Excerpt from The Official History of the Great Strike of 1886: On the Southwestern Railway System This history may be of value to the members of the General Assembly and others who are studying the labor problems now monopolizing so much of public attention. It is simply a compilation of historical facts, official correspondence and important data obtained from the most trustworthy sources. It is intended to be perfectly fair and impartial, and where deductions are drawn at all they are only natural and logical conclusions. As to the merits of the contest between the Knights of Labor and the railways, the reader must form his own opinion. This, with unimportant eliminations and additions, is the report prepared for the National Bureau of Labor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.