McKees Rocks Strike (1909)

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause low wages
poor working conditions
abusive management practices
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Pressed_Steel_Car_Company
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Italian immigrants
Eastern European immigrants
Slavic immigrants
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influenced future labor movements
highlighted labor unrest in early 20th century America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label McKees Rocks Strike (1909)
gptkbp:industry railroad car manufacturing
gptkbp:location gptkb:McKees_Rocks,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bloody_Sunday_(August_22,_1909)
gptkbp:notableLeader Joe Magarac (legendary figure)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 5,000
gptkbp:opposedBy private security
local police
state militia
gptkbp:result violent clashes
deaths of workers and law enforcement
partial improvements in working conditions
gptkbp:startDate 1909
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:McKees_Rocks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6