jul 6, 1892 - Homestead strike
Description:
WhoCarnegie Steel Company vs. existing workers vs. Replacement workers
Management: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick
Replacement workers and Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Members of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
What
Gun battle
Several Pink agents and strikers were killed and injured
Eventually, the workers lost
When
July 6,1892
Where
Homestead Pennsylvania
Why
Cut workers wages to break union
Blockaded out of their job with barbed wire
Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 6, 1892
Now
~ 133 years ago