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Peace and Quiet Yet f Reigns at Homestead f While Awaiting the $ Arrival of the Mali- f tia : f VOL XIV. 1 lIL liiL 10 UHO I c Carnegie's Mammoth Monop oly Takes a Bold Step to Shield Itself. Leaders of the Locked-Out - Workmen to: Be Perse cuted in Court. A r! Flash-Light Camera Said to Have Been Used Dur ing- the Fight. Arrests to Be Effected on Arrival of the Militia at Homestead. An Already Desperate Situa tion Sure to Be Aggravat ed by This Move. Kill Workers Determined on a Fight to a Finish With Friek. Burgess McLuckie Places His Borough Under Strict Regulations. Troops Are Scheduled to Ar rive at Homestead Early . This Morning. FiTTSiUTRO, Pa., July 11.— It .is an nounced on what is considered to be rood authority that the Carnegie Steel :ompany has begun prosecution against ;he leaders of ' the Homestead riot for > conspiracy and murder. The company is said to have retained several of the best criminal lawyers of Western Penn sylvania, and instructed them to iusti /ute proceedings at once. A flash. light camera is said to have been used from the tower of the Carne gie mill ['during the riot, and the pictures of the men thus obtained are to be used as evidence. The arrests are expected to be made as soon as tiie national v guards go on duty at Homestead. ■■• ', f ' MOVING OX homestead. — All the State Troops to Land There >-'.~' — "■'•■■■■ This Morning. -•. Biuntox, Pa., v> July 11.— About a* • dozen eager newspaper men waited the whole afternoon at Brlnton for the """" Pennsylvania state troops to go into the pre'atcainnine ground just south of the Brinton station. As a guarantee of good faith two great carloads of in mu nition and boxes of rifles stood in the yards with a curious but rather morbid crowd about them all the afternoon. Four o'clock came and 5 and G, and there was nothing to justify the patient expectancy of the waiting journalists. When it was nearly 7 o'clock there was a whistle down the road, and a train rushed by with ejrery window crowded with soldiers. It rumbled into the dis tance up the road without a word of ex planation, and its 400 or 500 of human freight' said nothing and did nothing but, look curiously at the watchers. Half an hour later another special train, laden with the Eighteenth" regi ment, came up, but stopped at the water tank. Maj. Kay, .although averse to talk, said the destination of the force had been changed from Briiuon to Blairsville. where the whole power of Western Pennsylvania will rendezvous before midnight. None of the officers would discuss their next step, referring the reporters to the generals in coni- ; " man;! for further information,. and the t generals in command were invisible. It.was stated, however, that the whole military force is to be in Hpmestead early . Tuesday morning— so early, in fact, that the proposed receDtian to be tendered by the workmen will be an im possibility. It will require five large trains/to transfer the troops now at Blairsville to Homestead, and the trans portation is beiug retained for the early run tomorrow. All of the soldiers ex pect confidently to be camped at the mills in Homestead before 8 o'clock Tuesday. .TROOPS ON TRAINS. Keystone Militia Being Rapidly Sent to the Front. PiTTSBUKG, July 11.'— The Fourteenth and Eighteenth regiments of . the Na tional Guard from the cities of Pitts burg and Allegheny left this evening. The troops were accompanied by j Col. McKibbon, inspector general. Three companies of the Tenth regiment left on a span 1 train at G:10 p. m. They were by the Eighteenth, under "Col. Norman M. Smith, at 6:15 and the Fourteenth, com ' manded by Col. Glenn, at 0:25. The Eighteenth regiment numbers 387 men and 27 officers, while the roll call of the Fourteenth showed 420 privates and 28 officers. These were full ranks, there ! being but few absentees, and those missing were either sick or at a dis tance from the city. Battery L>, with sixty men, left soon after the infantry. The battery took to • Homestead fonr lield pieces, three inch rifle guns and two gatling guns. About 200 roiyids will be taken for the field guns, and from SO.OOO to 100.000 rounds for the gatlings. . The battery was un der command of Capt. Alfred E. Hunt. Lebanon, Pa;,f. July 11.— The First fcricade, Gen. Robert P. Dechart com manding, was concentrated at Mount Gretnathis afternoon and eveu^is. The first regiment to arrive was the Third, which inarched up the parade grounds at 2:30 p. in. under command of Lieut. Co!. Maginnis, and as the veterans held a short, drill they were vigorously ap plauded by the crowd assembled near by. . . . -:'■'/-.■ '■■:- ;y,r> ..-. Pottsville, Pa.. July 11.— At noon Bfivc companies of. the Eighth regiment and two companies of the Fourth regi ment, together the Third brigade band, iW;nes%nting : the ■■; soldiery "of Schuylkill county to the number of about 500 men, left oil special trains, fully equipped and ready, for duty, bound for Lewiston. . Wn.i.iAM*poiiT, Pa., July 11.— Col. Correll. of the Twelfth regiment, with Company H, of Lockhaven,; and Com panies 15 and D, of this city, left on a special train at 1 o'clock for Lewistown, CAiii.isi.K, Pa., July n v — Carlisle Company.-Coriipairy C, Enthth regiment, Third brigade, left by the noon train for. LtwHtowii.