8 июл 1894 г. - Proclamation sending federal troops to Chicago to break the Pullman railway strikes, a national railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest. The strike had disrupted US mail delivery--a federal function--which was the grounds for sending troops. This marks the first time an injunction was used to break a strike. American Railway Union leader Eugene Debs was arrested for ignoring the injunction
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