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insisted on if the entire i ary loroe of
Pennsylvania had to be call ut, or an ap
jieal had to be made to the B eral Govern
'ment for soldiers. Care 3 Jd be taken,
however, that the military nld be subor
dinated to the civil power, operty would
be protected and the rights of all parties in
ihe struggle would be maintained -without
recard to the merits or demerits of the busi
ness differences between them.
A Statement From O'DonnelU
Mr. O'Donnell made a long statement
relative to the differences between em
ployers and the employed, describing the
cale o'f wages and insisting that the trouble
was due to the refusal of the Carnegie Com
pany to treat with its workmen. Coxe and
O'Donnell strongly intimated that if an
irlntration of existing differences could be
f Cured the existing trouble would be
readily settled. The chief obstacle to a
settlement was the opponent's determina
tion of the employers not to treat with
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labor organizations and to hereafter employ
i union men.
Core, eaid the citizens of Homestead
would be glad to have the Chief Executive
of the State propose a plan to arbitrate the
labor differences, but the Governor made no
response to the suggestion.
Attorney General Hensel, who gave the
above as the result of the conference, said
that he asked Mr. O'Donnell what would
be the probable effect of an effort on the
part of the Carnegie Company to employ
non-union men, to which the former replied
the strikers would have to submit, as the
corporation had the legal right to employ
whom they pleased.
Xlio Views or the Governor.
Jn a conversation before the arrival of the
committee from Homestead Governor Pat
tison expressed some desire to know the
sentiment ot the people regarding his
course in this contingency. He said it was
an easy thing to call out the troops but an
entirely different thing to recall them. The
people had come to look upon the National
Guard as the natural preservers of peace, and
cj a consequence the civil authorities when
trouble comes turn to the State authorities
without exhausting the powers with which
they are invested. This, he thinks, a great
mistake, as the tendency of such a course is
to teach the people that the best and
strongest Government is a. military Govern
ment, which is a danger it is well to avoid.
The Governor thinks the situation at Home
stead greatly improved, and hopes the
trouble may be settled without a further re
sort to force.
The Attorney General left no doubts in
the ninds of the representatives of the
press as to the Governor's intention to use
all the power of the State, if necessary, to
protect all parties in the enjoyment of their
rights, suid the committee can hardly con
strue the Governor's language into an inti
mation that he will sympathize in any man
ner with an infraction of the law, no matter
by whom committed.
On the way to the station to take the
train for home the committee expressed
themselves as being satisfied with the con
ference and the position of the Governor.
One member said the Governor was stern,
but he admitted that he would be also in a
similar position.
XN A FOUR-IN-HAND.
Carnegie Still Kefases to Dlscass the Sana
tion With Foreign Correspondents
One Report Says That He Is Very Much
Agitated.
TBY CABLE TO TnE DISPATCH.! , '
London, July S. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie, Miss "Whitfield and Mr. Armitage
left Braemar, Aberdeenshire, this morning
with n splendidly equipped fourlin-hand.
They xere on their way to summerouarters
t Xioch Bannoch, in Perthshire, oneSof the
nost charming spots ip'otland. 1 not
Tom the scene of '' illie-
juile, vhich tkv ..lysaidthey will visit.
Mr. Carnegie .nered to his refusal to be
terviewed on the subject of the Home
tad tragedy, and declined even to say
hether he had heard ol the struggle and
)ss of life. He chatted pleasantly with
Irs. Carnegie and Mr. Armitage as the
..oach rolled away, pointing out to them
memorable spots in the Braes o Mar.
Another cablegram said: A correspondent
found Mr. Carnegie at Braemar, in Aber
deenshire yesterday afternoon. He ap
peared to be in excellent health, but was
evidently laboring upder great agitation,
so much so that Mrs. Carnegie, who was
with him, was endeavoring to soothe him
and draw .his thoughts away from the tragic
affair at Homestead. Mr. Carnegie abso
lutely declined to make any statement. He
has within the last day or two sent and re
ceived numerous dispatches by cable, and
there is no doubt that he hn"s been kept
lully informed of events on the Mononga
bela. CABLES FROM CARNEGIE.
A Story Tint They Dave Been Received
In 1'ltUburg No Sign of a Settlement
ccordlng to These Advices A Refusal
inrtrfereJn Any Way.
New YOBK, July ft Special The Svn
prints this morning the following from its
jtafi correspondent at Pittsburg:
In the conduct of affairs by the Carnegie
el Company at Homestead, Clmiiniau II.
,. Frick, of the Carnejjie Steel Company, is
acting under direct instructions from Sir.
Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie has been kept in
formed -of the progress of events and of the
outlook and has kept in close touch with
nfliiirs at Homestead. 1'rom what
-a learned to-day the struggle
is to be carried through with no change of
front. Mr. Cai-negie.lt is asserted, is deter
mined absolutely to maintain the stand his
company has taken. Mr. Frick has received
Mr. Carnegie's ultimatum that the company
wlll hold oat on its present lines to the end,
no matter what the end may be: that Mr.
"liinegle will not sanction the re-omploy-inent
of any of the dtschnrced workmen,
and that he declares that he "will hold out
until the grass overgrows the mills" rather
Mian give in to the association.
It Is said to-day that C.X. Magee and sev
eral others in the city on Thursday signed
nd sent u cablegram to Andrew Carnegie
gjrfng him to bring about an adjustment
the difficulties at Homestead. It is fnr
r said that the answer to this cable, re
ed this afternoon, refuses to interfere in
way. Mr. Carnegie said that he was not
liar with the situation here, that the
in charge of the mills wero men in
t he placed Implicit confidence and
he must rely on their Judgment to
the trouble in a, business way, regard
any present consideration.
GBOCEBS CONDEMN EMPLOYEES.
y Adopt Strong'HesoIutloni Against the
Lowering or Wages.
ie Hetail Grocers' Association has
ted the following resolutions:
ureas. The employers of labor in our
Iron and steel works have notified the
oyes thereof of a large reduction in
wages: and,
.reas, We believe that ir the employ
,sist and succeed in reducing the wages
3 extent of the employers' scale, or 30
percent, it will cause widespread want
suffering to the worfcingclassond ruin
retail trade; and,
rcas. The employers having been pro
"jy law to a greater extent than ever
we deem It unwise upon the part of
oyers to persist in their demands,
be It ,
That we condemn the action or
rotected employers In their at
'1 down the wages or their era
level of the pauper labor of.
