Some Interesting Facts from
The Great Railroad Strike in Ohio
The Great Railroad Strike in Ohio
Strikers Shut Down the Saloons in Collinwood, Ohio
When Lake Shore & Southern Michigan Railroad workers struck in Collinwood, OH, on July 22, 1877, they knew violence and vandalism would prompt local militias to use force against them. To keep prevent their men from getting liquored up and doing something stupid, they forced all of Collinwood’s saloons to close. This fact came from The Great Railroad Strike in Ohio by this website's creator, Mark Strecker. You can buy it at Amazon or from the History Press.
Strikers in Collinwood, OH, shut to the saloons to prevent their members from getting liquored up and doing something stupid.
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