| Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909 | |||
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 Funeral procession in McKees Rocks for Bloody Sunday victims | |||
| Date | July 10 - September 8, 1909 | ||
| Location | |||
| Goals | wages | ||
| Methods | Strikes, Protest, Demonstrations | ||
| Resulted in | Wage increase; end to housing abuses | ||
| Parties | |||
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| Lead figures | |||
Norton Hoffstot; | |||
| Casualties and losses | |||
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| Designated | October 14, 2000[1] | ||
The Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909, also known as the 1909 McKees Rocks strike, was an American labor strike which lasted from July 13 through September 8. The walkout drew national attention when it climaxed on Sunday August 22 in a bloody battle between strikers, private security agents, and the Pennsylvania State Police. At least 12 people died, and perhaps as many as 26.[2] The strike was the largest and most significant industrial labor dispute in the Pittsburgh area since the famous 1892 Homestead strike and was a precursor to the Great Steel Strike of 1919.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ Marylynne Pitz, "Pressed Steel Car strike in McKees Rocks reaches centennial anniversary". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 16, 2009, pg. E1.
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