12 oct 1877 año - Rail Road Strike (1877)
A nationwide, coordinated strike of rail
workers in 1877 shut down twothirds of
the nation's railroads. Violence stemming
from the strike took the lives of one hundred
people and resulted in ten million dollars'
worth of property damage. Nevertheless,
big business prevailed in its disputes with
workers during the nineteenth century,
often with support from federal or state
governments.