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PINKERTONS AND WORKMEN
HAVE
AN AWFUL BATTLE
AT HOMESTEAD, PA.
VOL XIV.
And Redden Their Fangs in the Heart's Blood of
Locked-Out Workmen and Hired
Thugs.
OVER A SCORE KILLED AT HOMESTEAD.
Treacherous Attempt at an Uncalled-For Coup de
Main Responsible for a Terrific Crime
at Early Dawn.
TWO SCORE WOUNDED, MANY UNTO DEATH.
Invading Pinkertons Met by Mill Workers at the
Lifting of the River Mist, and Guns
Belch Destruction.
CANNON BROUGHT INTO DEADLY PLAY.
Imported Watchmen Besieged for Many Torturous
Hours in Hot and Bloody "Model" Steel-
Lined Barges.
.
REVENGEFUL ATTEMPTS AT CREMATION FAIL
An Oil-Covered River Fired and Dynamite Used to
Execute a Monstrous Conception of
Madmen.
CRAZED VICTIMS OF GREED FOR COLD.
The White Flag and Unconditional Surrender Fol
lowed by the Wreaking of Barbarous
Vengeance.
A FEARFUL DAY'S WORK ON SATAN'S MODEL.
Homestead, Pa., July &.— As when a
tattle lulls; when the singing of mine
ball 6, the bursting of shells, and
the roar of the cannon becomes desul
tory, so the fierce fight which broke
the dawn, took up the morning
hours and reached far into the after
noon became only a skirmish by 3
o'clock. Thousands of relatives and
sympathizers with the strikers and hun
dreds of the curious flocked to the Car
negie plant, the immense bone of con
tention in the great struggle, and cen
tered their eyes on the two
white barges, hugging closely
the steep banks, which sheltered the
hated Pinkertons. The hills back of
Homestead and across the river as far
as the eye could see were dotted with
human beings. With every shot from
the locketl-out workmen they craned
their necks, hopingonly to see a ghastly
result. The Pinkertons were very
much hors dv combat, and their war
ring had become purely passive. Three
times they ran up the white flag of
truce, but were answered with derisivs
cheers and more offensiveness.
Dynamite Used in Chunks.
The strikers had two cannon, which
they tried to train on the boats, but
each shot flew wide of the mark. Finally
the cannon burst, and then they re
sorted to dynamite. Great chunks of It
•were thrown at the boat, the most of
which only splashed the water. Occa-
Bionly it struck the roof, but exploded
upward, and only left a white breath of
smoke. One lucky shot struck the stern
end of the barges, and made a gaping
opening which served as an objective
point for future throws, but was always
missed. Other shots ripped great sec
tions off the oaken deck.
Previous to this they had tried to fire
the boats by pouring oil on the water
and igniting it, but after wasting about
half a tank they gave this up as futile.
They took a long section of hose and
tried to pipe the Carnegie company's
gas to the boats to blow up the com
pany's protectors. Time and again they
tried it, each effort proving a failure,
while the spectators and strikers awaited
the result with bated breath. All knew
that it meant
Deatii to the Deputies.
If not biowti up or burned to death
they would be shot down like dogs.
For behind improvised breastworks of
abandoned machinery, buildings, scrap
iron, fc.tc, sharpshooters were ready to
diow them down, while men with re
volvers were ready to take them if it
became a fight at short range.
Meanwhile the Pinkertons were hud
dled under deck, dragging in their dead
and caring for the wounded, awaiting
what seemed their certain doom, as all
overtures of surrender had been
refused. The; dared not act on
the offensive, as it would have
brought that wild crowd of men,
fighting for the bread and butter
of their wives and children, thirsting
for revenge fjr the muntr of their
brethren, down upon them. "They give
no quarter, we will give none," was
grimly passed from lip to lip. Mean
while the body of an unknown work
man lay on the river bank, his brethren
being afraid to venture far enough to
identify it, let alone attempt a rescue.
Kciuf'orcciueiils March lv.
Suddenly there was ashout,and down
the Pemicky trestlework there marched
1,000 brawny sons of toil, waving at
their head their country's flag. Hands
clasped hands aud huzzas rent the air.
The brothers of toil forgot for a minute
the great point at issue as they renewed
their vows for the common cause. Firing
ceased entirely.
After conference with the other Amal
gamated leaders President Weihe left
for Pittsburg to again confer with the
Daily ST PAUL Globe.
sheriff, but his attempts to bring about
a peaceful climax were unnecessary.
At 5:30, after being penned up like
sheep, and undergoing fire since morn
ing, the Pinkertons again, for the
fourth time, ran up the white flag. This
time cooler counsel prevailed, the sur
render wasaccepted,and the Pinkertons
were marched off the boat to the rink
and locked up. The strikers, in their
angry frenzy, apparently unsatisfied by
the surrender, set fire to the barges and
burned them to the water's edge.
