Pullman Workers Strike: Rail Network Paralyzed Nationwide
Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers launched a wildcat strike in Illinois, halting rail traffic across the nation and prompting President Grover Cleveland to deploy federal troops. This direct intervention established a precedent for using military force to break labor disputes, setting the stage for decades of intense conflict between organized labor and government authority.
May 11, 1894
132 years ago
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