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Thumbnail for His darkest hours : in the second extract from his biography of Andrew Carnegie, author Peter Krass examines new evidence of the magnate's union-busting manoeuvres in a tragic and bloody strike at one of his factories

His darkest hours : in the second extract from his biography of Andrew Carnegie, author Peter Krass examines new evidence of the magnate's union-busting manoeuvres in a tragic and bloody strike at one of his factories

Krass, Peter2002
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Extract published in the Scotsman from 'Carnegie' by Peter Krass, published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2003. This is the second part in a series of three extracts published over three days. In this section the author examines the events at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead factory, where millworkers fought against a private army of Pinkertons.
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