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joseph brown (1892 homestead strike) |
joseph brown lived in pittsburgh town his whole life, in pittsburgh town joseph brown worked the old steel mill skimmin' slag, rollin' slabs in that old steel mill ain't had one penny to his name then henry frick, he did proclaim "i'm raising your hours, i'm lowering your pay man you've got no rights today" in the year of 1892 brown joined the worker union crew three thousand strong they organized for a living wage they all did rise scabs were hired, the mills refilled guards marched through, ten men were killed eight-thousand troops were soon sent in the man who owned the town did win with wages cut and hours raised joseph brown worked until his dying days no justice earned, no morals learned the most common fate you've ever heard when suits and states are on each others side the poor are pushed and are forced to hide that's the way it's been and still remains and we'll fight it off until our dyin' days yes, let's fight it off until our dyin' days |