- They, go with" sixty men, ■ ■ led by Capt. E. B. Watts, with heavj marching order ami three days' rations. The Oharabersburg company passed through here at 2 p. m. Lkbakox, Pa.. July 11. — Gen. Gobin, commander of the Third brigade, ac companied by his adjutant and brigade quartermaster, led early this mornina in answer to the governor's call. The brigade, which consists of the Fourth, Eighth. Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth regiments, Battery C and the eovern or's troop, will rendezvous at Lewis town and thence proceed to Homestead. Ai.toona, Pa., July 11.— The officers of the Fifth regiment. Second brigade, with Companies A, B, C, G and 1 left this city for Homestead This evening at 8 o'clock. Companies H. D and I l ' will be picked up on the way. The com panies had almost their full quota of men. pnd were well supplied with pro visions and iunmnnition. The Sheridan troop, located at Tyrone and Bel I wood, was taken through on a special train early tins evening, stop ping here but a few moments. The men say they had special orders to report at Homestead as soon as possible. Three carloads of horses followed them closely. Lkavistowx, Pa-., July 11.— Company G. Fifth regiment of the Second bri gade, left here at 5 p. in. today. The Third brigade commenced arriving about 4 p. m.. and are nearly all here, and in good shape. The remainder are expected about op. m. From here they will go to Pittsburg. Philabei.phia.Jul; 11.— At 5:20 this afternoon Brig. Gen. Deehert and staff and two carloads of stragglers from the different regiments left by the regular train for Mount Gretna. M'LUCKIK'S ORDERS. Strangers Must Be "Sqnared" and Saloons Closed. Homestead, Pa., July 11.— The citi zens of Homestead are in earnest in their declarations that no unlawful or unseemly proceedings shall occur dur infi the occupancy of the town by the militia. The authorities seem to dread the actions of outsiders attracted here by the gravity of the situation, more than they do the conduct of the strikers themeelvef. All strangers hav ing no business in the town are to be compelled to depart, and the saloons are to be closed until the crisis shall have passed. Immediately after the adjourn ment of the afternoon's mass meeting. Burgess McLuckie issued the following proclamation : Wherens. Many stran?erF nre coming to Homestead with no other purpose in view than to gratify a curiosity aroused by the pending settlement of the wape question. ami inasmuch as the picsence of these idle strangers only tends to further complicate Hie adjustment of the difficulties and the maintenance of order, Therefore I. the burgess of Homestead, do earnestly request and warn all per»ons not having important business in Homestead at this time to remain away from the town: and further notice is hereby given that nil stran gers within the town will be held strictly ac countable for their conduct and be dealt 'with in n manner warranted»by the gravity of the situation. I further request and demnnd that the citi zens of the borough assist to maintain order and quiet by themselves refrahsins: from vio lent tMlkintr nnd tuniecessarilly assembling in public places, and by restraining nil oth ers to obey the otticers of the borough. I nlso enjoin the women and children to re main oIF the streets, and especially during the prevalence of unusual excitement. ••I hereby order and direct that all the saloons in the borough close and remain closed until further orders. I deenrthis of the fii>t importance owing to the number nl strangers and unemployed persons now In the town, and request an immediate and cheerful compliance with this order." DETERMINED TO STICK. Jjocked-Out Men Deny Any Sign of Weakening. Homestead, July 11.— The advent of the militia, as might well be expected, has given rise to countless rumors that the workmen rec osrnize that defeat is inevitable, nnd are preparing to acceed to the terms of the company. All these reports, however, are promptly denied by the leaders, and it is announced that it is to be war to the end. Much comment was occasioned by the statements of Manager Frlck in an in terview today that three-fourths of the men would have accepted the terms of the company but for the aggressive conduct of an obstreperous minority, and that now that the militia was or dered oyt he expected the great major ity of the locked-out men to return to work under the protection of the troops. This assertion has aroused the Homesteaders to a state of indignation, aim a meeting of 500 mechanical em ployes whs held this afternoon, at which a resolution was adopted declaring that the men would never return until the company had conceded every demand of the Amalgamated association. A report is in circulation tonight that an attempt to install non-union work men in the Homestead mill will be im mediately followed by a general strike of union men in all the other Carnegie mills. When it is known that the Home stead mills are less than an eighth of the vast Carnegie interests the im portance of a general strike may be a|j ciated. There is very litWe doubt that pressure will be brought upon the wgrkinen of the other mills to urge them tSioome out, but there is not much rea son to hope that such pressure will be successful. In the first place one or more of the other Carnegie establishments are al ready operated by non-union labor, and i of course it would be folly to suppose that these men woufd come out because of any sympathy with organized labor. Then, too, in the other Carnegie mills there is no dispute whatever upon wages or anyth-ng else, but the scale has been signed by both sides for the ensuing year. For either side to breek the agreement now, whatever the pretext might be, would be to lay that side open to the carge of broken faith, and injure their cause more than it could help it. M'CIjEARY IS RELIEVED. The Militia Takes Responsibility From Him. Pittsburg, Pa.. July 11.