During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the National Guard ...

In 2019, workers across the U.S. are proving that the legacy of the Great Pullman strike is still alive today. (Wikipedia Commons) Roaming the sleepy streets of Pullman on Chicago’s Southeast ...

The Pullman Strike. These resentments were exacerbated by an economic crisis in 1893 that plunged the nation into a depression.

To get to know the Pullman strike and how it radically changed America, you first need to know a little about the Chicago sleeping-car magnate George M. Pullman.

Many people point to the Pullman Palace Car Co. strike in Chicago as a pivotal point in America’s labor history and the creation of Labor Day as a federal holiday. In 1893, during a nationwide ...

An 1894 advertisement shows the interior of a Pullman dining-car belonging to the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway. The view through the window depicts the Mosler Safe Company factory in ...

During the Great Pullman Strike’s 125th anniversary, the group is giving guided tours each month through October. Before it became a Chicago neighborhood, Pullman was seen by outsiders as “The ...

Strike Feared. Skip to content Skip to site index. Search & Section Navigation. ... TROUBLE FEARED AT PULLMAN.; A STRIKE THREATENED IN THE EVENT OF WAGES BEING REDUCED. Share full article. Sept ...

The Pullman Strike, 1894. The Pullman Strike was a solidarity strike with the factory workers who manufactured Pullman Palace train cars. Their boss, George Pullman, ...

There are hundreds if not tens of thousands of historical examples of the plight of organized labor, radical and otherwise. Some are more celebrated than others such as the Pullman Strike of 1894 ...