During that time, in 1877, the railroads colluded with one another to cut their workers’ pay by 10%, which resulted in unrest and rioting across the country. It was known as the Great Railroad ...

But when Grant left office in 1877, the cloud remained. That same year, the depression set off railroad strikes. Workers all over the country, in response to wage cuts and poor working conditions ...

1877. Everyone knew that railroad workers with hungry families were angry. And when strikes started in West Virginia and moved up to Maryland things had been tense. But now it had boiled over into ...