1892
In Pennsylvania the Homestead Strike, at one of Andrew Carnegie's steel mills, lasts for five months.
The Sierra Club is founded, with 182 charter members. John Muir is elected president. The club defeats an effort to reduce the boundaries of Yosemite National Park.
Butler summers in East Hampton, Long Island, and is elected to the exclusive Century Club (Association), established in 1847 as a club to promote interest in the fine arts and literature.