The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was started by the Knights of Labor in Marshall, Texas at 3 p.m. on March, 1, 1886 after foreman Charles A. Hall was reportedly fired for attending a ...

It was known as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Pittsburgh was among the hardest hit cities in the country during the riots, with 61 deaths and 124 injuries. The Union Depot and 38 other ...

Everyone knew that railroad workers with hungry families were ... in Pittsburgh that the governor had sent out to put down the strike had instead joined the strikers, it appeared to some the ...