Homestead Steel Strike (jul 1, 1892 – nov 20, 1892)
Description:
The protest started as an industrial lockout and strike which before culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents (The Pinkertons) on July 6, 1892The workers' loss became a major setback in worker unionization, and was a senseless waste of life, The Pinkerton protection agency slowly later became the Federal Bureu of Investigation
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Date:
jul 1, 1892
nov 20, 1892
~ 4 months and 22 days