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VOL XVII, NO. 43.
WICHITA, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1892.
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TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
Guthrie, July 6. Special. The all
absorbing topic is tho calling of the legis
lature. Attorney General Brown has
come out with an open letter to Governor
Seay, showing why it should be called,
forecasting disaster dire should there be
no legislature. Others hold exactly the
opposite opinion. On general principles
legislatures, whether state or territorial,
are disastrous to the common welfare. In
the case of territories it is worse than in
the states. Should the legislature be
called, all the old issues will be opened up
the capital fight, the county line fight,
etc. No matter what pledges are given by
the "innocents" who make up the legisla
tive body, they will all experience a change
of heart. There is no money in the treas
ury to pay them, and this will not in any
way mend matters. Should no legislature
be called, the appropriations being ex
hausted, the machinery of the territory
would be interfered with. Governor Seay
goes to Washington on Thursday for more
light.
Secretary Martin is outspoken against
the cutting of the legislature, and goes so
far as to assert that the legislature h;i Tin
power to pasJ bills providing for the pay
ment of their per diem. When the gover
nor returns from the national capitol we
shall know more.
A meeting ot the board of regents of the
normal school takes place today at Nor
man. This is the regular annual meeting.
On the 12ch iustaut the Oklanoma Press
association meets at Guthrie, with head
quarters at the Palace hotel. Thare are
indications of a large attendance.
Dennis Mynn is gaining giound every
day.
Delegate Harvey is working day and
night, and has quite a stroug reinforce
ment behind him. Many of the adminis
trator men aie warmly supporting him.
A COLORED MOB DISPERSED.
Jacksonville, JTla., July 6. The only
serious circuuisuuice growing out of last
night's demoustratious by the negroes
about the county jail was an attempt of a
negro guard to stop the passage of a white
man. Four deputy sheriffs hastened to
the assistance of the white man, and were
fired upon by the negroes from all sides.
Three of the deputies received slight
wounds. The troops now have control of
the situation.
THE CHOLERA.
St. Petersburg, July 6. The cholera
has reached Ta&ntzon, in the government
of TaratofI, on the Volga. Fifteen cases
and six deaths Jiave been reported there.
In the city of Turatoff ;tweuty-nine cases
and six deaths have been reDorted. In
Baku, a Russian post on the Caspian sea,
the deaths number 100 daily. The disease
is rapidly increasing in severity through
out the Caucasus. It is reported that the
cholera has reached Kootroma, a city of
European Russia, 200 miles northwest of
Moscow.
BRITISH POLITICS. -GLASGLOVT.
Jnly 6. Mr. Gladstone ad
dressed a large and highly enthusiastic
meeting in the town of Corstershire today.
Referring to the returns from the elections,
he said that he was satisfied with the re
sult of the polling in London.
DUBLIN, July C A crowd of anti-Par-nellites
today stormed a Liberal-Unionist
meeting at Stranothern. Justice of the
Peace Donaldson had his skull fractured.
Others received serious wounds.
W. Gt. Payne,
HAS BOUGHT
Stock of
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well advanced, will
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SUITS
AND
TROUSERS
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117 Eaa Doaza
COLD LEAD!
OARKEGIE'S MEN THfiOW IT INTO
THE PINKERTONS.
A Bloody Battle Between Strikers
and Detectives at the Home
stead Steel Plant.
Eleven "Workmen and Nins Detectives
Killed and Twentj-nino Other Com
batants Badly Injured.
The Pinkerton Posse Finally Surrenders
to the Amalgamated Men After a
Fight Lasting All Day,
The Prisoners Roughly Handled by the
Mob While Being Escorted to an
Improvised Jail Under Guard.
The Steel Company Issues a Statement to
the Public The Strikers Denounc
ed as a Lawless Mob. --
Mr. Powderly Refuses to Discuss the
Trouble Chairman Taubeneck on the
Political Effect of the Biot.
