Richard Olney claimed that this event brought the nation to "the ragged edge of anarchy", and a meeting at Briggs House led by Samuel Gompers cautioned against sympathy action
Richard Olney claimed that this event brought the nation to "the ragged edge of anarchy", and a meeting at Briggs House led by Samuel Gompers cautioned against sympathy action in this event. John Peter Altgeld refused to dispatch state militia to quell this event, and federal action was taken to quell it due to interference with the mail service. Clarence Darrow defended its leaders on contempt charges arising from this event, and it was broken in part due to Grover Cleveland's ordering of 2,500 federal troops to Chicago. For 10 points, name this 1894 strike of railroad workers led by Eugene V. Debs.
Richard Olney claimed that this event brought the nation to "the ragged edge of anarchy", and a meeting at Briggs House led by Samuel Gompers cautioned against sympathy action in this event.
{Pullman} Strike