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Date May 11, 1894 - July 20, 1894
Location United States

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shantytown in Chicago
George M. Pullman
Eugene V. Debs
John Peter Altgeld
Pullman Strike
David J. Brewer
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Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
president of United States
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs
American social and labor leader
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer
Olney, 1895
Richard Olney
United States statesman