Wanting a loyal workforce , he developed a town agenda that drew upon environmentalism as well as popular attitudes toward capital 's treatment of labor .
A strike and lockout at McMurtry 's steelworks in Apollo , Pennsylvania , prompted him to build the new town .
Wanting a loyal workforce , McMurtry developed a town agenda that drew upon environmentalism as well as popular attitudes toward capital 's treatment of labor .
A strike and lockout at McMurtry 's steelworks in Apollo , Pennsylvania , prompted him to build the new town .