48 What union strike turned violent and forced the government to break up the labor strike?

The union strike that turned violent and forced the government to break up the labor strike was the Pullman Strike of 1894. The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that occurred in the spring of 1894. It was led by the American Railway Union (ARU), which was led by Eugene V. Debs. The strike was in response to wage cuts at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago, Illinois. The strike disrupted rail traffic across the country, and the federal government intervened by sending in federal troops to break up the strike. This event marked the first time the federal government intervened in a labor dispute.