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It stopped the strike.
They were sent by President Rutherford B. Hayes to Martinsburg, West Virginia to quell a nonexistent riot at the request of Governor Henry M. Mathews.
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What happened nationally because of the 1877 railroad strike?
Other workers went on strike in support.
In what industry did the Great Strike of 1877 take place?
steel industy :)
The first major interstate strike occurred?
1877 by railroad
What did workers learn from the 1877 railroad strike?
That they had some power
What did the railway strike of 1877 for for workers?
Showed workers that organized labor was powerful.
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