Buffalo switchmen's strike

Buffalo switchmen's strike
Buffalo switchmen's strike
Date	August 12–25, 1892
Location	Buffalo, New York
Caused by	New York statute requiring minimum wage increases and limiting switchmen's days to 10 hours of work
Goals	To force railroad companies to comply with the NY law
Methods	Strike action
Resulted in	railroad companies blacklisted strikers
Parties
Switchmen's Mutual Association	Lehigh Valley Railroad,; Erie Railroad and; Buffalo Creek Railroad
Number
	+8,000 NY State Guardsmen

The Buffalo switchmen's strike was a two-week strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York. The strike collapsed after two weeks when 8,000 state militia entered the town and other unions refused to support the workers.