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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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The tree given to John Woodruff, an 800-meter gold medalist, is "still growing strong" in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, at his high school's library. Anchor Glass Container Corporation (NASDAQ:AGCC) today announced that, at its meeting on November 4th, the board of directors decided to close the Connellsville, Pennsylvania facility. DTSI is headquartered in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. |
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