Event
Pullman strike
Strike of 1894 at Pullman's Palace Car Company that spread into a national railway boycott.
- Dates
- May–Aug 1894
- Also known as
- Chicago strike of 1894
- Wikidata
- Q1348639
Connections 4
interventions
- Grover Cleveland ordered federal troops to Chicago Primary record 1
involved
- Pullman's Palace Car Company employer Primary record 1
- American Railway Union union the workers joined Primary record 1
- Grover Cleveland ordered federal troops to Chicago Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- May–Aug 1894 Pullman strike
Proof 1 source
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Report on the Chicago Strike of June-July 1894, United States Strike Commission, appointed by the President (scan via Internet Archive), 1894.
Primary record
The President ordered the troops to Chicago
The cut in wages during this period averaged about 25 per cent
being dissatisfied with their wages, rents, and shop treatment for the first time in the history of the town, sought organization, and joined the American Railway Union in large numbers.
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