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Why did hayes have to call in the army to end the strike

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Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, called in the US Army to end the Great Railroad Strike of 18771. The strike was a work stoppage by railroad employees in West Virginia who were protesting a reduction in their wages2. The seemingly isolated incident quickly turned into a national movement. The governor of the State of West Virginia had represented that domestic violence exists in said State at Martinsburg, and at various other points along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in said State, which the authorities of said State were unable to suppress3. The laws of the United States require that in all cases of insurrection in any State or of obstruction to the laws thereof, whenever it may be necessary, in the judgment of the President, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time3. Therefore, Rutherford B. Hayes called in the US Army against the railroad workers.

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