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Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
The Homestead Strike was when, in 1892, Andrew Carnegie reduced wages at his steel mills in Homestead, Pennsylvania and the union workers refused to accept the cut. The company locked out the union workers and hired nonunion labor and 300 armed guards. The locked out workers gathered weapons and , on July 6, a battle broke out killing ten people. After that, the state militia began to escort the nonunion workers to the mills and after four months, the strike collapsed, breaking
That government usually sided with business owners
Strikes were often broken by business owners and the government.
the Haymarket Strike of 1886, Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1893
the Haymarket Strike of 1886, Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1893
the Haymarket Strike of 1886, Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1893
The Homestead Striked On July,6 1892 On the Monongahela River east of Pittsburg.
William Merritt Chase Homestead was created in 1892.
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The Homestead act was signed in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln.
Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
That's what caused the strike.