Homestead Strike

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historical event industrial conflict labor strike

The Homestead Strike was an 1892 industrial labor conflict at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, that became one of the most violent and significant clashes between workers and management in U.S. labor history.

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Label Occurrences
Homestead Strike canonical 10
Homestead Strike of 1892 2
1892 Homestead Strike 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial conflict ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
followedBy increased use of state militia in labor disputes ⓘ
hasAlternateName Homestead Strike ⓘ
surface form: Homestead Massacre

Homestead Strike ⓘ
surface form: Homestead Steel Strike
hasCasualties dozens of injuries ⓘ
multiple deaths ⓘ
hasCause management attempt to break the union ⓘ
union contract dispute ⓘ
wage cuts ⓘ
hasConsequence decline of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers ⓘ
increased public debate over labor rights ⓘ
setback for organized labor in the steel industry ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasDate 1892-07-06 ⓘ
hasEndDate 1892-11-20 ⓘ
hasEvent armed confrontation between strikers and Pinkerton agents ⓘ
hasLegalContext limited labor protections in the 1890s United States ⓘ
hasLocation Homestead, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasMethod lockout ⓘ
strike ⓘ
use of private security forces ⓘ
hasOutcome defeat of the union ⓘ
strengthening of management control ⓘ
hasSignificance major episode in the Gilded Age labor movement ⓘ
one of the most violent labor conflicts in U.S. history ⓘ
hasStartDate 1892-06-30 ⓘ
hasTacticByManagement construction of a fence around the mill ⓘ
hiring of strikebreakers ⓘ
hasTacticByWorkers armed resistance to Pinkertons ⓘ
picketing ⓘ
hasYear 1892 ⓘ
involvesCompany Carnegie Steel Company ⓘ
involvesGovernmentAction deployment of Pennsylvania state militia ⓘ
involvesIndustry steel industry ⓘ
involvesManager Henry Clay Frick ⓘ
involvesOrganization Pinkerton National Detective Agency ⓘ
involvesOwner Andrew Carnegie ⓘ
involvesPlant Carnegie Steel Company ⓘ
surface form: Homestead Steel Works
involvesUnion Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers ⓘ
involvesWorkers steelworkers ⓘ
isDocumentedIn U.S. labor history textbooks ⓘ
isRelatedTo Haymarket affair ⓘ
surface form: Haymarket Affair

Pullman Strike ⓘ
occursDuring Gilded Age ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Second Industrial Revolution

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Carnegie Steel Company → notableEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Gilded Age → majorEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Henry Clay Frick → significantEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homestead Strike of 1892
Homestead Strike → hasAlternateName → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homestead Steel Strike
Homestead Strike → hasAlternateName → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homestead Massacre
Pinkerton National Detective Agency → involvedInEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers → conflict → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Homestead, Pennsylvania → knownFor → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1892 Homestead Strike
Homestead, Pennsylvania → historicalEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Frick family members → associatedWith → Homestead Strike ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Clay Frick
Homestead Steel Works → knownFor → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Homestead Steel Works → significantEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homestead Strike of 1892
Homestead Steel Works → laborDispute → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Alexander Berkman → participantIn → Homestead Strike ⓘ
American labor movement → hasKeyEvent → Homestead Strike ⓘ
Great Northern Railway strike of 1894 → precededBy → Homestead Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homestead strike