March Homestake History: ‘No scabs here’ 

This month’s photo, courtesy of Deadwood History Inc., is thought to have been taken during the Homestake Mining Company Lock-Out of 1901-1910. In November 1909, Thomas Greir, Homestake Mining Company Superintendent, ordered a lock-out after the threat of a strike by Lead City Miner’s Union. According to the South Dakota Historical Society, the lockout start […]