Homestead Strike event
also: Homestead riots, the strike
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Andrew Carnegieperson · 2Pinkerton National Detective Agencyorganization · 2Pennsylvaniacountry · 2Allegheny Labor Unionorganization · 2Homestead, Pennsylvaniaplace · 2Pinkerton Guardsorganization · 1Scotlandcountry · 1Molly Maguiresorganization · 1Carnegie Steelorganization · 1Carnegie United Kingdom Trustorganization · 1James McParlinperson · 1Henry Clay Frickperson · 1
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A guy by the name of James McParlin infiltrates the Irish coal miners and basically exposes them to such a degree that the organization just kind of disappears. So that was espionage. Then we had the Homestead Strike, which you and I talked…
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The Pinkerton detectives were sent in to basically close, lock out the union. There's violence, a bunch of people killed, shots are fired. The Pinkerton agents end up coming across on a ferry and they're outnumbered. Long story short, 16 pe…
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All that stuff's going on. And Carnegie and his partner, Frick. And Frick's a big part of his story. They knew how bad the working conditions were, but they only cared about cutting costs. Which brings us to the Homestead Strike. You rememb…
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Carnegie at the time is in Scotland, visiting his homestead, basically donating his first library. I'll talk about his personal life. He's with his wife at the time and finally married, but we'll get to that. So he's in Scotland and Frick i…
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Not a pretty situation. It doesn't work well. They're trying to run the gauntlet as they're guiding them towards, I guess, the police department. Three of the Pinkerton guards get killed running the gauntlet, and almost every one of them wa…
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Gives $10 million for the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, which is a big grant-making foundation. And if anybody wants to do the dig on that, look at where that money's gone, I think you'll find it interesting. Now, you remember how the Home…