— Sheriff Mc- Cleary was in much better spirits today, and was under the impression that the Homestead matter was in a fair way to settlement. "My course through this whole matter has been to save bloodshed," he said. "I saw from my first day's experience that even if it had been possible to secure a posse of 100 to 500 it would have been worse than murder for me to take them there, as 1 am satisfied they would have been shot down. Those men were very deter mined. If I had compelled our' best business men to go or to prosecute them, it would not haVe been right, as I was satisfied that they would have been killed. An armed and disciplined set of men will be able to cope with this matter, but it was far bey^lid tlie Civil authorities," A NICE QUESTION. Civil Officers Do Not Want the Militia in Town. HomksteAD. July 11.— The locked out workmen of the Carnegie mills, and the citizens of Homestead who sympa thize with them have taken, a peculiar £T. PAUL, MINN.. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 1?, JB92.— TWELVE PAGES. ittitude in regard to the approach oi (lie militia. They raise the point that Carnegie's mills are in Allegheny coun ty, outside of the borough of Homestead, and claim thatt the borough is in a peaceable condition, which does not call for the intervention of the armed force of the state. Chief Byrne, of the fiae department, and who is also a member of the bor ough council, said today that the troops are not wanted in the borousrh, and that while there will be no resistance on the part of the residents the officers will be informed that the town is in the hands of its civil authorities and interference by state troops is neither desired or necessary. Mr. Byrne declined to say .what" action would be tak»'n if the troops entered the town. The chief of police was asked if lie would meet the troops at borough line and escort them into town. He replied: "Mo. We will eive them fellers a wide Werth. We dnn't want the militia in the town. They can go to the mills if they like." THE CAPTURED GUNS. Pinkertons Not Likely to Handle Them Again. Homestead, Pa., July 11.— The ques tion of returning: the guns and ammuni tion taken from the boats of the cap tured Pinkerton men at Homestead last Wednesday is at present giving the citizens of this borough some little un easiness, since it is a matter of history that the boats were pillaged by the crowd the moment the detectives were taken on shore. One of the leaders, and a member of the advisory committee, said tonight: Of course, the Pinkerton agency will make .a demand for their guns, re volvers and ammunition, and we will do our best for them, out you will understand that we are in a peculiar position. The terms of surrender were that tne guns should be all boxed up and sent back to PinKerton's headquar ters, with the ammunition, and God knows when the promise was given we intended that it should be kept, but the mob was- too much for us. Those guns, 1 suppose, are distributed in every town in the county, and one long-headed fel low lrom McKeesport got away with seven of them. He hired a skilf to carry himself and guns to Port Perry, where he disposed of them at £7.50 apiece, and when we went after him the next morn ing he had not one of the captured guns. '•Many of the guns also went to the South side, and all I can say is that though we did our best to save, the guns and keep our promise we found that we had ail enough to do to keep the PinKer tons from being killed. Some of the tirearms are in Homestead, scattered through the town, but it is safe to say if we called for the guns this minute we could- not gather up more than two or three dozen of them. A great deal of the ammunition was burned in the lire, and that which was taken out has been seized as relics by the visitors to the town who wished to carry away some memento from the scene of battle. There were about $5,000 worth of tire arms, fuel tiding revolvers, on the boar, while there is no reliable information as to the value of the ammunition." A SLOW CONFERENCE. An Over-Nijfht Rest on the Scale —A Strike. Pittsburg, Pa., July 11.—Anoth er session of the conference be tween the Amalgamated associ ation and the iron manufacturers was held today. After disposing of a num ber of preliminaries; the conference reached the consideration of the scale of wages. Nothing further was accom plished and adjournment taKeii until to morrow. Moorehead. McLean & Co., the iron firm, nave signed the scale and will re sume work as soon as some necessary repairs have been made. A strike was begun here today. The employes, moulders, helpers and labor ers of the Marshal Construction com pany are dissatisfied, and left the foundry this morning. There are 200 men interested in the shutdown, and they positively refuse to go back until their demand for bine hours' work per day is granted. BANDS PRACTICING Triumphal Marches Preparatory to the Reception. Homestead, July 11.