The Pullman Palace Car Company was a company that manufactured railroad cars, founded by George Pullman. George Pullman required all of his workers to live in Pullman City, a three thousand acre plot. In addition, he also expected his workers to accept pay cuts at any time and not to criticize the workloads. It 1893, the depression resulted in Pullman cutting wages by about twenty-five percent. However, the costs of living in Pullman City did not change. The decrease in pay combined with the costs of living and the dangerous work enraged Pullman’s workers and eventually led to a strike. The Pullman Strike was a massive railroad strike in the United States that occurred on May 11, 1894. This strike was a “wildcat” strike, meaning that the strikers
