24pullman

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Specifically, Robert became head of the Pullman Corporation, builder of the most luxurious railroad cars of the era. George Pullman not only built the cars, he offered to operate them, with the services of black porters, chefs and servers. Pullman built a large neighborhood in far south Chicago with factories, worker housing and amenities. The good times ended with the depression of 1893, when Pullman cut wages but kept high rents. Eugene Debs led strikes against Pullman's self-serving paternalism and Grover Cleveland sent government forces to suppress the workers. Robert Lincoln inherited all this and turned Pullman into simply a factory complex. The Pullman company built rail cars until the 1980's and some are still out there.