Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909

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Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909
Funeral procession in McKees Rocks for Bloody Sunday victims
DateJuly 10 - September 8, 1909
Location
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Goalswages
MethodsStrikes, Protest, Demonstrations
Resulted inWage increase; end to housing abuses
Parties
Pennsylvania State Police; Strikebreakers
Lead figures

Norton Hoffstot;
Pearl Bergoff

Casualties and losses
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 26+
Arrests:
Deaths: 1
Injuries:
DesignatedOctober 14, 2000[1]

The Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909, also known as the 1909 McKees Rocks strike, was an American labor strike which lasted from July 13 through September 8. The walkout drew national attention when it climaxed on Sunday August 22 in a bloody battle between strikers, private security agents, and the Pennsylvania State Police. At least 12 people died, and perhaps as many as 26.[2] The strike was the largest and most significant industrial labor dispute in the Pittsburgh area since the famous 1892 Homestead strike and was a precursor to the Great Steel Strike of 1919.

  1. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. ^ Marylynne Pitz, "Pressed Steel Car strike in McKees Rocks reaches centennial anniversary". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 16, 2009, pg. E1.