RARE J. R. RIDDLE & CO. PITTSBURGH Stereoview 1878 THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE

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THIS IS A TOWN PHOTO AFTER THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE FROM FLETCHERS HILL VERY RARE LOOKS TO BE THE FIRST PHOTO , HE DID BETTER ONES LATER, ,  SEE PICTURES FOR CONDITION,  THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE DATED 1878 AND QUITE RARE DON'T THINK TO MANY WERE MADE,
Between July 21 and 22 in Pittsburgh, a major center of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
, some 40 people (including women and children) were killed in the ensuing riots; strikers burned the Union Depot and 38 other buildings at the yards. In addition, more than 120 train engines and more than 1,200 rail cars were destroyed. Due to track damage, trains did not run for a week following the cessation of violence. Estimates of losses ranged from million to million, according to the railroad company and an 1878 report by a state legislative investigative committee. Pittsburgh was the site of the most violence and physical damage of any city in the country during the Great Strike. Fresh troops arrived in the city on July 28, and within two days peace had been restored and the trains resumed