No Property Destroyed.
Pittsbuhg, Pa., July 6.— Pittsburgh
present experience with labor riots, as
during the fearful scenes which were
witnessed during the railroad riots of
lf?7T, has been a record of bloodshed,
life jeopardized and valuable property
placed iv danger. This time there was
no destruction of property, but the mob
was thoroughly well organized, well
disciplined, and had efficient officers at
the head to conduct operations. The force
embracecPal] the men employed in the
extensive plants of the Carnegie Iron
and Steel company at Homestead, some
eight miles east of Pittsburg, and a
battle, which for bloodthirstiness and
boldness of execution has not been ex
celled in actual warfare, waged from 4
o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock
this afternoon, and only ceased when
the force of Pinkertons brought to the
place to suppress the strike uncondi
tionally sunendered,leaving their arms
in the barge in which they had been
transported to the works.
The Germ of Discord.
The riot today was the culmination of
the troubles which have been brewing
at Homestead for the paqt month. The
Carnegie company submitted a scale to
govern their workmen in the steel
plants, and announced that it was their
ultimatum. The scale made a sweeping
reduction in the wages of skilled men.
and it was officially announced that un
less the terms were complied with be
fore July 1 the places of the workmen
would be filled by others.
This was followed by a peremptory re
fusal on the part of the company to
recognize the Amalgamated Association
of Steel and Iron Workers as such, or to
confer witli any committee of the work
men for any purpose short of an accept
ance of the terms offered. The men stated
that they would never submit to the
proposed reduction, and announced
their determination to resist any effort
on the part of the Carnegie company to
start up their plants with non-union
men. As botli sides were determined,
both proceeded to prepare for the con
test which culminated in the deads of
violence and bloodshed that were wit
nessed today in the big hive of in
dustry on the Monongahela.
Frlck Was Stuns.
The contest was precipitated by the
workmen at Homestead hanging H. C.
Frick, president of the company, in
effigy, and in retaliation the company
ordered an immediate shut-dowu of the
big works two days before the time pro
vided by the contract under which the
men were working. The employers at
at once proceeded to organize for the
defensive, and the company erected a
high board fence around the entire
works, giving them the appearance of
an immense stockade, the fences being
pierced with portholes.
Yesterday the Carnegie company an
nounced its intention to proceed to get
ready to make repairs, and the officials
asked the sheriff to appoint deputies to
protect its property, 'flip Sheriff sent a
small squaii of men up to the works,
l/ut the strikers assembled in force and
I notified them to get out of town, as no
disturbance was intended and no dam
age done to property. They then offered
to be sworn iv as deputies ami to give
bonds for the faithful performance ot
their duties as conservators of the peace.
When this offer was declined the ad
visory committee, which had been di
recting the action of tha worktue i. and
which had held the turbulent spirits
among the workmen In check, was im
mediately dissolved and all the records
ot the committee promptly destroyed.
A Fatal Coup tie ZTlalu.
The developments today showeJ that
the application marie for assistance of
the sheriff was merely for the purpose
of covering what was intended to be a
coup de main on the part ot the Car
negie company, in clandestinely Intro
ducing a body of Pinkerton detectives
into the mill enclosure. The detectives
had been rendevousud some five or six
miles below the city on the Ohio river .
at which place two "model" barges had
been prepared for them. The barge?
were of the best build, ahd were used
in shipping iron rails down the river
from the Carnegie miils at Bruddock.
The holds were fitted up with bunks,
cooking arrangements and other "accom
modations, and as an extra precaution
in preparation for the siege to which
they were subjected today were lined
witli heavy steel plates on tlie inside,
while the whole back deck was pro
tected in a similar manner.
It was the intention that the men
should reach tiie works about 3 o'clock
this morning, but the guards which
were on duty along the river got word
of.the threatened invasion of the hated
Pinkerton men and prepared to receive
them. The barges were towed up the
river by a towboat, but long before the
Pinkerton men reached Homestead
thousands of strikers had gathered on
the banks of the river, ready to give
them a warm welcome. When the
boats attempted to land the workmen
broke through the fence surrounding
the null, and, entrenching themselves
behind piles of steel billets, prepared to
resist the landing of the detectives.
Beginning: the Battle.
By 4 o'clock in the morning an effort
was made to land the detectives, but
the strikers met them and a fierce bat
tle was precipitated, both sides exchang
ing a heavy volley of shots. The de
tectives were all armed witii Winches
ter rifles, but at the point where the at
tempt to land was made there was a
.steep embankment and they were com
pelled to go in single file and were soon
driven back to the boat by the steady
fire from the shore. •■ .
