Cover cartoon of Harper's Weekly, July 14, 1894. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). As president of the American Railway Union, he led a boycott against handling trains with Pullman cars in what became the nationwide Pullman Strike of was criticized in the press for causing food shortages and passenger delays. /n

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