Homestead Strike Victims
Posted by: 
Gosffo
N 40° 23.859 W 079° 54.114
17T E 593188 N 4472472
I'm glad someone knows where the graves are, I couldn't find them!
Waymark Code: WM8KZA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2010
Views: 6
Marker Text: In these two adjoining cemeteries are buried six of the seven Carnegie Steel Company workers killed during the "Battle of Homestead" on July 6, 1892. The graves of Peter Ferris, Henry Striegel, and Thomas Weldon are here in St. Mary's Cemetery. The remains of John Morris, Joseph Sotak, and Silas Wain lie in Homestead Cemetery. The seventh victim, George Rutter, is buried in Verona.
Marker Name: Homestead Strike Victims
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 06/11/1993
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 102 E 22nd St., near Main St., Munhall
Category: Labor
Website: [Web Link]
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