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Ho Culmination of tho Labor
Troubles at Homeatead.
fl BLOODY BATTLE BT THE WORKS,
Lasting Prom Pour in tho Morning
Until Five In the Afternoon.
THREE HUNDRED P1NKERT0N MEN
Bombarded in a River Barge by
Cannon and Winchesters.
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FEARFUL DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
On Both Sldes?Tho Striking Iron
Workers Determined to Prevent the
Plukertous from Landtag If It Coati
Kvory Life, Make a Desperate Fight.
Tho Rattle of Muskotry, tlio Booming
ot Cannon and the Cries of the
Dying and Wounded Only Cease
When the So-Called Detective* Barrender
Unconditionally?Dynamite
and Burning Oil Brought Into Use.
Appalling Situation of tho Pinker,
tour?Imprisoned In Their Barge Nc
Quarter Is Giren Theui Until the
Strikers' Leaders Plead for Them.
Their Ping of Truce Shot Down
Ihreo Tlinos?-Tholr Aivfltl Treat
moat Alter snrroimcr.
Pmsnusau, Pa., July 8.?Pittsburgh
has had another experience with labdr
riots, and this time, as during the foariul
scenes which were witnessed during
tho railroad riots of 1877, blood hat
been sited, life jeopardized and valuable
property placed in danger. This time
thero -was no destruction ot property,
but the mob was thoroughly tto!
organized, well disciplined and bad
efficient officers at tno bead to conducl
thoir operations. Tho force embraced
all tho men employed in tho extensive
plants of the Carnegie Iron and Steel
Company at Homestead, some eighl
miles east of Pittsburgh, and a.battlc
AXDMIW CARNEGIE.
which for blood thiratinosa and bold
nous of oxooutioa has not been excollet
in actual warfare, waged (rom 4 o'clocl
in tho morning until 5 o'clocl
this afternoon, and only ceasod wbei
the force of Pinkerton's brought to thi
place to suppress the strike, uncon
ditionally surrendered, leaving tbei
arms in tho barges in which they hai
I been transported to tho works.
TnK CAUSE OF IT.
Tho riot to-day was tho cul minatioi
of tho troubloa which have been brew
ins at Homoatead for the past month
Tho Carnogio company submitted
fcalo to govorn thoir workmen in th
steel planta and announcod that it wa
thoir ultimatum, Thoir acalo rando
sweeping reduction in tho wagos of skill
od men, and it was officially announco
that unless tho terma were compile'
with before July 1, the places of th
workmen would bo fillod by others
This wag followed by a peremptory rt
fui.il on tho part of the company to rec
ognizo tlio Amalgamated Asaociatloi
of stool and Iron Workers as such, or t
confer with any committoo of the work
men, short of an acceptance of tho term
offered. Tho mou stated that the
would never submit to this proposed u
duction and announced their dotormin
ation to roalst any ofTort on the part c
tho Carnogio company to start up thei
plants with non-union men. As hot
sides wcro dotorminod, both proceodo
to prepare for tho contoat, which cul
initiated in such deeds of violonco an
Woodshed that wore witnosaed to-da
in the big hlvo of iudustry on tho M<
nont'ahcla.
THE STRIKERS AGGRESSIVE.
Tho contest was prooipitated by th
workmen at lIoinosloadDy hanging II
C. Frick, president of the company, i
etllry, and in retaliation tho compan
ordered an iminodiato shut down of th
| his works, two days boforo tho tip
provided by the contract under whic
tho men woro working. Tho employe
at oneo proceeded to organize for th
dolonsivo ami the company eroctod
high board fqneo around the entir
works, giving them tho appearance <
an immense stockade, the sides bcin
Dioi'cod with port holos.
Yesterday the Carnogio company ai
nounced thoir intention to procoed I
get ready to make ropairs, and the off
eials asked tho ahoritt to appoint do[
ntioi to protect thoir proporty. 'l'f
tlieriiT sent a email squad of men up 1
tlie worka, but tho strikors asiomblc
in force and notifiod thom to got out i
the town, as no diiordor was intondo
and no damago would bo dono to an
propotiy. They even offered to I
sworn in as deputies and to givo boni
for tho faithful performance of the
nnti.'S as conservators of tho poac
? lion this otTor whs declined the ai
visary committee, which had boon d
ra ns. the action of tho workmen, nr
which had held the turbulent splri
among tho workmen in check, wan it
mediately dissolved and all the rocori
ot tho committee promptly dostroyod.
WIIM THE COJlrAKY went wrono.
