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Jul 3, 1894: As part of the national effort to end the #PullmanStrike, federal troops left San Francisco for Los Angeles to reopen railroads. At 5am on July 4, detachment of 250 federal troops arrived at River Station (now Los Angeles State Historic Park). www.jstor.org/stable/41171...

My latest book has arrived! A concise history of the 1894 #PullmanStrike, one of the most consequential strikes in #UShistory that saw workers nearly paralyze the US railroad system in a struggle for a living wage. @TaylorandFrancisBooks #TaylorandFrancisBooks #Routledge
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“In the spring of 1894, a nationwide railroad strike, spreading out from the outskirts of Chicago, paralyzed freight and passenger rail traffic up and down #California,” William Deverell (2025). www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #PullmanStrike

By June 27, the #PullmanStrike spread to Los Angeles. Local trains continued to run, but trains heading in/out of LA stopped as many had Pullman cars attached. Acc’g to LA Evening Express (1894), a group of East Coast passengers stuck in LA offered to buy dinner for those on strike. #laborhistory

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1894, ARU launched the #PullmanStrike. Before its end in July, the #strike involved 250,000 workers in 27 states refusing to attach Pullman cars. It was caused by massive rent increases and wage reductions. Its leader, #EugeneDebs, was imprisoned for it.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1894, the #PullmanStrike turned into a boycott. The #AFL refused to honour calls for a #GeneralStrike in support of #EugeneDebs's #ARU and Democratic President Cleveland used force and troops to put #railroads back into operation. #Solidarity matters.

“There was not that universal enthusiasm and hilarity that is usually abroad on this day we celebrate," Los Angele Evening Express (July 4, 1894). #PullmanStrike #OTD

Join us for a screening of The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs and a live discussion with Allison Duerk, Director of the Eugene Debs Museum. Space is limited - RSVP here: www.bit.ly/Debs_Pullman #1u #LaborHistory #PullmanStrike #EugeneDebs

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #RobertOvetz, author of #WhenWorkersShotBack: #ClassConflict from 1877 to 1921

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The disastrous #PullmanStrike that is still relevant today, they wanted Union recognition, Wage increase, & Rent reduction. So of course it was crushed because that is the American anti-worker way. And all we got out of it was #LaborDay holiday.

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Episode 120 discusses the Labor Day holiday and how Chicago played a big part in its creation. Thanks for listening! @ApplePodcasts @Stitcher @Spotify #ChicagoHistory #HaymarketTragedy #PullmanStrike #LaborDay

"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland

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Ask Grover Cleveland how well deploying the National Guard against a governor’s wishes go. #pullmanstrike #eugenevdebs

Seven of 16 US railroad #unions joined in the #GreatRailroadStrikeOf1922, the largest since the #PullmanStrike, on #ThisDayInHistory. It lasted through August, when it was shut down by legal injunction. The heavy-handed tactics hurt Harding & the Republicans in the 1922 election.

The #PullmanStrike on #ThisDayInHistory in 1894 cleverly refused to touch Pullman cars but stayed at work for other cars. Companies shut down the trains, not the #ARU #union. Pres. Cleveland sent in troops to get the mail moving, but of course sided with railroads, not workers.