— At a late hour tonight perfect peace and order pre vail at Homestead. The streets are almost desf rted, and this busy manu facturing town has taken on the appear ance of a country village. One reason for this is that most of the population retired at an early hour in order to be up by sunrise tomorrow to participate in the reception ceremonies to the mil itia, who are expected to march into the city at that time. The bands held a rehearsal this even ing and determined upon the airs of triumph that should be played on the arrival of the militia tomorrow. A com mittee, representing Mr. McLnckie and and the advisory committee of the workmen, is tonight in telegraphic com munication with Gen. Snowden to as certain the exact hour at which the militia may be expected tomorrow. It has informed Gen. Snowden of the action of today's mass meeting, and stated information is desired in order that the reception may be timed with the arrival of the troops. ARMED AID OFFERED. Report of Miners Ready to Go to the Front, Homestead, July 11.— A mounted miner rode into town this afternoon from Six Mile ferry and reported that 4,000 miners from the Allegheny valley were gathering and intend to come here and aid the strik ers. The man reported that 2,000 of them are armed with 'Spring field rifles and that they would come here at once to ficht the militia or any other body of men who attempted to down the Homestead men. He said that the miners believed that if the mill men here are crushed into submission it would be a severe blow to all organized labor men arid the miners are willing to co to any extreme to assist the Home stead men. The story was not fully credited here, for, although it is known that the miners are in sympathy with Carnegie's men, it is not believed they could' assemble and arm 2,500 men without it leaking out. The messenger returned to the men whom he represented with a reply said to be an acceptance of the offer of the miners, but the exact nature of the reply could not be learned. Cash Made a Square Fight. Speoial to the Globe. BftAfifEKD, J*uTy 11.— Maj. Ruffee re turned from Washington today weil satisfied, apparently, that he as good as has the White Earth Indian agency ap pointment in his overalls' pocket. He says and shows proof that Cush Davis has made a square fight for him, ami that he has knocked out the Minneapo lis opposers of Ruffee in good shape. Ruffee expects his appointment in two weeks. OONNELLY_ON DECK, The People's Party Head Gives Out a Rattling: In terview. He Scores the Alliance Effort in His Own Unique Style, And Gives His Ideas of the Tragedy on the Home stead Stage. The Advance Mutterings of the Big People's Party Gathering. "I have asked no man to support me for the nomination, but if the conven tion desires me to accept it 1 shall not refuse," said Senator Ignatius Don nelly, the treat leader of the People's party hosts., last evening. Mr. Don nelly arrived in the city early yester day afternoon, and at once secured quarters at the Merchants' hotel, where he will remain until the end of the Peo ple's party convention. The Sa;je is looking as rosy and healthy as though he had not been nishiiiir from place to place, and doing the most vigorous ca:r. paienine of his life for the past few weeks and he is just as enthusiastic as lie was when on the floor of the bin Omaha convention predicting success for the ticket there nominated. He had little to do yester day beyond receiving such of his trietids as reached the city daring the day, but this morning he will commence the Dieliniinaiy work. The state central committee of the People's party, or rather the executive part of the body, will meet at 10 o'clock this morning and decide upon a man for temporary chair man of the convention. "I have heard of no one desirous of that honor/ said Mr. Donnelly, with a smile, "and it strikes me the gentleman selected will have no easy task." "How large do you anticipate the convention will be?" •'1 think we will have a large and har monious convention," replied Mr. Don nelly; "not, perhaps, so large as the newspapers have been claiming, for tiie farmers in a considerable part of the state are busy haying, and, as they do not anticipate that there will be much of a conflict in the convention, a good many of them niay not attend. I do not think there will be much division of seiitiment in the convention, unless it comes from the emissaries of the rail road corporations." The .Alliance .Hove. "What do you think .ot the Alliance movement and convention?'