<P> Homestead Steel Works was a large steel works located on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania in the United States . The company developed in the nineteenth century as an extensive plant served by tributary coal and iron fields, a railway 425 miles (684 km) long, and a line of lake steamships . The works were the site of one of the more serious labour disputes in U.S. history, which became known as the Homestead Strike of 1892 . </P> <P> The steel works were first constructed in 1881 . Andrew Carnegie, (a Scottish emigrant), bought the 2 year old Homestead Steel Works in 1883, and integrated it into his Carnegie Steel Company . </P> <P> A series of industrial disputes over wages, working hours and contracts occurred in the early years of the works, leading to the Homestead Strike, an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892 . The battle was one of the most serious disputes in U.S. labor history and the final result was a major defeat for the union and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers . </P> <P> In 1896, Carnegie built the Carnegie Library of Homestead in nearby Munhall as part of concessions to the striking workers . (This however has never been validated . Carnegie had the plans drawn up in the late 1880s, and run ins with the Union bosses kept him from actually building it .) </P>

Who owned the homestead steel mill and where was it located