The evidence is not changed, and the 6–4 in favor of following MOS:CAPS is probably about where we are, but maybe we can get a consensus to fix it this time. During his incarceration he embraced socialism. A delegation of workers tried to present their grievances to company president George M. Pullman, but he refused to meet with them and ordered them fired. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. I prefer conversations started on my talk page if the subject is changed 04:36, 4 January 2015 (UTC), I would suggest including that the strike led to the founding of labor day in the intro as it is a long lasting effect of the strike. Although he cautioned against the violence that broke out, Debs received a six-month prison sentence for contempt of court (for violating the injunction issued against the strike) that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in In re Debs (1895). Since Pullman cars (railroad cars with sleeping accommodations) were to be found on almost every train in the country, the strike soon became national in scope. Anthony Lukas, Big Trouble, 1997, page 310. The Pullman Strike lasted from June 21, 1894-July 20, 1894. I know the term "move", but wasn't familiar with the title of this section or of the Wikipedian policies on name changes. strike work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work ... Pullman Strike 1894.jpg 665 × 1,000; 130 KB. 2 (Jan., 1939), pp. English 6 245 000+ articles. that's your opinion only, and disputed by others here in the case of the. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. George M. Pullman, in full George Mortimer Pullman, (born March 3, 1831, Brocton, New York, U.S.—died October 19, 1897, Chicago), American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, a luxurious railroad coach designed for overnight travel. The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law. But if outvoted ten to one by people that vote on these things it still doesn't change the fact that the common names are capitalized, and I hope that the final result would show, given the overwhelming weight of common name capitalization, that consensus is far from reached. When I was referring to the capital letter used I was talking about in the titles of the articles they used and not how it is used in the paper of the students because student papers are unreliable (with exceptions of course). A great deal of sympathy existed in Chicago and elsewhere for the Pullman workers, who were seen as common men and women tyrannized by an abusive employer and landlord. Pullmanin lakko (engl. Well the Illinois official government website at illinois.gov even capitalizes the letter. What began as a walkout by railroad workers in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, escalated into the country's first national strike. Thanks, and aside from all of this, the best of the holidays to you and yours. He founded a … • Randy's propagated sources support his claims but other other sources defy them. I'll be eating tofurky for Christmas, but would rather be eating a tofugoose. Re cherrypicking and "junking" of some results for Pullman Strike, that there are issues with this title different from the others in the group of articles RMd points up the other procedural problem here; that bulk moves are frowned upon, as I was admonished re, What is the "no bulk moves" issue? When the ARU gathered in Chicago in June for its first annual convention, the Pullman strike was an issue on the delegates’ minds. Grover Cleveland used to dispatch federal troops to address the strike. Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. Take advantage of our Presidents' Day bonus! Thirty people were killed as a result of the strikes and sabotage. Happy Holidays to All! It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage. Responding to falling revenue during the economic depression that began in 1893, the Pullman Palace Car Company cut more than 2,000 workers and reduced wages by 25 percent. July 20, 1894), in U.S. history, widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. Debs may have been pleased by the effectiveness of the boycott, but he was also alarmed by the anger expressed by the workers, which he feared could lead to violence. If Wikipedia wants to strike new ground and change the common names of two of the most prominent labor history events in the 20th Century, then support is the way to go. Further details are available, A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's. George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. 611–28; Papke, David Ray. However, in precipitating the use of an injunction to break the strike, it opened the door to greater court involvement in limiting the effectiveness of strikes. Consensus in this debate follows Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events) and considers this title to be a proper-noun phrase. I didn't bring up this student paper; you did. UTLA Strike Rally, January 18, 2019.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.06 MB. Responding to layoffs, wage cuts, and firings, workers at Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike, and, eventually, some 125,000–250,000 railroad workers in 27 states joined their cause, stifling the national rail network west of Chicago. Crucial to the success of any boycott would be the switchmen, who had joined the ARU in large numbers. Dicklyon claims these may be mostly Wikipedia mirrors. Your opinion counts as much as anyone's (though opinions may not carry as much weight as comments relative to policy, sources, and guidelines). • Wikipedia's MOSCAPS and related pages are not absolute policies and are somewhat general rules and are rather basic ideas/concepts that should be considered. By June 30, 125,000 workers on 29 railroads had quit work rather than handle Pullman cars. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. You said something about reliable sources? Never heard of them. George Mortimer Pullman (1831 – 1897) designed the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town for the workers who worked for him. