Steel+Industry

=== The Steel Industry //By David Gregg// === ====**Birth of the Steel Industry**: Steel has been around for thousands of years, but only recently has it been used tremendously. Since the early 1800's, the steel industry has been used to make buildings, in everyday products, cans, cars, furniture, medical products, and many others.====

Carnegie Steel:​
Carnegie Steel was created by Andrew Carnegie in the late 1800's. It was based out of Pittsbu rgh, where a lot of steel plants are based.It was a leading steel company, until it left his hands in 1901, when it was sold to US Steel. It's name was changed to Carnegie-Illionis Steel. It produced the most steel for consumers all around our country. It was later bought out by a Texas company, which demolished the plant, and moved it to Texas, under a new name.

**Homestead Steel Strike:**
The Homestead steel strike was from May 4, 1892 to August 14, 1893. It was located near Pittsburgh, and it was where the Carnegie workers refused to work any longer under no contract for the Union. On July 6, 1892, the AA members boarded a few barges with rifles, and went to convince the workers to begin again, but the workers fought back against the members. They through dynamite, and used snipers to shoot the members on the barges. There was an agreeance, and after casualties on both sides, the battle stopped. The two came to an agreement on the 4th of May, 1893.

====**Working Conditions:** Today it is known that there are many dangers when working in plants. You can be burned, you can inhale chemicals, or even be smooshed by falling objects like pipes or sheet metal. Back then, people didn't think of this, and jobs were far more serious and dangerous. People were being killed very often by accidents like these. The floors were dirty, the air was polluted, and there was deadly molds around, because it wasn't an issue back then.==== ====**Bessemer Process:** The Bessemer process was the first in-expensive way to pour molds of molten pig-iron. It was named for its creator, Henry Bessemer, who established it in 1855. It was used for mass production of steel products. References [] en.wikipedia/wiki/steel====