One thousand men and boys, many of…

July 1877 CE

One thousand men and boys, many of them coal miners, march to the Reading Railroad Depot in Shamokin, Pennsylvania on July 25, in what becomes known as the 1877 Shamokin Uprising.

They loot the depot when the town announces it will only pay them a dollar a day for emergency public employment.

The mayor, who owns coal mines, forms a vigilante group that is responsible for two out of fourteen civilian shooting casualties.

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Shamokin Northumberland Pennsylvania 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 → Illinois Central Railroad View → West Virginia, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, Third (United States) 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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