Pullman Strike of 1894

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkbp:causedBy wage cuts at Pullman Company
gptkbp:endDate 1894-07-20
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pullman Strike of 1894
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkbp:legacy influenced labor policy
influenced public opinion on labor rights
gptkbp:legalOutcome gptkb:In_re_Debs_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Pullman,_Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Pullman_Company
railroads in the United States
gptkbp:notableDeath at least 30 people
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers approximately 250,000
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:U.S._federal_government
gptkb:President_Grover_Cleveland
railroad companies
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:American_Railway_Union
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Labor_Day_(United_States)
gptkb:American_labor_law
labor movement in the United States
history of Chicago
gptkbp:result defeat of the strike
violence and deaths
use of federal troops
intervention by federal government
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:arrest_of_Eugene_V._Debs
disruption of rail traffic
railroad boycott
gptkbp:startDate 1894-05-11
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pullman_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6