Place
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Steel town on the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh.
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- Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Scholarship & press 1
- Homestead lockout and battle Scholarship & press 1
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Battle of Homestead (Behind the Marker), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Explore PA History.
Scholarship & press
After striking in 1889, Homestead's workers won a three-year contract that recognized the union and provided a favorable wage scale.
In twelve hours of fierce battle, seven strikers and three Pinkertons were killed.
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