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mar 1, 1894 - Pullman Strike of 1894

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Pullman Palace Car Company hit hard by depression; cur wages by ⅓; workers lashed out; paralyzed railway traffic; US attorney general Richard Olney urged dispatch of troops and Cleveland agreed; wanted to do anything to not stop US mail transit; Federal troops crushed strikers and Debs arrested

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mar 1, 1894
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~ 131 years ago