The conflict Hostile_encounter began Process_start in Pullman , Chicago , on May 11 when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began Process_start a wildcat strike Attack in response to recent reductions in wages .

The movement was characterized by its spontaneous and decentralized Dispersal wildcat disposition ; this created Creating contrast and sometimes even conflict Violence between itself and the establishment , trade unions and workers ' parties .

It was the largest general strike Attack ever attempted in France , and the first nationwide wildcat general strike Attack .

The student occupations and wildcat general strikes Attack initiated Process_start across France were met with Come_together forceful confrontation by university administrators and police .