Homestead Strike 1892

what was this strike between?

The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carneige Steel Company

how long did the dispute at the Homestead Steelworks in Pennsylvania last? What did it finish with?

143 days and finished with a battle between the strikers and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, a private security firm

This was not the first occasion of trouble at the works - when else had there been violence?

In 1882 and unrest in 189, but on those occasions the unrest resulted in a growth in union membership

what did the company decide in 1892?

To lock the union out of the plant, following the failure to reach a collective bargaining agreement, which precipitated the trouble

what did the violence at the Homestead Strike follow?

It followed the company's decision to advertise for replacement workers and this culminated with the shooting and then stabbing of Henry Frick, who had been brought in to break the union

what did the shooting and stabbing of Frick lead to?

The collapse of the strike, with a virtual unconditional surrender by the workers. The violence broke the Union and resulted in a dramatic decline in membership from 24,000 in 1891 to 10,000 in 1894 and by 1909 it was down to just 6300

Which company remained non-unionised for another 40 years? What was there none of in 1900?

Carneige Steel. There was not a single steel plant in Pennsylvania that was unionised in 1900

what had the strike harmed the progress of?

Workers gaining rights, while employers in other industries became even more suspicious of granting to unions

When did violence continue into?

The 20th century, cu,minting in outbreaks of unrest in the period just after WW1. As with earlier periods, it provided employers with the justification they needed to resist calls for recognition from labour organisation. Perhaps realising that violence had achieved little, union unrest a nd strikes became less of a feature during the remainder of the period