“About the only difference between slavery at Pullman and what it was down South before the war, is that there the owners took care of the slaves when they were sick and here they don’t.”
— worker to a reporter for the Chicago Herald, 31 May 1890

Sing ho, for we know you, Carnegie;
God help us and save us, we know you too well;
You’re crushing our wives and you’re starving our babies;
In our homes you have driven the shadow of hell.
Then bow, bow down to Carnegie,
Ye men who are slaves to his veriest whim;
If he lowers your wages cheer, vassals, then cheer.
Ye
Are nothing but chattels and slaves under him.
– 2nd verse, “A Man Named Carnegie,” anonymous, California, 7 July 1892