A Pittsburgh journalist’s history of the Homestead strike of 1892 at Carnegie’s steel works. It covers the lockout, the battle of 6 July when steelworkers fought armed Pinkerton agents landing from barges on the Monongahela, the arrival of the militia, the attempt on Henry Clay Frick’s life and the trials that followed.
Written while memories were fresh and sympathetic to labour, a key source on a turning point in American industrial history. Download the free EPUB.