Andrew Carnegie's Argumentative Essay

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My dear fellow workers and leaders, we have worked so hard to provide for our family. We have struggled so hard to pay for our living condition. We were promise to have good wages and work rule. What did we gain? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! We are aware that the Carnegie steel Corporation has a high profit. It is unclear why they are cutting our wages and I feel they are trying to destroy us by giving little wages. Carnegie Steel proposed an 18% wage reduction as part of a new pay scale. I disagree with that assessment because that is still not enough to help feed our family. In fact, I feel that is another way of taking advantage of your employee. The contract employees had pressured the company to sign in 1889 was set to expire on June 30. …show more content…
He may have come from a poor family. He may be the most humble person you have ever met. However, he is no friend of mine and I would not want to be in his presence. I have come to the realization that our interest lies in labor. You may not be a visionary as Mr. Carnegie, but we can see the product of steel can create big changes to the future. I understand that Mr. Carnegie is trying to avoid having violent conflict with us. Mr. Frick provocation of bringing the Pinkerton to guard the factory has forced us to engage in violence. Nonetheless, I do respect Mr. Carnegie and if he was in charge of the mill, things could have ending …show more content…
I believe we had hope and things would change. I had hope that we have one for our brothers who have fallen. I had thought we have won and we would receive a bigger pay, to support our family. I had foolishly believed walk back to the mill with sheer victory. We persuaded Gov. Patterson that order is restored on the mill. We tried to explain to him that the union strike was to ensure the safety of our workers. It’s just as I feared, government Patterson did not believe us. It was July 12, 1892 the Pennsylvania state militia has arrived to help manage the Carnegie plant. The government that was a betrayal to us, we had hope he would shut down the plant. It feels like we are also the anatomy of the government as well. When the plant reopened, a few of us tried to enter to stop their furnace from relighting. The malicious was more powerful than the Pinkerton, but they only wounded us. It became clearly obvious to us that we have lost the strike. Our union members were slowly falling apart continues to evaporate. We have learned that Mr. Alexander Berkman attempted to assassinate Mr. Frick. Unfortunately, Mr. Frick has survived with the wounded neck. Despite Mr. Berkman’s failed assassination, I am pleased to hear that Mr. Frick is wounded. Let us honor the great deed Mr. Berkman has done for

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