Morewood massacre

Morewood Massacre
Miners and their families getting evicted from company housing during the strike.
DateFebruary 10 – May 26, 1891[1]
Location
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
GoalsHigher wages
Eight-hour day
MethodsStrikes, protests, demonstrations
Resulted inUnsuccessful
Parties
United Mine Workers
Coal miners
Lead figures

Captain Loar
Henry Clay Frick (Owner)
Andrew Carnegie (Owner)

Number
16,000
Casualties and losses
9

The Morewood massacre was an armed labor-union conflict in Morewood, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County, west of the present-day borough Mount Pleasant in 1891.

  1. ^ Vivian, Cassandra (June 2017). Coal Mine and Coke Oven Reclamation and Preservation Project Phase II: Early Coal Mines of Henry Clay Frick (PDF). Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society.
  2. ^ Vivian, Cassandra (June 2017). Coal Mine and Coke Oven Reclamation and Preservation Project Phase II: Early Coal Mines of Henry Clay Frick (PDF). Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society.