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. The Pullman Strike of 1894 was a milestone in American labor history, as the widespread strike by railroad workers brought business to a standstill across large parts of the nation until the federal government took unprecedented action to end the strike. Rising star of far right is causing headaches for some. ), The result of the move request was: not moved. Although the ARU was not technically involved in the Pullman workers’ decision to strike, union officials had been in Pullman and at the meeting at which the strike vote was taken, and Pullman workers undoubtedly believed that the ARU would back them. 日本語 1 252 000+ 記事. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers in the company town he created, Pullman (which was later annexed and absorbed by Chicago becoming a neighborhood). (1933) pp. 44, No. The Pullman Strike: The Story of a Unique Experiment and of a Great Labor Upheaval. The Pullman Strike (May–July 1894) was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S. Midwest in June–July 1894. Pretty clearly lowercase strike dominates, even more so if you could take out headings, titles, citations, and such. As a result, many workers and their families faced starvation. The closer will determine whether we have a consensus. As soon as the plant had emptied, company representatives posted signs at all the gates: “The works are closed until further notice.”. We do not use MLA format. Melvin I. Urofsky is Professor of Law & Public Policy and Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). So because of everyone's courage levels, something called a labor strike was formed and was done in many factories across the U.S. . When a delegation of workers tried to present their grievances about low wages, poor living conditions, and 16-hour workdays directly to the company’s president, George M. Pullman, he refused to meet with them and ordered them fired. Pullman strike. • Just because one page is affected by points on the previously mentioned pages it does not mean that it applies to any all pages that have similarities to that page because they may not fall under the general rule. The delegation then voted to strike, and Pullman workers walked off the job on May 11, 1894. The union was headed by Eugene V. Debs. https://www.britannica.com/event/Pullman-Strike, Pullman Strike - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). The Strike Commission, set up in 1894, ruled that the aesthetic features admired by visitors had little monetary value for employees. Please select which sections you would like to print: While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. "Move" is WP terminology for "rename". On June 22 the ARU delegates passed a motion to initiate a boycott unless the Pullman Company agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration by June 26. You're throwing out a Catch-22 here. La ĉi-suba teksto estas aŭtomata traduko de la artikolo Pullman Strike article en la angla Vikipedio, farita per la sistemo GramTrans on 2017-11-14 09:09:32. The delegation then voted to strike, and Pullman workers walked off the job on May 11, 1894. 3)The Civil War broke out and the company was forced to break up because of government seizure of railroads. • Many reference sources use the capital s as well. 4)Pullman’s ideas would mature in Central City, Colorado where he opened a trading post. The strike peaked when 60 thousand workers … The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law. Français 2 296 000+ articles. Omissions? By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Grover Cleveland and Congress created a national holiday, Labor Day, as a conciliatory gesture toward the American labour movement. Dicklyon (talk) 02:56, 8 December 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. At the conclusion of the strike, perhaps due to a loss of pride, Pullman's company town was never the same. The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law. Steel1943 (talk) 15:38, 21 December 2017 (UTC), [10], [11]. Pullman Strike, (May 11, 1894–c. Español 1 659 000+ artículos. • original research has been conducted for statistic evidence which is frowned upon. Consistent across the board. Workers initiated the Pullman Strike in 1894, and it lasted for 2 months, eventually leading to intervention by the US government and military. Pullman Strike byl celostátní železniční stávka ve Spojených státech, které trvalo od 11. května do 20. července 1894 a bod obratu na americkém pracovním právu .Postavilo americký železniční odbor (ARU) proti společnosti Pullman Company , hlavním železnicím a federální vládě Spojených států za vlády prezidenta Grovera Clevelanda . • English native speakers do not often use English correctly. Nope. You've had to pick and choose to continue your point of view. By the next day, 40,000 had walked off, and rail traffic was snarled on all lines west of Chicago. By involving as many as 250,000 railroad workers on some 20 railroads, the Pullman Strike demonstrated the power of the labour movement. • Pullman (car or coach), luxurious railway cars, cars, buses or coaches Debs and the ARU began a boycott on June 26th in which ARU members refused to run trains containing Pullman cars. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building in Pullman, Chicago. Italiano 1 672 000+ voci. Updates? When the ARU voted to support the Pullman workers, the Pullman Strike became a national action, and Debs became its de facto leader. Definition and Summary of the Pullman Strike Summary and Definition: The Pullman Strike started in the Pullman district in the south side of Chicago during 1894 and spread across the country. 