The Barge3 in Which the Pinkertons Mere
Taken to Homestead Looted and
Burned by the Rioters,
The Thrilling Experience of the Captain
of the Towboat The Vessel Rid
dled With Bullets by the Mob,
The Detectives Not Sworn in as Deputy
Sheriffs Governor Pattison Refuses to
Interfere Until the Local Authori
ties Have Exhausted Every
Legal Resource The List
of Killed and In
juredNotes. ,
Pittsburg, Pa., July 6. Pittsburg has
had another experience with labor riots,
and this time, as during the fearful scenes
which were witnessed during the railroad
riots of 1877, blood has been spilled, life
jeopardized, and valuable property placed
in danger. This time there was no de
struction of property, but the mob was
thoroughly well organized and well dis
ciplined, and had efficient officers at its
head to conduct operations. The force
embraced all the men employed in the ex
tensive plants of the Carnegie Iron and
Steel company at Homestead, some eight
miles east of Pittsburg. A battle, which,
for bloodthirstiness and boldness of execu
tion, has never been excelled in actual war
fare, was waged from 4 o'clock in the
morning until 5 o'clock this afternoon,
and only ceased when the force of Pinker
tons brought to the place to suppress the
strike unconditionally surrendered, leav
ing their arms in the barge3 in which they
had been transported to toe works.
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
The riot today was the culmination of
the trouble which has been brewing at
Homestead for the past month. The Car
negie company submitted a scale to
govern their workmen in the steel plants,
and announced that it was their ultima
tum. The scale made a sweeping reduc
tion in the wanes of the skilled men. It
was officially announced that unless the
terms were complied with before July 1
the places of the men would be filled by
others. This was followed by a per
emptory refusal on the part of the com
pany to recognize the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Iron andjSteel workers as such,
or to confer with any committee of work
men short of an acceptance of the terms
offered. The men stated that they would
never submit to the proposed reduction
and announced a determination to resist
any effort on the part of the Carnegie
company to start up the plants with non
union men.
As both sides were determined, both
proceeded to prepare for the contest, which
culminated in such deeds of violence and
bloodshed as were witnessed today. The
contest was precipitated by the workmen
at Homestead hanginc H. G. Frick, presi
dent of the company, in effigy. In retalia
tion the company ordered an immediate
shutdown of the big works two days be
fore the time provided by the contract un
der which the men were working. The
employes at once proceeded to organize
for defense, and the company erected a
hich board fence around the eutire works,
giving them the appearance of an immense
stockade, the sides being pierced with port
holes.
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 the property. Tne sheriff sent a
small squad of men up to the works, but
the strikers assembled in force and noti
fied them to get out of town, a.s no dis
order was intended, and no damage would
be done to any of the property. They
even offered to be sworn in as deputies and
to give bonds for the faithful performance
of their duties as conservators of the peace.
When this offer was declined the advisory
committee which had been directing the
actions of the workmen, and wbicn had
held the turbulent spirits among the
workmen in check, immediately dissolved
and all records of the committee were
promptly destroyed.
The developments today show that the
application made for the assistance of the
sheriff was merely for the purpose of cover
ing what was intended to b a coup de
main on the part of the Carnegie com
pany, in clandestinely introducing a body
of Pinkerton dectectives into the miil en
closure. The detectives had been rendez
voused some five or six miles belcw the
city on the Ohio river, at nhich point two
barges had been prepared for them. The
barges were of the best ba.ld. The holds
were filled with, bunks, cooking arrange
mentsand other accommodations, aod..&3
an extra precaution, a-- if in preparation
for the siege to wbicn they were Mifjected
todav, were lined with heavy steel plates
on the inside, while the whole back deck
was protected in a similar manner. It wa
the intention that the men should reach
the works about 3 o'clock this morning,
but the guards which were on duty along
the river got word of the threatened in
vasion of tbs hated Pinkertons and prepar
ed to receive them.
THE FIGHT.
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 sur
rounding the mills, and entrenched them
selves behind piled up steel billets, pre
pared to resist the landing of the detect
ives. By 4 o'clock in the morning an
effort was made to land the detectives, but
the strikers met them, and a fierce battle
was precipitated, both sides exchanging
heavy volleys of shots. Tho detectives
were all armed with Winchesters, but at
the poiat where the attempt to land was
made there was a steep embankment, aud
they were compelled to go in single file,
and were soon driven back to the boats by
a steady fire from the shore.
