"Nellie Bly in Pullman" - Nellie Bly - New York World

"She Visits Homes of Poverty in the 'Model Workingman's Town'"

Byline: Nellie Bly; 1894-07-11; New York World; pages 5

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"I thought the inhabitants of hte model town of Pullman hadn't a reason on earth to complain. With this belief I visited the town, intending n my articles to denounce the rioters as bloodthirsty strikers."Before I had been half a day in Pullman, I was the most bitter striker in the town."

Description:Bly covered the human side of the Pullman Strike of 1894 -- the plight of the families of the workers.

Rights: public domain