The governor fired off a message to the White House, outraged that the president had deployed soldiers to an American city. “I protest against this, and ask the immediate withdrawal of the Federal ...

Labor Day was born in Chicago's far South Side Pullman neighborhood after President Grover Cleveland dispatched the Army to quell the nationwide Pullman rail strike that paralyzed the movement of ...

Differing Views of the Dispute: Samuel Gompers:"The Lesson of the Recent Strikes"--Wade Hampton: "The Lesson of the Recent Strikes"-- United States Strike Commission: "Losses and Crimes During the ...

The strike at Pullman. Statements of President Geo. M. Pullman and Second Vice-President T.H. Wickes, before the U.S. Strike Commission. Also published statements of the company during the continuance ...