WERENQTSWORN
But Pinkertons Went to
Homestead "With the
Sheriff's Approval.
KOKE WEBE DEPUTIZED.
Carnegies Say They Will Send Out
Another Force of lien.
CHICAGO WILL SEND NO MORE.
William A. rinkerton Admits Defeat, but
Not a Confjnest.
ALL KNEW JUST WHAT TIIEI WENT FOR
There was much discussion in Pittsburg
yesterday as to whether the Pinkertons
went to Homestead clothed in official
authority from the county. There was
much dispute on the question but it has
finally settled down to the statement from
Sheriff McCleary that the men were not
deputized by him and another statement
from the Carnegies that they were sent with
his full knowledge and approval.
The Carnegies declare no more Pinkertons
are on the road and "William Pinkerton says
he will send no more men to Homestead.
The people most iatercstcd were interviewed
and what tbey have to say is eiven below.
Captain Heine, of the Pinkertons, who
is still laid up at the Homeopathic Hospi
tal, was interviewed last night and said:
Colonel Griy I.ed the Pinkerton.
"Deputy Sheriff Gray did accompany ns
to Homesteadon Wednesday morning. The
Sheriff knew we were going, and we went
with his consent. "We were not sworn in as
deputies, but Colonel Gray, of the Sheriff's
office, was in charge. There were 214 of the
regular Pinkertons on the barges. The others
were recruits, but we all knew what we
were going after and what we would have to
do."
"Was Bob Pinkerton in Pittsburg to
day?" was asked.
"No he is not. He is in New York. I
got two telegrams from him there to-day.
All the Pinkerton men in town and Roger
O'Mara called to see me to-day. It Bob
Pinkerton comes here he will be sure to be
in to see me."
"When the Sheriff was shown H. C
Frick's interview in which he said the
Pinkertons went to Homestead with the
full knowledge of.the Sheriff and that
Deputy Sheriff Gray was authorized to dep
utize them, he made the following state
ment Sheriff McCleary's Two Statements.
"I knew the men were going to Home
stead and knew that Colonel Gray was
going with them. I did not know the men
were armed. I want to state that Colonel
Gray was not authorized to deputize them.
I'wnt to say for them and for the last time
thatVthey were not deputized wi'.n my
knowledge or consent. Colonel Grav has
fald himself that he did not deputize the
Pinkertons and I do not believe he did.
On "Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock a
Dispatcii representative called him out of
bed. He was then asked by whose author
ity armed men were being sent up the river.
The Sheriff's reply, which was published in
The Dispatcii that morning, was:
"I understood the boat was going up, but
it does not qo by my authority."
"Then the men" are not deputized by
you?"
"No, sir." ""
Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie firm,
when seen yesterday was busy receiving
men and taking addresses so they could be
called on in a hurry. They all appeared to be
iron workers. Mr. Lovejoy was asked as to
whether Sheriff McCleary had charge of the
Pinkertons, and said:
Tnrned Over to the Sheriff.
"Sheriff McCleary knew every movement
that was made, and we cent the men there
under his approval. "We hired the men
and turned them over to him. He first in
tended to go with them, but he afterward
decided to send Deputy SherifTGray. Gray
was in charge at the time the fight started.
He met the men at Bellevue and went up
with them. "While he did not swear them
in they were virtually deputy sheriffs, for
Gray "was in charge. Sheriff McCleary
knew all about the preparations and gave
his approval."
Mr. Lovejoy was also questioned about the
stand of the Governor and said: "The
ocked-out men would doubtless protect the
property, but they would also prevent any
attempt to operate the mills. The idea is
foolish."
"Do vou intend to send another force to
Homestead?"
"We certainly do, but I don't know just
how soon we will send them. "We intend
to operate the mill and we will not recog
nize the Amalgamated Association."
"Will you send more Pinkertons?"
Lovijoy Thought They Were Deputized.
"I do not wish to answer that, but I will
say the rumor of more Pinkertons coming
now is false."
"Did yon believe the Pinkertons had
been deputized by Sheriff Gray?"
"I thought they were, but I have learned
since they were not actually sworn in. It
was my understanding, however, that he
was authorized to deputize them."
Mr. Lovejoy said no word of the trouble
had been sent to Carnegie and they did not
even know just where he was. He also de
nied tbey were fitting up freight cars to ac
commodate armed men.
A prominent citizen of Pittsburg, identi
fied with the iron and manufacturing in
terest, passed through here this morning,
said a Harrisburg telegram last night. He
said there was no question about the Pink
erton men having been properly sent to the
Homestead works under the "approval of
the Sheriff. A letter was sent by counsel
for Carnegie & Co. to the superintendent of
the Homestead mill placing the Pinkertons
under control of Chief Deputy Gray. This
letter, he said, was read to Sheriff Mc
Cleary, who approved the arrangements.
They were really deputies and so recog
nize'd. The Costs May Fall on Carnegie.
Assistant District Attorney Harry Goehr
ing w as asked yesterday as to the responsi
bility of the county for the damages which
Captain "W. B. Eo'dgers might ask for the
barges burned at Homestead. He was not
inclined to talk owing to his liability to be
called upon iu his official capacity "in the
matter, but finally said: "Captain Itodgers
cannot collect from the county in my
opinion. He must look to the "Carnegie
Company for any damages which
they may have incurred. Then it is
a question whether the Carnegie company
can collect from the county, as they sent
armed men to Homestead after placing the
works in the hands of the Sheriff. On their
own responsibility the Carnegie people sent
up a force of armed men, and the damages
resulting lrom this act should not fall upon
the county. I do, not care to express an
opinion in the matter, as I may be called
upon later in my official capacity."
Enrlejgh Was Noncommittal.
