. Annals of the great strikes in the United States. A reliable history and graphic description of the causes and thrilling events of the labor strikes and riots of 1877 . nsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New-York and New Jersey were all liable to be blockaded atalmost any moment by the action of the employes. The situation on the Erie road was far from reassur-ing as early as the 17th. The next day, the difficultycommenced, the firemen and brakemen of the WesternDivision of the Erie Railway decided to strike at oneoclock the morning of the 20th. At Hornellsville, thenight express
. Annals of the great strikes in the United States. A reliable history and graphic description of the causes and thrilling events of the labor strikes and riots of 1877 . nsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New-York and New Jersey were all liable to be blockaded atalmost any moment by the action of the employes. The situation on the Erie road was far from reassur-ing as early as the 17th. The next day, the difficultycommenced, the firemen and brakemen of the WesternDivision of the Erie Railway decided to strike at oneoclock the morning of the 20th. At Hornellsville, thenight express leaving there at midnight, was the lasttrain permitted to pass. All trains, both ways, werestopped at Hornellsville. The train due in New Yorkat eight p. m., left Buffalo, via the Rochester division, thatmorning, but went no further than Corning. A trainwas made up at Elmira to run on the regular time toNew York. No intimation that there would be a strikewas had until the action of the men was made known-Railroad communication was cut off, only telegraphic com-munication being had with the place up to a late hourSaturday. About four hundred men were in the RIOTERS TKARING IP RAILS AT THE BRILKJE. THE STRIKE ON THE EEIE RAILROAD. 193 They demanded that the pay of the firemen be increasedto the amount received before the late reduction ; thatbrakemen and switchmen receive $ and head switch-men $ a day ; that $ be the wages of yard track-men, and $ for section trackmen ; that monthlypasses be given firemen and brakemen, and passes beissued to switchmen and trackmen, and that the Companygive a free lease of all property occupied by trackmen,a large majority of employes of that class being squatterson Erie land. These demands the Company emphatic-ally rejected. By prompt action the Erie officials struck a severeblow against the strikers. As soon as the news of thestrike was received they ordered all trains bound forHornellsville to stop. Passenger trains wer
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