homestead strike

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Definition of homestead strike in English English dictionary

U.S. labour strike at Andrew Carnegie's steelworks in Homestead, Pa. , in July 1892. When the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers went on strike following a wage cut, the company's manager, Henry Clay Frick, hired strikebreakers, with Pinkerton Agency detectives to protect them. A gun battle resulted in which several people were killed and many injured; the governor sent state militiamen to support the company. The broken strike represented a major setback to the union movement that was felt for decades

Hyphenation

home·stead strike

Turkish pronunciation

hōmsted strayk

Pronunciation

/ˈhōmˌsted ˈstrīk/ /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd ˈstraɪk/