The Great Railroad Strike of 1887 began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The strike was in response to the cutting of wages for the third time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The accomplishments of Mary Harris Jones include leading the great railroad strike of 1877 and fighting for employment opportunities.
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Other workers went on strike in support.
It was the first nationwide strike in the United States
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began to lose momentum when President Hayes sent federal troops from city to city. These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over. Juan P
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was about the reduction of wages for workers of the B&O railroad. As a result the wage cut was reversed.
It began July 14, 1877.
Great railway strike of 1877
The Great Railroad Strike happened in 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the president during the Great Railroad Strike.
The unions active in the strike were inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx.
More reform and strikes.It was the first nationwide strike in the United States
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