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The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (known later as the Reading Railroad). On July 11, 1864, Government workers began replacing striking workers in order to maintain uninterrupted shipments of coal vital to the war effort.In July 1864 a notable first in US labor relations history occurred as the result of a railroad strike.
1. Which Railroad was involved?
2. What was the governments response?
3. Why?
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