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THE PARABLE OF PULLMAN In 1894 the model town of Pultrian became the stom conter for one of the closslc labor struggles In Amedcan social history. What began as a revalt of the Pullman Shops employees egelnst wage cuts and oppresstve compary proctices, escalated Into a nationsi rallusy workers' boycott drected against the handing of trains carrying Pullman cars it was followed by fedenal intervention with almost half the US. Arriy at the service of the employers. The use of amy trocps broucht about a biter dispuse pliting the Govemor of lilinals and the Mayer of Chicogo against President Groser Cleveland, who had ordered the troops seat in. And that led to the evertual defeat of Cleveland in his bid for renomination by the Democratic Party two years later, in the process of this epic tragedy. people were killed, the Ameican Ralwny thilon was destroyed, the Puliman workess were forced back to work on the compeny's terins, and George Pullman beceme a reviled coricature of the hard-hearted and urjust corporate Tycoon-2l in order to keep labor in its place, Recipe for Disaster A "recession," as we would cell It now, gripped the nation's economy beginning in 1993. Orders for Pultrien cost fell of and management began a proarara of loy-offs and woge cuts. The cuts, appiled not to manogertat employees but only to the houtly workers, averaged 25 percent. Since Pullman wages were close to tha subsisfence level, it was a recipe for disaster. The situation was all the more desperate for the workers who lived in the town, becruse the company tefused to lower the rents. Even more gafing, the compony mace sure it collected the rentsfight cut of the payt The comporry's control of the town fand the people in in was. close to absolute. Even the Green Stone Church was the compeny's property. lis use was rented out for religious services for a fee. Ptilman expected the church. builiding to eam the usual stx percent return on imvestment indeed, George Pulmar, expecied the church bulding to be rented by various denominations, thelr services to operate much nitce the shilfs in his shops. A Money Machine Everything he put his hand to made money. In 1980 he comrnenced buiding the shogrs and the town on 4300 acres of tand (sbout sx square miles) which he had tought for 500,000 dollass. Dy 1892 a was walited at 5 milison: Some 12,000 people thed in the town, which ran sccording to Pullman's rules, No. llavor could be sold except at the Fiotence Hote, white workers hordy vemured. There were numerous regultetions designed to reiniforce the fown's image of istory-articles/the-parable-of-puliman The Parable of Putiman - I Hinois L Lbor Histery Society Wheldy that the power exeicised by Bismarck the unifer of Germachl was "uttierty invigrificess when compared wath the ritting authortyy of the Putmen Palsce Car Compary in Pulman" Deciesed one Putman employeec: We are bom in a Pustan house, fed ficm Eve Rutman shops, tooght in twe Puliman school, catechized in the Puemsn Gurch, and when we die we shal go to the. Pulinan Heti, The Farv. Wisam H. Carwardine, the Methodiat minister h Pulinan, charsctertzed the town as a "Clitred refic of Europeen seridom" George Pullman Explains Putman rejected all those whe cotelderod tim to be a beriefactor or a chienthropter is his vesion of the town. He deserted his interiens in pracical bustress berms That such advartages and sumounde-gs made better worksen by renoving tiom then the feetng + idscortent and deske for change weich so generaty charocterize the American worlamery twrs protectiog the enployer tom loss of ame pererally resutt trom poyert, and uncongeniet home surandings" But Puemsn falied to follow his own preschlotion, His wage cut polcy during the Winter of 18939t cetainly incuced povery and uscongerial home sumeuncings" Not couls the enployees escape to fower rent housing in nestoy Pasciland, for the company qaive employmest preference to Puttinn residests. The Union 1s Organizred Theit receutte was io begin the formation of a bocal unicn of the Amerken Pahway Union in the Pultras stops. Thene ware cofly about 3 .joc