That they had some power
Other workers went on strike in support.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1887 began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The strike was in response to the cutting of wages for the third time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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other workers went on strike in support
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.
Other workers went on strike in support.
cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year.
It was the first nationwide strike in the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes was president during the Railroad Strike of 1877.
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The Railroad Strike.
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The Great Railroad Strike happened in 1877.
It began July 14, 1877.