The noise of the battle spread about the
borough like wildfire, and thousands of
men, women and children thronged to the
river bank to witness the fight in progress.
The Pinkerton men were determined to
land, and they poured volley after volley
into the ranks of the strikers, many of
I whom were stricken down by the bullets.
some ol tneni being fatally injured and
others killed outright. As the battle pro
gressed the strikers took up a position be
hind breastworks hastily constructed of
steel rails and billets, aud from this place
of safe refuge were able to pick off the de
tectives as soon as they appeared on the
decks of the boats. Captain Hind and
Superintendent Kline of the Pinkertons
were disabled, and the fire became so
fierce that the crew of the towboat hastily
cut loose from the barges and steamed up
the river, carrying as many of the wound
ed as they could reach to Braddock, from
which place they were sent down to the
hospitals at Pittsburg for treatment.
Seven of the Pinkerton force were thus
cared for, while the strikers that fell
wounded were carried to their homes at
Homestead, the dead being carried to
undertaking establishments in the town.
Ttye news of the riot reached Pittsburg
as early as 6 o'clock in the morning and
thousands of mill workers, who are now
idle pending the conference on the scale,
congregated 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 strikers secured
a small brass ten-pounder caunon and
1 planted it within the steel billet embras
ure, so as to command the barges, which
were moored at the river bank. At the
same time a force of 1,000 men took up a
position on the opposite side of the river,
and also planted a cannon, which they
protected with a breastwork of railroad
ties. Shortly before 9 o'clock tho cannon
were trained on the boats, and for several
hours an awful bombardment was kept
up. The stout oaken timbers forming the
sides of the boats were splintered, but the
heavy steel plates on the inside prevented
the balls from penetrating the interior.
Many of the strikers, however, were expert
marksmen, and they sent shot after shot
into the port holes of the boats and in
flicted terrible injury upon the imprisoned
men.
When it was found that little impres
sion could be made by the cannon ou the
boats, an effort was made to fire the barges
and thus compel the detectives to leave
the vessels or suffer the fate of being
burned alive. A hose was procured and
oil was sprayed on the decks and sides of
the barues. While this was being done,
barrel after barrel of oil was emptied into
the river above the mooring place, the
object being to allow it to float against the
boats and then ignite them. This terrible
deed was attempted several times, but the
boats did not burn. Then the mob became
infuriated and hurled dynamite bombs at
the vessels, with great effect.
The situation of the detectives was such
as to appall the stoutest hearts. The
men had not left the barges and were
cooped up at the mercy of the infuriated
mob. The towboat had left them, and
they were so encompassed by tho maddened
army of strikers that no succor could reach
them. Three times they ran up a flag of
truce, but as many times it was stricken
down by bullets fired by the strikers.
Then it became evident that the ammuni
tion of the besieged detectives was ex
hausted, or that they were too much worn
out to continue the fight, and for nearly
two hours before the end of the struggle
was reached not a shot was'fired.
Towards dusk efforts were again made
to burn the boats with their living freight;
and they would doubtless have succeeded
had it not been ir me luierposiuuu ui
leading officers of the Amalgamated asso
ciation, who went to the scene in the after
noon. Through their offices it was agreed
to allow the detectives to surrender. But
this was not secured without the greatest
objection on the part of the men, many of
whom had lost friends and acquaintances
during the day. Btsides, as in all such
outbreaks, there were thousands of turbu
lant characters attracted to the place, and
as they owed no allegiance to auy organ
ization, could not be control) id. They
wanted to see the carnage go on, aud it was
not until some of the strikers pointed their
guns at the outsiders that a hearing was
obtained.
THE PINKERTONS SURRENDER.
At 5 o'clock the Pinkerton men hung
out another white flag. This time it
was respected and a committee of the
strikers weDt aboard. They guaranteed a
safe conduct for the Pinkertons, provided
they left their arms and ammunition be
hind, and agreed to leave the place under
guard. The detectives had no alternative,
and promptly accepted tho terms of the
strikers, some of the men saying that it
was the first time that they had ever sub
mitted to such a humiliating surrender.
