GPTKB
Browse
Query
Compare
Download
Publications
Contributors
Search
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Great_Upheaval
gptkbp:cause
economic crisis
wage cuts
gptkbp:endDate
1877-09
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Haymarket_affair
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
gptkbp:influenced
formation of labor unions
labor legislation
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Baltimore
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkb:Pittsburgh
gptkb:St._Louis
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Martinsburg,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Harper's_Weekly
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Baltimore_riots
gptkb:Pittsburgh_riots
gptkb:St._Louis_general_strike
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Robert_Emmet_Pattison
gptkb:Thomas_Alexander_Scott
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:government
railroad companies
state militias
gptkbp:participants
gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
railroad workers
federal troops
local militias
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Long_Depression
gptkbp:propertyDamage
over $5 million
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Haymarket_affair
gptkb:American_labor_movement
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
gptkbp:result
gptkb:military
violent clashes
property destruction
deaths of workers and bystanders
gptkbp:significance
first major nationwide strike in the United States
influenced future labor movements
gptkbp:startDate
1877-07-14
gptkbp:victim
over 100
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_Gilded_Age
gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
gptkb:Gilded_Age
gptkb:Homestead_Strike
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5