The homestead strike was significant to the history of the country.

On July 6, 1892, a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers took place in Pennsylvania.The company's management, along with the strikebreakers who had been hired, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, were at odds with each other.A number of agents and strikers were killed in a gun battle.

The Homestead Strike was a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers.Private security guards arrived at the company on July 6 after the striking workers were fired.At least three guards and seven workers were killed in the gunfight.

The strike took place in Pennsylvania.Andrew Carnegie built the Carnegie Steel Company into one of the largest and most-profitable steel companies in the United States.One of the largest of Carnegie's mills was located near Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River.

The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers union and Carnegie Steel had a contract that expired on July 1, 1892.Andrew Carnegie gave his operations manager permission to break the union.The workers protested by starting the Homestead Strike.They were locked out and fenced off in June.He fired 3,800 workers on July 2.

After the Carnegie Steel Company asked for help, the Governor of Pennsylvania sent in 8,500 soldiers from the state's National Guard.The militiamen took over the plant on July 12.The plant was operating with replacement workers by July 15.The union gave up on the fight by November 21.

The strike was not successful for the striking workers.Criminal charges were lodged against many union leaders and workers because their jobs were filled by replacement workers.The violence surrounding the strike undermined public support for the strikers.The union gave up and some workers reapplied for jobs at the mill, agreeing to 12-hour days and reduced wages.

Andrew Carnegie built the Carnegie Steel Company into one of the largest and most-profitable steel companies in the United States.One of the largest of Carnegie's mills was located near Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River.Several unions were broken at other mills and industrial plants around the country, but in 1892 the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers still represented the workers at the homestead mill.Although the union was made up of skilled workers and craftsmen, they were also supported by some 3,000 nonunion workers who were mostly eastern and southern European.