Category: History - American
Homestead and Its Mills--The Rise and Progress of the Carnegie Firm--How The "Star Spangled Scotchman" Made His Fortune--He Labors For Years and Then Lapses Into Luxury--H. C. Frick's Career as Coke King and Iron Master--The Fine Art of Crushing Strikes--Carnegie and Frick Joi...
CLIFFORD TRIED FOR HIS LIFE--ALIBI TESTIMONY--ATTORNEYS ERWIN AND ANDERSON WIN NEW LAURELS--"NOT GUILTY"--HUGH O'DONNELL AT THE BAR--THE HOMESTEAD LEADER AS A REPORTER AND PEACE...
39. CHAPTER XVIII.SYLVESTER CRITCHLOW ARRAIGNED--PINKERTONS ON THE STAND--THE PROSECUTION MAKES A STRONG SHOWING--A SUSPICIOUS CARNEGIE BANQUET--ATTORNEYS ERWIN AND ARGO TO THE RESCUE--AN ALIBI F...
36. mill. Once their curiosity or rapacity was satisfied they deserted,threw themselves into the arms of the strikers, represented themselves as having been deluded by the firm's agents and in the majority of cases secured pecuniary aid from the Am...
37. CHAPTER XVI.MORE PROSECUTIONS--THE SOLDIERS WITHDRAW--A NON-UNION HOTEL DYNAMITED--HOMESTEAD FIGURES IN PARADES AND GIVES A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY--SLAVS WEAKENING--THE "LOCAL NEWS" PREDICTS D...
30. CHAPTER X.SNOWDEN'S SHARP TACTICS--THE TAKING OF HOMESTEAD--TROOPS IN POSSESSION--SOLDIERS REPEL ADVANCES AND THE FRATERNAL RECEPTION IS DECLARED OFF--O'DONNELL'S COMMITTEE AT HEADQUARTER...
41. mill. Before Gallagher went to Homestead the first time wecalled on Mr. Dempsey. He gave us a small jar of some kind of powder. He said there was enough of the stuff in the jar for three powders, each one sufficient to 'fix' thirty gal...
33. CHAPTER XIII.FRICK'S ASSAILANT RAILROADED TO THE PENITENTIARY--THE IAMS TRIAL--HANGING BY THE THUMBS APPROVED BY A JURY--THE MILLS FILLING UP--SERMONS TO NON-UNIONISTS--STRIKERS GO THROUGH T...
38. CHAPTER XVII.THE LAST MASS MEETING--STRIKERS SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY--COST OF THE HOMESTEAD DISPUTE TO CAPITAL, LABOR AND THE STATE--FEW OLD HANDS GET WORK AND POVERTY STALKS ABROAD--NOBLE...
34. CHAPTER XIV.A SUPPRESSED CONGRESSIONAL REPORT--SYMPATHY STRIKES PROVE A FAILURE--GOMPERS AS A BOYCOTT WIELDER--THE SLAVS WEAKEN--PLANS OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE--SMOOTH MR. MILHO...
23. CHAPTER III.FRICK'S ALLIES--A PLAN OF GENERAL ASSAULT ON THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION FALLS TO THE GROUND--THE LABOR QUESTION IN POLITICS--DEMOCRATS MAKE CAPITAL OUT OF WAGE REDUCTIONS--FRIC...
29. CHAPTER IX.THE SHERIFF'S LAST EFFORT--MR. FRICK ISSUES A STATEMENT AND THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION RESPONDS--POLITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS INDORSE THE HOMESTEAD MEN--INTERVIEWING...
28. CHAPTER VIII.CARNEGIE'S PROPERTY PROTECTED--CONFIDENCE STILL STRONG AMONG THE MEN--HOMESTEAD AS A NEWS CENTER--THE DEATH-ROLL--BURIAL OF THE DEAD--ANARCHISTS GET A SHORT SHRIFT--THE SHERIFF...
