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John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company was found in Ohio. Rockefeller had been active in the oil business,
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Carnegie visited Henry Bessemer's steel plant in England, and he demanded for steel rails in Britain , Andrew Carnegie returns to America hoping to expand his steel business.
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Exactly one year later, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner publish The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, a satire book about greed and corruption, coming up with what the period is labeled for the second half of the 19th century.
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Brakemen and firemen from the Baltimore & Ohio railroad (aka B&O railroad) walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, putting forth a wildcat strike that will shut down thousands of miles of track throughout the NE side of United States.
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A rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square in support of striking workers from McCormick Harvester Works ends when a bomb is thrown, killing six policemen and wounding more than 60 others. 8 anarchists are convicted of the crime, but all supporters of unions and the eight-hour day are found guilty by association in the public eye.
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Industrialist Andrew Carnegie publishes an essay entitled "The Gospel of Wealth," he argued that extremely wealthy Americans like himself had a responsibility to spend their money in order to benefit the greater good.
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Henry Frick, shuts down the factory and locks out its employees when negotiations with representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers break down.
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Two boats filled with armed Pinkerton Detectives attempt to land at Homestead to guard Carnegie's steel plant. Striking steel workers prevent the boats from landing. During the 14-hour battle, 7 steel workers and 3 detectives are killed.
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Alexander Berkman ( the leading member of the anarchist movement) tries to kill Henry Frick, plant manager at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead steel plant. Even though he was stabbed several times in the neck and torso, Frick survives and refuses to get medical treatment until the end of his normal workday.
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United States Steel, J.P. Morgan's holding company, which includes the recently taken, Carnegie Steel is hired by the state of New Jersey.