workers init on the peyrof in Nay of tss4, =aryy of twem on sheit ncurs. A46 member commitee tron the trian was seet to demend that Puatan reschid the cats. They were met by VicePresidest thomas 1 Wickes, and briefly addiessed by George Pulman. He refused sny scian an the wege ayts, put promised to loak inte compleints obout the betervior of loremen and other matters. But, the vary nest daj. May sa, 1894, three mi - bers of the com-intee wirce: disehprged. A mast meetiog of the Pullman workns voted 4 strike. Ficlet tnes Eere set up wird produciosn helled. The stikise wiove on, Cesorpe Pufiman umaty let town intrediately ater the ineeting with the collinitiee, heeding to His summer home on the Nirw Jersey seashore, in ture, = national convention of the Amerfean Ralway (Wwion (Aru) toek plsce in inscega. Revs. Carwaridine Appoilt The delegotes wert oddiessed by the foy, Camatdine, hho descroed the worsering condtion of the Rullran workers, and appealed for the convention to sae Wiches and propose arbltrition of the disute, Wodes relused. Sory-ariclestive-paniblo-of-puillmen The Parable of Pulman - Minois Lobor Hastory Society Sebunted in their elfors to resolve the dispute through arbltation, the ARU tied a new tacic. They voted to refuse to work any trsin that caried s Piliman cer stee? June 26, uniess the conpeny had changed its position on arbitretion. Instead, the Genersi Managers of the 24 raiteads terminating in Chicago met with Wickes and acreed uranlinoushy to support the Pultmen Compsey and dety the ARU. Rat workers responded to the boycott cal and would surely have prevsled in a matter of deyas had not the Feceral Govemment irtervened on masgentint's behalt. Friends in Heh Places Acting ot the behest of his Attoeney Cenenl, a fomer raliood atromey namod Pichurd Ciney, Prestdent Cleveland appointed a speclal counsel to deal with the strike on the grounds that us. mals wea beng inceded tideed they were, becaise the thiliceds were celoctoteby hooking Puttman con to mat trains. Oevelends chace for the tpeciat counsel was none other then Eawzrd Walker, the nhanney for the Miwoskse Rairosd. Wolcer Hired 4,000 strkebreakess and rade them deputymershais nnned weth bodge end gun. Great masses of sympothetic workers, bardaulaty in the Cicago ares, responded by attacing the twins. There were casusties, troins were tarched, end 12.000 federal troops deployed inopecatmitely hatt the US. anmeh astensbly to keep the peace, but sutely so break the boyeot. The Strike Ends An injunction was secured under which AAd pretident Eugene V. Orts and ether leeders weie sentericed to jac on july 18 , Pulman onnaurced it would leopen the shops and tire only persons who wovid sign a "yellowideg" contract promising never to jeis a urion welce a Pultain errplopee. Thus ended the great Pullinan Sothe but tiere were unepectod atereticas, While serving Hls then in the Woodstock in, per, Duts decided that labor needed to win poivical power to match Jat of the employers Accoridingly, he became the Soclatst Parys presidential centidete, recelving alinost omilien votes in 12 . A young amomey for one of the ratimass was cittaged by the fole of thin General Maragers. He qut the job, teter to become a fachous lowper in the samice of labot, Hos name wos Garence Dertow tinds Geventar Jchn P. Allgeld wits incerised of Cleveland tor puting the tedeal govemitient at the tevice of the employers, and for rejecting Atgelicis plan to use his state midele to keep ardes, ustesd of lederal troops. As theleader ef the sinnas delepation to the Democidte Paity Convertion in 1896. Argeld used his infuence and bhocked the tenomination of Ceve'sid is the presiderthe cindidate. And Cecrge Pulatan? He died swo yesrs ahse the chile, hated and festul cust even tis lomb h Grocelenc Cemetery vould be desecised by an angry populsce. ECkas shere: cotegories / tabor biefichipenble foge/ pullowt istinas hatory Overall, COULD YOU SEE THE PULLMAN SITUATION HAPPENING AGAIN? Might it happen today? Relate a city and state you feel might be most acceptable to a Pullman company and a Pullman Illinois. Would this city have a change of survival in todavs