After the Civil War, when the economy began to suffer and there was over production of farm goods, the farmers and others such as green backers and old knights of labor became involved in the Populist Party in the 1890's. Before this Oliver Kelley had started the Grange which gave families a place to picnic and relax. Soon this began to grow into a more political party and in 1890 the Ocala demands were made and …
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…had their wages reduced but they still had to pay the same rent in the houses owned by the company. They decided to go on strike and the Pullman Company cancelled for govt. interference. They had the strikers imprisoned under Sherman Antitrust because they were interfering with government - referring to a mail bag he placed on the train. The Sherman Antitrust Act wasn't enforced or used for its purpose of the failure of monopolies.