may 1, 1894 - Pullman Strike

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Pullman reduced wages but not rent of the company housing
Workers were in union led by Eugene V Debs
Pullman wouldn’t negotiate, workers went on strike
Messed up rail service - feds mad
Grover Cleavland got troops to break up strike using the Sherman Antitrust act as evidence
“punish unions for conspiring to restrain trade, something it had rarely done with respect to large corporations”
Union leaders arrested (debs to jail) and strike collapsed

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