.' "I have regretted very" much the ac tion of the gentlemen who call them selves the Alliance party." he said. "The People's party state centra* committee tried very hard to satisfy them a year ago and gave them about half the mem bers of the committee, putting on Mr. Owen. Gen. Baker, Mt. Hompe, Car rington Phelps and a number of other?. At that time it was believed that all differences were harmoniously ar ranired. Mr. Owen, Gen. Baker and ;i number of others took part in the meet ing of the state coinmitee at tii^ time the call for the coining convention was issued, and a great many of those who were put on from the Alliance side, in cluding Mr. Owen, U. B. Martin, of Minneapolis; Mr. Van Emtnert, of Mower, and Mr. Wesenberg, of Du luth. and others, repudiate the attempt to divide us at this time, and are thor oughly with the People's party move ment." "Will there be a compromise made as a result of tfce conference committee, appointed at the Alliance convention?" "It is difficult to see how we can make any compromise with Mr. Phelps and his party," said Mr. Donnelly, "for the reason that our convention is a con vention of the People's party of Minne sota, held under the direction and au thoiity of the People's party of the Umted States, and at the same time ask us to co-operate with them in some way. 1 have great respect for some of the gentlemen if) Mr. Phelps' camp and would be willing to do almost anything to gratify them, but when they ask us to give up the principles ot the People's party and the People's party .itself and Gen. Weaver and Gen. Field, and all hopes for the future success of our principles, it is too ereat a sacrifice to make, even to secure the support of such honorable and influential gentle men as Mr. Phelps and his party." "Will a conference between the two parties take place ?" "I have no doubt," said the Sage, "if the Alliance committee makes a proposi tion to the convention for a conference the convention may appoint a commit tee to confer with them and ascertain just what they want to get at. The whole matter will rest with the conven tion." "What effect will a full Alliance ticket have if placed in the field ?" "If they place a full ticket in the field," replied Senator Donnelly, "it will be a benefit instead of an injury to us, for they would not draw a siugle vote that the People's party would otherwise get. If they do not put a ticket in the field there will be two or three dozen gentlemen who will vote for the Republican or the Democratic tickets. Nevertheless, 1 am for har inonv, if it can be had upon, any proper and houoiable basis. Every alliance in the state that has voted on the question, and nearly all have, has resoived to Support the People's Party. "We have 200 on&X) more delegates than we had two years ago, and a much larger membership. Not a single county convention of the People's party in any part of the state, and not a single Al liance county convention, has indorsed the movement of Mr. .Phelps. Even among those present at their convention the other day there were those there under a mistake, who thought it was the People's party convention. This was the case with the delegates from Anoica and Big Stone counties. Olmsted county sent a delegation to obtain liar- . mony and try to prevent a separate ticket. Outside the delegations from Minneapolis and St. Paul, the attend ance from the state at large of men fa vorable to their views could be counted on the fingers of your two hands. i am told that the secretary, Albert Warren, cajled a meeting in his owu* county and" the meeting wliou assembled refused to send delegates, and Lincoln countydoes not appear to have been represented, nor was Mr. Warren a delegate. Mr."" PneTp's for merly had a farm and was connected with a bank at Morris. But he traded off his land for city property in Minne-. apolis, and 1 do not believe He controls a vofe in the fin'iverse, except his own. AL the close of the last session of the legislature the executive committee ojf.' the State Farmers' Alliance passed .«" resolution, uuauimously denouncing him • 'PlPif" M i^Mm SOME OF YESTERDAY'S WEATHER IDYLLS. for lobbying In the legislature against I the interests of the people and in favor of the money-lenders. A. L,. Gardner, who attended as one of : the delegates, was expelled from his alliance* in Mow er county, lam told. •- - , . ' "Gen. Baker," v : continued Mr. Don-" nelly, "is a gentleman of ability, a tine j speaker and.a man of .some .influence, 1 j 1 would , have .- been -.- glad to have seen i him nominated ii for : . congress, and told j some of the delegates if they could not tret the man of : their choice. to concen trate upon him. lie. was not nominated, and he seemed to thinK 1 had something to do with hi? defeat, when the truth was I had not lifted my finger. against' ■ him. It was his opposition ■in the last Alliance convention to the "sub-treasury i. plan that defeated him. In some coun ties the delegates ! r were instructed that, : no matt t whom they voted for, they £. must not vote for Baker. I regret . his defeat, for 1 think a man ought to j 1»e honored who stands np for what he s considers 'ii«ht,ieyeu- : in th* face or a A majority, but I think : ; he is wrong in antagonizing the People's p'Vty upon the sub-treasury plan. '■.: The platform as adoDted -at > St. Louis and Ovaha de clares in favor of tbe suotrea:;ury plan or some better system, and if Gen. Ba ker or any other-man can suggest a bet ter system, 1 have no doubt the Peo ple's party |. r . ■ v ..": '{; ■ ■■- -^t -/\ >.!2^sjS • Would. -'Accept I*. • '.. / • ■ In any event, it is a question of legis lation after we have got control of both houses of congress and : the presidency," and there will be ample £ time to study, the whole question and agree on some solution of it. Every sensible, man can see that our present* currency supply 13. inadequate for the moving of our tre- ,i mendous crops of wheat, corn, cotton, etc. Last fall the Minneapolis millers, 11 with all their credit z and : capital, could not get currency.