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By Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011
Railroad Strike Of 1877 Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Strip District — Railroad Strike of 1877 —  |
| In July, unrest hit U.S. rail lines. Pennsylvania Railroad workers struck to resist wage and job cuts. Here, on July 21, militia fatally shot some 26 people. A battle followed; rail property was burned. The strike was finally broken by U.S. troops. — — Map (db m40906) HM | |||
| 2 ► West Virginia, Berkeley County, Martinsburg — Roundhouses and Shops / Railroad Strike of 1877 — |
| Roundhouses and Shops. The B&O Railroad reached Martinsburg in 1842, and by 1849, a roundhouse and shops were built. These first buildings were burned by Confederate troops in 1862. The present west roundhouse and the two shops were built . . . — — Map (db m1197) HM | |||