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The Historical Society of Berks County, The Reading Railroad Massacre

http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/railroad.html

This article, written by Douglas L. Humphrey, was originally published in the Fall 2000 issue of The Historical Review of Berks County. Humphrey takes a look at the specific events of the Reading Railroad Massacre and argues of the central significance of Franklin Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, to the overall chain of events in the strikes of 1877. Humphrey also explores the subsequent organization of labor unions which followed the Reading Railroad Massacre in 1877.

Referenced in:
The Outrage of Ordinary Men: Pennsylvania's Role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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