On July 6th, 1892 there was battle between workers and The Pinkertons for the steel factory at Homestead. The workers from Andrew Carnegie's Homestead plant had just recently gone on strike for bad working conditions and had taken over the Homestead plant. Frick, Carnegie's appointed chairman while on vacation, hired the Pinkertons to try and take back the Homestead plant peacefully. Unfortunately, there was a battle and people died on both sides of the fight. This, however, could have been prevented if the workers weren't so demanding and bold. The workers were most responsible for the fight during the Homestead Strike because they were unwilling to negotiate and their aggressiveness in holding the factory. It’s the workers fault for