Talk:Homestead Strike
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[edit] Coroner's list of those killed
The Coroner's list of the killed published in the New York Times (7/7/1892) claims that at least 11 deaths were official notifications recieved by the Coroner: "J.W. Kline, Pinkerton detective, of Chicago; Joseph Sotak, a striker of Homestead; Peter Ferris, a laborer at the Homestead plant; Silas Wain of Homestead, who was watching the battle from the mill yard; John E. Morris, emplyed in the steel works at Homestead; Thomas Weldon of Homestead; Edward Connors, a Pinkerton detective of New York; Boritz Markowisky of Homestead; Peter Heise of Homestead; Robert Foster of Homestead; William Johnson of Homestead."
The article says that the Homestead strike was a lockout, but IIRC, the workers occupied the factories. This would explain why there was a fight with the Pinkerton guards. As it stands, the article doesn't indicate how the Pinkerton guards got into a fight with the worker. AdamRetchless 20:43, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
To clarify these points as recounted by Arthur Burgoyne in "The Homestead Strike of 1892" published 1893
The Coroner's list quoted by Arthur Burgoyne has ten names, a few different than the NYT list. For example the Pinkerton deaths are listed as J.W Kline, Edward A. R. Speers and Thomas J. Connors in Burgoyne but as J.W. Kline and Edward Connors in NYT. It seems that they combined Speers and Connors name in the NYT article. (The Thomas Connors name is correct I assume since this was the person listed as victim in the murder trials following the strike)
The Homestead residents listed as killed were listed by Burgoyne as the same as NYT minus the names of Boritz Markowisky, Peter Heise, Robert Foster and William Johnston, and with the addition of the names of Henry Streigel and George W. Rutter.
As for strike vs. lockout Burgoyne tells it as a lockout, however when the barges with the Pinkertons on then approached the Works the workers tore down the fences and occupied the landing area to prevent the landing. A shot was fired as the Pinkertons prepared to disembark (unknown from which side) which broke out into widespread firing by both sides. JeffB 12:34, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Importance Rating on LabourProject
I'd rate this strike as High-Level, not Mid-Level. The Homestead Strike, along with the Haymarket Riot and Pullman Strike, is one of the seminal labor strikes in American history. These three incidents broke the back of the American labor movement (in my opinion) for nearly four decades. The strike is still talked about today for the excessive violence it engendered. Better, the article is in excellent shape and could—with a little work—rise to GA status. High-Level, I'd argue.
[edit] changes to dates?
Hi -- the dates keep getting slightly modified (a day this way or other) by anonymous editors, who are most likely accurate, but are there any regular editors who can verify the latest changes? --lquilter 16:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
I think there's quite a bit of NPOV in this article. Examples: referring to strikebreakers in the derogatory "scabs"; describing non-unionists as rabid, while describing unionists as "polite." It's a good article, but has too many of these little jabs.TheCommodore7 19:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
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- I would agree. Flowery language added to weight the situation ought to be removed. ThorsMitersaw (still not sure how to date these things: March 25, 2008)
