Deported by God: the attempted assassination of a gilded age millionaire
It was a time of labor unrest in the United States. Socialist and anarchist used the brutal tactics of the robber barons to gain support for their causes. The robber barons used private armies, like the famed Pinkertons, to crush unions. In 1892 these forces would collide at the Carnegie owned steel mill in Homestead Penn. Join Kim and I as we take a dive into the chaos surrounding the Homestead strike and the attempted assassination of one of the most powerful business leaders in the United States, Henry Frick.
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It was a time of labor unrest in the United States. Socialist and anarchist used the brutal tactics of the robber barons to gain support for their causes. The robber barons used private armies, like the famed Pinkertons, to crush unions. In 1892 these forces would collide at the Carnegie owned steel mill in Homestead Penn. Join Kim and I as we take a dive into the chaos surrounding the Homestead strike and the attempted assassination of one of the most powerful business leaders in the United Sta...