Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.
Pullman Strike
The Pullman strike, in U.S. history, was an important labor controversy. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman palace car company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. They sought support from their union, the American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene Debs, and on June 26 the ARU called a boycott of all Pullman railway cars. Within days, around 50,000 rail workers replied and railroad traffic out of Chicago came to a stop. When the railroad owners asked the federal government to stop the dispute, Attorney General Richard Olney, a director of the Burlington and Santa Fe railroads, obtained a court document. On July 4, President Cleveland dispatched troops to Chicago. Much rioting and slaughtering began, but the government's actions broke the strike and the boycott soon collapsed. Debs and three other union officials were jailed for dis...
The Pullman strike, in U.S. history, was an important labor controversy. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman palace car company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. They sought support from their union, the American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene Debs, and on June 26 the ARU called a boycott of all Pullman railway cars. Within days, around 50,000 rail workers replied and railroad traffic out of Chicago came to a stop. When the railroad owners asked the federal government to stop the dispute, Attorney General Richard Olney, a director of the Burlington and Santa Fe railroads, obtained a court document. On July 4, President Cleveland dispatched troops to Chicago. Much rioting and slaughtering began, but the government's actions broke the strike and the boycott soon collapsed. Debs and three other union officials were jailed for dis...
Posted by: Garrick Christian
Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.