- with which to buy the wheat in . the Dakotas, and were com pelled to issue their checks,', which passed from ;. hand: to hand like bank notes: . A 1 great bugbear- has : been: made out : of this subtreasury matter, bat it is"simply.a means that the Peo ple's propose to study and: discuss the question '.and reach some reasonable legislative solutiou for the difficulties which ; surround the i producing classes. The present-system costs the people of Minnesota millions a year. Our crops are forced- into the market in the space of i two r or*three months, the fanners have to sell to meet their -1 debts, the markets are glutted, the f price breaks down and the most industrious class of our -people are driven into bankruptcy. It is, of course, a novel proposition that the -• government should lend money j upon these ": imperishable • staple com modities, such as " wheat, corn and cot ton, but the conditions that surround us , are novel also. c Our whole form of gov ernment is : a 'novelty. Our population is so vast and growing so rapidly that the financial systems of the old world are : not adequate . "to our. wants, and we- are compelled to study our surroundings and devise a remedy if- one '< can possibly be found. We think thai the supply of money should be as adequate for carry ing on •" business as the supply of post acre stamps |is I for carrying on the cor respondence of the country. ; If postage stamps were only issued •; tor about one • half aof ■! the correspondence, and these ■ were issued through the banks instead' of direct to the ' people, and : the i banks ; Would* sell *-:. the 2-cent : stamps for 10 dents or 25 cents: each, we would hay t a condition * analagous to our present ; financial situation. In agitating these questions the farmers are doing a good work for the business; element be cause if we are right the success of, our principles would increase the i prosper ity of every business man and working man in the state. /? We believe that mis gQverntneut is costing. the whole people of . Minnesota a good r many million dol lars every year, and this misgovern do^s not go into the pockets of the busi ness people either,' but into the pockets of non-resident-.. It : is our I: hope that the business ; ' men in the coming cam paign ; will • study . these f. questions and give us their 1; 'lp." v ' - : - j' ■; The Homestead Trouble. "Wiiat do you think of the Homestead difficulty?" -:-:■■? / : :■ ■•"-;.:-: ■•• -:."■■>-:■ -■f''l regret the Homestead difficulty as (.•verybody s ,must," said r Mr. Donnelly. "My sympathies . are, 'of -; course, alto gether, with '-. the ■ men." - I think it is a • terrible state of things when a man can start from poverty and .- by \. the = help of the laws of the country concentrate in his hands $30,000,000 out of the taxpay- . ers and the i work of his ;, laborers, and : then go back to his native: country, buy a palace \to]i live I in, become one of the . titled aristocracy of the \ old i. world, and cable back orders to the United States :to put do wn ; the wages of 8,000 ! laboring ] men, who, unde» our theory of govern ment, are just as good as he is, and just as much entitled to prosperity;" The remedy, of course, is not violence of ; bloodshed, or the employment of Pink-" erlon's desperadoes, but a fundamental change ?- in - the i relations of labor and capital. It ' seems to vme 1 that 1; the government : , will r yet - ; .be ■ comp elled to : interfere and declare that: tiie wcrkiugmeu of the country THE GLOBE BULLETIN, Weather—Looal showers and cooler. Twenty killed in a miners' riot in Idaho- All quiet at Homestead. I Garbage committee meets. | A Wabasha bridge sensation. Big potato crop in Minnesota. Conference committee reports. World's fair women meet- Big burglary in Minneapolis. Funeral of J. L. Porepaugh. Burlington road and brokers. Grover's letter to Stevenson, Kansas fusion talk. j Washburn roasts option dealers, j Liberals certain of a majority. j A flurry" for firemen. shall not be degraded to a condition which endangers the continuance of the republic. A despotism can endure with the great mass of its people, peasants or serfs, but free institutions can not stand upon any such basis. We have fallen upon new times and new condi tions, for which the experience of the ! old world affords no precedent, and we have got to solve our new problems for ourselves. The ultimate solution of the labor question is probably co-operation, where every man engaged in the work has a share in the profits. I hope the I laboring men at Homestead will be ; guided by wise counsels, for there is a terrible amount of inflammatory material in this country that is liable to explode at " any mo ment. We can not escape the solution of these problems. To stand still and do nothing is simply to invite a catastrophe. The People's party is the only party that is trying to find a solution for them. Bayonets are no cine for the disease. We cannot transfer our republic into a despotism in order that men like' Carnegie ai*d Frick can add to their millions while our feliow citizens are being driven