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What happened in the South Chicago Panhandle railroad yards on July 6, 1894?
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Pullman Strike
A shantytown on the lakefront in Chicago during the Pullman Strike and general economic downturn of 1893β94.
On July 6, 1894, during the Pullman Strike, approximately 6,000 rioters destroyed hundreds of railcars in the South Chicago Panhandle yards. This event occurred amidst widespread unrest as federal and state troops, police, and deputy marshals struggled to contain the violence that had escalated following the federal government's intervention in the labor dispute.1