The Pullman case
Subtitle: the clash of labor and capital in industrial America
By: David Ray Papke.
Series: Landmark law cases & American society
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Debs, Eugene V. 1855-1926 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897; Trials (Conspiracy) -- Illinois; Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Chicago Strike, 1894
Description: The 1894 strike by the American Railway Union, eventually broken by federal troops and the courts, set an important precident for judicial involvement in labor disputes. Papke examines the strike, the proceedings in the Illinois courts, and the 1895 Supreme Court decision, In re Debs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-107) and index.