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Angela Bonner
ELE-731
11/1/2017
Historical Summary: Pittsburgh Steel Mills Pittsburgh, affectionately known as the “Steel City”, garnered its nickname due to at one point in time producing one half of the nation’s steel output (Dilisio). Steel paved the way for billionaires, caused a stock market explosion, helped build cities lined with tall skyscrapers all …show more content…
When the union refused to accept the new conditions at the plant, Frick began locking the workers out of the plant (University of Pittsburgh).
Ultimately, the conflict became violent and ended up leaving several dead and wounded. …show more content…
In
1901, J. P. Morgan and attorney Elbert H. Gary founded U.S. Steel by combining Andrew
Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry
"Judge" Moore's National Steel Company, making, at one time, U.S. Steel the largest steel producer and largest corporation in the world (ExplorePAHistory).
1914 saw the beginning of World War I. Pittsburgh steel mills supplied 80% of the munitions steel during World War I (Pennsylvania State University). Even though steel mill workers endured bad working conditions, long hours, and low wages before, condition briefly improved during the war because employers did not want them to go on strike again.
However, once the war was over, the improvements did not last. Many workers went on strike, hoping to force their employers to raise wages and improve conditions, and the largest strike occurred among the steel workers from 1919 to 1920. This was known as the
"Great Steel Strike of 1919," and it eventually involved more than 350,000 workers (Ohio
History Central). The American Federation of Labor organized the strike, and
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Angela Bonner
ELE-731
11/1/2017
Historical Summary: Pittsburgh Steel Mills Pittsburgh, affectionately known as the “Steel City”, garnered its nickname due to at one point in time producing one half of the nation’s steel output (Dilisio). Steel paved the way for billionaires, caused a stock market explosion, helped build cities lined with tall skyscrapers all …show more content…
When the union refused to accept the new conditions at the plant, Frick began locking the workers out of the plant (University of Pittsburgh).
Ultimately, the conflict became violent and ended up leaving several dead and wounded. …show more content…
In
1901, J. P. Morgan and attorney Elbert H. Gary founded U.S. Steel by combining Andrew
Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry
"Judge" Moore's National Steel Company, making, at one time, U.S. Steel the largest steel producer and largest corporation in the world (ExplorePAHistory).
1914 saw the beginning of World War I. Pittsburgh steel mills supplied 80% of the munitions steel during World War I (Pennsylvania State University). Even though steel mill workers endured bad working conditions, long hours, and low wages before, condition briefly improved during the war because employers did not want them to go on strike again.
However, once the war was over, the improvements did not last. Many workers went on strike, hoping to force their employers to raise wages and improve conditions, and the largest strike occurred among the steel workers from 1919 to 1920. This was known as the
"Great Steel Strike of 1919," and it eventually involved more than 350,000 workers (Ohio
History Central). The American Federation of Labor organized the strike, and