Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

The photograph is of 5 police officers and a spectating civilian setting up a machine gun in front of a car on a residential street. The force was to be potentially used against strikers during the Ambridge strike of 1933 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. The 1933 Ambridge strike occurred in early October 1933 when workers at Ambridge's National Electric Plant voted to strike for recognition of their union, the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, SMWIU, and wage increase. Subsequently, workers at Central Tube Co., Sprang-Chalfant, Wycoff Drawn Steel, H.H. Robertson, and A.M. Byers all joined the strike. All locations were met with a heavy police presence. In an attempt to break picket lines, a violent altercation ensued on October 5th, 1933. The altercation resulted in the death of a spectator, and over 100 injuries.

Summer 2010 program schedule to be held at the Pump House. Events vary from film showings, book signings, poetry readings and more.

Description of the founding of the Battle of Homestead Foundation beginning in the late 1980s Spotlighting labor history in the Pittsburgh region

Founding of the Battle of Homestead Foundation Articles of Incorporation Creating a Non-Profit

The press release given by the Battle of Homestead Foundation details the creation of a book project committee with the goal of providing publications of relevant labor history under the title of The Battle of Homestead Press. The release references the following books: The Point of Pittsburgh by Charles McCollester, Work Accidents and the Law by Crystal Eastman, and McKeesport by John Hoerr.

Program suggestions for Battle of Homestead foundation in 2008 by John and Linda Asmonga with emphasis on a time capsule

This document details the scheduled programs held at the Pump House by Battle of Homestead Foundation in 2014.

The document is a draft for the proposed Pennsylvania Historical Marker for the Battle of Homestead that resulted from the Homestead lock out and strike of 1892. The document details those involved in the proposal and the text for the marker,

The following artwork was created by artist Bill Yund for use in Charles McCollester's book, Point of Pittsburgh.

The following letter is from the Black Political Empowerment Project and the Regional Equity Monitoring Project to the Trade Union Equity Force regarding ways to improve conditions for local laborers. The letter overviews the two groups sending the letter, community workforce agreements, project labor agreements, labor models, meetings to attend, and direct action methods.