The Pullman Strike of 1894

Eugene Debs, On Radicalism, 1902

Debs served six months in jain after leading in the Pullman strike. This experience moved him in more radicat directions politically, and he established the SOCIALIST PARTY. Ran as the party's presidential candidate five times, and in 1905 Debs helped form the Industrial Workers of the World, an organization interested in united all workers and challenging the capitalist system

George Pullman & the Pullman Strike

George Pullman owned the company town for the Pullman Car Company. The Pullman strike was one of the biggest the employees protested wage cuts, high rent, and layoffs. The strike quickly paralyzed the western hemisphere as it gained more support from the ARU ( American Railway Union) who refused to handle trains that carried Pullman sleeping cars. The cosequences of the strike was that it stifled the growth of labor unions for a while.

Eugene V. Debs

Leader of the American Railway Union, he voted to aid workers in the Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the strike was over.

Report from the Commission to Investigate the Chicago Strike,1895

The commission appointed by president grover cleveland to investigate the Pullman strike concluded that the strikes were wasteful, disruptive, and unlawful. Blaming both capital and labor for the strike, the commission believed that the Pullman trouble originated because neither the public nor the government had taken adequate measures to control monopolies and corporations and had failed "to reasonably protect the rights of labor and redress its wrongs."

Testimony before the U.S, Strike Commission, 1894 by George Pullman

july 1894 pres. grover cleveland appointed to commission to investigate the chicago (pullman) strike. Wright had a significant experience investigating labor conditions and collecting statistical data, and he was sympathetic to the plight of workers. George Pullman appeared before the commission to explain his position on the strike

Jennie Curtis, Testimony before the US Strike Commission, 1894

seamstreess jennie curtis was president of the American Railway Union Local 269, known as the "girls' union." Following a stirring speech by Curtis at an ARU convention, the union agreed to support workers striking against Pullman. -explained the dire economic situation employees had to fae as the company CUT BACK WAGES AND RAISED RENT