Tho developments to-day showed th
applications made for osatstanco
the sheriff wai merely (or the purpose
of covering what was intended to be a
coup demain on the part of the Carnegie
company, in clandestinely introducing a
body of Plokerton detectives into the
mill enclosure. The detectives bad
been rendezvoused some five or sii
miles below this city on the Ohio river,
at which two modol barges had been
prepared (or them. The barges were ol
the best build and wero used in shipping
Iron rails down tho river (rqm the
Carnegie mills at Braddoclc. Tho bolds
were filled up with bunks, cooking
arrangements and other accommoda^
tlona, and as an oxtra precaution, as 11
In preparation fpr the siege to which
they were subjected to-day, were lined
witn heavy steel plates on the inside.
Willie UIOtTUniDUnUAUOVP. nug ^Vtvvn.
1 in a similar manner.
HOSTILITIES BED UN.
It was tho intention that the mer
should reach tho works about 3 o'clock
this morning, but the guards which
were on duty along the river got wore
. of the threatened invasion of the bated
, Pinkerton men and prepared to recelvt
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I I
them. The barges were tawed up the
; river by u tow boat, but long before tbc
i Pinkerton men reached Homestead,
thousands of strikers had gathered or
tbo banks of the river ready to girt
them u warm welcome. When th<
bouts attempted to land, the workmen
broke through the fence BurrounJin;
the mill and ontrenched thomseives behind
piles of steel billets, prepared tc
resist the landing of the detectives.
By 4 o'clock in the morning an effort
was made to land the detoctives, bu
the strikers met them and a fierce battii
was precipitated, both sides exchanging
a heavy volley of shots. . Tiie dotoctivo:
were all armed, with Winchester rifles
but at tho point whero the attempt ic
laud was mado thoro was a steep em
I iinnlrninnt nnd thov were compelled t<
go in single file, and woro soon driver
back to the boats by the steady lire
from tho shore.
TITE STOHM OP HATTI.K.
The nolee of the battle spread abou
the borough like wildfire, and thons
nnds of men. women and childroi
thronged to the river bank to wltnes
. tho fight fn progress. Tho Pinkortoi
, men wero dotormfnod to land and tho;
poured volley after volley into the rank
1 of tho strikers, many of whom wer
? stricken down by the bullets, some o
, them being fatally injured and other
killed outright.
* As tho battle progressed, the striken
j! took up a position behind a breas
j works hastily constructed of steel rail
and billots and from this placo of saf
refuge wore able to pick of tho detect
ives as soon as they appeared on th
a deck of their boats. In the moantim
. Captain Hein, and Superintonden
Klino, of the Pinkerton men, wero dlt
? abled and tho fire becamo so fierce tha
" the crow of this tow boat hastily cu
loose from tho barges, and steamed u
* the. river, carrying as many of th
wounded as tlioy coula reach to Brad
j dock from which point tbey wero son
J down to tho hospitals for treatment a
? Pittsburgh. Sevon of the force wor
carried to thoir homos at Homestoac
" tho dead being taken toftho morgue an
? undertaking rooms in tho town. Th
nowB of the riot roaehed Pittsburgh a
^ oarly as six o'clock in the morning am
'* THE WORKMEN CAnRVINO OFF THEIR PEA
thousands of mill workers, all of who
are iiow idle, ptfnding tho confercnco i
0 tha scale, congregatod in .the strool
0 whilo hundreds of tliers, armed wit
j guns and revolvors, and well supplic
}i with ammunition, took up tho lino
^ march to roiniorco the strikers.
y As soon as day broko, tho strikors s
,B curcd a small brass cannon and plant(
I, It within a steel billot embrature, so
lr to command tho barges which wo
0 moorod at tho bank of the river, j
I.' tho snmo tlmo a forco of more tlian
U. thousand men took uo a position <
,j tho opposite >ldo of tho river and al
t, planted a cannon which they protocti
n. with a breastwork of railroad tit
j, The fire from both sides was kept u
the barges having been piorcod alot
the sido?. Shortly after 0 o'clock tl
cannon woro trainod on the boats ar
at foriovera! hours an awful bombar
of ment was kept up. The stout oake
(
i timbers forming the sidos of the boat
wero splintered, but the heavy steel
plates on the inside prevonted tho
i balls from penetrating tho interior,
i Many of the strikers, however, wore
I expert marksmen and they sont shot
; into the portholes in the boats and inflicted
terrible Injury to tho impris6nod
Dion*
Whon it was found that little iraoression
could be made by the cannon on
tho boats, an effort was made to fire tho
I barges and thus compel the detectives
; to leave the vessels, or suffer the horri;
ble fate of being burned alive.