economy? If so, why, and how? THE PARABLE OF PULLMAN In 1894 the model town of Pultrian became the stom conter for one of the closslc labor struggles In Amedcan social history. What began as a revalt of the Pullman Shops employees egelnst wage cuts and oppresstve compary proctices, escalated Into a nationsi rallusy workers' boycott drected against the handing of trains carrying Pullman cars it was followed by fedenal intervention with almost half the US. Arriy at the service of the employers. The use of amy trocps broucht about a biter dispuse pliting the Govemor of lilinals and the Mayer of Chicogo against President Groser Cleveland, who had ordered the troops seat in. And that led to the evertual defeat of Cleveland in his bid for renomination by the Democratic Party two years later, in the process of this epic tragedy. people were killed, the Ameican Ralwny thilon was destroyed, the Puliman workess were forced back to work on the compeny's terins, and George Pullman beceme a reviled coricature of the hard-hearted and urjust corporate Tycoon-2l in order to keep labor in its place, Recipe for Disaster A "recession," as we would cell It now, gripped the nation's economy beginning in 1993. Orders for Pultrien cost fell of and management began a proarara of loy-offs and woge cuts. The cuts, appiled not to manogertat employees but only to the houtly workers, averaged 25 percent. Since Pullman wages were close to tha subsisfence level, it was a recipe for disaster. The situation was all the more desperate for the workers who lived in the town, becruse the company tefused to lower the rents. Even more gafing, the compony mace sure it collected the rentsfight cut of the payt The comporry's control of the town fand the people in in was. close to absolute. Even the Green Stone Church was the compeny's property. lis use was rented out for religious services for a fee. Ptilman expected the church. builiding to eam the usual stx percent return on imvestment indeed, George Pulmar, expecied the church bulding to be rented by various denominations, thelr services to operate much nitce the shilfs in his shops. A Money Machine Everything he put his hand to made money. In 1980 he comrnenced buiding the shogrs and the town on 4300 acres of tand (sbout sx square miles) which he had tought for 500,000 dollass. Dy 1892 a was walited at 5 milison: Some 12,000 people thed in the town, which ran sccording to Pullman's rules, No. llavor could be sold except at the Fiotence Hote, white workers hordy vemured. There were numerous regultetions designed to reiniforce the fown's image of istory-articles/the-parable-of-puliman The Parable of Putiman - I Hinois L Lbor Histery Society Wheldy that the power exeicised by Bismarck the unifer of Germachl was "uttierty invigrificess when compared wath the ritting authortyy of the Putmen Palsce Car Compary in Pulman" Deciesed one Putman employeec: We are bom in a Pustan house, fed ficm Eve Rutman shops, tooght in twe Puliman school, catechized in the Puemsn Gurch, and when we die we shal go to the. Pulinan Heti, The Farv. Wisam H. Carwardine, the Methodiat minister h Pulinan, charsctertzed the town as a "Clitred refic of Europeen seridom" George Pullman Explains Putman rejected all those whe cotelderod tim to be a beriefactor or a chienthropter is his vesion of the town. He deserted his interiens in pracical bustress berms That such advartages and sumounde-gs made better worksen by renoving tiom then the feetng + idscortent and deske for change weich so generaty charocterize the American worlamery twrs protectiog the enployer tom loss of ame pererally resutt trom poyert, and uncongeniet home surandings" But Puemsn falied to follow his own preschlotion, His wage cut polcy during the Winter of 18939t cetainly incuced povery and uscongerial home sumeuncings" Not couls the enployees escape to fower rent housing in nestoy Pasciland, for the company qaive employmest preference to Puttinn residests. The Union 1s Organizred Theit receutte was io begin the formation of a bocal unicn of the Amerken Pahway Union in the Pultras stops. Thene ware cofly about 3 .joc workers init on the peyrof