District Attorney Burleigh was seen
yesterday and asked for an opinion in re
gard to the legality of sending armed
Pinkerton men to Homestead. He said:
"I do not care to talk on the subject The
last act in this unfortunate affair will un
doubtedly wind up in the courts and I do
not want to put myself on record now, as I
THE
want to be free to act u later judgment may
deem best"
H. C Frick was in consultation nearly
all of yesterday with his lieutenants in his
private office. "When seen late in the after
noon he refused to make any statement
further than what was published in the
morning. He was asked for his opinion of
the Governor's advice to the Sheriff to
deputize the locked-out men to take care of
the works. He refused to make any state
ment about this.
William ?.. Pinkerton Talks.
"These men were not sent to. Homestead
to be shot down like dogs," said "William
A. Pinkerton, General Superintendent of
the Pinkerton National' Detective Associa
tion, in an interview with a staff corre
spondent of The Dispatch in Chicago.
Billy Pinkerton has been difficult of ac
cess since the dread happening on the steep
banks of the Monongahela. The uark little
ante-room on Fifth avenue, Chicago, where
a half-score of inquisitive office men are
located to cross-question all who come in,
has been wearing a stern, forbidding aspect
since the day ot the battle. "Mr. Pinker
ton is not in," is the invariable reply given
to each and every newspaper man. Cap
tain Murray, one of Mr. Pinkerton's brain
iest aides, talks, but his words are few and
without much weight Through his
eraciousness an interview was obtained with
his superior.
Will Send Tin Morn Men to Homestead.
"I have refused to be interviewed," said
Mr. Pinkerton, "for the simple reason that
the public is biased and only looks at this
matter from a partisan standpoint. "We
have been misrepresented, reports have
been exaggerated, and the idea has been
spread that our men went there for the sole
purpose of murdering everybody who would
not work for the steel company. Our object
was anything but that as we have never
forced a fight under any circumstances.
The object of the Pinkerton National De
tective Association is to protect property,
and of course to protect lives. Our men
were sent to Homestead to protect the
property of the company. Oar men were
not sent their to murder or be murdered,
and no more shall be sent there."
"Does that mean you are vanquished?"
was asked.
Pinkerton Stys Be la Never Wlilpned.
"Vanquished? No!" forcibly ejaculated
Mr. Pinkerton, as his brow darkened and
he brought his fist heavily down upon the
desk before him. "The Pinkertons are
never vanquished. "We do not pose as war
riors but as guardsmen; we are not here as
militiamen but as an organization to pro
tect property."
"Is your statement that no more of yonr
men will be sent to Homestead unalter
able?" "Yes, it is. "We shall send no more
guards to Homestead."
In Chicago Pinkertonism is generally dis
liked, while Billv Pinkerton is admired by
every man about Chicago withwhom he has
come in contact. He is a man of great per
sonal magnetism, and he attracts by his con
geniality and rare good fellowship probably
more than any other man similarly situated
in the country.
Were to Have Been Sworn In.
Edward Gaw, an ex-policeman of this
city, said a dispatch from Philadelphia last
night, who was one ot the Pinkerton men
that had such an exciting experience at
Homestead, after telling of the fight, said
that the men were not sworn in as dep
uties. "That was to have been done," said he,
"by the Sheriff of the county after we had
reached the works. "We failed to get there,
as you probably know, and the Sheriff
either could not or did not want to come
near us. "We were brought here from Pitts
burg by a roundabout way, and when the
train was between Harrisburg and German
town we were paid off, at the rate of ?2 50
per day."
Very few of the men who alighted from
the train would' talk, and most of them de
nied that they had been at Hemestead.
Some of them, however, were pretty well
battered up. The party numbered 33.
Sheriff McClearv after his return from his
visit fo Homestead last night made the fol
lowing statement:
"I went to Homestead to swear in some
citizens of the town as deputies. They were
selected on account ot their being well
known to, the people of Homestead as re
sponsible and respected citizens who could
have no desire except to keep the peace and
maintain the law. Of the 17 whom I sent
for, 4 were out of town, $ could not be
found, 4 refused to come to see. me and 6
came and absolutely refused to serve."
SYMPATHY AT COLUMBUS.
Fifteen Bnndred Men Gather to Denonnca
Pinkertonism Carnegie & Co. Charged
Wl'li a Determined Attempt to Break
Up Orjanlzed Labor.
Columbus, O., July 8.lSpecia' The
Columbus Organized Trades held a mass
meeting at the east front of the State
House to-night for the purpose of giving
expression to their feelings upon the
Homestead tragedy. The President ot the
Trades Assembly presided, and the Four
teenth Regiment band furnished music.
There were 1,500 present '
Some of the speeches were very radical,
while others were of a conciliatory nature.
The cause of the outbreak was in great
measure attributed to personal reasons and
a desire upon the part of Carnegie & Co. to
break up organized labor at their works.
The Pinkerton detectives were denounced
by all the speakers, and no language was
too strong for their condemnation.
The sentiment expressed was that if labor
is compelled to resort to force to get a lair
share of the results of their labors it would
do so. The idea was that the Homestead
affair had brought an end to Pinkertonism
in Pennsylvania. The employes were com
plimented by all the speakers for the stand
they had taken, and Senator Palmer was
eulogized for his position in justifying the
men.
As the Pinkerton forces had been driven
from Ohio, they believed the same con
dition would soon be reached in Pennsyl
vania. J. Gus Weaver, of Indiana, made a
long speech, in" which he attributed all the
bloodshed in labor troubles to Pinkerton
forces, with the exception of the railroad
strike of 1877. He thought the Haymarket
tragedy was directly traceable to them.
Resolutions were adopted setting forth
that Carnegie has become n ealthy because
of a protected industry secured lor the
purpose of paying higher wages, notwith
standing which he had reduced the wages
of his employes 50 per cent in four years;
that to enforce the reduction Pinlcerton
thugs had been brought in to shoot the men
down, therefore Ohio calls upon Pennsyl
vania authorities to prevent the bringing'in
of armed men to prevent laborers from
getting a fair share ot a protected industry;
that the action of Congress be indorsed in
the effort toy a fair investigation of the
Pinkerton outrages.
