Pullman Strike

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:causedBy wage cuts
high rents in Pullman company town
gptkbp:dateOfFederalIntervention 1894-07-03
gptkbp:effect establishment of Labor Day as a federal holiday
increased federal intervention in labor disputes
public awareness of labor issues
gptkbp:endDate 1894-07-20
gptkbp:followedBy Eugene V. Debs' rise as a socialist leader
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pullman Strike
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:In_re_Debs_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Pullman,_Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:notableDeath at least 30 people
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkb:George_Pullman
gptkb:John_Peter_Altgeld
gptkb:Lyman_Trumbull
gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkb:Richard_Olney
gptkb:Jacob_Coxey
gptkb:Nelson_Miles
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkb:Pullman_Company
gptkbp:organization gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:United_States_Marshals
gptkb:Pullman_Company
gptkb:American_Railway_Union
railroad companies
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:American_Railway_Union
gptkbp:participants over 250,000
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Homestead_Strike
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkb:Gilded_Age
gptkb:Labor_Day_(United_States)
railroad industry
gptkbp:result Defeat of the strike
Federal intervention
Injunction against strikers
Jailing of Eugene V. Debs
gptkbp:significantEvent Martial law in Chicago
Railroad traffic disruption
Violence and riots
gptkbp:startDate 1894-05-11
gptkbp:typeOfStrike sympathy strike
wildcat strike
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4