in Nay of tss4, =aryy of twem on sheit ncurs. A46 member commitee tron the trian was seet to demend that Puatan reschid the cats. They were met by VicePresidest thomas 1 Wickes, and briefly addiessed by George Pulman. He refused sny scian an the wege ayts, put promised to loak inte compleints obout the betervior of loremen and other matters. But, the vary nest daj. May sa, 1894, three mi - bers of the com-intee wirce: disehprged. A mast meetiog of the Pullman workns voted 4 strike. Ficlet tnes Eere set up wird produciosn helled. The stikise wiove on, Cesorpe Pufiman umaty let town intrediately ater the ineeting with the collinitiee, heeding to His summer home on the Nirw Jersey seashore, in ture, = national convention of the Amerfean Ralway (Wwion (Aru) toek plsce in inscega. Revs. Carwaridine Appoilt The delegotes wert oddiessed by the foy, Camatdine, hho descroed the worsering condtion of the Rullran workers, and appealed for the convention to sae Wiches and propose arbltrition of the disute, Wodes relused. Sory-ariclestive-paniblo-of-puillmen The Parable of Pulman - Minois Lobor Hastory Society Sebunted in their elfors to resolve the dispute through arbltation, the ARU tied a new tacic. They voted to refuse to work any trsin that caried s Piliman cer stee? June 26, uniess the conpeny had changed its position on arbitretion. Instead, the Genersi Managers of the 24 raiteads terminating in Chicago met with Wickes and acreed uranlinoushy to support the Pultmen Compsey and dety the ARU. Rat workers responded to the boycott cal and would surely have prevsled in a matter of deyas had not the Feceral Govemment irtervened on masgentint's behalt. Friends in Heh Places Acting ot the behest of his Attoeney Cenenl, a fomer raliood atromey namod Pichurd Ciney, Prestdent Cleveland appointed a speclal counsel to deal with the strike on the grounds that us. mals wea beng inceded tideed they were, becaise the thiliceds were celoctoteby hooking Puttman con to mat trains. Oevelends chace for the tpeciat counsel was none other then Eawzrd Walker, the nhanney for the Miwoskse Rairosd. Wolcer Hired 4,000 strkebreakess and rade them deputymershais nnned weth bodge end gun. Great masses of sympothetic workers, bardaulaty in the Cicago ares, responded by attacing the twins. There were casusties, troins were tarched, end 12.000 federal troops deployed inopecatmitely hatt the US. anmeh astensbly to keep the peace, but sutely so break the boyeot. The Strike Ends An injunction was secured under which AAd pretident Eugene V. Orts and ether leeders weie sentericed to jac on july 18 , Pulman onnaurced it would leopen the shops and tire only persons who wovid sign a "yellowideg" contract promising never to jeis a urion welce a Pultain errplopee. Thus ended the great Pullinan Sothe but tiere were unepectod atereticas, While serving Hls then in the Woodstock in, per, Duts decided that labor needed to win poivical power to match Jat of the employers Accoridingly, he became the Soclatst Parys presidential centidete, recelving alinost omilien votes in 12 . A young amomey for one of the ratimass was cittaged by the fole of thin General Maragers. He qut the job, teter to become a fachous lowper in the samice of labot, Hos name wos Garence Dertow tinds Geventar Jchn P. Allgeld wits incerised of Cleveland tor puting the tedeal govemitient at the tevice of the employers, and for rejecting Atgelicis plan to use his state midele to keep ardes, ustesd of lederal troops. As theleader ef the sinnas delepation to the Democidte Paity Convertion in 1896. Argeld used his infuence and bhocked the tenomination of Ceve'sid is the presiderthe cindidate. And Cecrge Pulatan? He died swo yesrs ahse the chile, hated and festul cust even tis lomb h Grocelenc Cemetery vould be desecised by an angry populsce. ECkas shere: cotegories / tabor biefichipenble foge/ pullowt istinas hatory Overall, COULD YOU SEE THE PULLMAN SITUATION HAPPENING AGAIN? Might it happen today? Relate a city and state you feel might be most acceptable to a Pullman company and a Pullman Illinois. Would this city have a change of survival in todavs economy? If so, why, and how