When an inspection of the boats was
made, it was found that at least seven of
the Pinkertons had been killed and twenty
or thirty wounded, many so badly that
they will die. As they were brought from
the boats they presented a terrible appear
ance. Many were besmeared with blood,
while all showed signs of exhaustion from
the long confinement in close quarters be
tween decks.
The most shocking and dastardly deeds,
however, were committed while the pris
oners were being escorted through the
streets under the escort appointed by the
strikers. An angry mob lined the streets,
and as the men passed by the mlllmen
and their friends kicked them and threw
some of them down. The unfortunate de
tectives begged for mercy. Some had
piotol shot wounds in their heads and
three, itjwas seen, bad their eyes shot
out. Several were shot in the shoulders,
arms and legs and could scarcely limp
along. Blood waa running in streams
down their shirts, aud they fairly yelled
with pain. Fully thirty of the injured
men were taken to the town hall. One
man had an eye punched out with an
umbrella in the "bands of a woman. Sand
was thrown in their eyes, and they were
hit by clubs and other weapons. Many
were knocked down with cluw and tramp
led upon. Some were too weak to walk
when they were started for the town hail
The millmen used the stocks of their rifles
and struck the detectives over the head
and shoulders, inflicting serious, and in
some cases, perhaps ftat wounds.
As tne procession reached the Amalga
mated association ball the detectives bad
to remove their bats and F-alnt-e the &xz.
When taey removed their nats men and
women hit them with uinbrelhw and sticks
and abased tbem in every wavimaginable.
There wemed to be a detennlnation to k.H
the prisoners, aud It was with great diffi
culty that the demon-hke crowd could be
restrained. The men were finally locked
in the opera hone, where they were kept
for the eight. Thousands, however. gtk
ered around the building, aad the wonad
ed men were kepi in a constans state of
terror, and it was a long time before their
wounds could b- dressed
After the prisoners bad been released
from the bargw the rioters bad tbr re
venge. Tbey carried oil into the holds
and poured it over the beddinz and fur- .
niture. Then thev set it on fire, first se
curing the bnrges so that they could not
float down the river and cause damage at
points below. When the flames broke
through the decks the cheers which reut
the air were deafening, and the noise
could be heard miles away. The hills on
either side of the river were literally
crowded with people, who could witness
from the high points all that was trans
piring on the battlefield andyet be out of
the range of the deadly bullets.
The dav was one that wiif be remem
ed with horror by the people in tho bor
ough, as well as the citizens of the entire
county, who, for the second time, will ba
called upon to pay enormous amounts of
money for damages entailed in the shape
of riot losses.
Before the boats were bnrned the mob
rapidly took posession of everything on
board. Cooking utensils, bedding, pro
visions and household effects generally,
were distributed to the children, while the
men seized on the large store of Winches
ters and ammunition. The rifles are all of
the finest pattern and all in perfect con
dition.and.with the unlimited ammunition
are a great acquisition to the strikers, as
all their men were not armed. During the
looting of the boats, and in the confusion,
two men accidentally shot themselves, one
fatally.
A RIDDLED TOWBOAT.
Pittsburg, P.u, Julv G The steamboat
Little Bill, which towed the Pinkerton
barges to Homestead this morning re
turned this afternoon. She shows the ef
fects othe fusillade of bullets she has gone
through. Many panes of glass in the pilot
house and elsewhere were shattered, and
the woodwork was perforated in dozens of
places. On board was John T. McCurry,
who was shot in the groin. Thq wounded
man, as he lay on his couch ou the lower
deck, said:
"I was down nt the foot ot Bsaver ave
nue yesterday, when Captaiu Rogers em
ployed me to go up the river in his bout
the Little Bill. Our boat had in tow one
barge of Pinkerton men and the Tide had
the other. While going up the Tide was
disabled and we took our barge up iu front
of Homestead and then went back for the
Tide's. We made the landing at tho
Homestead mills about 2 o'clock this
morning. The shore was crowded with
the locked out miners and their sympa
thizers. The armed Pinkerton men com
menced to climb up the bank, and then
the workmen opened fire on the detectives.
The men shot first, and not until three
Pinkerton men had fallen did they re
spond to the fire.
