1. Questions To Be Answered
1) Why did Pullman decide to start a sleeping car company?
2) What triggered the strike?
3) When did the strike start?
4) Why do you think George Pullman refused to explain his
reasoning with his workers?
5) Do you think it was fair that Eugene V. Debs was arrested
even though the boycott was not his idea?

2. The Pullman Strike, 1894
First National Strike in US History
History

3. George Pullman

4. To Save the Company during the Panic
Workers' paycheck (12¢)

5. Workers Strike
Pullman's workers (4,000) + ARU (100,000) = Railroads halt

6. President Sends in Troops
Strikers completely destroyed the cars

7. Strike Disperses
The seven leaders arrested

8. Picture Citations
George Pullman Portrait. N.d. Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov.
2011. <http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/georgemortimerpullman.html>.
Pullman Company Paycheck, 1894. 1894. Chicago History Museum, Chicago. The Newberry. Web. 3 Dec.
2011. <http://publications.newberry.org/pullman/items/show/121>.
Henke, A. Headquarters of the Strike. 1894. Private Collection, Chicago. The Newberry. Web. 3 Dec.
2011. <http://publications.newberry.org/pullman/items/show/173>.
Taylor, J W. Looking Up the Panhandle Railroad. 1984. Private collection. The Stan Iverson Memorial
Library & Anarchist Archives. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <http://recollectionbooks.
com/siml/library/PullmanStrike.htm>.
Eugene Debs, Martin Elliot. N.d. Elliot Family Archives. Wikipedia. Web. 3 Dec. 2011. <http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eugene_Debs_Martin_Elliott_300.jpg>.