...so Henry Clay Frick, the plant manager stepped up demands. This ultimately led the workers to strike. In this letter from Frick to Carnegie concerning the Homestead strike, Frick describes his plans to sneak private armed guards into the mill to disband the strike.
In this telegram from Carnegie to Frick, Carnegie gives Frick his full support. He says to “never employ one of these rioters” and to “let grass grow over them.”8
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