The = pullman strike was a strike of Rail road workers against any train that had a pullman car attached to it. They would not service them. George pullman was cutting the hours of his works and keeping the prices of the company town the same. so the works could not afford to live there so they went on strike. The president at the time Gorver Cleveland sent in US troops to break up the strike because most train had stopped due to lack of maintance.
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The Pullman Strike was a railroad labor strike that took place in 1894. The United States Attorney General tasked with handling the strike was Richard Olney.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the president during the Great Railroad Strike.
The 22nd President of the United States was Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 The 24th President of the United States was Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897
The only president to have served two non-consecutive terms was Grover Cleveland. Cleveland held office from March 4 1885 to March 4, 1889, and again from March 4 1893 to March 4, 1897.
Grover Cleveland