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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.

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WEST VIRGINIA.—THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD STRIKE—THE DISAFFECTED WORKMEN DRAGGING FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS FROM A BALTIMORE FREIGHT TRAIN AT MARTINSBURG, JULY 17TH.—SEE PAGE 371.

About this Document

  • Source: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
  • Citation: The Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Date: August 4, 1877