#HenryClayFrick
#HenryClayFrick, a #capitalist instrumental in both the disastrous #JohnstownFlood that killed 2208 people (after he lowered the dam) and the violent suppression of the #HomesteadStrike, survived a bungled attentat by the #anarchist #AlexanderBerkman on #ThisDayInHistory in 1892.
July 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#HenryClayFrick was born in Pennsylvania #OnThisDay in 1849, becoming an industrialist & one of the most ruthless union busters of the 19th c. robber barons; he used his vast fortune to amass an enormous art collection:

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December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Multiple deaths, man wounded, a failed assassination, and the total collapse of the most powerful union in America. Explore how the 1892 Homestead Strike solidified corporate power for forty years. #HomesteadStrike #LaborHistory #AmericanHistory #GildedAge #AndrewCarnegie #HenryClayFrick
“Our Victory Is Complete”: The Homestead Strike
Multiple deaths, man wounded, a failed assassination, and the total collapse of the most powerful union in America. Explore how the 1892 Homestead Strike solidified corporate power for forty years. #HomesteadStrike #LaborHistory #AmericanHistory #GildedAge #AndrewCarnegie #HenryClayFrick
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April 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 4/3/1891: Natl Guard fired on #immigrants with #UMW #union in Morewood, #Pennsylvania. Killed >10. Protesting #HenryClayFrick, also responsible for #Homestead #massacre following year. #AlexanderBerkman tried to assassinate Frick 1892.

#anarchism #strike #mining #coal
April 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
2. A random video hating on #HenryClayFrick. I hate him and I am delighted that the algorithm figured out to bless me with this.

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May 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Andrew Carnegie spent his final years building a legacy of peace, but Henry Clay Frick never stopped building a monument to his own anger. This is the cost of a lifelong grudge. #GildedAge #AndrewCarnegie #HenryClayFrick #AmericanHistory #IndustrialRevolution
“I’ll See Him in Hell”: Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick
Andrew Carnegie spent his final years building a legacy of peace, but Henry Clay Frick never stopped building a monument to his own anger. This is the cost of a lifelong grudge. #GildedAge #AndrewCarnegie #HenryClayFrick #AmericanHistory #IndustrialRevolution
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May 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Before Homestead, there was Morewood. In 1891, a line of rifles met a parade of strikers in Pennsylvania's Connellsville coalfield. Discover how Henry Clay Frick learned his tactics before the battle of Homestead. #LaborHistory #MorewoodMassacre #HenryClayFrick #UMWA #PAHistory #GildedAge
The Black Heart of Morewood: Coal, Coke, and the Massacre of 1891
Before Homestead, there was Morewood. In 1891, a line of rifles met a parade of strikers in Pennsylvania's Connellsville coalfield. Discover how Henry Clay Frick learned his tactics before the battle of Homestead. #LaborHistory #MorewoodMassacre #HenryClayFrick #UMWA #PAHistory #GildedAge
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February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Henry Clay Frick: The ruthless "Coke King" who built the steel empire, survived an assassination attempt, crushed the Homestead Strike, and forged a legacy of wealth, art, and violent labor controversy. #History #HenryClayFrick #GildedAge #AmericanHistory #Pittsburgh #Connellsville #IndustrialRevolu
Henry Clay Frick: A Story of Wealth and Violence
Henry Clay Frick: The ruthless "Coke King" who built the steel empire, survived an assassination attempt, crushed the Homestead Strike, and forged a legacy of wealth, art, and violent labor controversy. #History #HenryClayFrick #GildedAge #AmericanHistory #Pittsburgh #Connellsville #IndustrialRevolution #USSteel
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January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The #HomesteadStrike formally began in 1892 on #ThisDayInHistory. #HenryClayFrick fired all the workers the next day, and soon clashes broke out with the hired #Pinkerton thugs. Owner #AndrewCarnegie followed Frick's lead and sought to break the #AA #union with force and scabs.
July 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Rather than continue negotiations, #AndrewCarnegie and his plant manager #HenryClayFrick, locked workers out of the #HomesteadSteelWorks in 1892 on #ThisDayInHistory, breaking the terms of a #union contract. The next day a #strike vote would be taken, leading to a major showdown.
June 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 4/3/1891: Natl Guard fired on #immigrants with #UMW #union in Morewood, #Pennsylvania. Killed >10. Protesting #HenryClayFrick, also responsible for #Homestead #massacre following year. #AlexanderBerkman tried to assassinate Frick 1892. #anarchism #strike #mining #coal
April 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM