Homestead Strike

Homestead Strike is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Munhall, Allegheny County, dedicated 1992.

Allegheny County · dedicated 1992 · 880 E Waterfront Dr., Munhall

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On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Co., 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here; strikers, citizens repulsed them. Seven workers, three Pinkertons were killed. 8,000 state militia arrived July 12; by November the strike was broken.

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