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  2. 1877 St. Louis general strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1877 St. Louis general strike was one of the first general strikes in the United States. It grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 . The strike was largely organized by the Knights of Labor and the Marxist -leaning Workingmen's Party , the main radical political party of the era.

  3. Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    On August 1, 1877, in Scranton in northeast Pennsylvania, one day after railroad workers commenced a strike, a city posse of 51 men armed with new rifles and under the command of William Walker Scranton, general manager of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company, [20] returned fire on a group of rioters, strikers, and, most likely, bystanders. The ...

  4. Scranton general strike - Wikipedia

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    The Scranton general strike was a widespread work stoppage in 1877 by workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which took place as part of the Great Railroad Strike, and was the last in a number of violent outbreaks across Pennsylvania. [1]

  5. List of strikes - Wikipedia

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    Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...

  6. 1877 Shamokin uprising - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category:Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the first strike that spread across multiple states in the United States.An estimated 100 people were killed in the unrest across the country.

  8. List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes

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    August 1, 1877 Scranton, PA Coal, Railroad Strike 4 Scranton General Strike, part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877: The day after railroad workers conceded and returned to work, angry striking miners clashed with a 38-man posse partly led by William Walker Scranton, general manager of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company. When a posse member ...

  9. List of US strikes by size - Wikipedia

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    Great Railroad Strike: 1877 nationwide +100,000 1902 Anthracite coal strike: 1902 Pennsylvania: 100,000's [44]: 82 1918-20 New York City rent strikes: 1918-20 New York City: 100,000 [12] 1947 Iowa one-day general strike: 1947 Iowa: 100,000 [45] 1872 New York City Eight Hour Day Strike: 1872 New York City: 100,000 [46] 1973 Chicago construction ...