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Thu Jun-26-08 10:06 AM Original message |
| Today in labor history June 26 Two dozen strikers were killed over the course of the strike |
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Edited on Thu Jun-26-08 10:10 AM by Omaha Steve
June 26  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. Two dozen strikers were killed over the course of the strike |
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