The biggest strike started in Chicago against the Pullman Company, which made railroad cars.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

It was a freight and stagecoach company with a banking arm that made loans to miners, invested in property, and succeeded beyond Wells and Fargo's wildest dreams.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11