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Riots and Strikes

Great Railroad 1877 Cause: PA RR began cutting wages, other RR cut wages. Some protest but most work for less What Happened: strikers blocked trains, seized control of rail switches, set fires Reaction: paralyzed nations commerce, 60,000 militia in ten states, national guard called in Result: +100 died, continued labor conflict, blame foreigners

Haymarket 1886 Cause: demonstrate for 8 hr day, violence with police What happened: bomb goes off, gunfire exchanged between workers and police Reaction: 8 men with “foreign” sounding names indicted of murder & conspiracy Result: all found guilty, 4 hanged, 1 committed suicide, 3 pardoned, anti immigration feelings

Pullman Strike, 1894 Causes: layoff & pay cuts, refuse to reduce rents in company town What happened: May 11, 1894 – 90% go on strike. Spreads nationwide with help of American Railway Union Reaction: Courts order workers back, sends in 14,000 federal troops Results: 25 killed, Socialist party est by Eugene Debs.