Pullman Strike

Grover Cleveland

22nd and 24th president of the United States. Was in office during the Pullman Strike.

Pullman Strike of 1894

A nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that began in 1894 when employees of the pullman palace car company began by the company reducing wages.

George M Pullman

An American inventor and industrialist, invented the Pullman sleeping car; Began the pullman strike when he reduced wages

Eugene V Debs

An American union leader and leader of the pullman strike of 1894.

Where did the pullman strike begin?

Chicago Illinois

Lead the American Railway Union

Gene Debs

Samuel Gompers

He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor from 1886-1924

American Federation of Labor

The first federation of labor unions in the United States.

American Railway Union

Was made to represent all crafts of railroad employees.