The Period from 1870 to 1900 experienced more harm than good over the topic of labor relations due to the roles of the government and the role of industrialists as an attempt to maximize their profits by exploiting the working class. The government played a significant role in causing more conflicts during the period from the 1870s to 1900s. For example, the government aimed to put an end to all work strikes when workers were rebellious about their unfair wages and poor working conditions. One example of the protests was the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 where workers went on strike and had the railways to stop. This led to acts being added such as the Sherman Antitrust act which addressed work conditions and the Pullman strike demonstrated