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Dr. B.M. Hanka. Eye, ear, nose and
threat dJeases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn
treet, jnttsburg, Pa. au
Bearing Bis Grandfather' Gun.
PTTTSBTTKGr DISPATCH
BRAVES MICE
Only 22 of the Gallant 400
Showed Up for Dnty at
the Court Hoise.
MANY FOUND NEW ILLS.
Hopes That Arose With a Snap When
They Were Dismissed.
LIST 0P THE MEN WHO REPORTED.
Weibe Gives Ilis Ultimatum to the Sheriff,
and It la Refused.
TERMS OP THE FINAL PROPOSITION
Sheriff McCleary's office in the Court
House was not a gathering place for large
bodies of citizens yesterday. Only 22 brave
and courageous men out of the several hun
dred summoned called and agreed to act as
deputies. Although they had before them
the awful fate Of the Pinkerton men, they
were willing to face the scowls at Home
stead for the preservation ot the peace.
Some of those who had the necessary
backbone to call upon the Sheriff preferred
to stay at home. Hasty consultations wjth
their family physician cohvinced the
patients that they were not physically
capable of undergoing a prolonged siege in
the Homestead campaign. Many of the
men were bent with age. The hand of time
had settled heavily upon their once robust
forms, and like the hero "by the wayside
on . mossy stone," they could murmur,
"Angel," said he sadly, '"'I am old."
The breeze from the electric fan toyed
and gamboled about the whiskers of some,
however, who, to all outward appearances,
were in the prime of manhood, but a crisis
like the present developed maladies they
never imagined ailed them before.
Bach W ore n Tale of Woe.
A stranger standing at the door of the
Sheriff's office during the afternoon might
have thought, judging from the appearance
of the people going inside, that it was the
reception room of a hospital. The Pinker
tons, rescued from the besieged barges, did
not present more woebegone, desolate
facial expressions than some of the sum
moned citizens.
As the little crowd of deputized braves
gathered in one corner of the office, they
soon realized they were in a reckless min
ority. Finally Sheriff McCleary called
them up in front of him at 9:40 A. k. and
kindly notified them that on account of the
paucity of their numbers he could not think
of throwing them into the lion's den, fig
uratively speaking.
Glad or the Chance to Eicipe. .
Twenty-two stalwart, pleasant-looking
gentlemen then filed out of the Court House.
They had been notified to appear at 9 o'clock
this mornini; armed, and in light marching
order to advance upon Homestead, but
later this order was countermanded.
There were some among them who went
immediately to the shooting galleries, or
went into "their back vards with grand
father's musket to burnish up their marks
manship. These were so few, however, that
one or two muscular and irate iron workers
might easily drive them into the Mononga
hela river.
The able-bodied men. those fit for field
service, in the Sheriff's gallant 400, now
consists ot 66 men. The others are either
doing hospital duty or 'have joined the de
serters, the Sheriff doesn't know which.
A big, ruddy-faced, healthy-looking sub
ject, alter sizing up the deputies, said: "It
strikes me as rather curious that such men
should be summoned. I will bet there is
not 1 in 100 of them who has fired a gun in
the last 40 years. They are engaged,
in occupations where guns are never fired,
much less seen, and the chances are that if
armed and taken to Homestead they would
start the ball rolling by shooting either
themselve or some of the posse. There is
no question but that they would be in much
greater danger from one another than from
the locked out iron workers. It is sate to
bet that the Homestead people will never
see the faces of any of them. If the strikers
should give them 15 minutes to leave Home
stead it would be just three times longer
than would be necessary lor them to get out
of town."
Lilt or the Gallant Troop.
The list of the men who marched to the
front yesterday and were willing to be de
stroyed, Js as follows:
THOMAS G. McCLURE. clerk.
It M. HOLLAND, real estate.
J. D. SUAKFER. attorney.
WILLIAM CAIN.
ISAAC VAN VOORHIS, attorney.
JOSEPH KICIIBAUM, stationer.
W. B. I.UPi'ON, dealer in slate and cement
rooflns.
GEOUGE II. FRENCH, tobacconist
JOHN VOIGT, hutcher.
JOSEPH II. GRAY, attorney.
THOMAS G. McCLURE.
W. J. MAY.
H. M.LONG, broker.
P. J. MUKPHY, detective.
P. a MILLEtt. attorney.
W. J. PATTON, hroker.
WILLIAM LYONS, JR., of J. E. Bennett
&Co.
W. A. BUNTING, dealer in stamps.
C T. MAY.
JOHN FARREIJj.
SCOTT WHITE, dealer in roofing.
THOMAS J. KEENAN, newspaper pub
lisher. Cltimatnm or the Aroaleamated.
The Sheriff held a long conference yester
day afternoon with William Weihe, Presi
dent of the Amalgamated Association; C.
I Magee, ,T. M. Guffey. George W. Von
Bonhorst, William Flinn'and K. B. Petty.
After the conference Mr. Weihe went to
Homestead. Although .the parties to the
conference refused to make known what had
transpired, it wa3 understood that the
Amalgamated Association had oflered to
give the Sheriff complete possession of the
works if he would promise to place in the
works not more than ten deputies who
should be taken from the ranks of the
Homestead workers, and providing that the
Sheriff should not lend assistance to the
steel company in introducing non-union
workmen.
The Sheriff, accompanied by ex-Sheriff
Cluley and It B. Petty, went to Home
stead" at 4:15 and returned about p:30 last
evening. When asked if he had met with
any resistancCat Homestead he said: "There
were a few fellows around, partly full of
booze, who growled a little and told me I
was not as popular as I used to be. You
can say positively that I will do nothing to
ward taking possession of the Homestead
works lor a da' or two. I do not want the
people who have consented to act as depu
ties to appear to-morrow. The situation at
Homestead will, therefore, remain un
changed for the next couple of days.
"I have countermanded the order regard
ing the closing of the saloons in Mifflin
township. The speak-easies were doing a
rushing business and I concluded it would
be better to have the saloons open, than to
have the men gathering in speak-easies."
