Great Northern Strike Concludes After 18-Day Standstill
Striking workers return to the rails as the business arbitration board restores 75 percent of recent wage cuts.
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After being tied up for eighteen days in Montana and North Dakota, and tied up more completely than any railroad in the United States ever was, the Great Northern railroad was yesterday put in operation again. Organizer Adams received telegraphic confirmation of the settlement from President Debs, of the American Railway Union, and immediately ordered the strike off. The yards and tracks presented a scene of activity, which was a marked contrast to the oppressive silence which has reigned for two weeks and a half. The regular north-bound passenger and mail train will leave this morning at 9:14 for Vancouver. Everything the men demanded was practically granted, the business men's arbitration board deciding in favor of the restoration of 75 percent of last summer's reductions.
“The yards and tracks presented a scene of activity, which was a marked contrast to the oppressive silence which has reigned for two weeks and a half.”
The 1894 American Railway Union strike was a watershed moment for labor organizing. While this report focuses on the rail lines, the broader movement would soon culminate in the massive Pullman Strike, reflecting the ongoing historical tension between Seattle's commercial shipping interests and the labor forces that keep the supply chain moving.
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