"The workingmen were so strong in
numbers that it was useless for the 350 or
400 Pinkerton men to opposa them fur
ther. They retreated to the bsrges. carry
ing the dead and wounded. One Piuker
ton man ws shot through the head aud
instantly killed and live others were
wounded. We backed out into the river,
anchored the barges, and then took the
dead and wounded men up to Port Perry,
from where they were sent on the Balti
timore and Ohio road to Pittsburg. We
then went down to Homestead again.
When we reached the mills the strikers
opened fire ou the Little Bill from both
sides. It was then that I was hit. When
the firing commenced we all lay down on
the floor to escape the bullets, but I was
not quick enough and was wounded.
There was no one on board at tho time we
were fired upon but the crew. Captain
Rogers and one Pinkerton m-in, J. II.
Robinson of Chicago. When we approach
ed Homestead from Port Perry we could
see attempts to set fire to the barges. The
strikers had a carload of what appeared to
be oil, and they were pouring it upon the
water and igniting it. The barges at this
time were out in the middle of the river."
Captain Rogers was very indignant at
the action of the strikers, which he term
ed disgraceful and a blot on humanity.
He said: "I never saw such a cowardly at
tack as those strikers mude. Tbey had a
fortification of pig-iron, and the minute
the boat arrived there they commenced
firing. Xot a shot was fired by tho Pink
erton men until three of their comrades
were shot down like dogs."
The thrilling experience of Captain
Charles Wishart, the plucky commander
of the bullet-riddled towboat Little Bill,
has not been equaled since the perilous
days of blockade rnuners during the war
of the rebellion. The bout Is owned by
Captain William B.Rogers, who contracted
with the Carnegie Steel company to tow
the two barges filled with Pinkerton men
from the Davis Lsland dam to the works at
Homestead. The movements of the owner
and of the commander of the boat were
kept as secret as possible, but so well un
derstood was the mission of the Little Bill
on Tuesday night that Captain Rogers bad
great difficulty in obtaining a crew. They
had been given notice of the exact time of
the arrival of the Pinkerton men at Davu
Island. They reported there about 2 o'clock
yesterday morning.
"The Pinktrtons," said Captain
Wishart, "arrived at the dam at about 2
o'clock. There were 240 of them, and I
learned that they came here from Youngs
town. They are from Chicago aud Cleve
land, and havo been collecting at Youngs
town for several days. There was no delay
at the dam. The men got off the train
and immediately got into the b.irges in
waiting for them, and we Hteamed away.
When we reached Brown's lauding the
workmen sounded an alarm, which aroused
the town. The people tairly poured out
ot the bouses. We made the lauding at
the steel works without trouble. Captain
Rogers was standing in one of the barges
and Superintendent Potter of the Carnegio
works was by my side at the wheel.
"It was now about 4 .30 o'clock, and It
was daylight. Tne Pinkertons J com
menced pouring out upon tne forecastle of
the barges as soon as we landed, aud many
of them started up the banks towards the
works. Only about twenty of them earned
guns, though I supposed tbey were thor
oughly armed with revolvers. There were
rifles enough for all otl'.hem and to spare,
but, for soma reason taey did not otrry
them.
"Tne first shot, I can take my oath, was
fired by a workman. I sw it fired. It
came right up pant the gang plank and
was aimed at Pinkerton. 1 could iden
tify the man who fired it. Then the firing
became general, and the bullet became
very uncomfortably thick about the pilot
house. I never was to mad in my hfe, and
I seized one of the rifles that was leaning
by my tide and emptied its contents into
the crowd. I did not carry away any lead
in me. but I believe they lugged off tome
of mine.
"When the firing cead we took aboard
the wounded and steamed up to Port
Perry with tbem. Superintendent Potter
accomDanled u to Port Perry and re
turned to the city with the wounded men.