SUMMONED A SICK KAN.
A. J. Lae Got a Call to Arm the First
' Time He Was Out of Bed In Six Weeks.
A. Y. Lee, the engineer, went to Atlantic
City last evening for the benefit ot his
health. While down there he will make a
sketch of the New Jersey coast between
Cape May and Sandy Hook. Mr. Lee has
been sick in bed for six weeks. He was on
the street fur the first time on Thursday, j
SATURDAY, JULY 9,
and met Sheriff McCleary. A short time
afterward he received a summons to go to
Homestead. Mr. Lee called at the Sheriff's
office and told the clerk if an ambulance
and plenty of sandwiohes were furnished
he would become a deputy. His services
were not wanted. Mr. Lee added that be
had no desire to fight against his fellow
countrymen.
EX-SHERIFF FIFE'S VIEWS.
at Tells Why It Wonld Not Have Been
Proper to Orzin'.ze a Citizens' Posse
Comparisons Between the Present and
tho Occurrence In '77.
"If Allegheny county had a Democratic
Sheriff, or Pennsylvania had a Republican
Governor it would be a good thing at this
time for the people of Homestead and the
majesty of the law in this State."
This was ex-Sheriff Fife's reply when
asked what Governor Pattison meant by his
comparison ot Sheriff McCleary's conduct
in the Homestead riot with the policy pur-,
sued by Mr. Fife in the railroad riot in 1887.
"Governor Pattison is making a political
play, and his whole course in this matter
has been arranged for buncombe to be used
in politics. If McCleary had been a Demo
crat he would have had Pattison's support
it he bad asked for it. But our Sheriff is a
Republican, and there will soon be a Presi
dental campaign in progress, both of which
points Mr. Pattison is taking every ad-
vantase of.
"I can see no good ground for criticism of
Mr. McCleary's coarse in the trouble at
Homestead. In ihe first place the Governor
and those of his way of thinking do not take
into consideration the circumstances sur
rounding this case. The old law of posse
comitatus does not apply here as it would in
a country district, and the people here are
too generally in sympathy with those worfc
ingmen at Homestead to respond lo a call to
go and fight them.
They Could Not Have Held Tbelr Ground.
"Even had "McCleary been able to raise a
force of 500 men on Tuesday it would have
been difficult to arm them all. If that num
ber of men had been taken up there,
armed or unarmed, they would not have
been put upon a train and sent home. Nor
could they have held their ground against
that determined organized force of men who
are fighting for the idea that they are de
fending their homes. The result would
have been that half if not all the deputies
would have been killed and wounded, many
of the millworkers would have been killed,
and the conditions at Homestead would
have remained the same.
"Of course, the Governor would then have
been compelled to order out the State
Guard. It seems he is determined not to
adopt this course until our Bepublican
Sheriff takes a lot of our citizens and ex
poses them and himself to instant death.
Then he will exert himself. I am satisfied
there will be more trouble at Homestead.
More lives will be lost before non-union
men go to work in that mill.
"Governor Pattison's criticism of my ac
tion does not come with good grace when
his course is compared with that of Gov
ernor Hartranft, in 1877. That strike
against the railroad companies was general
all over the country, bnt it was centered
here, and strikers from Maine to California
flocked in here quietly for a week before a
move was made. As Sheriff, I had no offi
cial notice of the trouble, was not called
upon to interfere until the Thursday night
before the rioting began. It was on Satur
day that the trouble broke out.
Reminiscences of Seventy-Seven.
"I had been out in the country two days
serviug a writ Beturning late Thursday
night I went to bed and was sound asleep
when a carriage drove up containing David
Watt, then assistant superintendent of the
Pennsylvania railroad, who called for pro
tection against the strikers. Watt told me
that 10,000 men and women were congre
gated along the tracks from Twenty-eighth
street down to the old Union depot and that
in an attempt to get out a train he had been
knocked down by the strikers.
"I went down to the tracks at 11 o'clock
that night with two deputies and found an
immense crowd of strikers, more than 10,000
I believe, and they were nearly all
strangers in the city. When I came up
they treated me civilly, but when I got up
on a board pile to make a speech they re
fused to listen and pulled the .board pile
from under me. I then went out and
gathered up 25 men whom I pressed into
service as deputies. They could do noth
ing of course but watch the crowd. On
Friday morning, after hard work, I gathered
up about 25 more deputies, but outside of a
few police could get no more men after
that,
"There was a decidedly hostile attitude
'shown on every hand against any interfer
ence by the authorities; the strikers had
taken complete charge ot the railway from
Braddock into the city, and thev were com
mitting acts in defiance of the law. To go
against them with less than 10,000 drilled
and armed men meant annihilation. Lieu
tenant Governor Latta on Friday morning
telegraphed me that Breck's Battery and
the Fourteenth and Eighteenth regiments
would report to me for duty, but they have
never done so yet. ,
Militiamen Relatives of the Strikers.
"They did report to General Pearson, but
when I went to see what could be done
with them I found them in confusion, mix
ing with the mob, the strikers id possession
of their guns and paying no Attention to
military order. Half those militiamen
were relatives of the strikers,' and the bal
ance were friends, so they cortid not be in
duced to do anything against them.
"On Saturday morning there gathered at
Twenty-eighth street, on J the hillside, the
tracks and adjacent streets not less than 73,
000 men. The railroadt company had de
cided to run out trains. The Governor had
telegraphed me the night before that the
militia from Philadelphia would get here
the next morning and 'would assist me in
opening a way through the mob to allow the
operation of the road. When these men
came in Saturday afternoon they marched
with me and my deprties to where the mob
filled the tracks at Twenty-eighth street.
The front ranks 'marched against the mob,
but not a man moved. General Brinton,
who was in command, wished to avoid
violence. He ordered the front ranks to
open and the Blaelf Hussars, with fixed
bayonets, marched th rough the breach.
Why Citlzsns Shda'd Not Be Sworn In.