The noise of the battle spread about
the borough like wildfire, and thou
sands of men, women and children
thronged the river bank to witness the
fight in progress. The Pinkerton men
were determined to land, ' ana they
poured volley after volley into the ranks
of the strikers, many of whom were
stricken down by the bullets, some of
them being fatally injured and others
killed -*t>utright. As ithe battle pro
gressed, the strikers took up a position
behind • the breastworks hastily con
structed of steel rails and billets, and
from this place: of safe refuge were
able to pick off the detectives as soon as
they appeared onthe decks of the boats.
Deserted by the Towboat
: In the meantime Capt. Hind and
Supt. Kline, of the Pinkertons, were
disabled, and the fire became so fierce
that the crew of : the towboat hastily
cut loose from the barge and steamed
up the river, carrying as many of the
wounded as they could reach to Brad
dock, from which point they were sent
down to the hospitals for treatment at
Pittsburg. Seven of the force were
thus cared for, while the strikers that
fell wounded were carried to their
homes at Homestead, the dead beni*
carried to the undertaking establish
ments in the town. ■
OVER A. SCOKE KILLED,
______
And Two Score Wounded, . Some
Fatally.
' Homestead, Pa., July 6.— The list of
killed and injured as near as can be as
certained at midnight are as follows:
Killed.
MARTIN FOY,
JOHN MOKRIS,
T JULES MARKOWSKY,
HENRY STREIGEL, .
PETER IIEISE,
DAVID DAVIS.
I KOBERT FOSTER, ... •..
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, - 1
J. 11. KLEIN, ...
JOSEPH SUPER,
J TWO UNKNOWN HUNGARIANS. • -.. •_ ;
: NINE PINKERTON DETECTIVES."
names have not been learned, as most of
them were known by numbers. ' .
Wounded.
; David Lester, detective, Bhot in the head
and sprained ankle. QE39
Fred H. Hind, chief of detectives, shot in
the leg.
Russell Wells, detective, shot in the leg. .
J.C. Hoffman, detective, shot in the knee.
George W. Rutter, Homestead steel
worker, shot iv Ihe hip and dangerously
wounded. •
Lawrence Laughlin, steel worker, thigh
broken.
An Unknow n Pole, shot in the knee; un
conscieus from loss of blood. :
John McCukky, watchman on . the Little
Bill, snot iv the groin; dangerously hurt. .
: '. Capt. Henrt, ".
Andrew Sutler,
JosEru Zsido,
W. Wallace,
Michael Murray,
John Kane.
Harry Hughes.
An Unknown Mah. .
• Miles Laughlin, s>erionsly Injured.
John Cain, shot through leg.
Andrew Scuyler, shot through kneecap.
The imprisoned Pinkertons say that
seven of their men were killed outright
and eleven wounded. They believe
several dead men were thrown off the
Little Bill into the river. The number
of - Pinkertons now In the lock-up and
rink is 284. The homes of the detectives
are: Chicago, 120; New York, 75; Phila
delphia, 25; remainder, neighborhood of
Brooklyn.
The coroner. of Allegheny county is
here making preparations for an in
quest, and the sheriff is expected before
morning. • ■ ' . . "
BESIEGED WITH CANNON.
Steel Plates Prevented Any Great
Execution.
' PnTSßiniG, July 6.— The news of the
riot reached Pittsburg as early as 6
o'clock in the -morning, and thousands
ot mill workers who are now idle pend
ing the conference on the scale congre
gated in the streets, while hundreds of
others, armed with guns and revolvers
and well supplied with ammunition,'
took up the line of march . to reinforce \
the strikers. As soon as day broke the.
locked-out secured ; a smal£ brass'leii
pounder canndu and planted it within a
steel billet embrazure, so as to command
'£ne barges which were moored at the
bank of the river. At ; the F same time a c
force ot more than a thousand men took
Continued, on Foiurtli Page,
ST. PAUL, MINN.. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, J892.
AUGUST THE THIRD.
Then Will the Democratic
Hosts of Minnesota As
semble
In the Largest Convention in
the History of the
. Party.
A Call to All Who Believe in
Lower Tariff Bur
dens.
The Democratic Situation
Discussed by the Party
Leaders.
Minnesota Democrats are enthusias
tic, and their enthusiasm is born of a
feeling that success this year is assured.
The Democracy of Minnesota will
hold the largest and the most enthusias
tic convention in its history in the city
of Minneapolis on the third of next
month. The total number of delegates
fixed upon by the state committee yes-
yv; '.y&* CAt\ks El A
county, and one additional for each 120
-votes or major fraction thereof polled
for Juclire Wilson in the last state ejec
tion. Unlike the Republicans, the
Democrats consider one Democratic vote
just
Am Good as Any Ctlier
and not better. Every Democrat who
voted for Judge Wilson two years asro is
given liberal representation under
the call issued yesterday, and the
thousands of true blue Democrats in
Ramsey, Hennepin. Steams, Blue
Earth. Winona, Scott, Carver, McLeod,
Le Sueur and other comities will not be
punished by reduced influence because
they were loyal two years ago. The
call follows:
The Democrats of Minnesota are called to
meet in delegate convention .in the city of
Minneapolis, in the Exposition hall, on
Wednesday, Aug. .'j, 189.', at high noon, for
the purpose of putting in nomination candi
dates for the following state office*, to wit:
Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, state treasurer, attorney general, three
justices of the supreme court aud nine presi
dential electors.
