Directory > Regional > North America > United States > Pennsylvania > Localities > H > Homestead > Society and Culture > Homestead Strike The Strike at Homestead A collection of contemporary journalism describing the events of the strike, the role of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and writer Hamlin Garland's 1894 account of life in the steel mills of Homestead. From the web site of Ohio State University, Department of History. http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/HomesteadStrike1892/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Practical History: The Homestead Strike, 1892 Louis Adamic and Emma Goldman give short accounts of the strike, and anarchist Alexander Berkman tells how he shot Carnegie Steel official Henry Clay Frick. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7672/homestead.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Homestead Strike of 1892 Issues and events of the strike. History professor Joe White's account, from the web site of the Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO. http://www.pittsburghaflcio.org/homested.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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History Matters: "I Will Kill Frick" Radical activist Emma Goldman recounts the attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick, the chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, during the Homestead Strike in 1892. Part of the History Matters web site of resources for teaching history. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/99/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Battle of Homestead, 1892 The Battle of Homestead Foundation was formed in 1996 to promote the Pump House of the old Homestead steel works as a labor history monument. Information on the strike, the foundation, scheduled events, and membership. http://home.earthlink.net/~homestead1892/BoH/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The American Experience: Andrew Carnegie - The Homestead Strike Describes the violent 1892 strike at Andrew Carnegie's steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania, which tarnished his reputation as a benevolent employer. From the companion site to the PBS program. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande04.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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