The short term effect of the Great Southwest Strike was that an internal clash began between different groups within the Knights which resulted in the breaking down of the union.
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The calling of the Great Southwest Strike failed as the engineers and the workers other than the inferior labours refused to participate in the strike.
The governors of different states used military and police forces to crush the strike which caused a lot of violence and an eventual breakdown of the union.
The failure of the great Southwest<span> railroad </span>strike<span> represented the first major defeat sustained by the Knights of Labor. ... While the collapse of the railroad </span>strike<span> set the American labor movement back, alleged organizational problems within the Knights of Labor also became apparent.</span>
Concerning this era, there are several themes which we learn in the American Indian literature. Among these we have the Indian ceremonial chants and oratory, the influence of christianity, ethnicity and racism.
