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August 1, 1877 | Newspaper
My Adventures in the Strike Region.
This satirical story from the August 1, 1877 issue of PUCK Magazine follows an unlucky businessman and his unfortunate circumstances during a trip to Chicago during the Great Railway Strike.
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September 23, 1894 | Newspaper
Nebraska Politics
The Republican Bee publishes a letter from a longtime Nebraska Democrat, arguing that the Democratic Party has been in servitude to the railraods and that only a restoration of public spirit will revitalize the political life of either party.
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July 30, 1877 | 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.
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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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September 28, 1894 | Newspaper
Notice to Travellers
After the Democratic convention nominates Bryan, the Republican State Journal ridicules Bryan as pompous and self-serving, blind to the consequences of his actions.
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October 8, 1894 | Newspaper
On to Washington
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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April 21, 1877 | Newspaper
OUTRAGE IN ALABAMA
The ejection of a party of Alabama African American men and women from a first class car on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is recounted in this letter from William Jenkins of Tuskeegee, Alabama.
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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.
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July 21, 1877 | Newspaper
Police Commissioner's Announcement
On July 21, 1877, two Baltimore Police Commissioners, the Maryland Governor, and the President of the Board of Police ask residents to abstain from gathering in crowds.
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July 25, 1877 | Newspaper
PUCK'S CARTOONS. Digging Their Own Graves.
This article was a supplement explaining the image on the cover page of the July 25, 1877 issue of PUCK Magazine
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August 8, 1877 | Newspaper
Puck's Cartoons. The Dog and the Shadow
This short poem or "fable" appeared in the August 8, 1877 issue of PUCK Magazine as lesson for strikers.
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August 1, 1877 | Newspaper
PUCK'S CARTOONS. The Railroad to Ruin.
This article from the August 1, 1877 issue of PUCK Magazine gives the magazine's opinion of that year's railway strike. PUCK comes down against the strikers, but places some of the blame on the "railway monopolists."
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September 28, 1894 | Newspaper
Pullman Taxation
The Pullman strike investigation opens up inquiries into tax assessment and valuation, another source of local conflict with large railroad corporations, and Republican editor Edward Rosewater calls attention to the financial manipulations of these companies as further evidence of railroad corruption.
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August 28, 1894 | Newspaper
Pullman's Pay Was Not Cut
A Congressional commission investigated the causes of the Pullman and railway strikes in 1894. The investigation probed into the workings of the Pullman company town and the living conditions, wages, and independence of working men at Pullman.
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October 22, 1894 | Newspaper
Pulse of Western Progress
In this roundup of Western news about "progress," the Omaha Daily Bee depicts the Indians as unable to manage relationships with aggressive, and presumably corrupt, railroad companies. It applauds the decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to restrain the railroads from building across Indian lands. The other news of the West evokes the progress that comes with railroads and that such decisions denied Indians.
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July 27, 1877 | Newspaper
Punishing Pittsburgh
This article from the July 27, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes Philadelphia's frustration with Pittsburgh over the railroad strike and mentions that city's suggestion that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad be routed around Pittsburgh to ensure future rail service to Philadelphia.
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October 9, 1894 | Newspaper
Quit the Union or be Fired
The U.S. Senate campaign in 1894 featured long speeches by candidates at town gatherings across Nebraska. John Thurston presents his case for defending American interests first by contrasting McKinley as the American with Democratic internationalism.
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December 18, 1898 | Newspaper
Race Problem on Railroads
North Carolina plans for Jim Crow cars draw attention.
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September 16, 1894 | Newspaper
Railroad and the People
Edward Rosewater, Republican editor, argues that the railroads charge "tax" on a part of nearly every commodity in the United States. He welcomes the consolidation of railroad management and the professionalization of the managers as a sign of future government regulation and fairer, more predicatable business practices.
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April 2, 1841 | Newspaper
Railroad Corporations
The maltreatment of African Americans by New England rail companies acting as "epidermis-aristocrats" draws an abolitionist's wrath as a Southerner weighs in on the merits of Southern rail travel.