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Identifier: annalsofgreatst00dacu (find matches)
Title: Annals of the great strikes in the United States
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Dacus, Joseph A. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts Labor movement Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877
Publisher: Chicago, L. T. Palmer & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ers—The Last Scene. At East St. Louis the situation on the morning of the:22d of July, bid fair to be one of great moment to EastSt. Louis; while those who knew the situation acrossthe river were already beginning to appreciate what anawful calamity might befall St. Louis if the railroadstrikers should take it into their heads to play as desperatea game as was played at Pittsburgh. East St. Louis issituated on the Illinois bank, and as its name implies isEast of St. Louis, being directly opposite. It was oncean island, a wild tract of land, and is famous in historyas Bloody Island, on account of the many duels foughton its shores, in the early history of St. Louis, whenthe code was recognized among gentlemen of honoras the only way to settle disputes of a serious character,and the only proper way of avenging wounded honor.Since the reign of railroads it has been the convergingpoint of a network of all the railways approaching fromthe East, and has naturally become a populous and im-
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BLOCKADE OF THE GREAT BRIDGE, 353 portant point. It will therefore at once be seen that asthe railroads which fed St. Louis with freight and pas-sengers converged here, and thence across the greatbridge and through the tunnel to the Union Depot, thestrikers would be almost invincible if they could butonce gain a firm foothold at East St. Louis. They werenot slow in finding out, nor were the railway companieslong in ascertaining that the enemy had met them, andthat they were in the hands of the foe. At twelve oclock, on the night of July 21st, thebrakemen, firemen, and some switchmen, employed onthe numerous lines of railroads centering at East St.Louis, had struck for the same pay as had been receivedbefore the January reduction. Reports had come inover the (Ohio and Mississippi roadj that the boys atSeymour, Indiana, had set the ball to rolling the nightprevious. The news spread from mouth to mouth.The Toledo, Wabash and Western employes were re-ceiving the same pay as had been previ

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