STRIKES. 



?an, a strike and boycott were in force against the 

 Mallory Steamship Line. The difficulty originated 



York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad strike for 

 higher pay. 



Cormng. N. Y. Oct. 2, 1886. Brakemen on Fall 

 Brook Railroad strike against new rules of the com- 

 pany. 



Denison, Tex. Dec. 10, 1886. Switchmen in 

 yards of the Missouri Pacific strike for shorter hours. 



Detroit. May 3, 1886. Three thousand shopmen 

 in car-works strike for eight-hour system. 



May 27. Strike collapses ; men return to work. 



Lrie, Pa. April 24, 1886. Yard-men of Philadel- 

 phia and Erie Railroad strike for more wages. 



Galveston, Tex. Jan., 1886. When the year be- 

 gai 

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in October, 1885," when the company b"egan"to fill 

 places of white Knights of Labor who had struck for 

 higher wages. The railroad strikes of the Southwest 

 were largely due to this trouble. 



Jackson, Tenn. Dec. 29, 1886. Strike of employes 

 at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's yards 

 settled by mutual concessions. 



Louisiana. Feb. 16, 1886. Attempt made to run 

 trains on Southern Pacific Railroad, but prevented by 

 strikes. The strike extends to the division between 

 Lafayette and Houston. 



Feb. 17. Railroad issued general order to refuse 

 freight at points of strike. 



Feb. 19. Strike settled by yielding to the demands 

 of the strikers. 



Lafayette, Ind.Dcc. 13. 1886. Freight conduct- 

 ors on Louisville, New Albanv and Chicago Railroad 

 strike for an advance in pay of two and a half to three 

 cents per mile and allowance for lost time. 



Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 14, 1886. General strike 

 of switchmen in yards of the Chicago, Milwaukee and 

 St. Paul Railroad. 



Nebraska. May 3, 1886. Brakemen on the Ne- 

 braska division of the Union Pacific Railroad struck 

 against a new schedule of mileage and pay demand- 

 ing old schedule and $65 per month. 



New Orleans, La. Feb. 15, 1836. Freight-hand- 

 lers strike to assist strikers on Southern Pacific Rail- 

 road. 



New Fork City. Jan. 2 ; 1886. Engineers on Ele- 

 vated Railroad ask for revision of hours of work and 

 rates of pay. 



Jan. 4. Trains on City Hall branch and on Ninth 

 and Second Avenue lines stopped by the company. 



Jan. 5. Railroad commissioner notifies the com- 

 pany that failure to run trains will forfeit charter. 



Jan. 7. Conference between P. M. Arthur and 

 railroad officials. 



Jan. 8. Strike settled ; company yielding to all 

 demands of the engineers. 



Port Richmond, N. t/.-^Dec. 27, 1886. General 

 dissatisfaction among Knights of Labor on the Read- 

 ing road at reduction of wages. Switch engineers 

 and firemen strike. 



Dec. 28. Settled by company yielding to demands. 



Pullman, III. May 4, 1886. Four thousand shop- 

 men in car-works strike for eight-hour system. 



May 27. Strike collapses ; men return to work. 



Texas. March 5. 1886. General strike of freight- 

 handlers on railroads in Texas against handling freight 

 consigned to or from the Mallory line. 



Youngstown. Ohio. Sept. 8, 1886. Yard brakemcn 

 and conductors employed on Pittsburg and Western 

 Kailroad strike for increase of 20 per cent, wages. 



Sept. 9. Strike ended ; demands conceded by the 

 companies. 



Sept. 16. Conductors and brakemen on New York, 

 Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad and Ohio and Pitts- 

 burg Railroad strike for increase often cents per day. 

 Advance granted after six hours. Strike ended. Em- 

 ployes of Cleveland and Pittsburg strike for same 

 cause. 



Nov. 22. Strike of employes of Cleveland and 

 Pittsburg Railway Company settled by company 

 yielding to all demands. 



St. Louis. Miy 5. 1886. Mechanics and shopmen 

 of Missouri-Pacific Kailroad strike. Nominal cause, 

 the discharge of one union man ; but the trouble huu 

 been growing for several months. 



May 6. Engineers, firemen, brakemen, and switch- 

 men join in the strike. 



May 10. Hoxie discharges many employes who 

 had not struck. 



May 17. Knights of Labor ask for conference, but 

 H. M. Hoxie, Vice-President, refuses to recognize 

 Knights. 



May 21. Powderly asks for interview with Hoxie, 

 but it is refused. Govs. Marmaduke, of Missouri, 

 and Martin, of Kansas, act as mediators between 

 Hoxie and the Knights. Hoxie proposes a settlement 

 which Knights declare meaningless, and accuse Hoxie 

 of purposely exciting trouble. 



May 22. Switchmen at Kansas City and vicinity 

 join in the strike. 



May 24. Considerable rioting at St. Louis. Gov. 

 Marmaduke issues proclamation. 



May 25. Govs. Hughes, of Arkansas, and Ireland, 

 of Texas, issue proclamations. 



May 26. Yardmen at North St. Louis Wabasli 

 yards go out. 



May 27. Correspondence between Powderlv and 

 Gould. 



May 28. Powderly, McDowell, and Gould have 

 conference, which only results in a misunderstanding. 



May 30. Hoxie offers to arbitrate if men return to 

 work. 



April 1. Strike declared off. Hoxie refuses to 

 arbitrate with Knights of Labor, but only with strik- 

 ers individually. 



April 5. Strike renewed. 



April 26. Five hundred men in Missouri Car 

 Foundry Company join the strike. 



May 1. From this date the strike gradually col- 

 lapsed, men going back to work on company's terms. 

 * This strike, probably the largest which every oc- 

 curred in the United States, extended over the S'tates 

 of Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and 

 portions of some neighboring States. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. July 11, 1887. Engineers and 

 firemen of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad strike for 

 reinstatement of discharged employes. Strike settled 

 in a few days by mutual concessions. 



Cleveland, Ohio. March 12, 1887. Conductors, 

 brakemen, and switchmen of the Pennsylvania ana 

 Ohio Railroad strike for higher wages. 



June 14. Considerable rioting. 



June 17. Demands granted. 



Jiuntsville, Ala. Aug. 16, 1887. Freight conduct- 

 ors on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad strike 

 for more pay. 



Montgomery, Ala. Sept. 4, 1887. Brakemen on 

 the Louisville & Nashville Railroad strike for more 

 pay. 



Reading, Pa. July 19, 18S7. Eleven hundred 

 men on the Reading 'Railroad coal-trains strike for 

 reinstatement of discharged employes. Demands 

 granted same day. 



Port Richmond, N. J. Dec. 23, 1887. Freight- 

 handlers of Reading Railroad strike against scabs. 



Dec. 24, 1887. General strike of employe's of the 

 Reading Railroad against reduction of wages ; 60,000 

 men idle. 



Waukesha, Wis. Sept. 1, 1887. Strike of switch- 

 men on the Wisconsin Central Railroad for more pay. 



Sept. 7. Strike fails and is declared off. 



Youngstown, Ohio. Feb. 10, 1887. Conductors, 

 brakemen, and firemen on railroads centering at 

 Youngstown strike for more pay. 



Bibfxm-Weavers. New York <?%. July 19, 1886. 

 Ribbon-weavers at Samuel Bernstein's factory strike 

 for privilege of drinking beer during working-hours. 



July 24. Strike ended by weavers voluntarily re- 

 linquishing their demand. 



Roofers. New York C%. May 8, 1886. Tin and 

 slate rooters strike for more wages and eight hours. 



