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The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, owned by Jay Gould. At least ten people were killed.
The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a Knights strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, owned by Jay Gould. At least ten people were killed.
Great Railroad Strike of 1922; Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886; I. Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911; In re Debs; O. Omaha Traction Company; P.
Number of workers on strike by year Strikes 1881 [3] 130,176 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike; 1882 158,802 1883 170,275 Camp Dump strike; 1884 165,175 1885 258,129 1886 610,024 Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886; Bay View massacre; Haymarket affair; 1887 439,306 Thibodaux massacre (Sugar cane workers' strike) 1888 162,880 1889 260,290 1890 ...
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The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a trade union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. [24] With the rapid growth and consolidation of large railroad systems after 1870, union organizations sprang up, covering the entire nation.
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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 ...