USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The immediate consequences of the strike were insignificant. Pullman workers had to Page 3 return to their jobs, still hampered by high rents and low wages. The ARU had been defeated and its strength dwindled. Furthermore, the federal government had shown definitively its position towards labor unions and laborers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pullman Strike, (May 11, 1894–c. July 20, 1894), in U.S. history, widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous and farreaching labor conflict in a period of severe economic depression and social unrest, the Pullman Strike began May 11, 1894, with a walkout by Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers after negotiations over declining wages failed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the country’s first major rail strike and witnessed the first general strike in the nation’s history. The strikes and the violence it spawned briefly paralyzed the country’s commerce and led governors in ten states to mobilize 60, 000 militia members to reopen rail traffic.