Clark Bardman

George Pullman developed the first Pullman car after spending a very uncomfortable night in a sleeping

car on a trip from New York to Chicago.

The first Pullman Car was designed to be a luxury railroad car that was a day-coach that turned into a sleeper car at night.

At first railroads where not interested in this new car as it was higher and

wider than other railcars.

The presidential railroad car

In 1867, George Pullman incorporated the Pullman Palace

Car Company.

He expanded his

business to include

dining cars, parlor cars,

private cars as well

as the sleeping

cars.

A luxury Pullman Car

George Pullman’s ambitions spread also to developing a safe and clean place for his workers to live.

The problem was that Pullman The problem was that Pullman

controlled everything controlled everything

in the town in the town

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Pullman did not allow the residents to own their homes and hired people

to watch the residents for any inappropriate behavior.

To make matters worse, a depression occurred

in the country in 1893-94.

• The Pullman workers joined this union in the spring of

1894, after George Pullman ignored their pleas

• The three representatives of the committee who met with George Pullman were laid off.

• 90% of the remaining workers voted to strike on May 11

• ARU refuses to handle Pullman cars

• The strike extended to encompass all of the 24 rail lines outof Chicago

• As a result of the boycotts and accompanying strikes, the U.S. mail delivery by the railroad and interstate commerce is affected.

• Federal troops are called in to help because of the mail stoppage.

• July 1st, injunction against Eugene Debs and American Railway Union

• July 4th, President Cleveland sent federal troops to protect the Pullman factory

• Federal troops ended the blockade and trains began moving again

• Debs is arrested• Strike officially ends as of

July 12, 1894

• Was a “landmark in the history of relations between workers and factory owners in the United States” (Laughlin 12)

• The strike proved that a large number of workers would be sympathetic to the plight of other workers to cause an interruption of a major service

• Highlighted the ongoing dispute between states’ rights and federal powers

Hofstadter, Richard, and Michael Wallace, eds. American Violence: A Documentary History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Print.

Laughlin, Rosemary. The Pullman Strike of 1894: American Labor Comes of Age. Greensboro, North Carolina: 2000. Print.

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Pictures from slides five and six: http://www.oklahomafilm.org/photos/Museum

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