Hi Scott: Clemens' financial problems and the Pullman Strike were embroiled within the same financial Panic of 1893 and affected many people and industries. Clemens may not have willfully avoided discussing the Pullman Strike with Rogers--though, if he had, it would have been understandable considering that they had only met in Sep 1893, and that Rogers had been rendering crucial business help to Clemens. However, the strike of May–July 1894 also occurred when Clemens and Rogers had some serious problems of their own: Charles L Webster & Co declared bankruptcy in April, and Rogers' wife died in May. Clemens also returned to Europe at that time, where Susy was very ill. To add further distraction, the Clemenses were in France in June when the President was assassinated, which led to mobs of rioters. In these circumstances, I would not be surprised if Clemens had missed the far-away Pullman Strike. As Barb said, there is no mention of it in the correspondence with Rogers, but maybe Clemens wrote something about it later, to someone else? "We live in strange times." (SLC to HHR 25 Jun 1894) --Taylor