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storyThe Day Private Gunmen Invaded a Pittsburgh Steel TownAt Homestead in 1892, a labor dispute became an armed battle after Pinkerton agents arrived by barge to retake the Carnegie Steel works.HistoryHomestead Strike1892
storyThe Strike That Turned McKees Rocks Into a BattlefieldIn 1909, immigrant workers at Pressed Steel Car challenged opaque pay practices and factory discipline in a strike that exploded into deadly violence.HistoryMcKees RocksPressed Steel Car