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Annals of the Great Strikes

Annals of the Great Strikes

by J. A. Dacus

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Author
Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.), 1838-1885
Title
Annals of the great strikes in the United States : A reliable history and graphic description of the causes and thrilling events of the labor strikes and riots of 1877
Original Publication
Chicago: L.T. Palmer, 1877.
Credits
Richard Tonsing, Carla Foust, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Subject
Labor movement -- United States -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77297
Release Date
November 22, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ANNALS OF THE GREAT STRIKES IN THE UNITED STATES. A Reliable History and Graphic Description of the Causes and Thrilling Events of the Labor Strikes and Riots of 1877.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. Relations Between Capital and Labor.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. A Day of Dread.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. Culmination of the Crisis.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. Riot and Ruin.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. The Tocsin Sounds in Baltimore.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. The Internationalists.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. The Reign of Anarchy.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. The Trouble in Pennsylvania.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. A Night of Terror at Pittsburgh.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. Given Over to Pillage.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. General Movements in Pennsylvania.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. The Tumult at Buffalo.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. The Federal Administration.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. Affairs in Philadelphia.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. The Strike on the Erie Railroad.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. Reckless Slaughter at Reading.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. Jersey Trainmen.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. New York Agitated. — LABOR IGNORED IN LEGISLATION.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. Away From the Metropolis.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. Onward Through Ohio.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. Insolence in Indiana.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. Chances for Chicago.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. Pistols and Clubs.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. Anxious Days Elsewhere in Illinois.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. Blockade of the Great Bridge.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. Demonstrations in St. Louis.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. The Storming of Schuler’s Hall.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. Minor Incidents of the Strikes in Missouri.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. San Francisco’s Problem.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. The South and the Strikes.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. “ Minor Developments of the Strikes. ” [5]

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