Federal Troops Crush Pullman Strike, Imprison Eugene Debs
On July 3, 1894, President Grover Cleveland deployed federal troops to Chicago to crush the Pullman Strike, marking the first time the federal government used an injunction to break a labor action. The strike began on May 11 when Pullman Palace Car Company workers walked out after the company …
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
President Grover Cleveland
Attorney General Richard Olney
Pullman Palace Car Company
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state-violence
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