"If it is the determination of the corporation to starve us into submission, the railway employees of the country will not stand by and see us perish. We have already received the strongest assurances of support... we hope yet to convince the world that we are American citizens entitled to the protection of American institutions." — American Railway Union statement, Pullman Strike, 1894
The Pullman Strike differed from the 1877 Great Railroad Strike most clearly in that it:
- Acheck_circle
Was led by a single, nationally organized industrial union
- B
Was suppressed by state militias rather than federal forces
- C
Won broad immediate support from the federal judiciary
- D
Resulted in the abolition of company towns nationwide
Explanation
The 1894 strike was directed by the ARU, an industrial union, while 1877 was a largely spontaneous wave of strikes without a national leadership structure.