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Carnegie Bros. & Co. purchase the Homestead Steel Mill
The Homestead Steel Works was purchased by Carnegie Bros. & Co. from Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel. It was sold because Bessemer Steel could not settle with the unions, causing them to pullout. -
Open Hearth Shop built
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Haymarket Affair
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119 inch plate mill completed
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Carnegie Steel empliments Union Breaking Plan
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Carnegie Steel make record profit $4.5 Million
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Negotiations Begin between Frick and AA
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Frick conters the AA offer and set a deadline
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Construction of "Fort Frick" begins
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Plate mill workers Locked out
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Deadline to agree to Fricks terms
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Rest of Plant Locked out
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Homestead Strike Begins
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AA Colective Bargieng set to end
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Strike at Pittsburg, Duquesne, Union Mills and Beaver Falls in support of Homestead
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Frick requests help from sherif
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Pinkertons Arrive
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State Miltia Arrive
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Scabs arrive
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15 workers try to get in to plant
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Homestead placed under martial law
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Strike leaders charged with conspiracy, riot and murder
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Attempted Assationation of Frick
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Strike ends at Union Mills
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Plant working at full capacity without union
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State Militia Leave
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Strike ends at Homestead
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Strike ends at Beaver Falls
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Carnegie Steel remains Union Free
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Homestead Orginizing Drive crushed
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Small Homestead AA lodge crushed by Frick