We invite to a participation by representa
tion in this delegate convention all voters of
this state, of whatever prior partisan rela
tions, who believe with us that "Republican
protection is a fraud and a robbery ot the'
great mujqrUy of the American people for
the benefit of the few-"' that "the federal
government has no constitutional power
to enforce and collect laritf duties ex
cept for revenue oi:ly;" who demand with
us. "that the collection of such taxes shall
be limited to the necessities df the govern
ment economically admhiistered."-and who
think that the removal ot the barriers of
trade is the first great reform to be accom
plished before other and cognate reforms
are entered on. We also ask the r-o-opera
ticn of all those voters who, with us, oppose
"state interference with parental rights
and rights of conscience in the
education of their children," and, who be
lieve that the state has reached the limits of
its educational functions when it has pro
vided the opportunities for the education of
its youth. We especially invite the aid of
those voters of the state who would over
throw the present unholy combination which
monopolizes the graiu markets of the state
and who would see established free, open
and competitive markets for the produce of
our farms.
The representation in the convention is
based on the vote for the l)emocra*ic candi
date for governor in 1893, giving one delegate
at large to each county and one for each U'O
votes, or major fractionthereof, cast for said
caudidate.
The several counties will be entitled to the
number of delegates in said convention set
opposite their respective names, as follows,
to wit:
Aitkin 3Marshall 2
Anoka 7 Martin 4
Becker 5 Meeker.. 10
Beurami. 1 Mille Lacs "..".'. 2
Benton 6 Morrison 12
Bie Stone A Mower 10
Blue Earth 16 Murray .' 3
Brown 11 Nicollet 8
Carlton 3 Nobles ... 5
Carver 16 Xornian \ 3
Cass 2 Olmsted 17
Chlppewa -5 Otter Tail 10
Chisago 3 Piue * 4
Clay 4 Pipestone. ....**..""." 2
Cook 1 Polk 8
Cottonwood 2 PoDe 2 !
Crow Wing 4 Ramsey ....'.'.'.."". 94
Dakota ... 18 Redwood *. 4
Dodge .. 5 Renville 7
Douglas .. 3 Rice 15
Karibault 8 Rock. 3
Fillmore VI St. .Louis ...'. 18
Freeborn 5 Scott 18
Gooahue 12 Sherburne .".".. ..".! 3
Grant 2 Sibley* ." 12
Hennepin 118 Steams 33
Houston 11 Steele 11
Hubbard 2Stetens "."." 3
Isanti 2 Swift 6
Itasca 3 Toad z
Jackson 5 Traverse " 3
Kanabec , 2 Wabasria... 16
Kandiyohi 4 Wadena , 3
Kittson 1 Waseca 9
Lac gui Parle 2 Washington 16
Lake 2 Watonwan 3
Le Sueur 18 Wilkiu 2
Lincoln •_> Winona ... 31
Lyon 4 vV right 19
McLeod 14 Yellow Medicine. .'. 2
By ofder of the Democratic state central
ccmmkiee. W. M. Campbell.
P. J. Smallet, Secretary. Chairman.
The members ot the Democratic state
central committee met In Room 2 at the
Merchants' shortly after 11 o'clock yes
terday pursuant to the call issued by
Chairman Cam p-
r*ss'7 *£-+&z T**Il
bell little over a
week ago. There
were present
about fifteen of
the twenty-one
members of the
committee, a s
well as the heads
of several of the
congressional
committees i n
several of the
districts. Those
present were:
C.F. Mac Donald,
of St. Cloud ;«J.
Secretary Smalt,ey. M. Splcer, of
Wiljmar; Dr. Werner Hemstead, ol
Brainerd; A. Schafer, of Worthington:
C. A. Moody, of Sauk Rapids; Dan
Aberle, D. W. Lawler, E. C. Stringer,
of St. Paul; M. W. Glenn, John ,
Landbere, of Minneapolis B. S.
Cook of Qvva.tmiha\~ ~ shcl Chalrmau
Campbell and Secretary P. J. Suialley.
Chairman Branson and Secretary Netli
a way, of the Fourth district congres
sional committee; Joseph Jepson, of
the Fifth, arid C. D. Belden, of the
First, were 011 hand prepared to discuss
the situation in their districts when die,
incetiujc was called to oid ft r. Before
"^^ - ■>*«■ ,
terrlay foots
up almost
800, and they
have -been
squarely and
fairly divid
ed among the
various coun
ties of the
state upon
the number
of votes cast
in each for
Judge Wil
son for gov
ernor two
years ago.
