Chapter 8 - last minute

Question 1

Great Strike 1877

Answer 1

• railroad
• salaries cut by 10% in 1873
• salaries cut again in 1877
• strike starts in Martinsburg but spreads to Chicago
• milita called in from Philadelphia of 600
• Army called in later on

Question 2

Haymarket Riot

Answer 2

• protester throws pipe bomb into police crowd
• 31 indicted
• 7 convicted on murder
• 1 hangs himself in cell

Question 3

Homestead Steel Strike

Answer 3

• Andrew Carnegie leaves for vacation
• 12ft wall built
• person left in charge cuts salaries
• pinkerton spies hired to protect workplace

-milita of 8000 called in

**Homestead Steel Strike becomes battle cry for workers unions