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Connellsville (kŏn`əlzvĭl'), city (1990 pop. 9,229), Fayette co., SW Pa., on the Youghiogheny River in the Allegheny Mts.; settled c.1770, inc. as a borough 1806, as a city 1911. A significant producer of coal and coke, the city also has railroad shops. Its manufactures include machinery, chemicals, and paper products. The attack upon Henry C. Frick Frick, Henry Clay, 1849–1919, American industrialist, b. Westmoreland co., Pa. He worked on his father's farm, was a store clerk, and did bookkeeping before he and several associates organized (1871) Frick & Company to operate coke ovens in the ..... Click the link for more information. by the anarchist Alexander Berkman Berkman, Alexander (bĕrk`män, bûrk`mən), 1870?–1936, anarchist, b. Vilna (then in Russian Lithuania). ..... Click the link for more information. occurred (1892) in Connellsville during the Homestead strike Homestead strike, in U.S. history, a bitterly fought labor dispute. On June 29, 1892, workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pa. to protest a proposed wage cut. Henry C. ..... Click the link for more information. . A branch of Pennsylvania State Univ. is south of the city. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1912, the lodge appointed special dues collectors to retrieve dues from outlying members living in Trotter, Adelaide, Vanderbilt, and Connellsville. At age 88, he lives in New Jersey now and returns to Connellsville every summer to be the official starter and trophies presenter at the John Woodruff 5-K Run and Walk, established in his honor. Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant who earned a fortune with railroad and iron investments, and Henry Clay Frick, a successful investor whose company operated coke ovens in Connellsville, Penn. |
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