In this report, the write talked about the Pullman strike. It occurred in 1894 when the Pullman palace car company cut twenty percent of the workers’ wage without a decrease in their rent. The Pullman Company built a town for their workers, and they should pay rent. Therefore, the workers made a strike in order to increase the wage or decrease the rent. The workers were working for Pullman Company and for American Railroad Union at the same time. There were several things happened in the strike that caused the federal government, which the president Grover Cleveland led it, to send troops to Chicago.
In the beginning, the writer described how the riot began. There was a mob of rioters that was shown by Capt. Mair. Capt. Mair called the police …show more content…
The report stated the policemen attacked on the rioters. The first shot was not accurate, but it caused the rioters to be wild. The rioters attacked the policemen without fear; although, the policemen were shooting at them. Also, the policemen using bayonets when the refill their guns; however, the rioters didn’t get back as the police thought. Many of the rioters who stand in the front got a bayonet wound. At the same time, the mobs attacked on the engineering who were working on the wreck engine. Because of that, the engineering and the troops moved to the westward. The report stated that Capt. Mair and his troops boarded the trains. The train was moving at full speed and carried the troops to another station. When the troops boarded the train, they left the police against the rioters. The mobs attacked them with stones. The policemen considered that day as the last day in their life and fought strongly. Some of mobs continued attacking the police with stones, while another part “turned its attention to undoing the work done by the wreck party,” as the report mentioned. The police made another call for assistance and there were a respond. When the reinforcement came, they saw that the mobs increase in every minute. Lieut. Keleher, who came to help the policemen, parted the crowd with patrol horses. They focused against the crowd until
In the beginning, the writer described how the riot began. There was a mob of rioters that was shown by Capt. Mair. Capt. Mair called the police …show more content…
The report stated the policemen attacked on the rioters. The first shot was not accurate, but it caused the rioters to be wild. The rioters attacked the policemen without fear; although, the policemen were shooting at them. Also, the policemen using bayonets when the refill their guns; however, the rioters didn’t get back as the police thought. Many of the rioters who stand in the front got a bayonet wound. At the same time, the mobs attacked on the engineering who were working on the wreck engine. Because of that, the engineering and the troops moved to the westward. The report stated that Capt. Mair and his troops boarded the trains. The train was moving at full speed and carried the troops to another station. When the troops boarded the train, they left the police against the rioters. The mobs attacked them with stones. The policemen considered that day as the last day in their life and fought strongly. Some of mobs continued attacking the police with stones, while another part “turned its attention to undoing the work done by the wreck party,” as the report mentioned. The police made another call for assistance and there were a respond. When the reinforcement came, they saw that the mobs increase in every minute. Lieut. Keleher, who came to help the policemen, parted the crowd with patrol horses. They focused against the crowd until