This book is a history of the Pullman strike, a major labor dispute that occurred in the United States in 1894. The strike was led by Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union, and involved workers on the Pullman Palace Car Company's trains. The book provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the strike, the course of the strike itself, and its aftermath. It is a valuable resource for students of labor history and American social movements. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from The Pullman Boycott: A Complete History of the Great R. R. Strike This sweeping reduction included all classes, and the laborers were compelled to work for from 70 cents to per day, all this in the face of the fact that when a reduction was made three years ago, the men were told that as long as the shops stood there would never be another cut in the wages of those who worked upon the Pullman sleepers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Describes the violent Pullman strike of 1894 which closed railroads across the midwestern United States and which made the nation's leaders see the need for addressing the concerns of the country's workers.