2)Two other companies were in the business when he formed a company with Norman and Benjamin Field in 1856. At the time of the strike, 35 percent of Pullman’s workforce was represented by the American Railway Union (ARU), which had led a successful strike against the Great Northern Railway Company in April 1894. In the Chicago Manual of Style they make lower case rules that other recent MOS's do not have. On June 27, 5,000 workers left their jobs and 15 railroads were tied up. The federal government’s response to the unrest marked the first time that an injunction was used to break a strike. Your link, Yes, that's an odd title for that section of. I haven't added everything to this list. 1)George Pullman’s idea for a sleeping car on a train was not original. Following an outbreak of deadly violence, the strike dwindled and rail traffic resumed. • Some MOS's taught to people who have written these sources are outdated. Labor Day legislation was rushed through Congress … The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law. It was called by the American Railway Union with a boycott on Pullman cars. There will not be a vote, final or otherwise. Stop using all caps please and use civility when you discuss as Wikipedia guidelines states. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Before joining VCU as chair of the History Department in 1974, he... A shantytown on the lakefront in Chicago during the Pullman Strike and general economic downturn of 1893–94. The scenario played out as Debs had predicted. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). I would also suggest trying to integrate some kind of timeline to make the chain of events more in different cities more clear. United States History articles needing attention, United States History articles needing infoboxes, Stub-Class United States History articles, Category:Labor disputes in the United_States, Wikipedia talk:Article titles#Stylization of the "common name", Talk:Pottawatomie Massacre#Requested move, Talk:Houston Riot (1917)#Requested move 14 December 2014, Talk:Carnation Massacre#Requested move 13 December 2014, Talk:Chicago race riot of 1919#Requested move 2, Talk:Rock Springs massacre#Requested moves, Category:Labor disputes in the United States, WP:Polling is not a substitute for discussion, Eric - Contact me please. To win the strike, Debs decided to stop the movement of Pullman cars on railroads. Unfortunately for the strikers, the locomotive was attached to a U.S. mail train. Thank you for the clarification, I thought this was a final vote on the name change and not a straw poll. On the third day, the number of strikers had climbed to 100,000, and at least 20 lines were either tied up or completely stopped. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcacciatore18 (talk • contribs) 06:10, 2 November 2017 (UTC), I would suggest using more neutral language in the introduction, the author talks about how 30 workers were murdered by the Pullman company, in cold blood, out of greed. And the band 'Pullman Strike'? Maybe. It is the common name. I've gone 28 pages in on both of them, and the capitalization is by far the most prevalent, overwhelmingly. Pullman Strike of 1894 a major strike in the USA involving railroad workers. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The Pullman Strike was a nation-wide strike by railway workers that lasted from May of 1894 to July 1894. Travelers waiting for RER B at Châtelet - Les Halles in Paris during a day of strike - 2019-09-24.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.2 MB. By: Antonio&Mark. It began on May 11 at plants of the Pullman Palace Car Company in a suburb of Chicago. (closed by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth  put'r there  21:07, 27 December 2017 (UTC), Pullman Strike → Pullman strike – It's been three years, and all the other articles discussed in the batch above have since had their over-capitalization fixed by consensus. The Pullman Case: The Clash … The event also established a greater role for federal government intervention in strikes and introduced the use of the federal military in addressing strikes. Eventualaj ŝanĝoj en la angla originalo estos kaptitaj per regulaj retradukoj. I'm not a voting editor here, and have seldom been involved in these kind of discussions, so the terms have never been a part of my wikipedian vocabulary. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Pullman_Strike&oldid=897002718, Mid-importance WikiProject Illinois articles, Organized Labour portal article of the day, Unassessed United States History articles, Unknown-importance United States History articles, WikiProject United States History articles, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This article has not yet received a rating on the project's, This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. But they at least used the common name, according to search engines. Within four days, 125,000 workers on 29 railroads had "walked off" the job. This is wrong on several levels, and hopefully the admins will take all of the facts into consideration. Pullman Strike) oli koko Yhdysvaltain laajuinen konflikti vuonna 1894.. Taustalla oli rautatievaunuja valmistaneen Pullman Palace Car Companyn päätös alentaa työntekijöidensä palkkoja 25 prosentilla vuoden 1893 laskusuhdanteen seurauksena. Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building in Pullman, Chicago. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of un Eric - Contact me please. At the time of his death, he bequeathed 1.2 million dollars for a free school of manual training in the town of Pullman. It might be outdated or ideologically biased. And, again, the name of this section, "Survey and discussion" (how is that even related to a vote?) Eugene V. Debs was the president of the American Railway Union (ARU), which represented about one-third of the Pullman workers and which had concluded a successful strike against the Great Northern Railway Company in April 1894. Русский 1 697 000+ статей. Melania Trump breaks long first lady tradition. Way off on that one. Pullman Strike: The Pullman Strike of 1894 was one of the most influential events in the history of U.S. labor. During the next three days, several committees were sent to the company in the hope of winning concessions that would make the boycott unnecessary, but all were turned away.