Raymond Simboli: Pinkerton Riot, Pittsburgh. 1948.
Simboli-McFadden Collection
Oil on Canvas
29.5” x 34.5”
Signed ‘R. Simboli’ (lower left corner)
Inv 1006
Simboli’s recreation on canvas of the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike. Around 1886, Homestead, a few miles from Pittsburgh along the Monongahela river, was the heart of the U.S. Steel Industry. Carnegie Steel, the central industry, did a lock out of its employees, creating great aggitation. Three hundred Pinkerton guards were sent out to quell some 5000 workers. This resulted in nine deaths, many injuries, and shortly after, the arrest of Alexander Beckman, who had attempted to assassinate the plant manager, Henry Clay Frick.
![KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjpq0P3it1qakblyo1_500.png)
KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]
Raymond Simboli: Pinkerton Riot, Pittsburgh. 1948.
Simboli-McFadden Collection
Oil on Canvas
29.5” x 34.5”
Signed ‘R. Simboli’ (lower left corner)
Inv 1006Simboli’s recreation on canvas of the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike. Around 1886, Homestead, a few miles from Pittsburgh along the Monongahela river, was the heart of the U.S. Steel Industry. Carnegie Steel, the central industry, did a lock out of its employees, creating great aggitation. Three hundred Pinkerton guards were sent out to quell some 5000 workers. This resulted in nine deaths, many injuries, and shortly after, the arrest of Alexander Beckman, who had attempted to assassinate the plant manager, Henry Clay Frick.
![KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjpq0P3it1qakblyo1_1280.png)
KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]
