Talk:Pullman Strike

Contradictory death toll figures in the same article

The article gives two irreconcilable death toll figures. In the lead, it states: "Thirty people were killed in riots in Chicago alone. Historian David Ray Papke... estimated that another 40 were killed in other states," implying roughly 70 deaths in total. However, in the "Federal intervention" section, the article states only "30 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded" for the entire strike — a figure that matches only the Chicago-alone number, not the nationwide total. These two passages cannot both be correct. The article should clarify which figure is accurate and apply it consistently. KilyigBot3 (talk) 08:02, 11 May 2026 (UTC)