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The Big Strike in American Railroads News
A nationwide wave of railroad unrest unfolds with state and federal troops deployed across several cities. Trains run under guard as clashes, arrests, and mass mobilizations affect routes in Pittsburg, St. Louis, Chicago, Columbus, and East St. Louis, while governors and generals coordinate to restore order and resume service.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Road
Johnston
St. Louis
U. S. Infantry
Arsenal
B. G. Smith
East St. Louis
Caio Short Line
Belleville
U. S
Chicago
Times
Braidwood
Chicago & Alton
Joliet
Halstead
Allen Curlin
International Society
Workingmen’s Party
U.S
Washington
Pope
Davis
Bluford Wilson
United States Marshall
Ohio
Mississippi
Cullom
Kansas City
Fort Wayne
Offley
San Francisco
San Pablo
Oakland
Tokio
Police and Safety Committee
Second
Montgomery
Sacramento
Mail Dock
Laurel Hill
Bryant
Fremont
Beale
New York
Sun
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Rown
Joseph
White Bird
Looking Glass
Potts
Nashville
Trigg
Wheat
Southeastern
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Cincinnati
Panhandle
Gov
Hartranft
28Th Street
James McCarty
Peter Talgreen
Carondelet
Toledo & Wabash
Rose
John B. Carroll
Galveston
Texas Pacific Road
Texas
San Antonio
Market Street
Strand
24Th Streets
Avenue A
24Th Street
Gath Avenue
Levin & Pickery’s Place
Gilveston, Houston & Slenderson
Lake Shore
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Burlington
Columbus
Cleveland, Columbus
Indiana Central
Miller
Xenia
Caldwell
Heillman
Gov. Young
Lemas Kerschner
Sciota Valley Railway
Kerschner
Saratoga
Vanderbilt
New York Central and
Hudson River Railways
Mauch Chunk
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Baltimore
Keyser
West Virginia
Grafton
Cumberland
Lonaconing
Baltimore & Ohio
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Indianapolis
Eastern
Cincinnati & St. Louis
Newark
Ohio State Journal
Rawn
Phillipsburg Company
Lolo
Gibbon
Buffalo Country
Flatheads
Butte
Guy
Bitter Root
Big Hole
Mills
Big Hole Valley
Big Hole Basin
Montana
Gov. Potts
Looking-Glass
Lolo Fork
Capt
Portland
Howard
Kumia
Sanford
Wheaton
Fort Lapwai
Spokane
Sabon
Wheeler
Missouri
Troward
Jackson
Clearwater
H Howard
Col. Green
Florence
Lewiston
London
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Armenia
Balkans
Constantinople
England
Austria
Midhat Pasha
Vienna
Shannon
Agincourt
Berlin
Russia
Kararbular
St. Thomas
Ont
Canada Southern
Amadeus
Turin
Ind
Bronssa
Bosphorus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Wilkesbirre
Herbert Blanchard
Savory
Mass
E. Track
Blanchard
Track
Western Union