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Author: Stowell, Myron R.
Title: "Fort Frick," or the Siege of Homestead: a history of the famous struggle between The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburg, Pa
Print source: "Fort Frick," or the Siege of Homestead a history of the famous struggle between The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburg, Pa
Stowell, Myron R.
Pittsburg: Pittsburg Printing Co, 1893
Publication Info: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library
1999
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Subject terms:
Homestead Strike, Homestead, Pa., 1892.
Strikes and lockouts.
URL: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00acb4439m;view=toc;c=pitttext

Contents
"Fort Frick," or the Siege of Homestead: a history of the famous struggle between The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburg, Pa
[Titlepage]
Illustrations
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Carnegie Steel Company, Limited -- Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers -- Conferences in Regard to Scale for 1892
Chapter II. Fortification of "Fort Frick" by the Carnegie Company -- H. C. Frick asks the County for Protection
Chapter III. On the Alert -- Little Bill and the Barges -- A Volley of Hot Shots -- The First to Fall
Chapter IV. Three Instantly Killed -- The Striker's Eloquent Plea -- Slugs and Grapeshot -- Pleading for Their Lives
Chapter V. Sufferings of the Wounded -- The Stars and Stripes -- Running the Gauntlet -- Pleading for Mercy
Chapter VI. Planning for Relief -- A Graphic Story -- Stripping the Guards -- Firing the Boats
Chapter VII. Sad Results of Strife -- The Wounded Pinkertons -- Anarchists at Work -- Position of the Workmen -- In a Prison Cell
Chapter VIII. Consequences of Force -- A Lonely Home -- Silas Waine Buried -- A Prayer for the Enemies' Wives
Chapter IX. Sheriff McCleary's Action -- A Message to the Governor -- A Fire Brand -- Sensational Sermons -- At the Graves
Chapter X. The Dreadful Alarm -- Shipping the Pinkertons -- A Night of Terror -- Available Militiamen -- Coroner McDowell
Chapter XI. Soldier's Opinion -- Strong Appeal from Frick -- The Governor's Attitude -- Moral Influence -- Treacherous Detectives
Chapter XII. Soldiers Ordered Out -- Movements of the Troops -- Opinions of Leaders -- Sunday at Homestead
Chapter XIII. Arrival of the National Guard of Pennsylvania -- Troops vs. Pinkertons -- Hungarians' Departure -- Closing the Saloons
Chapter XIV. Headquarters -- The Address of Welcome -- Chilly Reception -- A Death Knell -- Shattered Hopes -- Beginning the Inquest
Chapter XV. Handling Non-Unionists -- Undercurrent Feeling -- Scouring the Country -- Martial Law -- Usurpation of Authority
Chapter XVI. That Congressional Inquiry -- Steering Clear of Causes -- A Lower Tariff -- Home Competition -- Millions in Profits
Chapter XVII. Captain Rodgers Testifies -- Story of the Fatal Fight -- President Weihe's Words for the Workers -- Hugh O'Donnell Examined -- Ex-President Roberts' Reasons -- Action of the Senate
Chapter XVIII. General Snowden's Chapter -- Well Trained Intellect -- Two Great Generals -- That Map -- "Cephalic Elephantiasis"
Chapter XIX. Courting Arrest -- Public Opinion -- Demonstrations of Other Workers -- Another Strike -- Buoyant Hopes -- The Boycott as a Weapon -- Good Bye, Pinkerton System
Chapter XX. Moments of Suspense -- Furnaces Fired -- An Ultimatum -- Inducements to Strikers -- Preparing for a Siege -- Importing European Labor -- To Arrest the Leaders
Chapter XXI. Burgess McLuckie Surrenders -- Arranging for New Arrests -- The Law on Riot -- Secretary Lovejoy's Serenity -- Millionaires and Tramps - The Battle of Life
Chapter XXII. Staunch and True -- Detectives Again -- Blood Suckers -- Smoke Steam -- Amalgamated at Duquesne
Chapter XXIII. Attempted Assassination of H. C. Frick -- An Anarchist of the Worst Type -- Prepared for Suicide -- The Victim Recovers
Chapter XXIV. Iams' Fatal Exclamation -- Suspended by the Thumbs -- Complete Degradation -- Explaining the Sentence
Chapter XXV. Mrs. O'Donnell Visits Her Husband -- Pinkertons in Jail -- More of Secretary Lovejoy's Statements -- Eviction Notices
Chapter XXVI. Riot Among Non-Union Men -- Indignant Workmen -- Arbitration Refused -- Thirty-third Street Mill Started Up -- The Strike at Duquesne -- Refusing Carnegie Steel
Chapter XXVII. Visiting the Mills -- More Arrests -- A Striker Shot -- Distributing Funds -- Legal Services from Abroad -- A Soldier Killed
Chapter XXVIII. The End Far Away -- Alarming Mortality -- Hugh Ross Surrenders -- Wholesale Indictments -- Berkman's Trial -- Guilty Sentenced -- Three Months of the Strike -- List of Killed
Chapter XXIX. An Eventful Month -- Treason and Its Meaning -- General Snowden's Claim to Notoriety -- Political Significance
Chapter XXX. Chief Justice Paxson's Charge -- Treason Defined -- The Law as Written -- Duty of the Jurors
Chapter XXXI. The Influence of the Charge on the Trial -- The Knights of Labor -- Thousands Unemployed -- Arraignment of Militia Officers -- Private Iams' Story -- An Anonymous Attack
Chapter XXXII. An Eventful and a Fatal Month -- Killing of Coyne -- Strike Declared Off -- "We Surrender" -- Senatorial Investigation -- Trial of Critchlow -- A Silvery-tongued Orator
Chapter XXXIII. The Alleged Poisoning Cases -- A Pinkerton Detective Plays an Important Part in the Prosecution -- Found Guilty by a State's Jury
Speech of W. W. Irwin
The Militia