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  • | 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.

  • | Newspaper

    Arbitration as a Remedy

    This letter from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post discusses the resolution of the railroad strike and argues that the railroad owners handled the situation poorly. Their inept decision-making required the railroads to seek government assistance to remedy their mistakes.

  • | Newspaper

    New York: Mr. Beecher Explains

    These selections from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post briefly note Henry Ward Beecher's clarification of a previous controversial statement. A court victory for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which was being sued, is also described.

  • | Newspaper

    Last Week

    This article from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post presents a number of miscellaneous items in relation to the current behavior of strikers, as well as responses to the National Guard's occupation of the city.

  • | Newspaper

    Traffic Resumed

    This article from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post covers the return of freight and passenger rail travel to the entire region and details meetings between railroad workers, railroad owners, and government officials to ensure long-term peace.

  • | Newspaper

    Collapse of the Strike

    This selection of articles from the July 30, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the events of the railroad strike around the country and describes the situation regarding current railroad operations.

  • | Illustration

    An Armed Mob Marching To The Scene of Action In Pittsburgh.

    Note the imagery that is slightly reminscient of Archibald Willard's famous painting The Spirit of '76.

  • | Illustration

    Maryland. - Arrival Of A Battery Of Gatling Guns At The Camden Street Depot, Baltimore.

    By July 23d, there were 700 troops stationed at Camden Station and Gatling guns and other field pieces were in place to repel rioters from the station and the railyards.

  • | 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.

  • | Illustration

    The Mob Assaulting a Member of the Sixth

    This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the assault on a soldier of the Sixth National Guard Regiment in Baltimore, emphasizing the disparity in force and posture between the "mob" and the lone soldier.

  • | Illustration

    An Engineer Lifted From His Train By A Mob At Newark, July 20th.

    The worst agitation in Ohio occured at Newark, an important Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot.

  • | Illustration

    United States Artillery Guarding The Camden Street Depot In Baltimore

    Federal troops were employed to supress violence, or dimish threats of violence, and protect strategic targets.

  • | Illustration

    The Mob Attacking Soldiers at the Armory

    This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the strikers and the crowd attacking soldiers at the Baltimore Armory, and emphasizes the defensive posture of the military and the aggression of the crowd.

  • | Illustration

    A Mob Attacking a Train At Hornellsville, On July 22d

    As the Great Strike of 1877 developed, strikers on the Erie Railroad in New York stopped trains along their stretch of the route.

  • | Illustration

    Workmen Dragging Firemen and Engineers from a Freight Train

    This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts striking and armed railroad workers pulling firemen and engineers from a train in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to protest the pay cuts and the double-heading of trains.

  • | 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.

  • | Illustration

    Members of Battery B., N.G.S.N.Y., Equipping In the Arsenal For A Move.

    This image comes from a pair of illustrations: "New York City. - The Influence, In The Metropolis, Of The Railroad Strikes - The State National Guard Preparing To Move To The Seat Of Action."

  • | Illustration

    Carrying Off the Dead

    This August 4, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts citizens carrying the dead from the streets of Baltimore. The image dramatizes the strike violence Americans were reading about in newspapers and periodicals.

  • | Illustration

    Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 4, 1877, Railroad Riot Extra

    A striking cover from the August 4, 1877 Railroad Riot Extra from Leslie's Illustrated emphasizes the tone of newspaper coverage of the Railroad Strike.

  • | Illustration

    Battery B., N.G.S.N.Y., Waiting For Orders In The Old Arsenal On Elm Street.

    This image comes from a pair of illustrations: "New York City. - The Influence, In The Metropolis, Of The Railroad Strikes - The State National Guard Preparing To Move To The Seat Of Action."