31. CHAPTER XI.BRINGING IN THE "BLACKSHEEP"--PITTSBURGH, BEAVER FALLS AND DUQUESNE MEN COME OUT--AN ALARM IN CAMP--THE GOVERNOR ARRIVES--THE BOYCOTT AS A PERSUADER--POLITICS TO THE RESCUE--MUR...
32. CHAPTER XII.BERKMAN, A RUSSIAN AUTONOMIST, ATTEMPTS THE LIFE OF THE CARNEGIE CHAIRMAN--MR. FRICK'S BRAVERY--"THE SHOOTING WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE"--MILITIAMAN IAMS CHEERS...
22. CHAPTER II.HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION--OPERATION OF THE SLIDING SCALE AT HOMESTEAD--SUPERINTENDENT POTTER MAKES AMICABLE SUGGESTIONS _a la_ CARNEGIE--AN ULTIMATUM F...
26. CHAPTER VI.CANNONADING THE BARGES--SILAS WAIN'S SAD DEATH--THE LITTLE BILL RETURNS AND RUNS THE GAUNTLET--A CAR OF FIRE TERRIFIES THE PINKERTONS AND DRIVES CAPTAIN RODGERS TO FLIGHT--AMALG...
25. CHAPTER V.ON BOARD THE BARGES--FLOATING BARRACKS EQUIPPED FOR BLOODY WARFARE--UP THE MONONGAHELA AT MIDNIGHT--HOMESTEAD GETS WARNING--DEFENDERS AT THE MILL LANDING--FRICK'S ARMY REPULSED...
21. CHAPTER I.HOMESTEAD AND ITS MILLS--THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CARNEGIE FIRM--HOW THE "STAR-SPANGLED SCOTCHMAN" MADE HIS FORTUNE--HE LABORS FOR YEARS AND THEN LAPSES INTO LUXURY--H. C. F...
24. CHAPTER IV.PLANNING A SIEGE--HISTORY OF THE PINKERTONS--HATRED OF ORGANIZED LABOR FOR SOLDIER POLICEMEN--FRICK'S COLD-BLOODED LETTER--THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY IS ENLISTED IN THE CAR...
27. CHAPTER VII.AMALGAMATED OFFICIALS AS MEDIATORS--PRESIDENT WEIHE CALLS A MASS MEETING AND COUNSELS PEACE--HUGH O'DONNELL'S SPEECH--THE BRAVE YOUNG LEADER PROCURES A SURRENDER--PINKERTONS RUN...
40. CHAPTER XIX.AN EPIDEMIC INVESTIGATED--DETECTIVES CHARGE POISONING AND ARRESTS ARE MADE--GALLAGHER AND DAVIDSON TURN INFORMERS--DEMPSEY AND BEATTY ARE INDICTED--HEARINGS AND TRIALS--A TANGLE...
35. CHAPTER XV.PROGRESS IN THE MILL--A QUARTET OF ARISTOCRATIC NON-UNIONISTS--SICKNESS BREAKS OUT--MORE ARRESTS--JACK CLIFFORD SUSPECTED OF TREACHERY, BUT IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL FOR MURDER--167...
15. CHAPTER XV. TREASON.Progress in the Mill--A Quartette of Aristocratic Non-Unionists--Sickness Breaks Out--More Arrests--Jack Clifford Suspected of Treachery, but is Held Without Bail for Murder--16...
1. CHAPTER I. CAPITAL IN ITS STRONGHOLD.Homestead and Its Mills--The Rise and Progress of the Carnegie Firm--How The "Star Spangled Scotchman" Made His Fortune--He Labors For Years and Then Lapses Into Luxury--H. C. F...
17. CHAPTER XVII. CAPITULATION.The Last Mass Meeting--Strikers Surrender Unconditionally--Cost of the Homestead Dispute to Capital, Labor and the State--Few Old Hands Get Work and Poverty Stalks Abroad--Noble...
2. CHAPTER II. THE GATHERING OF THE STORM.History and Methods of the Amalgamated Association--Operation of the Sliding Scale at Homestead--Superintendent Potter Makes Amicable Suggestions _a la_ Carnegie--An Ultimatum F...
