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  • 1899 | Timetable

    Great Northern Railway Route of the "Pacific Fast Mail"

  • September 17, 1896 | Speech

    Greensboro, NC Speech, 1896-09-17

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • November 2, 1896 | Speech

    Gretna, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • September 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Group of Workmen on the Union Pacific Railroad

    This image from the September 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a group of workmen employed by the Union Pacific Railroad.

  • March 13, 1889 | Letter

    H. B. Stone and G. W. Holdredge Correspondence, 1889

    Following the strike of 1888, railroad officials were careful to avoid hiring union members and employees who had "behaved badly" during the 45-day strike. In this exchange, G. W. Holdredge, General Manager of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad and H. B. Stone, Vice President of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, work to clarify the status of workers who may or may not be eligible for re-hire. Railroad companies made an effort to keep agitators and violent strikers from reentering the railroad workforce.

  • October 7, 1896 | Speech

    Hammond, IN Speech, 1896-10-07

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • September 30, 1896 | Speech

    Hancock, MD Speech, 1896-09-30

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • 1862 | Photograph

    Harper's Ferry and The Maryland Heights

    Harper's Ferry, an important railroad terminus at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, changed hands eight times during the Civil War. In this photograph, the landscape and the significance of the river valleys are particularly obvious.

  • July 6, 1861 | Illustration

    Harper's Ferry, as Evacuated by the Confederate Troops

    This image from the July 6, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts Harper's Ferry after its evacuation by Confederate troops.

  • September 30, 1896 | Speech

    Harper's Ferry, WV Speech, 1896-09-30

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • September 24, 1896 | Speech

    Hartford, CT Speech 1, 1896-09-24

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • November 2, 1896 | Speech

    Harvard, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • November 2, 1896 | Speech

    Hastings, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • July 21, 1877 | Newspaper

    Hayes' July 21 Proclamation: A Manifesto Against Domestic Violence

    On July 21, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a proclamation ordering all strikers to disperse and return home. He noted that a state of "domestic violence" existed in Cumberland, Maryland, and "along the line" of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

  • November 1, 1894 | Newspaper

    Heard From the Two Johns

    The Republican paper emphasizes the split in the Democratic party between Bryan and the Cleveland administration.

  • July 24, 1877 | Newspaper

    Help Yourself

    This selection from the July 24, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post includes three articles. The first two note the ability of citizens to keep peace, that military aid was unnecessary, and that railroad workers were not included in the mob. The third section notes recuperation on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

  • September 14, 1896 | Speech

    Henderson, KY Speech, 1896-09-14

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • February 28, 1888 | Letter

    Henry B. Stone letter, February 28, 1888

    Henry B. Stone, Master Mechanic for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, reflects on the costs in personnel and goodwill that are inevitable with a strike; he believes circumstances make it "simply impossible for the Company to yield to the demands which have been made."

  • July 25, 1877 | Newspaper

    Here and Elsewhere

    This article from the July 25, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post is optimistic about the handling of the strike in Pittsburgh but disapproving of strikes at manufacturing establishments.

  • June 23, 1888 | Letter

    History of the Strike

    William F. Merrill forwards two reports about strike workers and violence to Paul Morton, General Freight Agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; the reports were compiled by Superintendant Crance of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company and Kohl, Superintendant of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad Company.