Whoa, we finally have a pro-Pullman guy here. Amazing /s. > The initial strike was largely ineffectual. Yes. Pullman refused to even meet with the union. The

Whoa, we finally have a pro-Pullman guy here. Amazing /s. > The initial strike was largely ineffectual. Yes. Pullman refused to even meet with the union. The title is "Anarchy in the US" for a reason. Nowadays, "secondary boycotts" are expressly regulated, which is part of the evolution in labor laws that came about partly in response to the Pullman strike. Debs was not "actively at the head of these strikes/riots." Maybe read something other than Wikipedia. > preventing other trains and workers from being able to operate, including with violence Again: "anarchy." The other unions would happily run trains with no Pullman cars. The railroad managers refused because they were standing together to keep the union from winning. > He ended up serving 6 months in prison for it. wrong again. The 6 months were for contempt of the injunction. His grand trial for the more serious things you're talking about was dropped when Pullman defied a subpoena and refused to testify.