Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-20
george n. PULLMAN lSDEAD.
The Palace Car Magnate Expired Sud
denly From Heart Disease
In His Chicago Home-No Fremont
ton Of Death-He AWOke in the
Night and Complained of Feeling
Uncomfortable, and Died Soon
After the Family Physician
Reached the Pullman Home-A
Sketch Of the Busy Life OF the
Great Car Builder and Founder of
the Town of Pullman.

Great Gar BUILDER ana FOuuuSI VI
the Town of Pullman.
Chicago, October 19.-George M.
Pullman died at five o'clock this morn
ing in his magnificent brown stone
home, at the corner of Prairie avenue
and Eighteenth street, where he had
resided for many years. Death was
due to heart disease.
Mr.. Pullman retired last evening at
his usual hour, which was somewhat
early. ne was apparently in his or
binary health and there was no pre-
monition even of illness.
Mr.. Pullman was at his office in the
Pullman building up to five o'clock
yesterday afternoon, attending to bus
mess Nothing unusual was noticed in
his appearance.
While seemingly in good health, Mr..
Pullman had been complaining during
the last three or four days Of the hot
spell and feeling rather uncomfort-
able. After leaving his office at 5 p.
m, he remained at his residence all
evening. At 1870 o'clock this morning
he awoke and called his servant to
LILO DCuo1uC SpOhS VI lCCllAS I'LL
comfortable. Finally he requested that
the family physician, DR.. Billings, be
sent for. Meantime, hearing through
the servants of Mr.. Pullman's indis-
position, Rev. DR.. Charles H. Eaton,
of New York, an intimate friend of the
Pullman family, and who was visiting
at their home, went hurriedly into the
sick mans bed chamber. Mr. Pullman
rapidly grew worse and a second mes
sage was sent to DR.. Billings.
Mrs. Pullman, who was in New
York, was Immediately telegraphed
for. and is expected to arrive in Chi
cago tomorrow morning on the Penn
sylvania limited. She has been spend
ing the season at the Pullman summer
residence at Elberon, N. j., but went
to New York City few days ago pre-
paratory to coming West for the win
ter.
Mrs. Pullman is being accompanied
on her sad home coming by Sanger w
Pullman, the younger son. George M.
Pullman, Jr., is in the city, together
with a daughter, Mrs. Frank o. Low
den. A second daughter, Mrs. Carol
Ian, is in San Francisco and was at
once summoned to return to Chicago.
AT the town of Pullman, where the
great shops that bear the dead mag
mates name are situated, no word
mad been heard Of his death till news
paper men began to inquire as to the
feeling OF the townspeople on the sub
Ject. The event had been SO sudden
and at such an hour that the COM
D6nV officials ho
nothlng regarding the death of their
chlef till after the toilers in the huge
car works and kindred establishments
had begun the daily routine, all IN
conscious of the tragic occurrence at
the brown stone palace a few miles
Iurther north, on the lake shore I'm
medlately, however, preparations were
MADE to close the huge shops and for
the proper observance of Mr. Phil
mans obsequies.
Inc news of Mr.. Pullman's death
spread nrst along Prairie avenue. Old
lrlends OF the family who were sum-
lnoneu by telephone messages at first
pelleVed the announcement to be nm
true Nh. Pullman had been seen al
most every day driving to and from his
offlces and in active attendance UNION
business affairs. He had never before
suffered serious attacks of heart trou-
Die. Many neighbors and friends cali
ca at the Prairie avenue home during
the morning. half expecting to find the
report pronounced a hoax. The funeral
arrangements will be withheld until
members of the family at present in
the city may confer with absent ones.
George M. Pullman was born in
Chautauqua county, New York, March
), 1881. At fourteen he began life as a
clerk IN country store, later associat-
ing himself with an older brother in
the cabinet making business at Abb
on. He came to Chicago in 1859, and
at first engaged in the business of
raising buildings, elevating entire
blocks number of feet to bring them
up to new street grades. While riding
in an old fashioned sleeping car from
Buffalo to Westfield, n. Y. it occurred
to him there was a field for building
comfortable sleeping coaches. From
1893 TO 1868 he made a series of eXpri-
mentS on the Chicago and Alton and
Galena roads. From these experiments
he worked out detailed plans. A work
shop was rented, skilled mechanics
employed and Mr.. Pullman threw him
self into the task with the ardor Of a
man who moves from settled convic-
lions. Although without mechanical
training himself, he personally directed
the work of others in all the minor de-
tails Of putting the ideas he had orig
mated into material FORM The first
car, the Pioneer" was completed early
in 1865, and Immediately took RAM as
the most perfect railway vehicle the
world had ever seen. This was the be-
ginning of the Pullman system, which
has grown to the present enormous
proportion.
The town of Pullman is regularly
laid out and consists of neat homes,
constructed for the use of the employees
of the big car plant. 1t has been look
ed upon as model in its way and as a
possible solution of the problem OF
company houses. The relations, too
Of the company and its employees were
so amicable for so long a time that the
Pullman system was pointed to by
many as an illustration of the relations
which should exist between employer
and employee.