One delegate
at large is
given each
any business was done an adjournment
was taken until 2 o'clock, to aliow the
members time to dine.
Upon reassembling the committee
men devoted some time to a discussion
of the best plans of work, and then took
M/
up the business
for which the
meeting was
c a 1 1 e d— t h c
pie paration of
the official call
for the state
convention.
Th c place o f
meeting had
been fixed at
Minneapolis at
the meeting of
the committee
held last win
ter, when the
first convention
was given to St.
Paul by a resolution \v!;ieii provided
that the second one should be held in
Minneapolis. This troublesome ques
tion having thus been settled in ad
vance, the members proceedi-d to the
preparation ot the call. In the prelim
inary discussion several ot the speak
ers advocated that a large convention
be hold this year. To this there was
no opposition, all the members feeling
WEftMtR HeHȣAD;
Aberle, of St. Paul, offered the follow
ing resolution, fixing the date for the
3rd of August:
Resolved. Tnat the Democratic state con
vention be called to meet in the city of Min
neapolis, on Wednesday, the third of August,
15-92, at high noon, for the purpose of Dinting
iii fioniinatiou candidates for the following
• state oßlces. to wit: Governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, state treasurer,
attorney general, three justices of the
supreme court, and nine presidential
electors.
Col. Aberle's resolution was adopted
without division, and J. Nv. Splcer, of
2).X§Fru£
- «*^ • 3f\ C>C r"\ ■■* * . ■
Willmar, who
had been a
strong advo
cate of a large
convention, of
fered the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That
the vote for Hon.
Thomas Wilson
for governor iv
IKs)J be adopted
as the basis ofap-,
porlioiiment iv
th vratio of one
delegate at large
from each coun
ty, and one ad
ditional one for
each J-0 votes or major fiaction thereof cast
forßaid candidate, and that the secretary b?
instructed to mate the necessary comnutn
tion. a.nd that the chairman issue the call lor
s:tia (.'on vent ion thereou.
Committeeman Stringer suggested
that the secretary be instructed to as
sign the seats to the various county dele
gations so that they will be grouped by
judicial districts. This is a much
needed reform and will save a great
deal of confusion at the convention.
The members of the state central com
mittee are chosen by the delegates from
the different judicial districts. Hereto
fore the seating has been done alpha
betically, and, as the counties are not
so divided for judicial purrjoses, there
has always been a greatdeal of trouble
in getting the delegates from all parts
of -the district together. Followed out,
Mr. Stringer's resolution will simplify
matters greatly. The resolution runs:
Resolved, That the secretary be instructed
to assign the county delegations seats in the
suite convention in relation to the judicial
districts to which they respectively belong.
Secretary Smalley is one of the most
careful and methodical men in the
world. He likes to have everything in
sJrip-shape order, and, when meetings
of state committee are heid, there is no
detail to which lie has not given his at
tention. In order to facilitate the work
of preparing the roil of delegates,
which, under the call, becomes much
greater than usual, Mr. Smalley thought
that the chairman of each county con
vention should be requested to send in
to the state headquarters a list ot the
delegates chosen. Reduced to the form
of a resolution, this suggestion reads as
follows:
Resolved, That the chairmen of the sev
eral county conventions held to name dele
gates to the state nominating convention.
are requested to send, immediately after the
Eeleetion of the delegates from their respect
ive counties, the names und addresses to the
seeretar-y t>f this committee. who is instructed
to make ifp therefom the roll of delegates for
the temporary organization and for the use
of the committee on credentials. If proxies
arc given, notice thereof shall.be sent to the
secretary at least five days before the date of
the convention.
After preparing and adopting the
of icial call, which is given above, the
committee adjourned to meet at the
West hotel, in Minneapolis, on Tuesday
evening. Aug. 2, at S o'clock.
Moveifcent,of Steamships.
New York— Ai rived : Spree, Bremen; City
of New York, Liverpool; Elbe, Bremen.
Southampton— Arrived: Havel, Xew York.
Copenhagen— Arrived: Thiugvalla, New
York.
Lizard— Passed: Obdarn, New York, for
Bologae; Illinois, Ptaiactelpbi&.iQr Antwerp,
KcKinley — The Tariff Is Doing Its Own Talking.
CIiA.SH.IXG REPORTS.
Powderly Is Outspoken and Mum
r — Taubeneck Talks.
Omaita, July 6.— T. V. Powderly left
tonight for Chicago, intending to go
from there to Pittsburg to consult with
the leaders of the strikers at Home
stead. :
Powderly called the Homestead trag
edy "a savage butchery." Being asked
his opinion on the situation, he said:
"I am not now prepared to nive a full
expression of my views, but from what
I can learn from the press reports there
can be but one side to the case. Tne
strikers are certainly on the right side,
and their position will be supported
to the end; that is, until they ob
tain their just demands. It is a battle
for bread. The > attempt of the Pinker
ton men to usurp the powers of the
local and state authorities is a thing
which will no doubt receive the con
demnation of all fair-minded people."
