Troops Enter Homestead Without Bloodshed Amid Martial Show
National Guard of Pennsylvania occupied Homestead and surrounding areas entering unheralded. Snowdon led troops via Swissvale and Munhall with Eighteenth Regiment first to reach the town. Civilians and workers watched as guards posted pickets and transformed the borough into a martial scene.
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Homestead
Carnegie
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pitestrn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Snowden
Blairsville
Radebaugh Junction
Sheridan
Tyrone
Radebaugh
Swissvale
Monongahela River
Port Perry
Brinton
Radebraugh Junction
Eighteenth Regiment
Port Perry Bridge
Torrs- Patch
Munhall Station
Wiley
Greenland
McCleary
Gray
Munhall
Eighth Avenue
Old City
Grievous Mistake of Militiamen Told by Witness
A young man visits Swissvale to view troop entry into Homestead but delays shaving and wears a peculiar outfit. He departs early and encounters a scene prompting strong resentment toward the militiamen. The account highlights social tensions surrounding the event.
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Wes
Wigan
Pittsburgers
Swissvale
Homestead
Don Hisix
General Snowden Rejects Mill Committee Offer at Homestead
General Snowden at the Mifflin township school house headquarters tells Captain Kuhn and the Amalgamated Association they offer no aid and will maintain order themselves under Governor’s orders to protect Carnegie Steel property. A later visit seeks surrender, but is politely declined as a diplomatic skirmish unfolds.
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Pittsburg
Awl
W. H. Davis
Kuhn
Pennsylvania
Captain Kuhn
Amalgamated Association
Amal Association
Carnegie Steel Company
Owever
Id Oe
Carnegie Steel Strike Trembles at Homestead Fight
United mill workers in Lawrenceville Beaver Falls and Homestead threaten a strike tomorrow at 2 PM unless Carnegie Steel agrees to conference with Homestead leaders. About 3,500 workers across three mills and 1,600 present at St Johns Hall press for arbitration and wage talks amid contract disputes.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Lim
Homestead
Union
Lawrenceville
Beaver Falls
Keystone Bridge
Edgar Thomson
Bessemer
St. John’s Hall
Carnegie
Amalgamated Association
John’s Hall
Madden Kilgallen
Sessior
Dillion
Knights of Labor Hall
Pinkerton
Little Bill Used To Carry Messages Between Camps
The Little Bill tug once part of Pinkerton operations at Homestead is chartered by the National Guard of Pennsylvania to shuttle messages between brigade headquarters across the Monongahela. The crew reports nerves high but no attacks occur as Pinkertons inflamed tensions fade from view.
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Pinkerton
Rogera
Little Bill
Lee Snowden
Pittsburg
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Hawkins
Monongahela
Negie Mills
Tlomestead
The
Carnegie Company
Amalgamated
Edgar Thompson
Union Mills
Atte
Homewood
Lovejoy
Ville
Lawrence Mill
St . Amalgamated
Orkmen
Three Mills
Weihe
Sheehan
Cale
Eee
Henan
Imation
Iron and Steel
Edgar Thomson Steel
Braddock
Omestead
Association
Edgar Thomson Works
H. C. Frick
Pinkertons
Congressional Investigating Committee
Oates
Washington
James Kerr
Greensburg
Ostes
Monongahela House
Bynum
Colonel Oates
Boatner
Senate
Frick
Wm. Weihe
Burgess McLuckie
Pitcairn
Fourth Avenue
Union Depot
Boamer
Hugh O'Donnell
Chris Evans
American Federation of Labor
Otis Childs
Pinkertors
Congressional Inquiry Committee
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