PULLMAN STRIKE

in U.S. history, an important labor dispute. 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 V. Debs, and on June 26 the ARU called a boycott of all Pullman railway cars. Within days, 50,000 rail workers complied and railroad traffic out of Chicago came to a halt. When the railroad owners asked the federal government to intervene, Attorney General Richard Olney, a director of the Burlington and Santa Fe railroads, obtained (July 2) a court injunction. On July 4, President Cleveland dispatched troops to Chicago. Much rioting and bloodshed ensued, but the government's actions broke the strike and the boycott soon collapsed. Debs and three other union officials were jailed for disobeying the injunction.

See A. Lindsey, The Pullman Strike (1942, repr. 1964); W. Cawardine, The Pullman Strike (1973).

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1.
Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945
Book by Beth Tompkins Bates; University of North Carolina Press, 2001
Subjects: African American Labor Union Members--Political Activity--History, Discrimination In Employment--United States--History, Pullman Porters--Labor Unions--United States--History, Race Discrimination--United States--History
...stood as a reminder of George Pullman's dedication to industrial paternalism and his resolve to fight unions. The Pullman strike of 1894 began in the town of Pullman when George Pullman refused to respond to grievances brought by its workers...
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Great Burlington Strike of 1888: A Case History in Labor Relations
Book by Donald L. McMurry; Harvard University Press, 1956
Subjects: Burlington Strike, 1888, Industrial relations--History, Strikes and lockouts--United States
...investigation, of the Pullman strike, for which I received...government. When George M. Pullman had a strike in the model town which...I told you so." Pullmans experience turns out...and would never have strikes, but the fact is, the...
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Labor Revolt in Alabama: The Great Strike of 1894
Book by Robert David Ward, William Warren Rogers; University of Alabama, 1965
Subjects: Coal Strike, Ala., 1894
...Labor Revolt in Alabama: The Great Strike of 1894 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PUBLICATION...30 3 The Strike Begins 59...book focuses on the Alabama coal miner strike and to a lesser degree on the strike...
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Reign of the Rabble: The St. Louis General Strike of 1877
Book by David T. Burbank; A. M. Kelley, 1966
Subjects: General Strike, Saint Louis, Mo., 1877, Riots--Missouri--Saint Louis, Strikes and lockouts--Saint Louis (Mo.)--1877
...but it may be said that in Carondelet the first signs of the strike appeared. At the Union Depot in St. Louis, on the evening...there was a marked absence of passengers, and long lines of Pullmans and sleepers pulled out almost empty. Travelers, frightened...
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The Steel Strike of 1919
Book by Colston E. Warne; D. C. Heath, 1963
Subjects: Steel Strike, U.S., 1919-1920
...INDUSTRIAL STATESMAN? THE PULLMAN BOYCOTT OF 1894--THE PROBLEM...VERSAILLES THE STEEL STRIKE OF 1919 THE NEW DEAL...collapsed, however, in the Pullman Boycott of 1894. The miners...after a series of costly strikes, entrenched itself in the...
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1.
The 1890s Crisis in Context: the Pullman Strike, Labor Politics and the New Liberalism
Journal article by Eric Arnesen; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 92, 1999
...The 1890s Crisis in Context: the Pullman Strike, Labor Politics and the New Liberalism...and Nick Salvatore, eds., The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays...transformations. The first, The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays...
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After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman
Journal article by Edmund F. Wehrle; Journal of Social History, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman. by Edmund...After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman. By Susan Eleanor...relations at the Pullman Company. Beyond...contextualize the 1894 strike and the struggles...
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After the Strike: a Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman
Journal article by Norman Nordhauser; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 96, 2004
...Labor Struggle at Pullman by Norman Nordhauser After the Strike: A Century of Labor...participated in the strike. Pullmans racial strategy...black and white Pullman workers in one industrial...prevent the "hate strikes" against black workers...
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The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial-America
Journal article by Steve Babson; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 26, 2000
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial-America (Book)
...concerned with the 1894 strike at the Pullman railcar factory and...when he describes the Pullman case as a legal watershed...injunctions against strikes. He is less convincing...conclusion that the Pullman strike was "the last large...
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Palace Car Prince: a Biography of George Mortimer Pullman
Journal article by Colin J. Davis; Business History Review, Vol. 66, 1992
Subjects: Book reviews, Personal profiles, Railroad transportation, United States
...health. The notorious strike of 1894 further undermined Pullmans ability to come to terms...Although able to win the strike, Pullman was publicly criticized...of the conflict. The strike and family tensions left Pullman exhausted and resentful...
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The Michigan Copper Strike of 1913
Magazine article by Saronne Rubyan-Ling; History Today, Vol. 48, March 1998
Subjects: Calumet, Michigan--History, Copper industry--Strikes, Fires--Casualties, Western Federation of Miners--History