Before leaving for the East this even
ing General Master Workman Powderly
was seen, and asked to give an expres
sion on the Homestead riot.
" "1 must absolutely refuse to be inter
viewed on the matter until I know more
about it," s.aid Mr. Powderly. "1 have
received- no private information, and
only knowrwhatl have read in the
pap*er.-«.; '= 1 can readily realize how much
importance might attach to any state
ment I might z make in this connection,
owing to the position 1 .hold, and my
meaning would very likely be distorted
and piit me in a false and embarrassing I
position." as has been done before." >v ■
"I deplore strikes and oppose them at
all times," said H. E. Taubeneck, chair-
s nian of the national i committee . of the
People's parrtj% this evening, i/ut,at the
same time, in the case of the Homestead
affair, the pressure has been . so - great
that the props have fallen away until a
condition of affairs similar to those that
existed here prior to the War of the
Revolution has been forced upon the
people. Taking the .condition of the
country into consideration, this strike
verifies the assertion that our party is
in > I' the right. The strike has
grown out of , the , financial pol
icy the government has pursued
for the ■•: past ; ; twenty-five* years.
It is caused -by false lesislation and
nothing else. 'To make it more em
phatic I desire to say that this strike,
this bloodshed at Homestead,' is due to
the false legislation and the class laws
that we have upon our statute books to
day! /■■•- '. "•:."-• : : ' : , ■-'.: . ■■'
"If -there is anything that shows that
our position is critical it is this. It must
also convince the thinking men of the
nation that something must be done for
the general relief of the people. This
strike, coming as it hai, will strengthen
our party not only in Pennsylvania, but
throughout the entire country, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific; from the gulf to
the British line. It is a forcible argu
ment, and shows conclusively, that we
are burden-bound ■* by the subsidized
press and capital of country."
THE CORRECT SPIRIT.
One Detective Agency That Is Not
r ~J' *'-*v ' for Usurpation.
■ Chicago, July 7.— General Manager
W. J. Sutherland, of the Mooney & Bo
land Detective agency, was interviewed
tonight concerning the labor troubles
at Homestead. Said he:
"The conflict between the workmen
of the Carnegie iron mills and. Pinker
ton detectives today is certainly deplor
able. .. Personally, I have no more inter
est in that unhappy affair than any good
citizen should have, but my professional
duties have caused me to study this
particulac phase of.the labor question
with especial ; care. I hold that the
proper custodians of public peace and
order are the-legally appointed civil au
thorities, and ; ; that any private organ
ization which usurps the functions of
the civil authorities acts indirect oppo
sition to . the spirit of our American in
stitutions./ , -
"A mob of hoodlums hastily collected,
and chosen solely by their ability to
bulldoze and to .'coerce, by violence if
necessary, armed but undrilled and un
reliable, composed of the most danger
ous elements, of society, has no valid
claim to recognition as a factor in the
settlement of labor disturbances."- That
this is being recognized by the people is
shown most unmistakably bytho fact that
many states have recently enacted laws
making such usurpations of authority a
ielony. Public sentiment condemns the
practice of settling differences between
em ploye ? and \ employer by brutal force ■
upon the plea' that ini;ht makes ; right.
Eveu detectives are not always infalli
ble. If 1 read the signs- of - the. times
aright, a day will soon come ; when '■• de
tectives will no longer be tolerated as
an element , of. labor disturbances, it
cannot come too soon." -.-.-■»
PINKERTOX IS RETICENT,
But Maintains That He Is Not Re
cruiting.
' Chicago, July 6.— Willianv Pinkerton
was in no amiable frame of mind today
and declared that tie had resolved to say
nothing 'for ; publication- regarding af- 7
fairs : at Pittsburg, but he incidentally
remarked:
;.'; "We held off until the last moment on
this business; ' but our company having
done V Carnegie's S work - for years; .they ■
insisted that we supply the watchmen."
' Mr. Pinkerton denied that \ve/was*re
cruiting for 500 additional men to send
East. He said: 1 j ■::•■* -■ ■-■ "■■ ■'.'•'. .■: ■■"•: -v. v-^ 1
. "We are not -recruiting men and do
not expect to. We have enough vow in
service to answer all calls." v ■ -
■; New Yoiik, July 6.— ln the matter of
the aetectives leaving Homestead -v thig
that the larger
the nuiiioer of
delegates tJje
greater will r be
the enthusiasm
ami zeal with
which the party
will be able ;to
enter : what a 1 1
consider ! is : cer
tain 'to : prove a
>vi niiingicam
paign. To pave
the way for a re
solution .".fixing
tire > .apportion-;
inent 011 a liberal
basis. -'.'D a.n.
evening, an Associated Press reporter
saw Robert Pinkerton. He was non
committal, and said he had issued orders
to the effect that no man in the employ
of the bureau talk on the subject of the
: strike.
