June 26, 1894 - Democratic Underground

Omaha Steve

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June 26, 1894

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_26_2011

June 26, 1894 - The American Railway Union launched a boycott of all trains hauling Pullman cars, escalating the Pullman strike into a national conflict. The strike was eventually crushed by federal troops and by lack of support from the more conservative American Federation of Labor. Strike leader Eugene V. Debs was sent to prison and many workers were blacklisted for their involvement.

And this: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history June 26
Members of the American Railway Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, refuse to handle Pullman cars, in solidarity with Pullman strikers. Two dozen strikers were killed over the course of the strike - 1894

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