Deadly confrontations at Homestead as Pinkertons land
Across the river at Homestead a mass of 3 000 to 4 000 workers gathered as a Little Bill towboat with two armed barges carried Pinkerton detectives toward the mill. Fierce fighting, cannon fire, dynamite blasts, and massed mobs followed with multiple injuries and heroic rescues reported.
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Davis Island
Greenville Junction
Davis Island Dam
Pinkerton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Gray's Iron Line
Smithfield Street Bridge
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Lees
Pinkertons
Little Bill
Port Perry
Flores
Silas Wain
Pittsburg
Pinkerton Detectives Return After Ambush Surrender
A train carrying wounded Pinkerton detectives reached Union Station at 7 30 last evening amid a large crowd. Thomas Connors of New York is reported dying from a dynamite blast to the back and a crushed right arm.
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John McGovern
Philadelphia
Thomas O'Reilly
New York
Charles Northrop
Chicago
John Speer
Charles Crittellen
John Carlin
West Penn Hospital
Connors
St Philomena Church
Pittsburg
Oval
Pinkerton
Eelates
Union Station
Thomas Connors
Carnegie Missing for Views on Steel Works Rotation
Aberdeen July 6 The Dispatch sought Mr. Andrew Carnegie for his views on the steel works rotation but he could not be found. He had left Aberdeen after participating in the library dedication and proceeded to the Highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stong
Old City
Aberdeen
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Highlands
The Homestead Labor Riot Ends in Pinkerton Surrender
Terrified Pinkertons surrender after a blood soaked siege at Homestead. Mob armed with dynamite and rifles fire on barges, burn attempts fail, and officials appeal for peace as Amalgamated leaders arrive. The crowd storms the riverfront as violence peaks in a historic clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Monongahela
Frick
Amalgamated
Pinkertons
William Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Garland
Blood and Barrage at Homestead Pinkerton Surrender
The Homestead scene after Pinkertons surrendered shows mobs attacking, looting boats, and beating prisoners. Women hurl dirt, umbrellas strike, and bricks fracture skulls as 5,000 gather to watch the brutal march to the big frame building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
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Tle Bill
Pattison
McCleary
Ft. Wayne
Manongahela
Birmingham Bridge
Western Union
Martin Murray
Joseph Dad
Murray
Henry Streigle
Epen
Eannon
Silso
the Highlands
Welhe
Pennicky Bridge
Braddock
Pennicky Road
Carnegie
Armor Plate
Hugh O'Donnell
Julian Kennedy
Jones & Laughlin
Hugh Oo’ Donnell
Ameri
Munhall
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