On May 11, 1894, 2,000 Pullman workers walked off the job, kicking off a three-month-long strike that halted railroad transportation in the United States.

In 1894, due to the Pullman strike, President Grover Cleveland and Congress designated Labor Day as a federal holiday. The real story is that, given a difficult circumstance, the stranded passengers, ...

The Pullman Strike. ... while continuing to pay stockholders the same pre-depression dividends. By April of 1894, some families living in Pullman’s town were on the brink of starvation.

The Pullman Strike. ... while continuing to pay stockholders the same pre-depression dividends. By April of 1894, some families living in Pullman’s town were on the brink of starvation.

The Pullman Railway Strike of 1894 would see 250,000 people walk off the job; federal troops broke the strike, with 30 people left dead. The reasons why those workers went on strike would be ...

“The Pullman strike of 1894 was a classic case of opportunity lost and unintended consequence,” said […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 48°F. Saturday, April 19th 2025 ...

“Angry Pullman workers walked out in May 1894, and the following month, the American Railway Union and its leader, Eugene V. Debs, declared a sympathy boycott of all trains using Pullman cars ...

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 ...

Illustration of strikers performing a blockade during the Pullman strike in 1894. Photo: Kean Collection/Getty Images. Tremendous technological, economic, ...

The Pullman National Monument will become Chicago's first national monument, ... The 1894 strike of porters and workers protesting wages and working conditions drew a lethal federal response, ...

Jeffrey Sweet`s resonantly titled ”American Enterprise” has a great Chicago story to tell, and it tells that story with theatrical sweep, scope and ambition. It`s the story of George M.… ...