When the great railroad strike of 1894 reached California, Company B of the First Regiment of the state’s National Guard was sent to Sacramento. Its members wrote this account of the three weeks of camp, patrols, short rations and confrontations with strikers, adding a history of the company since its founding in San Francisco in 1854.
An unusual inside view of Pullman-era labour conflict, from the militiamen sent against the strikers. Download the free EPUB.