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Coal Miners' and Laborers' Strike

Coal Miners' and Laborers' Strike is a Pennsylvania historical marker in downtown Scranton, Lackawanna County, dedicated 2008.

Lackawanna County · dedicated 2008 · SW corner of Lackawanna & Washington Aves., downtown Scranton

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A riot occurred here on August 1, 1877, in which armed citizens fired upon strikers, killing four. Many were injured, including Scranton's mayor. As in numerous US cities, this labor unrest was a result of the US depression of 1873 and a nationwide railroad strike in 1877.

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