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W. F. Burns. The Pullman Boycott
The Pullman Boycott
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I
THE AMERICAN RAILWAY UNION
CHAPTER II
THE BOYCOTT
CHAPTER III
FIRST DAY OF THE STRIKE
CHAPTER IV
AN APPEAL FROM DEBS
CHAPTER V
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIDES WITH THE MANAGERS
CHAPTER VI
TROOPS AT BLUE ISLAND
CHAPTER VII
A PROTEST FROM GOV. ALTGELD
CHAPTER VIII
INCENDIARISM AND BLOODSHED
CHAPTER IX
SLAUGHTER OF CITIZENS
CHAPTER X
BUSINESS MEN'S PROTEST
CHAPTER XI
INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT DEBS
CHAPTER XII
A PROTEST BY THE PEOPLES PARTY
CHAPTER XIII
AN OFFER OF SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER XIV
DEBS IN JAIL
CHAPTER XV
BLACKLISTING BEGINS
CHAPTER XVI
TRIAL OF DEBS
CHAPTER XVII
A CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAY UNION. CALLED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE STRIKE
CHAPTER XVIII
THE STRIKE LOST
CHAPTER XIX
THE COMMISSION
CHAPTER XX
ALTGELD INVESTIGATES PULLMAN
CHAPTER XXI
CONCLUSION
THE END
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W. F. Burns
A Complete History of the R.R. Strike
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The trains on the Monon Route, Santa Fe, and Eastern Illinois also departed with their accustomed regularity and without interference, and at 6.00 o'clock, as every train was running on time, Mr. Pullman and the railway officials were quite jubilant at what they considered a complete failure of the American Railway Union to perform the task it had undertaken. But inside of three hours they were doomed to disappointment, for at that time not a wheel was turning on the Illinois Central with the exception of express trains that had been started before the strike was ordered.
The strikers might have stopped the Diamond Special which leaves at 9:00 P. M., but through consideration for the passengers who had already purchased berth tickets, and adhering strictly to the instructions of their leaders to do nothing to discommode the travelers who in all probability were not acquainted with the existing state of affairs, this train was allowed to proceed. The strike that paralyzed the traffic of the entire country was started in this manner. Early in the afternoon a committee of five switchmen, employed on the Illinois Central, made their appearance at the headquarters of the American Railway Union in the Ashland block, to learn authoritatively the nature and purpose of the order issued requiring them to refuse to switch the cars of the Pullman Company, as the instructions received by them through Organizer Meyers of the union, were not sufficiently definite, so they claimed, to warrant their resisting the railroad company, and forfeiting their positions by such action. The switchmen, they said were willing to help the Pullman strikers, but they wished to know to a certainty what was expected of them. The directors of the union immediately held a conference with the delegates the result of which was an order to strike if the company insisted on them switching the Pullman cars. Those who were not members of the American Railway Union were guaranteed equal protection if they joined the strike, and the result was a complete tie up of the Illinois Central R. R.
