Robert A. Ammon
Rutherford B. Hayes was president during the Railroad Strike of 1877.
The Railroad Strike.
to stop the strike
over 300 railroad workers
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.
The Great Railroad Strike happened in 1877.
It began July 14, 1877.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
other workers went on strike in support
The army was sent to stop the strike.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the president during the Great Railroad Strike.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began to lose momentum when President Hayes sent federal troops from city to city. These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over. Juan P