Creator
New York Sabbath Committee
Title
Sunday Railroad Work
Coverage
New York
Publisher
New York Sabbath Committee
Date
1869
Description
The New York Sabbath Committee was again continuing to push against Sunday railroad work, just as they had done before the Civil War. The railroad industry had embraced twenty-four hour, seven day a week operations to meet traffic needs during the war and had continued it afterwards. These post-war efforts by the committee were unsuccessful at first, but they did find allies within labor who also sought a scheduled day of rest.