Strike scrapbooks, 1894-1897.
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Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...
American Railway Union
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Pullman's Palace Car Company. Secretary.
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May 11, 1894, walkout of American Railway Union-led Pullman Car Works employees, prompted by Panic of 1893 induced wage cuts with no corresponding reduction in rents and fees at the company-owned town of Pullman, Illinois. By the end of June, after union members refused to handle Pullman cars, the local walkout developed into a national railroad strike. A month later, following a union-defied federal injunction prohibiting interference with trains, mob violence, and the ...
Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897
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Designer of the Pullman sleeping car with residence and company in Chicago, Illinois. From the description of Invitation. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53920464 Pullman's Palace Car Co. founder and president George M. Pullman died October 19, 1897. Under the terms of his will Norman B. Ream and Robert T. Lincoln were appointed executors of the estate, which by 1900 was valued at $17,500,000. Principal legatees were Pullm...
Pullman Company
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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...
United States. Strike Commission
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