The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-20
And Who Built Up IA Gigantic Indus
try and Controlled the Great
SIeeping-Car Monopoly.
BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS CAREER
FURNITURE WORKER, BUILDING
RAISER AND CAR CONSTRUCTOR,
Accumulated a Fortune of NearIy
$3O,OOO,OOO in About Thirty Years
Stock Market Affected.

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.--George Mortimer
Pullman, the palace-car magnate, and
founder of the town Of Pullman, died at 5
O'Clock this morning of angina pectoris.
His death occurred in his magnificent
brown-stone home at the corner of Prairie
avenue and Eighteenth street, where he
had resided for many years. Mr.. Pullman,
who was in his sixty-sixth year. had not
been enjoying his usual good health during
the summer. The extreme heat of last
week greatly aggravated his disease,
known to medical science as angina pee
toris. But no serious trouble was antici-
pated. Mr.. Pullman was at his Office in
the Pullman building daily, and dined yes
terday with his friends at his club Later
in the evening he remarked having a slight
pain In the back. He retired at his usual
early hour. At o'clock members OF the
household were awakened by disturbance
in Mr.. Pullmans chamber and on entering
found him standing in the center of the
room, dazed and apparently suffering ex-
cruciating pains in the region of the heart
Rev. r. M. Eaton. who was visiting Mr.
Pullman, called Dr. Frank Billings, the
family physician Restoratives were ap-
piled, but to no purpose, and at O'Clock
the millionaire manufacturer and phil
anthropist passed away without speaking
and with scarcely a struggle.
The following statement Of the circum~
stances surrounding his death was prepared
by Mr.. John S. Runnels, chief counsel of
the Pullman company:
Mr.. Pullman died at o'clock this morn
ing of angina pecsepis The extreme heat
of last week, together with perhaps more
than his usual exertion in showing some
IL.
feeling of debility, about which he spoke
to one or two friends, but which he did
not regard as serious. He told one of them
yesterday who suggested that he was not
looking quite as we'll as usual that he~had
been unable to sleep satisfactorily the last
two nights, and particularly on Sunday
night that he had some little difficulty in
breathing, but that he felt much better
then, and he felt that day or two would
put him all right. He, indeed. was so well
that he intended to leave for New York
Thursday evening. Death came to him
very quickly At about o'clock in the
morning some friends who were staying
at the house heard q noise In his room as
if he wished to call some one. They went
to his room Immediately, and found him
standing up and evidently in great pain.
One of them went to the telephone to call
his physician, Dr. Billings At the same
lounge, but before he reached it required
the assistance of his friends to get there.
He then became unconscious In the mean
time DIR. Billings had arrived at the house
and applied restoratives but without avail,
and Mr. Pullman quietly passed away with
out regaining consciousness"
MRS. PULLMAN HURRYING HOME.
Mr.. Pullman was at his Office in the Pull
ran building up to o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon attending to business. Mrs. Pullman
oit b11cb md
passed away she being absent in New
York She was at once notified and immedi-
ately started for home. She is expected to
arrive in Chicago tomorrow morning on
the Pennsylvania limited. She has been
spending the season at the Pullman sum-
mer residence at Elberon, N. j., but went
to New York city a few days ago prepara
tory to coming West for the winter. She
is being accompanied on her sad home-com-
ing by Sanger w. Pullman, the younger
son. George M. Pullman, jr.. is in the city,
together with a daughter. Mrs. Frank O.
Lowden. A second daughter, Mrs. Carolan,
is in San Francisco and was at once sum-
moned to return to Chicago,
The news of Mr.. Pullman's death spread
first along Prairie avenue. Old friends of
the family who were summoned by tele-
phone messages at first believed the ar
nouncement to be untrue Mr. Pullman had
been seen almost every day driving to and
from his offices and IN active attendance
suffered serious attacks of heart trouble,
but once he had some stomach trouble,
which he attributed largely to the condi-
all the bodily ills We're due to the eyes.
At the town of Pullman, where the great
shops that bear the dead magnate's name
are situated. no word had been heard Of
his death till newspaper men began to in
quire as to the feeling Of the townspeople
on the subject The event had been so sud-
den and at such an hour that the company
officials in the town had heard nothing re-
garding the death OF thelr chief TIL atter
the toilers in the huge car works and kin
dred establishments had begun the daily
routine all unconscious of the tragic Oc-
currence at the brown stone palace few
miles further north on the lake shore. I'm
made to close the big shops and for the
proper observation ol MT Fuilmans onse-
Quies.
TRIBUTE FROM P. d. ARMOUR.
The death of Mr.. Pullman attracted wide
attention in business circles here. Mr..
Phillip ID. Armour said: THE news of the
death of George M. Pullman surprised me
greatly, though his physicians knew that he
was troubled with heart disease The city
will feel the loss of Mr. Pullman. He was
a public-spirited citizen and a fine business
man. I do not think the company of which
he was the head will suffer on account of
his death 1t is true that he took a deep
interest in the management Of what might
be called the smaller affairs Of the corpora
ton. but he told me not long ago that he
was well supplied with good lieutenants and
that in the event Of his death the business
would be carried on without difficulty I
think he was aware that he had trouble
that might result seriously"
Mr. j. NJ Carroll of the Eight-hour
Herald said: George NJ. Pullman was a
remarkable man in many ways No man
ever went farther thinking he was doing a
good thing for the people. Whether his re-
suits We're as satisfactory as his friends
claim, ! will leave for others. He was a
public-spirited man and was behind as
many philanthropic movements as any man