Pittsburgh Post, July 8, 1892 In an interview yesterday afternoon with Mr. George N. McCain, correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, Mr. H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, said: “The question at issue is a very grave one. It is...
This film is a visual remembrance of the life of William (Bill) Beik, an eminent French professor and historian. He died on August 31, 2017. Bill was a member of the Battle of Homestead Foundation. On September 17, 2017, the Foundation honored Bill at a memorial...
This is a documentary film about the July 6, 2017 Battle of Homestead foundation event “Ceremony at the Gravesites Battle of Homestead Heroes”. This event commemorates the six fallen workers killed during the infamous 1892 Homestead Strike in Homestead, PA. The Battle...
Joe Szalanski was an immigrant steel worker who lived in the early 1900’s. His father and friends worked long hours in the hot and dangerous steel mills. Not wanting to follow in their footsteps, he left the area for jobs elsewhere. When the Great Depression...
The works of Charlee Brodsky, Robert Qualters, Peter Oresick and Jennifer Rempel encompass many aspects of working-class life and culture in the Monongahela Valley. Looking closely at their work, one can see the themes of work, community, struggle, dignity, faith,...
