- July-September, mostly along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Led by railroad workers seeking better pay and working conditions
- Spread violence and disruption across much of the country
- U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes called in federal troops to suppress the strike
The Homestead Strike of 1892
- July-November at Carnegie Steel Company’s steel mill near Pittsburgh
- Led by unionized workers when Henry Frick locked them out of their jobs due to unionization efforts
- Ended when Pennsylvania’s governor brought in state militia
The Pullman Strike of 1894
- May-July against Pullman Company at company town in Chicago
- Led by workers fighting wage cuts
- Federal intervention led to end of strike