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The Homestead Steel Strike–Aftermath

Posted on July 18, 2014 by jpkenna

July, 1892: Jimmy Scanlon, in Everett, Washington, has been following the distant events of the Homestead Steel strike. Excerpted from Chapter 21, Beyond the Divide–Available from Village Books, Fairhaven (Wash., U.S.A.); and from Amazon It’s rare for the law to be … Continue reading →

Posted in history, labor, writing | Tagged Alexander Berkman, Allegheny County, Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers, assassination, Carnegie Steel Company, class warfare, Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Henry Clay Frick, Homestead PA, Pinkerton Agency, strikes, union busting | 1 Comment

The Homestead Steel Strike–Part Two

Posted on July 10, 2014 by jpkenna

Gaining fame for ensuring the safety of President Lincoln on his inaugural trip to Washington D.C. back in 1861, by the 1890s The Pinkerton Detective Agency had evolved into a multifaceted organization chiefly known–and despised among the laboring classes–for providing … Continue reading →

Posted in history, labor, social protest, writing | Tagged "scabs", 1892, Allegheny County, Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers, Andrew Carnegie, Homestead PA, Homestead Works, Monongahela River, Pinkerton Agency, strikes | Leave a comment

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