Annals of the Great Strikes in the United States

Joseph Dacus was a newspaperman and author in St. Louis during the 1870’s. In July of 1877, when a series of strikes known as “The Great Railroad Strike” swept across the nation, Dacus chronicled the events in St. Louis and later wrote this piece on the strikes. Dacus’ own views were that the strikes were a warning of greater troubles if the underlying problems that led to the strikes were not addressed.