When we started down b-tween 10 and 11
o'clock the entire population seemed to tx
laying for ns along the banks, and the
buiiets ranged through all pari
of the boat. On shot struck the
wheel and I could feel it jerk. The
window of tne pilot bout ww
riddled. By the time all were
opposite the works zaiMilet of all descrip
tions were raining upon us from both
sides of the river, i was compell! to
abandon the wh-el And steer th boat from
the engine room. I only remained in toe
engine room for a abort time- Tney bot
at ns from every direction, and at the
Homestead bridge men were in waiting
for us on the abutments. They fired down
upon ns through the roof and Kept pp;r
ing away at u after we fad p.t-ed. Kfrery
body took a crack at us, and it mlrclj
taat we were not hot fnii of botes One
ball just graz-d vaj belt, another pstrd
between my legs, iguev it wjt iacic"
When informed ibAttber bail-tins at
the newspaper offices reported aim a kilt
ed, ibr captain dryly remarked "I b
hevt that it a mtk." The- boat was a
sight waen ACe rwcfetd the wfexrf. Ytmn
the number and position at ttts bll
hole ra the pilot bWe It 1 impossible to
eesenow Captain Wlari escaped.
THE CASUALTIES.
PmsECBG. P, Jaly 6. A complete
list ot the killed nd w&anded h4 net
bn obtained t midnight. A fr
could b atccrtJKaed eleven workmen &sd
nine detectives were killed and eight work
men and 2L detectives injured in the bat
tle. Iu addition to these, at least 100 of
the detectives were seriously injured by
the strikers while on their way to the jail.
Th name of the killed and injured, an
near as can be asceruined,ara as follows;
KILLED.
Martin Foy.
John Morris.
Jules Markowsky.
Henry StrelgeL
Peter Eeise.
David Davis.
Roliert Foster.
William Johnston.
J. 1L Klein.
Joseph Supper.
Two unknown Hungarians.
Niue Pinkerton detectives. The names
of tho latter have not been learned, as
most of them were down by numbers.
wounded.
David Lester, detective; shot in head,
and ankle sprained.
Fred Hind, chief detective; shot in leg.
Russell Wells, detective; shot in leg.
J. G. Hoffman, detective: shot in knee.
G W. Rutter, works at Homestead Steel
works; shot in tho hip and dangerously
wounded.
Lawrence Laughlin, thigh broken.
An unknown Pole, shot in knee; uncon
scious from loss ot blood.
John McCurry, fireman on Little mil;
shot in groin, dangerous.
Andrew Sutler.
Joseph Zsido.
Wallace Murray.
John Kane.
Harry Hughes.
Captain Henry.
An unknown man.
Miles Laughlin, seriously injured.
John Cain, shot through leg.
Andrew Schuyler, shot through knee
cap. The imprisoned Pinkertons say that
seven of ttieir men were kilted outright,
and eleren wounded. Thev believe that
.several dead men were thrown off the
Little Bill into ths river. Tho number of
Pinkertons now in tho rink is 2S4. They
came from New YorK, Brooklyn, Chicago
and Philadelphia.
MoiC of the wounded men were brought
to Pittsburg tonight and sent to different
hospitals. Among the wounded was Cap
taiu T. II. Hind of the Pinkerton fore.
He was tho first man wounded in the
morning light and was shot iu the leg
while the Pinkerton force was attempting
to make the first landing. Ho told thostorj
of the fight to the reporters, which did not
differ from that set forth in theso dls
patcnes. He said that the strikers tnada
the first attack and that thu Pinkerton
men did not fire until they were obliged
to in self-defence.
The train bearing the wounded Pinker
ton men arrived at the Union station at 2:30
o'clock this morning. Those badly injured
were the fol cwiug:
Thomas Connors, New York, struck by
dynamite bomb; will die.
John McGowan, Philadelphia, bullet in
leg.
Thomas O'Reilly, New York, bullet In
buck; seriously injured.
Charles Isorthrop, Chicago, badly
bruised about body by the crowd.
John Speer. bullet in leg.
Charles Crittelleu, Xaw York, bullet la
hand, ouo iu huel aud another in head;
none serious.
John Carlin, hurt by falling timber.
Coroner McDowell went to Homestead
this evening aud viewed the bodies ot ttio
dead there, preparatory to holding an In
quest. Eight deaths so far huvo been
officially reported to the coronvr.
A CONFERENCE AT HOMESTEAD.
