeated reductions in wages and sometimes increases in workload by railroad companies, during a period of economic recession following the Panic of 1873.
The report is actually a collection of many dispatches from various cities in the East. Column heads include: "HARD TIMES!" "A Labor Revolution" "The Whole Railway System East of the Rocky Mountains Involved in the Strike" "Frightful Scenes In Pittsburg" "Murder, Fire, and Pillage" and more.
Four pages, a bit fragile but in nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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