Question

how were federal troops used in the pullman strike of 1894? question 49 options: as moderators between the employees and employers. to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners. they were not used at all. as workers themselves, to replace the striking workers. as spies, such as an early federal bureau of investigation.

Answer 1

The troops also acted as Pullman Company enforcers and attacked union offices. The people were striking because of 16 hour work days compounded by a wage reduction that made it difficult for them to pay rent for their company housing (there were around 12,000 workers), which the Pullman Company would not reduce.

Answer 2

Federal troops were used to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners in the Pullman Strike of 1894.

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