YES the news stories in the Illustrated American sympathetic or non-sympathetic to the cause of the strikers. The Homestead Strike - this was at the Homestead Steel Works, owned by Andrew Carnegie but run by Henry Clay Frick. Labor went on strike because of pay rates that were continually adjusted down as well as poor working conditions. Carnegie was in Scotland at this time and Frick was the man on the spot and in charge. A miscommunication between these two resulted in Frick using too much force to suppress the strikers. Labor was responsible for the strike, but Frick (and maybe Carnegie) were resposible for subsequent events and deaths. The Homestead strike was organized and purposeful, a harbinger of the type of strike which would mark the modern age of labor relations in the United States. The AA strike at the Homestead steel mill in 1892 was different from previous large-scale strikes in American history such as the Great railroad strike of 1877 or the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. Earlier strikes had been largely leaderless and disorganized mass uprisings of workers. The AFL refused to call for a boycott of Carnegie products in September 1892. Wholesale crossing of the picket line occurred, first among Eastern European immigrants and then among all workers. The strike had collapsed so much that the state militia pulled out on October 13, ending the 95-day occupation. The AA was nearly bankrupted by the job action. Weekly Union relief for a member averaged $6.25 but totalled a staggering $10,000 per week when including 1,600 strikers. With only 192 out of more than 3,800 strikers in attendance, the Homestead chapter of the AA voted, 101 to 91, to return to work on November 20, 1892. Solution YES the news stories in the Illustrated American sympathetic or non-sympathetic to the cause of the strikers. The Homestead Strike - this was at the Homestead Steel Works, owned by Andrew Carnegie but run by Henry Clay Frick. Labor went on strike because of pay rates that were continually adjusted down as well as poor working conditions. Carnegie was in Scotland at this time and Frick was the man on the spot and in charge. A miscommunication between these two resulted in Frick using too much force to suppress the strikers. Labor was responsible for the strike, but Frick (and maybe Carnegie) were resposible for subsequent events and deaths. The Homestead strike was organized and purposeful, a harbinger of the type of strike which would mark the modern age of labor relations in the United States. The AA strike at the Homestead steel mill in 1892 was different from previous large-scale strikes in American history such as the Great railroad strike of 1877 or the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. Earlier strikes had been largely leaderless and disorganized mass uprisings of workers. The AFL refused to call for a boycott of Carnegie products in September 1892. Wholesale crossing of the picket line occurred, first among Eastern European i.

1. YES the news stories in the Illustrated American sympathetic or non-sympathetic to the cause of
the strikers.
The Homestead Strike - this was at the Homestead Steel Works, owned by Andrew Carnegie but
run by Henry Clay Frick. Labor went on strike because of pay rates that were continually
adjusted down as well as poor working conditions. Carnegie was in Scotland at this time and
Frick was the man on the spot and in charge. A miscommunication between these two resulted in
Frick using too much force to suppress the strikers. Labor was responsible for the strike, but
Frick (and maybe Carnegie) were resposible for subsequent events and deaths.
The Homestead strike was organized and purposeful, a harbinger of the type of strike which
would mark the modern age of labor relations in the United States. The AA strike at the
Homestead steel mill in 1892 was different from previous large-scale strikes in American history
such as the Great railroad strike of 1877 or the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. Earlier
strikes had been largely leaderless and disorganized mass uprisings of workers.
The AFL refused to call for a boycott of Carnegie products in September 1892. Wholesale
crossing of the picket line occurred, first among Eastern European immigrants and then among
all workers. The strike had collapsed so much that the state militia pulled out on October 13,
ending the 95-day occupation. The AA was nearly bankrupted by the job action. Weekly Union
relief for a member averaged $6.25 but totalled a staggering $10,000 per week when including
1,600 strikers. With only 192 out of more than 3,800 strikers in attendance, the Homestead
chapter of the AA voted, 101 to 91, to return to work on November 20, 1892.
Solution
YES the news stories in the Illustrated American sympathetic or non-sympathetic to the cause of
the strikers.
The Homestead Strike - this was at the Homestead Steel Works, owned by Andrew Carnegie but
run by Henry Clay Frick. Labor went on strike because of pay rates that were continually
adjusted down as well as poor working conditions. Carnegie was in Scotland at this time and
Frick was the man on the spot and in charge. A miscommunication between these two resulted in
Frick using too much force to suppress the strikers. Labor was responsible for the strike, but
Frick (and maybe Carnegie) were resposible for subsequent events and deaths.
The Homestead strike was organized and purposeful, a harbinger of the type of strike which
would mark the modern age of labor relations in the United States. The AA strike at the
Homestead steel mill in 1892 was different from previous large-scale strikes in American history
such as the Great railroad strike of 1877 or the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. Earlier

2. strikes had been largely leaderless and disorganized mass uprisings of workers.
The AFL refused to call for a boycott of Carnegie products in September 1892. Wholesale
crossing of the picket line occurred, first among Eastern European immigrants and then among
all workers. The strike had collapsed so much that the state militia pulled out on October 13,
ending the 95-day occupation. The AA was nearly bankrupted by the job action. Weekly Union
relief for a member averaged $6.25 but totalled a staggering $10,000 per week when including
1,600 strikers. With only 192 out of more than 3,800 strikers in attendance, the Homestead
chapter of the AA voted, 101 to 91, to return to work on November 20, 1892.