WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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US Attorney General issued an injunction prohibiting Pullman workers from striking.
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Company officials demanded that Pullman workers sign a pledge never to join a union.
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The Railway Union’s members went on strike and asked for support of Pullman workers.
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The Pullman Company cut wages drastically and then refused to meet with a delegation of workers about reducing other costs of living.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Back in Pullman, the Pullman Company strikers’ plight had been overshadowed on the national stage by the boycott. Fighting between the military and workers at rail yards in the Chicago area left dozens dead and more wounded. The injunction led to the jailing of key leaders, weakening the ARU and the strike.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pullman strike This was a nonviolent strike which brought about a shut down of western railroads, which took place against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago in 1894, because of the poor wages of the Pullman workers.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.