Snow on the Headlight: A Story of the Great Burlington StrikeThe author, nearly a lifelong railroad man himself, writes a fictionalized account of the Great Burlington Strike of 1888, which shut down the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system that ran between Chicago and the Colorado Rockies. |
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Snow on the Headlight: A Story of the Great Burlington Strike (Classic Reprint) Cy Warman No preview available - 2018 |
Snow on the Headlight: A Story of the Great Burlington Strike (Classic Reprint) Cy Warman No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 23 - ... souls there are, that wear their nature lightly ; these rejoice The world by living ; and receive from all men more than what they give. One handful of their buoyant chaff exceeds our hoards of careful grain : Because their love breaks thro...
Page 30 - The strike would be over in a little while, they argued, but the struggling shop-keeper had his own to look after. The wholesale houses were refusing him credit and so he was powerless to help the hungry wives of worthy workmen. The men themselves were beginning to lose heart. Many a man who had not known what it was to be without a dollar now saw those dearest to him in actual want and went away to look for work on other roads.
Page 175 - TJie company wUl not follow up, black-list, or in any manner attempt to proscribe those who were concerned in the strike, but on the contrary, will cheerfully give to all who have not been guilty of violence, or other improper conduct, letters of introduction, showing4 their record in our service, and will In all proper ways assist them in finding employment.