What was the effect of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

Answer 1

after the panic of 1873 and the ensuing depression the major rail lines in the east had cut wages. in 1877 they made another 10 percent cut, which led most of the railroad workers at Martinsburg, west Virginia, to walk off the job and block the tracks. but without organized direction, however, the group of picketers degenerated into a mob that burned and plundered railroad property

Answer 2

The railroad companies had cut workers' wages by 10%, and working conditions were poor.