Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike
homestead strike
homestead strike
That would be the Great Railway Strike of 1877 it was started by the railway workers getting angry over the wage cut in their pay. It began July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, of the United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militia's, and federal troops.
NovaNET Answer: government ordered a 14 percent wage increase.
In the summer of 1892, an industrial lockout and strike known as The Homestead Strike resulted in a battle between individuals on strike and private security agents. In all, 12 people were killed and 23 were wounded.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was about the reduction of wages for workers of the B&O railroad. As a result the wage cut was reversed.
railway workers angered by wage cuts
Steel Mill Strike!