IIORBIflLE INTENTION.
Hose wore procured and oil was
. sprayed on the docks and sides of the
barges. While this was being done
barrel after barrol of oil was emptied,
into the river abovo tho mooring plucon,
i tho object boinj to- allow it to float
against tho boats and then ignite it
This terrible deod was attempted sev1
oral times, but the boats did not burn,
I and then the mob bocamo infuriated
I and hurled dynamite bombs at tho
i vessel with (treat oSect. The situation
IBScsi
Beginning of the Battle,
i of the detectives was such aa to upall
I the stoutest heart. The mull liad been
left cooped up in the barges at the
i mercy,of the infuriated mob. The tow)
boat had loft thorn, and thoy were so
> oncotnpassod by tho tnaddonou army of
i strikorp that no succor could reach thorn.
Three times they run up a lluu.of truce,
but SB many times it was stricken down
> by bullets fired by tho strickors. Then
it bocamo evident that the ammunition
; of the-besiegoil detectives was oithor ex
t hanstod or thov woro too raucn vrora
9 oat to continue tho light, and (or nearly
c two hours before tho oild of tho struggle
i was reached not a shot was flrod.
SAVED FROM'AN AWVDI. KATE.
' Towards dusk e(Torts wore again made
, to bum tho boats with their living
i freight and thoy would doubtless havo
1 succeeded had it not been for the interposition
of tho loading officors of tlio
Amalgamated Association who wont to
t the scone of the war in tho afternoon.
> Through their ollorts it was agreed to
a allow tho detectives to surrender but
s this wus not socurod without tho
i greatest objection on the part of tho
" in on mnnv of whom havo lost friends
i and Acquaintance- during tho day.
e Besides, as in all such outbreaks, there
f were thousands of tnrbulent characters
s attractod to tbs place, and as thoy owed
no alloglanco to any organization, could
! not be controlled. ' They wanted to see
t tho carnage go on, and it waa not until
g somo of tho strikers pointod thoir guns
o at tho outsiders that a hoaring was
- obtained.
o At flvo o'clock tho Pinkerton men
0 hung out another wbito flag, and this
t time it was respected and a committee
i- of strikors went aboard to preparo terms
t of capitulation. Thoy guaranteed safe
,t conduct for tho Pinkorton's provided
p they left thoir arms and ammunition
e behind and agreed to leavo tho place
- undor guard. Tho dotoctivea had no
t altornativo and promptly accoptod tho
it torms, some of tho men saving that it
a was thp first time they had over subI,
mittcii to such a-humlliatingsurrender.
1 Whon an inspection of tho boats was
e made, it was found that at least soven
s of the Pinkerton men had boon killed
1 and twenty or thirty woiindod, many of
them so badly that thoy will die. As
they woro brought from tho boat they
. preaontod a torriblo apnouranco. Many
were besmeared with Mood, while all
of them showed signs cf exhaustion
from tho long confinement in tho close
quarters between docks.
DASTARDLY TREATMENT.
f Tho most shocking and dastardly
' deeds, howovcr, woro committed while
!' the prisoners woro being cscortod
k' through tho stroots by tho guards appointed
by tbo strikers.
An angry mob lined tho street on
both aldos. As tho mon passed by.
each in cbnrgo of two doputlos, tho mill
men and their friends kicked thorn and
threw some of them down. Tho unfortunate
dotoctivos begged for mercy.
Somo of them had pistol shots in thoir
heads and three woro soon that bad
their oyos shot out.
Soveral wore shot in tho shoulders
arms and legs and could scarcely limp
along. Blood was running down thou
shirts and thoy fairly.yollod with pain.
Fully thirty injured mon wore takon
to the town balL One of them had hie
oye punched out by an umbrella in tho
D- hanus of a woman, band wa3 thrown
m in their eyes and thoy woro hit with
a clubs and other missiles. Many were
s, knocked down with clubs, tramped
h upon, and somo woro too weak to walk
id when thoy startod for tho town hull,
of Tho mill mon usod the stocks of thoii
rifles and struck tho dotoctivos ovor tho
o- head and shouldors, inflicting serious,
>d and, in some cases, porhaps, fatal in'
as juries.
ro As tho procosslon renchod the AmalIt
gainatod Association building, tho do
a tectives had to remove thoir hats and
in saluto tho flag. Whon thoy rotnovod
so thoir hats men and womon hit thou
jd with umbrellas and sticks and abused
is. them In ovary way imaginable..
p, There soouied to bo a datorminatior
ig to kill tho prisoners and It was witl
is tno greatest difficulty that tho demon
id llko crowd could bo rostcainod. Tilt
d- men woro finally lodged in tho opori
in house, whoro thoy woro to be kept fot
the night. Thousands, however, gathered
around the building and the
wounded men wore kopt in a constant
state of }crror, and' it wai long before
their wounds could bo droned.
