History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0338 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Homestead, 1892
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The idea
In eighteen ninety-two, with Carnegie in Scotland, his manager Henry Clay Frick locked out the steelworkers at Homestead, Pennsylvania, on June twenty-ninth.
In practice
Three hundred Pinkerton detectives arriving by river barge on July sixth.
Where people slip
A gunfight on the shore killed three Pinkertons and six workers, the anchor says. The Yawp adds that the Pinkertons surrendered after hours of battle.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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