Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:trade_unionist
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| gptkbp:cause |
Labor dispute over working conditions and union recognition
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| gptkbp:endDate |
May 4, 1886
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Kansas gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Southwestern_United_States gptkb:Texas |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Martial law declared in some areas
Use of strikebreakers Violent clashes between strikers and law enforcement |
| gptkbp:numberOfStrikers |
over 200,000
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad |
| gptkbp:organizedBy |
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_labor_movement
gptkb:History_of_rail_transport_in_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:result |
Decline of Knights of Labor influence
Defeat for the Knights of Labor |
| gptkbp:startDate |
March 1, 1886
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Knights_of_Labor
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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