Rail traffic in Chicago is paralyzed when…

July 1877 CE

Rail traffic in Chicago is paralyzed when angry mobs of unemployed citizens wreak havoc in the rail yards on July 24, shutting down both the Baltimore and Ohio and the Illinois Central Railroads.

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Chicago Cook Illinois United States View →

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Franklin B. Gowen View → Rutherford B. Hayes View → Thomas A. Scott View →

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Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → Maryland, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Illinois, State of (U.S.A.) View → Missouri, State of (U.S.A.) View → Baltimore and Ohio Railroad View → Reading Company View → Pennsylvania Railroad View → West Virginia, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, Third (United States) View → Depression, Long View → America's “Gilded Age;” 1876 through 1887 View → Compromise of 1877 View → Great Railroad Strike of 1877 View →

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Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Mayhem View → Government View →

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