#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, 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.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1892, the #HomesteadStrike broke out in PA. Rather than talk, #Carnegie sent in #Pinkerton thugs, which the strikers defeated in battle on 6 July. So, the gov. sent in troops, killing seven workers and helping to break the #union.
#WhichSideAreYouOn #IWW
#WhichSideAreYouOn #IWW
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1892, the #HomesteadStrike broke out in PA. Rather than talk, #Carnegie sent in #Pinkerton thugs, which the strikers defeated in battle on 6 July. So, the gov. sent in troops, killing seven workers and helping to break the #union.
#WhichSideAreYouOn #IWW
#WhichSideAreYouOn #IWW
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
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
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY
Strikers and a bystander are killed in Duluth, MN, Debs is arrested during the Pullman Strike, Pinkertons attempt to take the Carnegie Steelworks back, and more.
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#LaborHistory #HomesteadStrike #Minnesota #Pennsylvania
Strikers and a bystander are killed in Duluth, MN, Debs is arrested during the Pullman Strike, Pinkertons attempt to take the Carnegie Steelworks back, and more.
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#LaborHistory #HomesteadStrike #Minnesota #Pennsylvania
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY - Labor Heritage Foundation
1889: Two strikers and a bystander are killed, 30 seriously wounded by police in Duluth, MN.1892: Two barges loaded with Pinkerton thugs hired by the Carnegie Steel Co., landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River in Homestead, Penn. seeking to occupy Carnegie Steel Works and put down
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July 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY
Strikers and a bystander are killed in Duluth, MN, Debs is arrested during the Pullman Strike, Pinkertons attempt to take the Carnegie Steelworks back, and more.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/5ej7uazw
#LaborHistory #HomesteadStrike #Minnesota #Pennsylvania
Strikers and a bystander are killed in Duluth, MN, Debs is arrested during the Pullman Strike, Pinkertons attempt to take the Carnegie Steelworks back, and more.
Find out more at tinyurl.com/5ej7uazw
#LaborHistory #HomesteadStrike #Minnesota #Pennsylvania
The biggest battle of the #HomesteadStrike was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1892. The 300 #Pinkerton thugs working for #Carnegie & #Frick were defeated by 10,000 workers, though nine strikers were killed. The #union held out until November, when 8,000 state militia were brought in.
July 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The biggest battle of the #HomesteadStrike was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1892. The 300 #Pinkerton thugs working for #Carnegie & #Frick were defeated by 10,000 workers, though nine strikers were killed. The #union held out until November, when 8,000 state militia were brought in.
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
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.
#GospelOfWealth author #AndrewCarnegie's #HomesteadSteelWorks locked out the rest of its workers on #ThisDayInHistory in 1892. That night the #AmalgamatedAssociationOfIronAndSteelWorkers & the #KnightsOfLabor voted to #strike the next day, launching the violent #HomesteadStrike.
June 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
#GospelOfWealth author #AndrewCarnegie's #HomesteadSteelWorks locked out the rest of its workers on #ThisDayInHistory in 1892. That night the #AmalgamatedAssociationOfIronAndSteelWorkers & the #KnightsOfLabor voted to #strike the next day, launching the violent #HomesteadStrike.