BUSKED TIIE DABGES.
After tho prisoners had been removed
from the barpea the rioters bad their
revenue. Thoy carried oil into the
holds, poured It over the bedding and
furniture and then set thorn on lire,
first securing; thorn so that they could
not float down tho river and cause damago
at points below. When the (lames
broke through the docks the cbcers
which ront the air were deafening, and
tho noise could be heard miles away. |
The hills on either side of the rivor
were litorally crowded with people, who
could witness from the high points all
that was transpiring on the battlefield
and bo out of raago of the daadly bul-1
lets.
The day was pile that will be remembered
with horror by tho peoole of the
borough as well as the citizons of the
entire oounty, who lor the second time
r"*r
I will bo called upon to pay the enormoua
amount of monoy entailed in tho shape
of riot losses.
CAP?. HEIN'S STATEMENT.
o S.ijtb Thoro Wore .JJOO Plnksrtons
"Piolcnd Up In Chicago aiid Now York."
PiTrsBTOou, Pa., July 6.?Oapt. F. H.
Hein, who had charge of tbo Pinkerton
mou at Homo3tead, was brought to the
Homoopatliic hospital in this city at
noon, with five companions who wore
wounded. The list of Pirikorton men at
tho hospital is:
Fatally injured?J. W. Klino, shot in
tho head; death expected any moment.
Injured?Cupt. i. li. Hoin, shot in
loft lee; bullet extracted and will recover.
Kussell Wells, shot in/right shouldor.
J. G. Hoffman, shot in right log.
David Lester, shot in 'hoad; seriously
injured.
Another man was shot in tho arm,
but ho loft tho hospital and the authorities
did not know iiis name.
Captain Hoin, ono of tiio injured, has
been in tho employ of tho Pinkertons
for many yeara and has had charge 01
- ~a
Tlio lMnkortons Mobbot
men at 8over.il largo strikes. Ho was
always considered a very conservative
man." When soon in ono of the rooms
at the hospital this afternoon bo said:
"I had charge of those mon, and thoy
woro pickod up in Chicago and Now
York. Thoy were a very fair lot of mon.
Thoy numborod 200 all told and I gavo
them strict ordora not to shoot until
thoy woro fired upon. When wo proccuilcd
to land about dork, the whistlo
blow and immediately tho strikers commenced
"to come. To protoct ourselves
wo had to return tho firo. Sevon or
eight of our mon are hurt, but I do not
know thoir names."
Captain Hcin stated that ho did not
know much about tho strike but he had
been ordered to tako chargo of the mon
and protect tho property and ho did tho
host ho know how. "Tho odds wero
against us," said the Captain, "and it
was hard to do anything. 1 rogrot very
much that any shooting was done."
1 Piuliorton Duu't Feel Good.
Chicaoo, July 0.?William A. Tinker1
ton was in no amiable framo of mind
to-day and declarod that ho had re1
solvod to say nothing for publication
. regarding allairs at Pittsburgh. Inci'
dentally ho remarkod: "Wo held oil
; until tho last moment on this business,
but our company having dono Carnegie's
1 work for yoara thoy insisted that wo
supply tho watchmen."
Nr. Plnkorton denied that ho was
recruiting for 500 additional men to
sond east. He said: "We aro not re[
cruiting men and don't expect to. We
havo enough in sorvico to ansvror all
| calls."
| A Humor I>?nietl.
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 0.?The story
i that the G. A. It. and Sons of Veterans
i of Homestead had turned over their
arms to tho strikers and that two cars
I of ammunition and arms had beon sonl
i from this city is denied by tlio Auialga
mated officials.
ft
HOW IT ENDED.
The Leaders of the Strikers Head
for a Cessation of if
THE HOSTILITIES AT HOMESTEAD,
But the lien Prepare to Burn the
Two Hundred Flnkertona.
