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Page 1: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

Homestead Strike, 1892

Page 2: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe.

Henry Frick Carnegie Steel Andrew Carnegie

Page 3: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

The Union at the Carnegie plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, called a strike.

Page 4: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

Frick had a plan for defeating the Union. July 1st He called in the Pinkertons, which is a private police force, known for their ability to break strikes.

Page 5: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

On July 5th 300 Pinkerton’s moved up the Monongahela River on barges. In a shootout with strikers, several people died and many were wounded.

Page 6: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

On July 23rd, anarchist Alexander Berkman tried and failed to assassinate Frick.

Page 7: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

Although Alexander Berkman was not connected with the strike, the public associated his act with the rising tide of labor violence.

Page 8: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

On November 20, the Homestead Strike was called off.

Page 9: Homestead Strike, 1892. Henry Frick tried to cut workers wages at Carnegie Steel in the summer of 1892 while Andrew Carnegie was in Europe. Henry Frick

Carnegie claimed the he believed in Unions, however Carnegie Steel remained non-unionized until the late 1930’s.