The Homestead Strike

Abstract

There is no hesitation, among such large dealers in steel as the writer has ' LII. Congress. 2nd Session, Report, No. z,447. 2 LII. Congress. znd Session, Report, No. -,z8o. 31n I890 the foreign born were 31 per cent. and those of foreign parentage 62 per cent. of the 7,911 population. 369 370 JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMIY.been able to meet, in placing the profits of this company during each of the last few years before the strike, among the millions of dollars, while many competitors, with inferior equipment and management, are being forced to the wall. On the other side was the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of about 24,000 members, with 292 lodges in the eight districts of the territory lying between Philadelphia,

The narrative cleansing of Andrew Carnegie: entrepreneurial generativity as identity capital

“…Regrettably, on July 6, 1892 it culminated in violent confrontation, between the striking workers and Carnegie’s hired militia, the Pinkerton Guards (Nasaw, 2006a). With 11 dead and many injured (Bemis, 1894), this tragic event is recorded as the third most deadly clash in American labor history (Standiford, 2005).…”

Three Elements of Stakeholder Legitimacy

“…As they arrived at the mill in two barges on the Monongahela River, a battle was started and resulted in the death of nine men and the injury of a large number (Bemis 1894). The Pinkerton Agency's claim to protect Carnegie Steel Works's property and right to operate could be perceived by the focal company as legitimate.…”

Mill Owners and Wobblies: The Event Structure of the Everett Massacre of 1916

“…At the Homestead strike, deputy citizens and Pinkerton guards were strongly partisan, intervening in support of the Carnegie Steel Company (Bemis 1894;Morn 1982: 102-3; see also Horan 1968;Reinders 1977;Isaac 2002). In other ways, local citizen inquiries have intervened in a settlement role, attempting to situate themselves outside conflicting parties and to act as authoritative mediators.…”