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The Pittsburgh railway strike occurred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It was one of many incidents of strikes, labor unrest and violence in cities across the United States, including several in Pennsylvania. Other cities dealing with similar unrest included Philadelphia, Reading, Shamokin and Scranton.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S.
The 1877 Shamokin uprising occurred in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in July 1877, as one of the several cities in the state where strikes occurred as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It was the first in the United States in which workers across the country united in an action against major companies.
1894 – Pullman strike American Railway Union strike versus federal troops, many cities west of Detroit; 1894 – Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions; 1895 – New Orleans dockworkers riot, New Orleans, Louisiana; 1897 – Lattimer massacre, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania (labor massacre)
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Railroad, then general Strike up to about 18 1877 St. Louis general strike part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: The first general strike in the United States was ended when 3000 federal troops and 5000 deputized police had killed at least 18 people in skirmishes around the city. July 23, 1877 Reading, PA Railroad Strike 10
A railroad strike wouldn’t last ‘more than a couple days,’ analyst explains. September 13, 2022 at 10:33 AM ...
Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At ...