HOME3TEAD, Pa., July 0. After n
lengthy couferelico ot tho Amalgamated
leaders a meeting of tho locked-out men
was called at 4 o'clock this afternoon. It
was attended by 1,000 men. many of whom
carried musketa. The national officers of
tho Amalgamated association made
strong appeal to the men, while tho can
nons roared outside.
President Weyho pleaded with tho men
to withdraw, and assured them that tha
barge containing tho Pinkertons would bo
removed.
AsslstantPresident Garland said: "Men,
for God's sake, and your famllcs' Rake,
and for your own sake, listen t the plead
ings of cool-headed mi. Wo hate pol
tiva assurauce that these deputies will be
sent away, and all we want is a statement
that you will do no more firing "
P. H. McEvery, vice president of tho
Mahoning and bhcnaudoali district, saidt
"I know full well that it you contiuua
doiug as you are tbsmllltla will be ordered
out before dark, and you will b defatd.
In caste tho militia comes you will lose t-n
men in every instnnco where you have so
far lost but ouo. You hnve gained just
acbierements over Frick, aud nowars not
you williug to allow these bcits to re
turn?"
"Yes; we will, If they show the whit
flag," was the reply of the excited mob.
At this juncturo President Weyb
again attempted to address the crowd, but
instantly there was a loud report, and.
with one accord, every mn rushed pU
mell Ut the scene. Eren whil toe appesls
were being made strong-hearted men were
endeavoring to pump oil on thj barges.
It was useless, to continue the mettlog,
ana it was adjourned.
An hour latr, while the men were wait
ing for nightfttll to burn tbw barges and
the men in tbrn, Hugh O'Donnell, one ot
the leaders of tho strikers, grasped an
American flag, and mounting a pll of
iron, made au impassioned speech for
mercv for the Pinkertons, dying Ilka
catted wolves in their barges. The extra
ordinary powtr of 0'Donn!ll orer tho
strikers b-scame manifest at once. A few
people demurred and crifd out. "Let's
burn them!" but they wers silenced.
"Let's turn tbjm orer to the nhenfT and
make an Information for murder against
them," said the leader.
This was received with cheer, and wbn
a striker waved his bnds and asked th
Pinkertons to surrender thTd was an ita
medUte response from tho boat. Captain
Hind, the leader, hd fled and many others
had escaped who camo down tho river.
The remainder were terror-stricken. Tbey
were mostly gren nwn in lbor troubles,
and expected to m kiiiL
In asborttims tb leaders of the strik
ers came on deck. Then b-gn, a Strang
scene. Tn strikers crowded Into tbs
boat, cspturing tbs rtSes and stealing and
looting everything. They wer road wstu
rage. Tne first man taken off ths bsrza
wwd ring, shot through tbj side. Tbn
one by ooe in Pinkertons followed la
charge of sieged guards. Tbs guards
csrrled Winchesters tfcen from tb
Pinkertons. ix Pinkertons wers report
ed kilied and may dangerously wouadsL
The guards took toe men a mile, to tbs
rtnfc. Thsns wsre 209 of them, and
probably two-tairds of them wer, bustea
brutally by the time they reached tbs Im
proved jaiL Tbey wero comtwllrd to ruu
a gauntlet composed of men snd women
Tbey wer kaocktd down with stones,
struck with ciabu, kicked almost until
latenslble, snd otherwivs nialtrs-sA!.
Wben taey reJicbed the Jil medic! 14
was needed by a Urgs namter. Tby
were generally gUd. however, ttut ihy
were not kiiieE JJoee expect to lui
Homestead ahve. Tbey cUiaa tbst itxr
were mir&bly mislead" that tby eov
tram different town, that tbey yrrtn
straoger to ch ber, sod nd reo UA1
that tisey wrrs waoVtd as wateaciea. la
proof this ech gturd won a bsdgr,
with tfai inscription. Watch oiso Car
negie Steel Co " Tby were noddid to
the nnk, sbo4nViy tesrror-strictsB. fer
lsg yncbias foes tbs iiaxnetus crowd of.-,
people gs.tb-od oot4de. Tier :ns U
tf. UU.lt dsoger t S3, however, m tfcy
are gnsrded irr fifty of U letffced-ot ma,
armed with WinetrTi.
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