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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Riot at the Sixth Regiment Armory
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun describes the riot at the Sixth Maryland Regiment armory in Baltimore.
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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.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Tearing Up Tracks
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun describes the damage rioters caused to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's tracks near Lee Street in Baltimore.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
List Of The Dead And Wounded
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun lists the dead and wounded during the riots.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Reported Killed
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore American reports the number of citizens killed when the military shot into the crowd outside Camden Station in Baltimore.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Carroll's Second Proclamation
On July 21, 1877 Maryland Governor John L. Carroll issued a second proclamation, asking the state's citizens to maintain law and order.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Impediments To Departure
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun describes the rioters' confrontations with a Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineer and brakeman as well as the Baltimore Police.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Further Particulars Of The Depot Fire
This article from the July 21, 1877 issue of the Baltimore Sun gives an account of the fire started by rioters at Camden Station in Baltimore.
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July 22, 1877 | Newspaper
Failure To Close The Drinking Houses
This letter to the editor, printed in the July 22, 1877 edition of the Baltimore American, asks why saloons in Baltimore remained open, even after receiving the order to close, and seemed to indicate the ineffectiveness of the police in the situation.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
Noble Words
This article from the July 23, 1877 edition of the Daily Alleganian and Times summarizes a sermon given by Rev. E. B. Raffeasperger which supported the plight of the railroad men, but denounced violence.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
The Strike
This July 23, 1877 editorial in the Baltimore American emphasizes the participation of the "lawless classes" in the strike, hijacking it from the employees and turning it into a dangerous national threat, similar to the Paris Commune.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
Local News. The Situation Here
This article from the July 23, 1877 edition of the Daily Alleganian and Times gives an account of recent events and notes the continuing excitement generated by the strike.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
General French Ordered To Send Troops
This July 23, 1877 article in the Baltimore American notes Secretary of War George W. McCrary's order to General William H. French to send troops to Cumberland, Maryland to "suppress the riot."
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
Reign of the Mob
This July 23, 1877 article from the Pittsburgh Daily Post details the mob's strength during the railroad strike and provides a description of key events.
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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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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
Reporters And Reporters
This article in the July 23, 1877 edition of the Daily Alleganian and Times describes incidents stemming from the vast number of reporters who had arrived to cover the strike.
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July 23, 1877 | Newspaper
Rioters In Full Possession — Robbing Of Freight Cars, Etc.
This article from the July 23, 1877 issue of the Baltimore American gives an account of the rioters halting rail service and robbing freight cars.
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July 24, 1877 | Newspaper
The Strike Spreading
This July 24, 1877 article from the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the strike's spread throughout the country.
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July 24, 1877 | Newspaper
The Government Watching the Strikers
This brief article from the July 25, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the government's interest in the strike as well as its desire to keep the War Department aware of the strike's spread.
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July 24, 1877 | Newspaper
Outside Opinion
This article from the July 24, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post includes the opinions of two New York newspapers, noting the repercussions mob violence may have on railroad companies and workers, as well as how they believe the public should understand the causes of the uprising.