The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
Jump to: Sample Articles
Important Dates:
- July 6, 1892 A bloody confrontation takes place between the locked out steelworkers and the Pinkertons hired by the Carnegie Steel Company
- July 8, 1892 An interview with Henry Clay Frick is published
- July 10, 1892 The Pittsburg Dispatch publishes the workers’ viewpoint
- July 12, 1892 The Pennsylvania State Militia marches into Homestead
- July 12-14, 1892 A committee of the US Congress holds hearings in Homestead
- July 23, 1892 Anarchist Alexander Berkman attempts to assassinate Henry Clay Frick
- September 30, 1892 Thirty-three steelworkers are charged with treason
- October 21, 1892 Samuel Gompers visits the Amalgamated Association
- November 21, 1892 The Amalgamated Association votes to end its restrictions on working at the Carnegie Steel Company
Suggested Search Strategies:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as
phrases using Search
Pages in Chronicling America.] Homestead, Carnegie, Frick, Amalgamated Association, strike, Pinkerton, wage scale
- It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results; the essential Homestead Strike actions took place between June 23 and November 21, 1892
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
- "Pinkertons And Workmen Fighting At Homestead,"
The Evening World (New York, NY),
July 6, 1892, Brooklyn Last Edition, Image 1.
- "Apalling Result of the Battle at Homestead,"
The Evening World (New York, NY),
July 7, 1892, Extra 2 O'Clock, Image 1.
- "Dogs Of War Unleashed,"
St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN),
July 7, 1892, Image 1.
- "The Carnetgie Side,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
July 8, 1892, Page 3, Image 3.
- "The Workers' Side,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
July 10, 1892, Image 1.
- "All Homestead Slept In Peace Last Night,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
July 13, 1892, Image 1.
- "The Homestead Trouble,"
The Record-Union (Sacramento, CA),
July 14, 1892, Image 1.
- "Shot and Stabbed,"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA),
July 24, 1892, Image 1.
- "High Treason Is The Latest Charge Made,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
October 1, 1892, Image 1.
- "Peased With His Visit,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
October 21, 1892, Page 3, Image 3.
- "Homestead's Big Strike Declared Off,"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA),
November 21, 1892, Image 1.
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