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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877... The Indian War in Montana..
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877... The Indian War in Montana..
Item # 675584
July 22, 1877
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, July 22, 1877 Nearly 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.
Also on the ftpg: "The Indian War" "Latest From the Front--the Hostiles in Hot Retreat for Montana--They Will be Intercepted by Gen. Crook or Gen. Miles".
Four pages, a bit fragile but in nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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