American Railway Union

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The American Railway Union was a late 19th-century industrial labor union in the United States, led by Eugene V. Debs, that sought to organize all railroad workers and became nationally prominent for its role in major railroad labor conflicts.

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Generate an image of the American Railway Union (The American Railway Union was a late 19th-century industrial labor union in the United States, led by Eugene V. Debs, that sought to organize all railroad workers and became nationally prominent for its role in major railroad labor conflicts.)

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American Railway Union canonical 12

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial union ⓘ
labor union ⓘ
causeOf nationwide railroad boycott during Pullman Strike ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1897 ⓘ
late 1890s ⓘ
fieldOfWork railroad labor organizing ⓘ
followedBy Social Democracy of America ⓘ
Socialist Party of America ⓘ
goal to challenge railroad company power ⓘ
to organize all railroad workers into one union ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance central role in major railroad labor conflicts of the 1890s ⓘ
early example of industrial unionism in the United States ⓘ
hasPart brakemen ⓘ
conductors ⓘ
firemen ⓘ
other railroad workers ⓘ
railroad engineers ⓘ
switchmen ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
ideology industrial unionism ⓘ
labor radicalism ⓘ
inception 1893 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
influenced Eugene V. Debs's turn toward socialism ⓘ
keyPerson Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
George W. Howard ⓘ
Sylvester Keliher ⓘ
leader Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
locatedInTime late 19th century ⓘ
membership over 150,000 members ⓘ
membershipYear 1894 ⓘ
notableWork Pullman Strike ⓘ
opposedBy Pullman Company ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
railroad corporations ⓘ
opposedTo craft unionism ⓘ
organizedIn Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
participantIn Great Northern Railway strike of 1894 ⓘ
Pullman Strike ⓘ
partOf American labor movement ⓘ
president Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
significantEvent federal injunction issued against union leaders in 1894 ⓘ
imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
suppression by federal troops during Pullman Strike ⓘ
subjectOf In re Debs Supreme Court case ⓘ
unionType industrial unionism ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pullman Strike → participant → American Railway Union ⓘ
Pullman Strike → organizedBy → American Railway Union ⓘ
Pullman Palace Car Company → associatedWith → American Railway Union ⓘ
George Pullman → opposedBy → American Railway Union ⓘ
In re Debs → involvedOrganization → American Railway Union ⓘ
subject linked to: In re Debs Supreme Court case
Eugene V. Debs → memberOf → American Railway Union ⓘ
Pullman neighborhood → associatedWithOrganization → American Railway Union ⓘ
Great Northern Railway strike of 1894 → participant → American Railway Union ⓘ
Great Northern Railway strike of 1894 → organizedBy → American Railway Union ⓘ
Social Democracy of America → precededBy → American Railway Union ⓘ
Sylvester Keliher → affiliation → American Railway Union ⓘ
George W. Howard → affiliation → American Railway Union ⓘ