down into old world conditions. The outbreak at Homestead will add mill ions to the votes of the People's party, for it will compel men to think." WANT A CHAIRMAN. The People's Party in Search of a Good Man. The state central committee of the People's party will meat at the Mer chants' at 10 o'clock this morning to consider the matters preliminary to the holding of the convention. .A capable man for temporary chairman will be selected, as well as the secretaries. The members ot the committee follow: Chnirman— Thomas F. Meighen, Fillmore. Secretary— Lewis Hanson. Clay. Treasurer— Andrew Steenerson. Polk. Executive Committee— The orticers and S. M.Owen. Heunepiu; I.Donnelly, Dakota; C. N. Perkins, McLeod; Andrew Kictimond, Washington: J. H. Buker, Blue Earth: WAV. Erwin and Doc Fish, .Ramsey; H. B. Martin, Minneapolis. Other Member*— J. B. Hompe. Otter Tail: J. F. jucNally, Ramsey: A. P. .Lister, Lac qmParle; Carrington Phelps, Stevens; M. Wessenburg. St. Louis; J.W.Hama, Renville; A. R. flulsion. Polk; C. b\ Bohall. Todd; Pat Gildea. Murrey; A. D. Ferris, Pipestone. KENDALL FAR AHEAD. The Dul nth Man Lacks but Few Votes of a Nomination. A very vigorous contest for the con gressional nomination on the Repub lican side is being made in the Sixth district. The 'excitement has crowded all county favorites out of the field, and Hon. H. C. Kendall, of Duluth, and Jndee D. B. Searle, ol St. Cloud, are having the fun all to themselves. Thus far the odds are decidedly in favor of Mr. Kendall, who has carried every county save Steams, the home of his rival, and now claims ninety-six votes to sixteen for the St. Cloud man. The convention will meet in Duluth a week from tomorrow, and will have a mem bership of 216 votes. One hundred and nine are required to nomi nate, and, as Mr. Kendall now lacks but thirteen of having this num ber the chances tor his nomination are 'more than good. The morning Republican orzan of St. Paul is, as usual, making some heavily padded claims for Judge Searle. but is damaging him far more than it is help ing him. Mr. Kendall is making a lively campaign and seems to have all the young men in the party behind him. The counties in which conventions have noF been" Held are aßout Tiaif in the north and supposed to be friendly to the Duluth man, and half in the neighbor hood of Steams county, and therefore favorable to Judge Searle. Both sides claim the eight votes of liubbard, but Mr. Kendall seems to have a sure hold on them, , The Scenes at Homestead Are Repeated in the Frisco and Gem Mines at Coeur d'Alene, But i \ Without Pinkertons, - i Unionists and Non-Unionists Meet in Battle Array, and at the Crack of Winchesters Many Fall on Both Sides. The Deadly Fire From Those Entrenched Behind the Barricades Is Met by Whistling Bullets From Hillside and Ravine, The Locked-Out Miners Send a Car of Giant Powder Down the Canyon and Blow the Frisco Works to Fragments. Latest Reports Show Over a Dozen Killed, Whilf Many More May Be Found in the Shattered Ruins of the Mill and Mine. I A Strike at Crookston, Minn., Results in Death to One of the Leaders, While Many Others Are Behind the Bars Wai/l.vce, Idaho, July 11.— A rumor is current that twenty of the nonunion miners were killed in the Frisco mill when that structure was destroyed with dynamite this morning. It is impossible as yet to obtain confirmation of the re port. Wallace, Idaho, July 11. — The strained situation in the Coeur d'Alene labor troubles culminated this morning between 5 and 6 o'clock. The events of the day previous consisted of challenges from non-union miners at the Frisco and Gem miners to the union miners* at the town of Gem, and all seemed to in dicate a speedy rupture. Both the Gem and Frisco mines were guarded by men behind barricades, armed with Win chesters, and as the canyon is narrow where the mines are located, the men behind the barricades could sweep the two railroad tracks and the country with bullets. The Gem mine barricade is within 300 feet of the center of the town of Gem. This morning at 5 o'clock a miner from Gem started for Burke. When opposite the Frisco mine he was fired upon. He ran back several hun dred yards to Gem, where the shot had been heard, and soon the miners in the town gathered with arms. They inarched in a body to the Frisco mill, located directly in front of the mine. When scarcely within rifle range a vol ley from the Frisco mill greeted the miners and lead whistled all about them. They scattered, and A. Regular Battle Ensued. One miner and one non-union man were killed and six wounded during the engagement. The miners in the mean time went around the hills up the canyon above the mines, loaded a car with 750 pounds of giant powder and sent the car down the track toward the Frisco mine. Directly in front of the mill an explosion occurred, scattering the mill to splinters, making it a complete wreck. The non-union men then showed a white flaz and surrendered. They were marched down to the miners' union hall and guarded, no in dignities being offered after the sur render. While the fisht was going on at Frisco, the G^m guards suddenly began firing volley after volley into the town of Gem, riddling the buldings with bullets. John Ward, a citizen, was shot through the arm, and Gus Carlson, Union miner, Was Shot and Kilted. Attempts