Apush Chapter 17- Set 6

1892. The workers at Caregie's steel plant in Pennsylvania went on strike, forcing the owner (Andrew Carnegie owned Homestead) to close it down. Armed guards were hired to protect the building This strike was typical of the period in that it was broken by the use of government power (8000 National Guard soldiers were sent to protect the strikebreakers.)

A working establishment where only people belonging to the union were hired. It was done by the unions to protect their workers from cheap labor. 

Someone who worked in place of a striking worker; were also called strikebreakers. Corporations hired them to break strikes by union workers. In 1877, the US federal government protected scab Train crews in the Great Railroad Strike

A written contract between employers and employees in which the employees sign an agreement that they will not join a union while working for the company. This was tool used by employers to prevent unionization. 

A judicial order forcing a person or group to refrain from something. This was a tool used by industry that frequently sought and got injection ordering unions to stop striking. The use of these indicated the substantial support of the courts and government on supporting industry rather than unions. 

1894. Started by enraged workers who were part of George Pullman's "model town". It began when Pullman cut wages during the Panic of 1893, but refused to cut his workers' rent on their houses. Pullman refused to negotiate and troops were brought in to ensure that trains would continue to run. The strike widened when The American Railroad Union, whose president, Eugene V. Debs supported the strike by refusing to handle Pullman cars. It was broken by the government troops on the grounds it was interfering with the US mail. The event illustrated the conflict between labor and industry and also demonstrated the role the federal government played in supporting and intervening on behalf of industry