"Before they reached the mob a man on a
car fired a revolver! killing a soldier. An
other shot was fired from behind a box, and
a volley of sticks, stones and lumps of coal
knocked 'down a dozen more of the militia
men. Then the jlocal guardsmen threw
down their arms and ran. Without waiting
for an order, the Philadelphia-is began fir
ing as a matter of (felf-preservation. The
rest of the story, this retreat of the soldiers
to the round-house the night they spent
there and their retreat out Penn avenue, is a
matter of history. j
"Now who will sy that I should have
forced several thousand citizens of this
county to go out against that determined
mob? What would nave been the criticism
passed upon me had I caused the death of a
whole lot of those mei? The same case is
presented at Homesteid. Take 4,000 or 5,000
citizens, armed, if yjou can get arms, to
Homestead. Such a force would be un
organized, undrilled and so awkward that
"they would be in eacp other's way. Their
presence would bring that determined, or
ganized, experienced 'body of men against
them, and a dreadful slaughter would fol
low. What sensible man wouldadvise such
a course unless he was 'in sympathy with the
big corporations or the' Governor. "
Kentucky May Sbnt Ilown Xon Pinkertons.
LOTJISVH.LE, July 8. A bill was intro
duced in the General Assembly at Frank
fort to-day prohibiting the employment of
Pinkertons in Kentucky.
3892.
CARING FORTHEWIEM.
Pinkerton Officials in Pitts
burg Assisting Their
Disabled Men.
TOOK AWAY THE WOUNDED.
Detectives Stir Up a Bow at the West
Penn Hospital,
BUT HOT A REVOLVER WAS DRAWN.
The Western Sufferers Will Probably Be
Eent Cut To-Day.
ME. KORDRUJI DENIES HIS IDENTITY
Although Bob Pinkerton is not in Pitts
burg, as has been told, he is represented
very much in the flesh by three trusty
lieutenants, who have a peculiar habit of
strennously denying that they are here.
Yesterday morning Captain Charlie Kor
drum, of the Chicago office, wafted bis ath
letic being up the bjlls to the West Penn
Hospital He went there to ask Superin
tendent Cowan to deny admittance to the
ward, where the injured warriors are recu
perating, to all newspaper' men.
This purpose was attended to in
a nice, quiet way. Mr. Kordrum asked
Superintendent Cowan why the names and
residences of the injured men had been
given to the press and Superintendent
Cowan said he had done so to prevent
errors. Mr. Nordrum said it should not
have been done and asked that in future no
reporters should be admitted to interview
the wounded men. Then he went up into
the ward and advised the men not to talk.
Met by Frick's Representatives.
They then met a representative of Mr.
Frick who had called to arrange transporta
tion for the wounded detectives back to
their homes. Mr. Frick's representative
started for the city and a short time later
two men followed. The latter had just
reached the unhappy little path which is
so badly stumbled over as people see the
Twenty-eighth street viaduct on the down
ward course, when the reporters still merrily
came after them.
Here history diverges. That is, there
are two stories. Superintendent Cowan
stood upon the hospital porch when his
eye was attracted to the trio far below him.
They had stopped their walk. Still stood
still. So did the detectives. Still moved
backwards a step or two. The detectives
advanced. Two more men approached.
Still ran to them, then he returned to the
hospital with them. They were Dr. Mur
doch, director of the hospital, and Druggist
Hembold, of Sixth avenue and Smithfield
street. The detectives, like the brook, pur
sued the uneven tenor of their way.
Said He Threatened to Shoot.
An account of this affair was published to
the effect that the reporter asked if the men
were Pinkerton detectives, and for reply
was made the recipient ot some very un
toward remarks, which do not look well in
the type The Dispatch uses. Incidentally
the remarks were accented by the vocifer
ously inclined gendemau half drawing his
revolve from his hip pocket and avowing he
would bore a hole through the reporter if
he did not immediately skip.
Charlie Nordrnn told someone who told
someone else to tell Tun Dispatch the
following story of the affair:
"I was corning down the hill from the
hospital," Nordrum is quoted as saying,
"with another man, when we were ap
proached from the rear bv a man who was
breathing rather hurriedly. He asked me
in a very disagreeable manner if we were
Pinkerton detectives. Who I am and what
I am is no one's affair, and I replied that I
was not. He replied in verv violent lan
guage that he was no man at all who would
deny his vocation, and seemed very aggres
sive. Denies Drawing a Revo'ver.
"Some small words passed. I am not ac
customed to lose my head upon every slight
occasion, and I distinctly remember what I
said. I made no threats whatever, and did
not placo my hand anywhere near my
pocket. That would have been too absurd
and ridiculous for anyone to indulge in, and
vou may rest assured I am not here with the
intention of murdering reporters, whose
only offense is their duty."
Speaking of the report that he had used
violent an abusive language to Superin
tendent Cowan, Detective Nordrum denied
it as emphatically as did Superintendent
Cowan himself.
Dr. Murdoch said to a Dispatch man
last night he knew absolutely nothing of
any lives being threatened. "I heard angry
words as I passed the men, but heard no
threats whatever."
A report was current that Still intended
to cause the arrest of Nordrum, and Alder
man MclCenna was seen but he stated last
night that no warrant had been taken out
and none would be, before him at least.
Nonlrum Denied Ills Identity.
The fleeting hours of day failed to make
any impression upon the singular habit of
denying himself that Detective Nordrum
has taken upon himself. He meandered up
and down Fifth avenue last night wearing a
hat of pure, spotless whiteness. It was a
peculiar hat, being tall, small and sloping,
but the little boys did not sing the sacred
ditty of iuquiry that they sometimes do, for
the wearer had a piercing eye, a stern, for
bidding expression, and more than these
nice clothes upon his handsome, athletic
figure. A Dispatch man addressed him,
but was,told in a sad, far-away voice thai it
was a case of mistaken identi'tv.
"You are not Detective Nordrum?"
"No," lisped the eagle-eyed man in mel
ancholy tones. "No, I am not he."
"Do you expect Captain Bob Pinkerton
soon?"
"No," again lisped the man, "I do not
expect anyone." Then he adjusted eye
glasses upon his nose and looked disconso
lately at a twinkling star, although the stir
was in no way to blame.
