Strikes+(1-1)

The Pullman Strike (1894) the Pullman Strike began May 11, 1894, with a walkout by Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers after negotiations over declining wages failed. All of these workers appealed for support to the American Railway Union. The American Railroad Union (ARU) argued for arbitration and they were unsuccessful. On June 20 the ARU noticed that on June 26 its membership would no longer work trains that included the Pullman cars. The boycott crippled railroad traffic nationwide, until the federal government intervened in July. They federal government dispatched regular soldiers to Chicago and elsewhere. The soldiers joined with local authorities to get the railroads and trains running again. Then in mid July they boycott and union were broken because the ARU's inability to secure broader support from labor leaders. Even though most of the public sentiment was against the boycott to begin with, George Pullman attracted broad criticism and his workers wide sympathy.

The Homestead Steel Strike (1892) Henry C. Frick, who was the general manager of the Carnegie Steel Company, wanted to break the union. Frick wanted to cut wages by over 18%. Negotiations had been going for five months and then they announced a strike June 29. Frick closed the plant and locked out the workers on June 30 which was just before the current contract expired. Frick hired 300 of the Pinkerton detectives to protect the plant from the workers and strike-breakers. On July 6, as the detectives approached the Homestead plant thousands of armed workers, friends, and family members were there to fight them and get them away. After a full day battle seven locals and three detectives died. Many others were still to die from wounds.

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