▁ ▁Bl ame ▁ ▁The ▁pro - l abor ▁Pitts burgh ▁National ▁Labor ▁Trib une ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁placed ▁bl ame ▁square ly ▁on ▁the ▁shoulders ▁of ▁the ▁rail ro ads , ▁writing ▁" there ▁is ▁a ▁point ▁beyond ▁which ▁end urance ▁ce ases ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁virtue , ▁a ▁point ▁beyond ▁which ▁it ▁is ▁unsafe ▁to ▁press ▁the ▁working men ▁of ▁America ." ▁As ▁Lloyd ▁points ▁out , ▁the ▁rail road ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁taken ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁strik es ▁or ▁violence ▁seriously , ▁and ▁chose ▁to ▁announ ce ▁the ▁change ▁to ▁double ▁headers ▁with ▁full ▁knowledge ▁of ▁out break s ▁already ▁happening ▁elsewhere ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁official ▁who ▁issued ▁the ▁double ▁header ▁order , ▁Robert ▁Pit ca ir n , ▁told ▁a ▁rep orter ▁" the ▁men ▁are ▁always ▁compla ining ▁about ▁something ." ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁writing ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁Cou var es ▁character ized ▁the ▁events ▁as ▁being ▁not ▁directed ▁mainly ▁at ▁the ▁rail road ▁as ▁an ▁employ er , ▁but ▁against ▁the ▁rail road ▁as ▁a ▁symbol ▁of ▁mon opol y , ▁meaning : ▁ ▁The ▁Pennsylvania ▁Rail road , ▁with ▁its ▁immense ▁resources , ▁its ▁domin ance ▁of ▁mark ets , ▁its ▁ar rog ant ▁treatment ▁of ▁distant ▁customers , ▁its ▁political ▁influence , ▁and ▁its ▁militar ized ▁command ▁structure , ▁which ▁turned ▁employees ▁into ▁mere ▁foot ▁soldiers ▁and ▁sometimes ▁into ▁mut ine ers . ▁ ▁As ▁noted ▁in ▁the ▁state