"What is your object in coming to Pitts
burg?" "You mistake me for a less handome
man," replied the funny fellow, and he
smiled at the star in a sad, simple way.
"What is your object in denying your
identity?"
f'l have no object," said the plain spoken
man. Then he became weary of talking
while the star was .still twinkling, and he
fell into a train of 'thought he did not elu
cidate. Wonntted Pinkertons Taken Kant.
As a result of the various trips to the hos
pitals by detectives and representatives of
Frick, 12 of the injured detectives were
taken from the hospital aud placed upon
th? eastbound fast train, at Twenty-eighth
street and Penn avenue, and sent
to their homes in Philadelphia. Two
Pinkerton officers took complete charge of
the removarand the names of the departing
detectives could not be obtained. The re
moval of the Philadelphia contingent leaves
17 men in the hospital, the majority ot
whom are irom Chicago. It is mere con
jecture when the latter will leave, but the
probabilities are that it will be within the
next 24 hours.
Joseph Zisbo, the man reported dead in
last evening's papers, is still alive and is
reported improving.
No Volnntetr Deputies at MeKeesporf.
McKeespoet, July 8. Special Con-
! giderable excitement was caused here this
morning over'the report that Sheriff Mc
Cleary would call on McKeesport for a
number of deputies. It is not .known
whether or not there is any foundation for
the report, but, judging from what is heard
generally, he would find very few, if any,
McKeesporters who would be willing to
serve as such.
HIS LAST FAREWELL.
John E. Morris Kisses His Pretty TV lie and
Goes to His Death Thirty Minutes
Later His Dead Body Was Carried to
His Home.
The bells of Homestead were ringing the
honr of seven on that bloodstained Wednes
day morning when John E. Morris kissed
his pretty wife, and, shouldering his rifle,
started for the yards. Thirty minutes later
a sqnad of men brought back to Mrs. Morris
the bleeding, lifelcis body of her husband.
The shock completely prostrated her.
Morris was one of the leading citizens of
Homestead. He owned the snug house in
which he lived, and the ground about it.
In the mills he was well liked, and his wife
fairly idolized him. Forthnately tor the
widow Morris left his property in'excellent
shape.
QUAKER CITY CHEERS
For the Saccessfal Fijlit of the Homestead
Wrrkmen Jerry Mmpson the Principal
Orator He Characterizes 1hi Act of
the Pinkertons as High Treason.
Philadelphia, July &. The mass
meeting called lor to-night on the plaza of
the public buildings under the auspices of
the Federation of Labor to protest against
the introduction of Pinkerton detectives at
Homestead was attended by abont 2,000
people. The feeling that seecmed to ani
mate the crowd was more one of good na
ture and a seeking to be amused than any
deep-rooted indignation. It cheered im
partially lor the speakers and any public
man whose name some speaker happened to
call out
The principal speaker of the evening was
Congressman Jerry Simpson, of Kansas.
Mr. Simpson spoke for over an hoar;
roundly denonnced the system of employ
ing Pinkerton detectives, and upheld in
strong language the action of the Homestead
men in opposing their advent at that place.
Mr. Carnegie came in for a scathing arraign
ment front the Kansas representative
Mr. Simpson said that the introduction
of the Pinkertons into a State came under
the head of high treason and that they, with
Mr. Carnegie, should be tried and hanged
for murder. The law was made for rich
men, and as soon as a workiugman comes
into collision with it he finds he is beyond
its pale. Nevertheless, said Mr. Simpson,
the law of right and justice is the vindica
tion of the heroes who shed their blood at
Homestead, and it is higher than the laws
of men.
Mr. Simpson gave a humorous description
of the efforts of bis colleague, Mr. Watson,
of Georgia, and of himself to get their
resolution to investigate the Pinkerton de
tective system before the House. He then
branched jff, and for nearly an hour dilated
upon the well-known views of the Farmers'
Alliance, as to what the Governmental
system should be.
The other speakers were John Gallagher,
Vice President of this district of the Amal
gamated Iron and Steel Workers, and Mr.
Maguire, General Secretary of the Carpen
ters and Joiners' Union. Both denounced
the Pinkertons, Mr. Carnegie and Mr.
Frick and praised the Homestead strikers
for their successful resistance ofthedetec
.tives. Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Maguire both
deprecated violence in general, however,
and pleaded with their auditors to right
themselves with ballots, not bullets.
Telegrams were read from President
Weihe, of the Amalgamated Association,
and President Gompers, of the Federation
of Labor, regretting their inability to be
present. Resolutions were passed, encour
aging the Homestead strikers in their fight
with the Carnesie Steel Company; de
nouncing the Pinkertons; commending
Governor Pattison's action in not calling out
the militia; calling upon the Sheriff of
Allegheny county to exhaust the civil
power before he asked for the militia, and
demanding the passage by the Pennsylvania
Legislature ot laws prohibiting, the use of
Pinkerton's detectives in the State.
NAVAL WORK DELAYED.
One of the Par-Reiichins Effects or tho
Lockout nt Homsstoad Conditions of
the Contracts Between Carnegie and
the Government.
New Yokk, July 8. The trouble at the
Homestead mills will delay work on the
armored cruiser Maine, the 3,000-ton cruiser
Cincinnati and the double-turreted monitors
Puritan and Terror at the Navy Yard, as
well as on other war vessels under course of
construction at the.Nayy Yard, beside those
building by private firms, inasmuch as Car
negie, Phipps & Co. and also the Eethle
hem works have a contract to furnish armor
and other steel plating for war vessels.
The contract with Carnegie, Phipps & Co.
was entered into on November 20, 1890, to
furnish armor of a total of C.043 tons, or,
exclusive of bolts and accessories, about
5,900 tons of plating. The deliveries upon
this contract were to have been completed
on July 1, 1891, but the time required for
the necessary extension of the firm's exist
ing plant was found to be much greater
than "was anticipated, hence some delay was
unavoidable.
