The History of the Great Riots. Being a Full and Authentic Account of the Strikes and Riots on the Various Railroads of the United States and in the Mining Regions. Embracing Brilliant and Graphic Pen-Pictures of the Reign of Terror in Pittsburgh, Baltim…

516, [10] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles, black and gilt decorations and rules. Illustrated with fold-out engravings and engraved plates. A study of various labor strikes, including the violent riots instigated by the Molly Maguires, a group of Irish and Irish-American coal miners in Pennsylvania. The organization was infiltrated by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, leading to the trial, conviction, and execution of several of its members. Fifteen chapters discuss strikes and riots at railroads and mines nationwide (Baltimore, Ohio, Pittsburgh, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, etc.), and the final three chapters provide a history of the Molly Maguires.