WATCHED BY THOUSANDS.
Multitudes of Men, Women and
Children Present.
Pittsbuko, July 6.— The scenes in
Homestead today were hard to describe.
All the "streets were Oiled with men and
women, particularly the narrow roads
leading to the mill. Here were con
gregated thousands of men. women and
children, many of the latter weeping
and wailing. On the hill back of the
works was a crowd of fully 3,000 people.
From this eminence a view of the
battle ground could be obtained with
out running the risk of being made a
target by those on the boats. The
proclamation of the burgess, request
ing all saloons to close, was religiously
obeyed, but it was impossible to keep
many excited individuals from gather
ing in the vicinity of the works.
QThe day was one that will be remem
bered with horror by the people in the
borough, as weli as the citizens of the
entire county, who, for the second time,
will be called upon to pay enormous
amounts of money, entailed in the shape
of riot losses.
WERE NOT SWORN IS.
The Imported. Guards Lacked Any
Sort of License.
Pittsbceo, July 6.— The 300 Pinfter
ton men taken to Homestead this morn
ing to protect the mills of the Carnegie
St9el company were not sworn in as
deputy sheriffs. They were accompa
nied from this city oy Deputy Sheriff
Gray, who was supposed to have sworn
the imported guards, but he denied
doing it. He said that he had no au
thority himself to take such action and
that Sheriff McCleary had not author
ized him to do so.
AID WAS PLENTY.
Mill Workers Were Prepared to
Stand by Their Mates.
Homestead, Pa., July 6.—Ex-Presi
dent Weihe, of the amalgamated asso
ciation, arrived at the scene of battle
about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, and at
once went into consultation with the
leaders at the amalgamated headquar
ters. Mr. Weihe was accompanied by
forty iron workers from Birmingham,
Ala., who came not to werk, but to get
an idea of the situation, and, if possi
ble, render aid to the locked out Home
steaders.
During the afternoon fully 5.000 men
walked into Homestead over the Pitts
burg, Virginia & Charleston railroad.
They came from the South side, Pitts
burg, and many of them were armed.
In one delegation th»re were about 2,000
mill workers. They carried flags and
proclaimed that they proposed to stand
by the Homestead, workers in defend
ing the mill at any cost
BIG' GUNS CONFERRING.
The Magees and Frick Agree on
Some Sort of Move.
Pittsbxjrg, July 6.— Chris L. Magee
and W. A. Magee held several confer
ences with the Carnegie Steel company
officials iate this afternoon. At 8 o'clock
this evening another conference
was begun between H. C. Frick,
the Magees, Sheriff McCleary,
XV. J. Brennan and others. At its con
clusion a special train was made up and
the party, including Frick, went to
Homestead. The object of their mission
is unKiiown, but it is thought they in
tend to bring the Pinkerton men to the
city.
A dispatch received at 11 o'clock says
one of the detectives died in the lock
up this evening from the effects of the
injuries received on the march from the
boat to the jail, and another is expected
to die before morning.
LOVEJOY IS REGRETFUL,
lint Feels Like Boasting of His
War Barges.
Pittsbukg, Pa., July 6.— Mr. Love
joy, secretary of the Carnegie Steel
company, when informed of the surren
der of the Pinkerton forces, said:
"Well, I am giad there were no more
lives lost. Since early this morning we
have been more anxious about the loss
of life than the loss of property. lam
not very much surprised that the de
tectives gave up. They were hemmed
in, and there seemed no way to aid
them. We greatly "regret the loss of
life. The men were better protected in
the barges than people generally, imag
ine, and could have stood a good long
siege except for the danger, from dyna
mite and lire. The barges were lined
with sheet iron, and could not be pene
trated by bullets."
When asked what the company was
going to do, lie said: "Nothing. The
question is now one for the sheriff to
settle, and we look to him to do his
duty."
One of the most noticeable features of
the trouble, so far, has been that not a
dollar's worth of the property of the
company ha 3 been destroyed by the
workmen, and no attempt has been
made to do so.
NORTH STAR DEMOCRATS
THE3d¥AUGUST
THE 3d OF AUGUST
For Their Canvsntion.
189.
TO NAMUi TICKET.
Alliance Hosts Gathering- to
Start a Campaign Against
the Sage.
Their Platform Will Be Strong
on the Tariff and Wheat
Questions.
All Class legislation Will Bs
Denounced in. Vigorous
Language.
A Conference Committee Ad
vocated by Several of
the Leaders.
"Our strength is not in the the num
ber of delegates who may attend this
V '\\^/^^' :
convention,
but rather in
the justice
of our cause
and the deep
seated dis
gust of Don
nelly ai) d
Donnel ly
isui which
exists in the
minds of
many of the
members of
the Farm
ers' Alliance
of this
state."