Under the contract the company was
bound to furnish and maintain the most im
proved and modern plant tor the production
of first-class armor and to conduct it ac
cording to the best methods. The result of
the tests of nickel-steel plates a few months
a;o was sufficient to convince the Navy De
partment ot the desirability of armoring the
new ships with this metal, and accordingly
all the armor ordered from the Carnegie
firm is to be of nickel-steel. The Navy De
partment supplies the nickel for this armor
in the form of nickel oxide
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John E. Morris, Who Fell in Battle.
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PI'IKEBTOTIS HOT,
He Calls Palmer's Speech the
Yaporings of the Veri
est Blatherskite
NEWS FOE THE PEOPLE.
The Chicago Head of the Agency
Talks Considerable. .
CHARGES AGAINST THE SHERIFF.
He Declares McCleary Was to HaTfl Hii
Hen Made Deputies.
THE W0BKS T7ILL ETER BE NOy-TJKIOIT
rSrZCTAL TZLEGRA5I TO THE DISFJLTC7T.
Chicago, July 8. "Senator John M.
Palmer only added another link to the
chain of blatherskite moves which have
made him famous, or infamous, as you
might call it, in making his old-fogy talk to
the Senate yesterday," said Detective Billy
Pinkerton to-day. "Sifted of 98 per cent
of gas and buncombe, his remarks on the
Homestead trouble simply mean that the
old blatherskite, the old toadier, think,
or at least wants the people to
understand that he does that the system
that makes it possible for the men owning
property there to engage men to protect it
without having the men sworn in as deputy
sheriffs is entirely wrong. His remarks
carry no weight with me, even if he is a
United States Senator. No one with the
sagacity of a bulldog would heed his talk,
for it is worth nothing more than it would
bring as bad gas.
"Another thing you can tell the people,
and it will be news to them, is that we bad
a tacit understanding with Sherirl McCleary
that every one of our men was to be sworn
in as a depnty. At the time the boat was
attacked McCleary's chief deputy, Gray,
was with our men.
A Xew Charge Against the Sheriff
"What intention had he in view, being
with the men, if he was not going to make
them his subordinates? Had he raised his
voice and ordered the men to fight for the
Sheriff of Allegheny county the mere act
would have made them deputy sheriffs.
The only reason onr men were not sworn in
as deputies when the fight occurred was the
Sheriff's violation of his promise and his
official oversight."
"How about the story thatyonrmen were
engaged and sent to Homestead under false
pretenses, the men being given to under
stand that they were to be watchmen in a
rural town?" was asked.
"That is the worst kind of rot, and I can
prove it. The reported interview with one
of the men published in a number of papers
is a pure fake. Do you suppose I have been
in this business all these years to let a fool
like that fellow alleged to have been inter
viewed must have been, get the best of me
on a business proposition?"
All the Men Signed Contracts.
"Each and every man signed a black and
white contract, in which his duties were .,
outlined to a letter before he left on the "
train and Ihave those signed contracts. All
of those stories about taking the men from
town "to town in order to confuse them and
throw them oB of the real terminus of the
journey are falsehoods."
"Are von goins to send any more men
from Chicaeo or New York?".
"No, sir."
"How about the story that Carnegie and
his conferees have decided to close up the
works for good rather than have another
union man?"
. "That is true. No union man will ever
puddle a pound of iron in the
works again. Bather will the owners let
the works crumble and wash away into the
river with the rains than take a union man
in. If non-union men are not allowed to
work, why,Homestead will become deserted
and dead. The people behind the big
works have the millions to do as they
please, and if they stick to their resolutions
the capi tal will lie idle. The outlook certainly
is not pleasant for the workmen. I won t
say where my information comes from, bnt
I know it is so."
CHICAGO EFFECTS OF THE LOCKOUT
Two Hundred Employes of Rollins 31111s
Are Thrown Ont ot TTork.
ClIICACO, July 8. The trouble at Home
stead has thrown 200 mca out of employ
ment at the North Chicago rolling mills.
The men are heaters, rollers and helpers.
Their contract or scale expired July 1.
and the Illinois Steel Company, who owns
the mills, decided to make no arrangements
for a future scale until the result of the
Eastern strike becomes known.
Sympathy for the Workmen.
Daniel Donehoo, a prominent Philadel
phia lawyer, was at the Union depot last
evening going home. He had been on a
trip through "West Virginia. He said
wherever he went in the State he found the
people in sympathy with the Homestead
men. They censured them for abusing the
Pinkertons after they surrendered, but they
blame the firm above all for sending the de
tectives there in the first place. Mr. Don
ehoo thinks it is time tor the Government
tp interfere in the settlement ot wage dis
putes. SUIT AGAIHST A SALT TRUST.
Canadians Don't Propose to Have Frlcei
Fixed by the Combine.
.Toronto, Ont., July a Special A
suit of considerable commercial Interest to
Canadian commerce was begun here to-day.
A year ago or more all the big Canadian
salt factories formed a combine, fixed prices
and agreed to limit the output. Recently
the Ontario Salt "Works at Kincardm gave
the combine notice of withdrawal. To-day
the combine began proceedings to obtain an
injunction to prevent the Ontario Salt
AVorks from leaving the combine.
0 The defense is that the combine is clearly
illegal under the combine act; that its ob
ject is to limit the production and sale, fix
prices and prevent competition.
Freight Wreck on the P. W.
Travel on the Pittsburg aod "Western Kail
road was partially suspended from early
yesterday morning until nearly midnight by
a freight wreck at Herron station, 12 miles
from the.city. The train consisted of 20 car
loads of pig iron. An axle broke at a bridge
over a smell creek, and the car. followed by
14 others, went over the embankment. The
bridge was destroyed and the track wrecked
The trainmen escaped by jumping. Passen
gers were transferred.
A Tillage Almost Wiped Onr.
Wheeling, July 8. Eire destroyed tl
entire business portion of the village
Troy, Gilmer county, this State,'last nigh
One store, a hotel, the postoffice and fo
dwelling houses were burned. The tot
loss was $30,000. Wiant & Pulhann, me
chants, were the heaviest losers, sufferi'
to the extent of $10,000, covered by insr
ance. There was no insurance on the ott
property.
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