Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: Andrew Carnegie's legacy Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:04:39 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:04:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="868b54a5a833cc176bd208856d8b4e24"; logging-data="827022"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5GTjiofncwpM02W7FxfMD" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:0BiFJqqzCJChSGi9hSVqchHh8Yw= Bytes: 2186 On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:22:31 -0400, Anonymous wrote: >Unresponsive, as usual. >The union started the violence at Homestead When Frick plotted to sneak in 300 Pinkerton agents on river barges before dawn on July 6, word spread across town as they were arriving and thousands of workers and their families rushed to the river to keep them out. Gunfire broke out between the men on the barge and the workers on land. In the mayhem that ensued, the Pinkertons surrendered and came ashore, where they were beaten and cursed by the angry workers. At the end of the battle between the Pinkertons and nearly the entire town, seven workers and three Pinkertons were dead. Four days later, 8,500 National Guard forces were sent at the request of Frick to take control of the town and steel mill. After winning his victories, Frick announced, "Under no circumstances will we have any further dealing with the Amalgamated Association as an organization. This is final." And in November, the Amalgamated Association collapsed. https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/1892-homestead-strike