Homestead Strike

Homestead Strike, bitter labor dispute (1892) between steel workers and the Carnegie Steel Company, in Homestead, Pa., a landmark in the history of the U.S. labor movement. A clash between strikers and the company's 300 Pinkerton private guards left 10 dead. The national guard was sent in, and the strike was broken, but at a high cost to the reputations of Carnegie and President Benjamin Harrison.

See also: Labor movement.