-v.. r. "
AT LENGTH ANOTHER WHITE FLAG
?-mfcgfe
Goes Up and It ii Respected?Tho
Prisoners Mobbed on Their Way to
the Refngo and One Hundred or
Tbom Seriously InJ ured?Tho Story
of the Carnage as Told to the Oatsldo
World by the Bulletins Daring
the Day?The Scones and Event* at
Homestead?Actlonto be Taken by
Congross In the Matter.
Homestead, Pa., July A.?Alter a
lengthy conference of the Amalgamated
loaders, a mooting of the looked oat
men waa called at 4 o'clock. It was attended
by 1,000 men, many of whom
carriod muskets.
Tho national officers of tho Amalgamated
Association made a strong appeal
to tho mon while tho cannons
roared outside. Tho big rorm ot rrosidcnt
AVoiho loomed up. and hoary and
all as his voice wa9, ho was almost
unable to be heard. He pleaded with
the men to withdraw and assured them
that the barges containing tho doputies
would immediately bo removed. Assistant
Presidont Garland then took
a position on the top of a furnaco and
at tho top of his voice said: "Man, {or
God's sake and your families sake and
for your own sake listen to the pleading
of cool-headed men. Wo havo
positive assurance that theso doputies
will be sent away and all we want is
the statement that you will not do any
more firing."
1'. H. McEvoy, vice prosident of the
Mahoning and Shenango valley district,
said: "There has been an awful slaughter
of human life here to-day, and by
nil mnnnn further sacrifices should be
avoided. I am a stranger in the town,
but from to-day'a action I'know full
well that if you continue doing as you'
arc, the state militia will bo ordered
out boforo dark and you will be defeated.
In caso the militia cornea, you will lose
ton men in every instance where y?u
have so far lost but one. You have
gained just achievement* over Frick,
and now aren't you willing to allow
those boats to return?"
"Yes wo trill it they will show the
white flag," was the reply of the excited
men. .
At this juncture" President Weiho
again attemptod to addross tho crowd,
and instantly there vrna a loud report
and with one accord every man rushed
pell-mell to the scene. Even while tho
appeals wero being made strong hearted
men wero endeavoring to pump oil- on
tho bargoa. It was usoleis to continue
tho meeting and it adjourned.
o'doknkll's rowan.
An hour later, while the mon woro
waiting for nightfall to barn tho barges
and the men in them, Hugh O'Donnell,
the loador of tho strikers, grasped an
L After Tboir Surrender.
American flag and mounting a pile of
iron made an impassioned speech for
morcv for. tho Pinkortons, lying like
caged wolves In the barges. Tho extraordinary
power of O'Dounell ovor the
strikers became manifest al once. A
tow people domurred and cried out,
"Lot 6 burn thoin." But they woro silonccd.
"Lot us turn them over to the
shorift and raako information for mnrdor
against them," said tho leader. This
was received with cheers, and whon a
striker waved his hands and asked the
Pinkortons to surrender thoro was an
immodiato response from theboat Capt.
Hein, tho loader, had fled. Many others
osc.iDed when tho Little Bill Btoamed
down tho river, and tho remainder were
terror-stricken. They woro mostly
green men in labor troubles and expected
to bo killed. In an incredibly
short time tho leaders of tho strikers
camo on deck.' Thon began a strange
scene. The strikers crowded tho boats,
capturing the rifles and stealing and
looted everything. They wero mad
with rage. Tho first man taken ofT the
bargo was dying?shot through the
side, then one by one the strikers followed
in charge of an allegod guard,
oach man carrying a valise. The guards
carried winchestors takon from the
Pinkertons. Six Plnkertons were reported
as killed. Many were dangerously
wounded.
AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
The guards took the men a mile to a
rink. There woro 200 of them, and
probably two-thirds of them wore beaten
brutally by the time they roached
tho improvised jail. They were com'
polled to run a gauntlet, composed of
mon and women. Tliqv were knocked
'down with atonei, struck with clubs,
kicked almost to insensibility and oth.
erwise maltreated. When they roached
tho improvised jail, modical attention
was needed by a large number. Tho
men war? generally glad, however, they
wore not killed. None expected to
leave Homestead alive.
Thov claim that they were miserably
misled, and that they came from differ
ent towns, wero strangers to ono another,
and had been told that they were
wanted aa watchmen. In proof of thli
each guard wore a badge with the inscription,
"Watchman, Carnegie.Steel
Company, Limited." They wore hnatled
in the rink absolutely terrorstricken,
fearine a lynching from an
it. c. rnicK.
immenso crowd of people gathered outsidn.
There aoeuis littlo Junker of this, I
however, as thoy hro guarded by fifty of
tbo locked out meu armed with wincbostora.
