Homestead 1892: The Battle That Showed Who Really Ran America
On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly ba
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On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly battle in the middle of an industrial town.
On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly ba
On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly ba
On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly ba
On July 6, 1892, barges moved along Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River toward the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead. Aboard were roughly three hundred Pinkerton agents carrying rifles, ammunition, and orders to enter the mill after the company locked out its workers and set out to break their union. Workers had built barricades along the riverbank. When the two sides opened fire, a dispute over wages became a deadly ba