12. CHAPTER XII. THE SHOOTING OF FRICK.Berkman, a Russian Autonomist, Attempts the Life of the Carnegie Chairman--Mr. Frick's Bravery--"The Shooting Will in no Way Affect the Homestead Strike"--Militiaman Iams Cheers...
18. CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRST TRIAL.Sylvester Critchlow Arraigned--Pinkertons on the Stand--The Prosecution Makes a Strong Showing--A Suspicious Carnegie Banquet--Attorneys Erwin and Argo to the Rescue--An Alibi f...
3. CHAPTER III. LOCKED OUT.Frick's Allies--A Plan of General Assault on the Amalgamated Association Falls to the Ground--The Labor Question in Politics--Democrats Make Capital Out of Wage Reductions--Fric...
16. CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST BREAK.More Prosecutions--The Soldiers Withdraw--A Non-Union Hotel Dynamited--Homestead Figures in Parades and Gives a Democratic Majority--Slavs Weakening--The _Local News_ Predicts D...
20. CHAPTER XX. THE DENOUEMENT.Clifford Tried For His Life--Alibi Testimony--Attorneys Erwin and Anderson Win New Laurels--"Not Guilty"--Hugh O'Donnell at the Bar--The Homestead Leader as a Reporter and Peace...
9. CHAPTER IX. SOLDIERS TO THE FRONT.The Sheriff's Last Effort--Mr. Frick Issues a Statement and the Amalgamated Association Responds--Political and Industrial Organizations Indorse the Homestead Men--Interviewing...
10. CHAPTER X. CAMP McCLELLAN.Snowden's Sharp Tactics--The Taking of Homestead--Troops in Possession--Soldiers Repel Advances and the Fraternal Reception is Declared Off--O'Donnell's Committee at Headquarter...
14. CHAPTER XIV. POLITICIANS AT WORK.A Suppressed Congressional Report--Sympathy Strikes Prove a Failure--Gompers as a Boycott Wielder--The Slavs Weaken--Plans of the Republican National Committee--Smooth Mr. Milho...
6. CHAPTER VI. THE BOMBARDMENT.Cannonading the Barges--Silas Wain's Sad Death--The Little Bill Returns and Runs the Gauntlet--A Car of Fire Terrifies the Pinkertons and Drives Captain Rodgers to Flight--Amalg...
13. CHAPTER XIII. BERKMAN AND IAMS.Frick's Assailant Railroaded to the Penitentiary--The Iams Trial--Hanging by the Thumbs Approved by a Jury--The Mills Filling Up--Sermons to Non-Unionists--Strikers Go Through t...
19. CHAPTER XIX. WEAVING NEW TOILS.An Epidemic Investigated--Detectives Charge Poisoning and Arrests are Made--Gallagher and Davidson Turn Informers--Dempsey and Beatty are Indicted--Hearings and Trials--A Tangle...
11. CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST ARRESTS.Bringing in the "Blacksheep"--Pittsburgh, Beaver Falls and Duquesne Men Come Out--An Alarm in Camp--The Governor Arrives--The Boycott as a Persuader--Politics to the Rescue--Mur...
4. CHAPTER IV. THE PINKERTON GUARDS.Planning a Siege--History of the Pinkertons--Hatred of Organized Labor for Soldier Policemen--Frick's Cold-Blooded Letter--The Sheriff of Allegheny County is Enlisted in the Car...
7. CHAPTER VII. THE SURRENDER.Amalgamated Officials as Mediators--President Weihe Calls a Mass Meeting and Counsels Peace--Hugh O'Donnell's Speech--The Brave Young Leader Procures a Surrender--Pinkertons Run...
8. CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE.Carnegie's Property Protected--Confidence Still Strong Among the Men--Homestead as a News Center--The Death-Roll--Burial of the Dead--Anarchists Get a Short Shrift--The Sheriff...
5. CHAPTER V. THE FIRST SHOT.On Board the Barges--Floating Barracks Equipped for Bloody Warfare--Up the Monongahela at Midnight--Homestead Gets Warning--Defenders at the Mill Landing--Frick's Army Repulsed...