Pullman Palace Car Company

Federal Troops Crush Pullman Strike, Imprison Eugene Debs

1894-07-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

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 labor-suppression state-violence federal-intervention

Pullman Company Town Established as Model of Corporate Paternalistic Control

1880-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

George M. Pullman establishes the town of Pullman, Illinois, just outside Chicago city limits as one of the most substantial and comprehensive company towns in the United States. Entirely company-owned, the town provides housing, stores, a library, churches, parks, and entertainment facilities for …

George Pullman Pullman Palace Car Company Company town workers gilded-age company-towns corporate-control labor-suppression paternalism +1 more