Revolution in Pennsylvania: A History of the Railroad Union Strike and the Great Uprising of 1877 by Joseph A. Dacus

Revolution in Pennsylvania: A History of the Railroad Union Strike and the Great Uprising of 1877

Joseph A. Dacus

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In June 1877, a railroad company in West Virginia cut its worker's wages by ten percent. The workers went on strike and refused to move any trains until the cut was revoked, and the strike quickly spread. Within days, the entire country was paraly...

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