A COOL MMKBBTOV MAN.
Among tho scdnos and incidents attending
tho surrender and landing of
tho discomfited detectives from tho
barges, one especially worthy of noto
shows tho bravery and coolness of one
Pinkertou man. As ha reached the
river bank with bis -companions they
were assailod from all sides by the angry
crowd. In a shower of stones and
missiles of all kinds this inan sopsrated
himself from the others and begged fori
a hearing.
In the silence which followed he said:
"Fellow Citizens:?When I came here,
I did not understand the situation, or I
would never have come. I was told I
was to moet and deal with foreigners. I
bad no idea that I was to fight American
citizens. I am a member of the
Junior Order, and I appeal to you for
permission to ioave and get myself out
of this terrible affair."
The crowd cheered him and he proceeded
unmolested.
During the looting of the boats and in
the great confusion, two men accidentally
shot themselves?odo fatally. .When
the crowd had searched out every articlo
of value, Jnpt what thoy could use,
and destroyed what thoy conld not and
alter inspecting every corner of the late
man-of-war of their enemies, and noting
every devico for defense and offense,
they.slowly began to disperse.
Aftor a time, and whoiuhiit a law
stragglers remained on board, the re
treat of the roar guard was hastonoa uy
tho cry of "flro." Soma one in that mob
bad set flro to the model barges which
for flftoen hours had been the shelter of
tho Pinkertone, and which had withstood
tho assaults of 5,000 men. They
burnad rapidly and soon nothing but
the charred and steaming hulks of those
vossels of war romained.
A complete list of tho killed and
wounded was not obtainable at midnight.
As far as could bo ascertained
12 workmen and 0 detectives were killed
and 16 workmon and 21 dotecttves injured
in tho battlo. In addition to this
at least 100 detoctives wero seriously in- i
jurod by tho strikers while on their
way to the jail this evening.
THE DAY'S BULLETINS*
How the Story of the Riots Was Tola from
Hour to Hoar by tho AMnciatod ProkS.
Pittsdbiioii. July 0 ?The labor troublos
at Homostoad botween tho work'
men and the. Carnegie Stool and Iron
Company terminated in a riot about S
o'clock this morning, in which tenor
twolvo of the workman and five or six
armed Pinkerton men, who attempted
to land inside the high board (once surrounding
the stool plant, woro injured.
The .people of Homoatoad had boenj
advised that a force of Pinkerton men
wore on tholr way up tho rivor on the
model barges. As soon as the information
was recoivod n general alarm wag
sounded, and amidst iho most intense
excitement thousands of people were
soon gathered at tho river bank and
as close to the Pemicky railroad bridge
as thoy could got for the high fonce.
For two hours before the boats arrived
5,000 or 0,000 persons awaited their
coming on tho rivor banks. Tho mills
have a landing for boats within tho enclosure
of fenco, and at first it appoared
that there would bo no way to prevont
tho Pinkertons entering tho mills.
Shortly before tho boats reached
Homestead a horseman riding at a mad
gallop, spreading tho alarm that tho
Pinkortons were coming. As tho boat
stoainod toward tho landing It was impossible
to longor restrain the crowds.
With a whoop and a yell of derision an
onslaught was mado on the fence. Soon
100 feet of tho enclosure was torn away
and 1,000 rnon woro at tho landing. As
tho Pinkertons landed thoy opened fire
and two workmen dropped in thoir
tracks. This onrngod tho crowd and
they bore down upon tho Pinkortons
with rdslstless force, driving them back
to tho boats. In all about a dozen mon
woro wounded, sovoral of whom are
likolv to dio.
Whon tho boats nnproachod tho landing
tho first man who came forward to
disembark advancod with a Winchester
riflo roady to flro on the crowd. As he
went to step off ho discharged his
weapon. Tills was the signal for a general
fljitit. There was a rapid exchange
of shots from botli sidos. When the
smoko had cleared away it was found
that the following workmen had been
snot:
William Fry, probably fatally injured.
Michael Murray,dangerously injured.
Andrew Sourlor, seriously wounded.
John Kano, badly hurt.
Harry Hughes, wounded.
An unknown man was takon to his
homo some distance from Homostead,
evidently badly hurt.
After the first assault bad bean madn
the boats pulled out in tho stream and
no further attempt was made to land.
tiib second rionT.
At 8 o'clock annother attompt was
mado to land the officers from the
the steamer Little Bill. The ofllcor in
charge announced to the crowd oft
workmen assembled on the bank that