The Blockade of Engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia

This August 11, 1877 image depicts the blockade of railroad engines in Martinsburg, West Virginia, by orderly and well-dressed citizens. Unlike Allan Pinkerton's depictions, this Harper's illustration features the role of women less as unruly participants and more as witnesses and forces of restraint and care in the stand-off.

THE GREAT STRIKE—BLOCKAGE OF ENGINES AT MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA —FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY D. BENDANN.—[SEE PAGE 626.]