It  is  not  necessary  to  give  here  a  detailed  account  of  the
various  aspects  and  developments  of  the  strike  of  i892.§  That
has  been  done  until  everyone  who  is  interested  in  the  labor  move-
ment in  the  United  States  is  somewhat  familiar  with  the  story.
Note,  however,  that  a  few  events  of  an  unusual  nature  served  to
fan  the  prejudices  of  the  time,  and  these  still  obscure  to  many,  who
would  like  to  be  fair-minded,  the  real  issues  involved.  The  so-
called  battle  between  the  Pinkerton  men  and  the  strikers  and  the
subsequent  treatment  of  the  Pinkertons  have  done  much  to  color

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1891,  p.  3649.  \  American  Manufacturer  and  Iron  World,  July  i,  1892.  §  Ref-
erences on  the  Homestead  Strike. — Taussig,  F.  W.:  Economic  Journal,  3:307.
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view, 155  =  355.  Powderly,  T.  V.:  North  American  Review,  155  :  370.  Weeks,  J.  D.:
Christian  Union,  46:  113.  Bemis,  E.  W.:  Journal  of  Political  Economy,  2  :  369.
Bemis,  E.  W.:  Social  Economist,  3  :  108,  163.  Testimony  before  Congressional
Investigating  Committee,  Miss.  Doc.  No.  335,  52nd  Congress,  ist  Session.  Report
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popular  opinion  in  the  matter.  The  attempt  upon  the  life  of
Chairman  H.  C.  Frick  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  by  an  an-
archist from  New  York,  a  stranger  in  Pittsburgh  and  a  stranger  to
the  Amalgamated  Association,  also  served  to  cloud  the  situation.
