On the night of July 23 during the Great Railroad Strike, a mob set fire to an O&M RR bridge over Mill Creek twice. In the morning, it looted milk and market wagons heading into the city. Tramps and thieves were blamed. www.markstrecker.com/21.html#21 #RailroadHistory #GreatRRStrike #OhioHistory
During the Great RR Strike of 1877, strikers on the LS&SM RR took one of the company’s trains from Collinwood, OH, to Toledo, and there got their fellow workers to strike. Unlike Collinwood, violence broke out. www.markstrecker.com/20.html#20 #RailroadHistory #GreatRRStrike #RailroadHistory #History
Overinvestment in the Northern Pacific RR caused Jay Cooke & Co. to collapse on Sept. 15, 1873, sparking the Panic of 1873—the starting point of events that culminated in the Great Strike of 1877. www.markstrecker.com/grrs-oh.html... #RailroadHistory #GreatRRStrike #history
The publication date is near! On January 6, my new book THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IN OHIO comes out. It starts with the Panic of 1873 and shows how that event triggered the Great Strike in 1877. You can by it from Arcadia or Amazon. #RailroadHistory #OhioHistory #B&O #Pennsy #GreatRRStrike
