Striking Crowd

ID: 2919 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Image 2002695621. ~ Date: 1919

This file appears in: The Steel Strike of 1919 in Gary

A strike leader speaking to striking workers at Gary Works. About 85% of Gary steelworkers refused to work during the 1919 steel strike.

This file appears in: The Steel Strike of 1919 in Gary

The Steel Strike of 1919 in Gary

By Gary Public Library & Jennifer Guiliano

On September 22, 1919, workers employed by the US Steel Corporation laid down their tools and abandoned their jobs in the steel factories. Stretching from Chicago and St. Louis to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the strikers would ultimately include…