Homestead Strike

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The Homestead Strike was an 1892 industrial labor conflict at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, that became one of the most violent and significant clashes between workers and management in U.S. labor history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial conflict ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
followedBy increased use of state militia in labor disputes ⓘ
hasAlternateName Homestead Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike

Homestead Steel Strike ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
hasCasualties dozens of injuries ⓘ
multiple deaths ⓘ
hasCause management attempt to break the union ⓘ
union contract dispute ⓘ
wage cuts ⓘ
hasConsequence decline of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers ⓘ
increased public debate over labor rights ⓘ
setback for organized labor in the steel industry ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasDate 1892-07-06 ⓘ
hasEndDate 1892-11-20 ⓘ
hasEvent armed confrontation between strikers and Pinkerton agents ⓘ
hasLegalContext limited labor protections in the 1890s United States ⓘ
hasLocation Homestead, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasMethod lockout ⓘ
strike ⓘ
use of private security forces ⓘ
hasOutcome defeat of the union ⓘ
strengthening of management control ⓘ
hasSignificance major episode in the Gilded Age labor movement ⓘ
one of the most violent labor conflicts in U.S. history ⓘ
hasStartDate 1892-06-30 ⓘ
hasTacticByManagement construction of a fence around the mill ⓘ
hiring of strikebreakers ⓘ
hasTacticByWorkers armed resistance to Pinkertons ⓘ
picketing ⓘ
hasYear 1892 ⓘ
involvesCompany Carnegie Steel Company ⓘ
involvesGovernmentAction deployment of Pennsylvania state militia ⓘ
involvesIndustry steel industry ⓘ
involvesManager Henry Clay Frick ⓘ
involvesOrganization Pinkerton National Detective Agency ⓘ
involvesOwner Andrew Carnegie ⓘ
involvesPlant Homestead Steel Works ⓘ
involvesUnion Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers ⓘ
involvesWorkers steelworkers ⓘ
isDocumentedIn U.S. labor history textbooks ⓘ
isRelatedTo Haymarket Affair ⓘ
linked to: Haymarket affair

Pullman Strike ⓘ
occursDuring Gilded Age ⓘ
Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ

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Carnegie Steel Company → notableEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Gilded Age → majorEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Henry Clay Frick → significantEvent → Homestead Strike of 1892 ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike → hasAlternateName → Homestead Steel Strike ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike → hasAlternateName → Homestead Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
Homestead, Pennsylvania → knownFor → 1892 Homestead Strike ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
Homestead, Pennsylvania → historicalEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Henry Clay Frick → associatedWith → Homestead Strike ⓘ
subject linked to: Frick family members
Homestead Steel Works → knownFor → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Homestead Steel Works → significantEvent → Homestead Strike of 1892 ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
Homestead Steel Works → laborDispute → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Alexander Berkman → participantIn → Homestead Strike ⓘ
American labor movement → hasKeyEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Great Northern Railway strike of 1894 → precededBy → Homestead strike ⓘ
linked to: Homestead Strike
History of Pennsylvania → includesEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