So spoke
one of the
leader j of
GEN. BAKER.
the Alliance movement at the Claren
don last evening.
A meeting of a number of the delegates to
today.s convention had just come to an end,
and all the delegates came out feeling that,
while their numbers were not large, the at
tendance would still be larse enough to in
sure a vigorous protest against the People's
party *as it is now conducted in
Minnesota. At this meeting the plat
form was discussed and some of the
principal points to be emphasized were set
tled. Outside of this mere was a wide di
vergence of opinion on all save one topic.
This one related to the position taken by 8.
M. Owen In yesterday's Globe. With * re
markable unanimity the two score of dele
gates decided that Mr. Owen's conduct is a
mystery and needed to be explained before
his friends can ever again place any confi
dence in him.
"We had every reason to believe that Mr.
Owen was in entire accord with this move
ment," said one of the leaders last evening,
"and every one of us fesl surprised and hurt
at his course. Ido not care to say anything
harsh about him, but 1 cannot account for
his action. He set meu going in this move
ment and now he withdraws his countenance
and support. How can such conduct
be explained? I understand nc. wrote
letters in March and April favoring the
s*T s
course anopted by
onr state central
committee. In
opinion, Mr.Owen
■" is a ';busted.'mtiri,
politically, in ihis
state. He is worse
thauDonnelly.and
-- without theS.tge's
redeeming - : . quali
ties." .
/ T Alliance :
will hold its con-'
vention according
to ; programme,
however, . though ■
the ■"' number =. of
delegates may be
small. .The state
committee made a
■ great mistake '. in
tixing the appor
tionment .of dele
gfaies. By this Blue
J£a,rth county, for
example, - where
the Alliance is-
Johh BrHoMPE.*
stror.g. was given but five delegates. These
five are all in the city. and had they
been allowed the privilege at least a
dozen more would have come. Chairman Car
ringtou Mielps,- who took such a prominent
part in the movement up to a few days ago,
failed to appear yesterday and is expected
early this morning. Senator John B. ilompe
and his legions from the north are also ex
pected to make their appearance this morn
ing. Some of those here lait evening who
attended the Clarendon conference were:
Gen. J. 11. 1 Juice i. Capt. George W. Ilaigb,
M. T. Comstock and A. T. Poster, of Blue
Earth". Hon. Charles Canning, of Duluth;
Senator Jay I.a Due, of Koek; ex-Senator D.
W. Hixou. of Grant: and W. W. lirwin, of
St. Paul.
The temporary chairman of the conven
tion will probably be Senator John B. Nompe,
of Otter Tail county, and Rev. Albert War-
fe 8 i
ren. of Lincoln. or
R. 11. McCJhee.the
muscular parson
from Chisago
countv.whoafew
weeks ago en
deared himself to
several thousand
people by thrash
ing the notorious
"Doc"' Fish, will
act as temporary
secretary. The
platform will op
pose ail class leg
islation and claim
that the Alliance
movement of the
present time owes
its being to the
policy of the iie-
publicans on this line. The strongest kiud of
a low tariff plank will be placed in the plat
form, and the platform upon which S. M.
Owen made his remarkable run in 1890 will
be indorsed. The wheat investigation will be
referred to, and the demand fora free market
made in terms that can not be misunderstood.
The sub-treasury and land loan schemes will
probftbly be denounced as tte worst form of
class legislation.
To nominate or not to nominate.
This will be the question after the adoption
of a strong platform. Upon this there Is
some difference of opinion among the lead
ers. Some of them think that it will be best
to adjourn for thirty days after the platform
has been made and wait to see what the other
parties do. Others favor appoint
ing a conference committee whose duty
it shall be to meet find confer with
the Democratic state committee or the con
vention of !hat party when it meets. They
claim that the tariff, question has been,
life
tbrnst aside tor wild
financial schemes
by the People's
party, and therefore
there Is no use in
trying to confer
'with it. The He
publicans stand for
protection for pro
tection's and moti
opoly's sake, and
that is why they are
in the Alliance
movement. T h c
Democracy is the
only party from
which they can
hope to receive any
encouragement. The
'•tariff -for-reveuue
only"' plank of the
Democratic plat-
form appeals tMhe Alliance leaders.
One thing only in the form of a platform
declaration from the Democracy will they
ask, and this the Democrats they 6ay will
grant without the asking. It is a strong dec
laration against the great, wheat combine,
which has swallowed the farmers, the coun
try merchants, small and independent grain
buyers, and, it is hinted, even an Alliance
"statesman of great prominence. In the
Democratic call for the state convention
special mention is made of this, and un
doubtedly the platform adopted at the com
ing convention will speak out in the same
fearless manner on this great question. The
Democratic state platform, it was urged by
this element in last evening's conference,
will be all right.
la regard to the make-up of the state

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