...lode ensured. As profits dropped so too did the generosity of the companies. This had been the violent lesson of the Pullman Strike of 1894 that had swept the model community of the railway carriage manufacturer, George Pullman, when recession forced...
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From the Coal Wars to the Pittston Strike
Magazine article by Michael D. Yates; Monthly Review, Vol. 42, June 1990
Subjects: Coal industry--Labor relations, Labor policy--Analysis, Pittston Co.--Labor relations
...shopworkers strike of 1922, placed a sign in his window saying that he would not cut the hair of scabs. The famous 1894 Pullman strike was crippled by blanket injunctions, which went so far as to deny Eugene V. Debs and the other strike leaders the...
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To Strike a Nation
Magazine article by Patrick J. Buchanan; American Conservative, Vol. 6, December 17, 2007
Subjects: American history, Europe, Labor law, Labor relations, Public safety, Socialism, Strikes
...prices that depression produced. In 1894, Pullman car workers went on strike to protest wage cuts of 25 to 40 percent...am very glad to meet you personally." Pullman was as close to a general strike as America came. In May 1926, Britain...
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Reliving History
Magazine article by Julie Phillips; The Village Voice, Vol. 42, January 28, 1997
Subjects: Coninx, Stijn, Musical theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders
...relive high school history class. Immigrants, anarchists, executed, innocent: file under Mistakes, in between the Pullman Strike and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. For extra credit: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested in Massachusetts...
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Electing a President, 1896
Magazine article by Edward Ranson; History Today, Vol. 46, October 1996
Subjects: Bryan, William Jennings--Political activity, Elections--1896, McKinley, William--Political activity, Political campaigns--Evaluation, United States history--1896
...labour problems as shown by the Pullman strike of 1894. George M. Pullman, head...administrations actions during the Pullman strike. Conservatives supported the President...tariff fiasco, Coxeys army, the Pullman strike, all undermined the unity of the...
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Pullman Strike
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 18, 2005
Subjects: Pullman, Philip, The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)
Pullman Strike. Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Pullman strike Writer Philip Pullman is outraged over plans to adapt "The Chronicles of Narnia" into...
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Matthew and Kate Fail to Strike It Rich in Tale of Long-Lost Treasure; DVD
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), August 29, 2008
Matthew and Kate Fail to Strike It Rich in Tale of Long-Lost Treasure; DVD. FOOLS GOLD (12...Crime and Open Case Squad, fronted by feisty superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman), re-examines eight old investigations in search...
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First Labor Day Established to Quell Violence
Newspaper article by Thomas V. Dibacco; The Washington Times, September 3, 2001
...reign of the Commune in 1870." By 1894, when the Pullman, Ill., railroad strike and boycott created a division among labor leaders...signed by President Grover Cleveland while the Pullman strike still raged. No doubt, Labor Day 2001 comes...
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Local News from 1894; the Evolution of Vermont-Style Journalism
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 11, 2003
...Cleveland was into his second term as president, the Pullman strike had recently made labor history, Hawaii was a republic...Journal does to this day covering fishing news, mill strikes, election returns, and a challenge by Bob Fitzsimmons...
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Pretty as a Picture
Newspaper article by By Sherry Giewald; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 5, 2008
Subjects: Historic buildings
...Sheriffs House complex includes the Old Court House and Jail, where Eugene Debs was held for his role in the 1894 Pullman strike. Now the complex houses two restaurants, an art gallery, pottery shop and the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum. Woodstock...
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Pullman Strike
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PULLMAN STRIKE in U.S. history, an important labor...the injunction. See A. Lindsey, The Pullman Strike (1942, repr. 1964); W. Cawardine, The Pullman Strike (1973). ____________________ Copyright...
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Pullman
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...industrial purposes. In 1894, Pullman was the site of one of the most memorable strikes in U.S. history. A protest...federal troops to the area. The strike was broken in July. 2 City...city, named for George M. Pullman, was a major stop on the...
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Olney, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...obtained an injunction against the strikers in the Pullman strike of 1894; under it Eugene V. Debs was held in contempt...also persuaded Cleveland to send in troops to break the strike, ostensibly to prevent interference with the mails...
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Debs, Eugene Victor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Northern RR, the American Railway Union participated (1894) in the Pullman strike by refusing to service Pullman cars. An injunction, however, was served against the strikers and federal troops, sent to Illinois by President Cleveland over...
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Darrow, Clarence Seward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Chicago and Northwestern RR, he resigned (1894) to defend Eugene V. Debs and others in connection with the Pullman strike. The defense was unsuccessful, but Darrow soon renounced his lucrative practice to defend the "underdog." A staunch...
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