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Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
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What was the outcome of the homestead strike in 1892?
Higher Wages
What was true about the 1892 Homestead strike?
Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.
Where and why did the Homestead Strike in 1892 take place?
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
What did homestead strike show?
That government usually sided with business owners
Which is true about strikes?
Strikes were often broken by business owners and the government.
