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September 7, 1894 | Newspaper
They'll Fight
William Jennings Bryan's World Herald calls attention to the demands of workers and the situation evolving around the Union Pacific receivership.
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July 24, 1877 | Newspaper
The Workingmen
This July 25, 1877 article from the Pittsburgh Daily Post comments on the role of the workingmen in starting the strike and emphasizes their ability to end it as well.
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1877 | Speech
The Winter Indian Campaign of 1864-1865
In 1907, the Colorado Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States reprinted this account of General Grenville Dodge's campaign against the plains Indians. The Loyal Legion praised Dodge's 1864-1865 campaign as a "signal victory over the most vindictive, barbarous and treacherous enemies our soldiers have ever been called on to fight." Responding to Indian attacks on stagecoaches, trains, and telegraphs, Dodge's account recalls his efforts to "open and protect" the territories up to the Platte line, and to "whip all the Indians in the way."
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July 27, 1877 | Newspaper
The West Penn Calamity
This article from the July 27, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post briefly accounts a court proceeding concerning a collision on the West Penn Railroad in which five men were killed.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
The Troops To Open The Line At Cumberland And Provide Against Trouble At Piedmont
This article from the July 23, 1877 issue of the Baltimore American notes that two companies of troops had been dispatched to Cumberland, Maryland, to reopen the rail line.
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September 23, 1894 | Newspaper
The Tactics of Young Billy
The Republican State Journal calls attention to Bryan's tactics within the Democratic Party, emphasizing his inability to compromise, his miscalculation of the Populist strength, and his failure to mend fences with the administration Democrats.
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July 20, 1877 | Newspaper
The Strikers at Grafton
This letter to the editor from the July 20, 1877 Baltimore American supports the strikers as having "just cause" and criticizes the government officials for overreacting and creating the crisis.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
The Strike on the Erie Railroad
An August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicting masses of strike supporters stoppping a train at Corning, New York, even as armed soldiers make their presence known.
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July 30, 1877 | Newspaper
The Strike Ended and Trains Moving
This article from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post calls the end of the strike a failure for the railroad workers and warns of the potential for a hollow truce between the railroad workers and the railroad owners.
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July 20, 1877 | Newspaper
The Strike at Home
This article from the July 20, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post describes the blockade of the by railroad workers on strike and describes the strike's impact on the entire region.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Stairway Defended By Artillery.
This image comes from a series of illustrations "Scenes In The Armory Of The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y." depicting the soldiers' stay in their armory in preparation for violence on the streets of New York.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Sixth Regiment Firing Upon the Mob
This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts soldiers from the Sixth National Guard Regiment firing into the crowd, which includes women in the foreground and features the crowd hurling bricks, waving clubs, and shooting at the soldiers with a revolver.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
The Sixth Regiment Figthing Its Way Through Baltimore
This August 11, 1877 image from Harper's Weekly depicts the Sixth Regiment fighting its way through Baltimore.
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July 28, 1877 | Newspaper
The Situation
This article from the July 28, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the expected next-day arrival of General Hancock and volunteer troops and outlines what the editors believe will be a satisfactory end to the strike in Pittsburgh.
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July 27, 1877 | Newspaper
The Situation
These selections from the July 27, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post note the expectation that all strikers will soon return to work. They also describe the arrival of General Hancock's troops and detail the legislation enacted in response to the strikes.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y., Drilling In Loading and Firing.
This image comes from a series of illustrations "Scenes In The Armory Of The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y." depicting the soldiers' stay in their armory in preparation for violence on the streets of New York.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
The Scene After the First Volley
This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the streets of Baltimore after troops opened fire on strikers during the 1877 Strike.
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July 26, 1877 | Newspaper
The Road To Hell Is Easy
This editorial from the July 26, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post discusses the social ramifications of the strike and wonders why a solution cannot be reached between the railroad owners and the railroad strikers.
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July 28, 1877 | Newspaper
The Railroad Strike
This article from the July 28, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes a misunderstanding between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Colonel Thomas A. Scott regarding whether or not Scott could have prevented the outbreak of violence.
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October 31, 1894 | Newspaper
The Political Pot
Bryan's World Herald reports on the endorsements of labor organizations.
