- Date:
- July 06, 1892
- Original Format:
- Fine Print Illustration
- Item#:
- 1890.0213
"The Homestead Riot"
This engraving from Harper's Weekly depicts the Pinkerton men after their surrender as a result of their barge being set aflame in the Monongahela River during the Homestead steel strike of 1892. They were forced to run a gauntlet through an angry mob on their way to a temporary prison.