The Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 involved several days of work stoppage and violence in Baltimore, Maryland, in

1877. It formed a part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, during which widespread civil unrest spread nationwide
following the global depression and economic downturns of the mid-1870s. Strikes broke out along the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad (B&O) on July 16, the same day that 10 percent wage reductions were scheduled.

Violence erupted in Baltimore on July 20, with police and soldiers of the Maryland National Guard clashing with crowds
of thousands gathered throughout the city. In response, President Rutherford B. Hayes ordered federal troops to
Baltimore, local officials recruited 500 additional police, and two new national guard regiments were formed. Peace was
restored on July 22.

Negotiations between strikers and the B&O were unsuccessful, and most strikers quit rather than return to work at the
newly reduced wages. The company easily found enough workers to replace the strikers, and under the protection of
the military and police, traffic resumed on July 29. The company promised minor concessions at the time, and
eventually enacted select reforms later that ye