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• July 23, 1877

  Cause of the Strike and a Remedy

  This article from the July 23, 1877 edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune outlines the various causes of the strike—placing blame on railroad workers and railroad executives—and stresses that the remedy to this situation can only be achieved once mob rule has been replace by law and order.

• July 23, 1877

  The Great Strike

  This article from the July 23, 1877 edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune suggests that railroad corporations should adopt new policies to meet the needs of railroad workers, which will also keep many of the corporations from falling into bankruptcy.

• December 18, 1888 | Newspaper

  Couldn't Ride on the Sleeper

  The ejection of Reverend H. F. Lee from a Georgia railcar is reported.

• October 30, 1893 | Newspaper

  Fight on Class Law

  The Anti-Separate Coach Committee of Kentucky begins to lobby against the Jim Crow laws recently passed by the state legislature.