to recover Carlson's body were met with volleys from ttie Gem breastworks, and when the body was recovered an hour afterward, it was lifeless,another bullet having been sent through the breast. No shots were re turned from Gem until the armed min ers from Frisco, half a mile above Gem. returned. At 8 o'clock a truce oc curred, and the sheriff, district attor ney, and United States marshals ap peared on the scene. The train was stopped by armed guards at the Gem mine. The sheriff took the mail on his shoulder and passed on to Gem. The guards leveled their rifles at him, but dropped them when they learned his identity. At Gem several hundred men were huddled in the street with rifles and revolvers. Peace negotiations were immediately set on foot, and at 12 o'clock the mine force surrendered to th<* union men. The number killed so far .as can at present be learned, is four killed and about ten wounded, though there may be bodies uuder the Frisco mill. The Killfil anil Wounded. Two of the killed are Gus Carlson and Harry Cutnmings, union miners. The other two are non-union men, names unknown. Among the wounded are John Ward, citizen of Gem; Hugh Campbell, struck with rifle over head, not danger ously injured; J. W. Gankardoger, union miner, shot through hip, will die; Gam Peters, from Tacoma, shot in head, bu tnot fatally; George Pettibone, union miner, shot through hand. The Frisco and Gem were ths only non-union places east of Coeur d'Alene. There ts still considerable ex citement everywhere, but no further trouble is expected. About sixty men in. the mine surrendered. The Cause of the Strike was the demand of the union miners of A Bloody War in the Coeur d'Alene Mines Between Union and Non-Union Work ers. 194. the district for 53.50 per day for every man working underground. The mine owners held , that unskilled 'laborers should be paid ouly 13. When the miners refused to accept the scale the mines were closed. The owners de clared excessive freight rates were tha cause of the" reduction. The lockout was begun April 1 by the mine own-< ers' association, and 3,000 union miners were thrown out .of . work. Since then the -mine owners have been making a struggle to run r ; their mines with lion-union men and guards. The ten- sion has been great for months and the opinion has prevailed that only a spark was needed to start the flames of vioU The example at Homestead v and the decision of the United . States courts at Boise, making a perpetual Injunction against the miners' union, brought uiat« ters to head. ;'^^:r:V ' ': '-.. ... : k NINE REPOUIKU DKAI). :■', ■ '-•: ■ •'-.■•• ?/:v' .": " ' ; 'trv^. ; . ■ Eight Were Killed at tho Frisea ."!,! ■•"^ . ; . Mine and One at Gem. V^'V Spo'kaxk, Wash., July 11. — It \is im« possible at this hour (7 p. m.) to learn the exact condition of affairs 7in the Cceur: d'Aiene mines. It -is ! known, however, that nine men are dead, and that the Frisco mill has been destroyed by dynamite, and that the Gem mine has been surrendered to the strikers and the employes taken to Wallace. A dispatch 1 from the superintendent o1 the Gem mine reports one man killed at Gem and the other eight at Frisco. To avoid further bloodshed he surrendered the mine and all his arms. The ■ prop erty, is now in charge of a guard ap pointed by President O'Brien; ' of tha union. , . . " |^^ ' ' ";:-'"*-.■• TROOPS ORDKiIKD OUT. % Pour Companies Held in Ueadi , ness, and the Government Noti fied. . Boise City, Idaho. July 11.— Gov. Wiley has ordered Companies A, 1, N: and G, of this city, to report at 8 p. m, and hold- themselves in readiness to" proceed :to the scene of the Cceui d'Alene mining trouble. . It' is not thought that effective state ; force cau be sent there: United States Marshal Pinkhaoi has laid the matter before trie' attorney general at Washington, the outbreak having been in defiance of the federal court injunction. The governor has made arrangement/ to send all available militia to the Cceui "d'Alene mines. It is thought six com panies, mustering about 200 men. will leave for- the scene tomorrow morning, DETECTIVES ARE THERE, But It Is Claimed Simply as La borers and Are Not Armed. Portland, Or., July 11.— M. C. Sulli van, local manager of the Thiel detec tive agency, said: J' We have had a few men in nearly, every mine in the Coeur d'Alene district since the strike began, but they are there 'merely as laborers and have no arms. We V have been ex pecting trouble, but the mine owners thought the union men ; were not pre pared for a long struggle ; and would soon return to work. .I- received a dis- ' patch tram Wallace this afternoon that Ivery Bean, of Boston, one of our men, was shot and killed." r : - „ DEATH TO A LEADER. A Striker at Crookston Is Shot :.; Down ;by the Police. Special to the Globe. Cbookston, Minn., July 11.— About 150 men in the Red : River Lumber com pany's mills went out on a strike - this morning. They wanted an advance ot wages,: which the company refused to give until Aug. 1. The strikers.came the city and tried to intimidate work jnen .-in : the Cedion business""- blocks. The result was "one of ; the leaders was killed ;by the police. - The strikers thereatened . to sack the jail." but de sisted : after be) counseled. .They re- ■.-..-'.. turned to the mill, but could not effect a^ compromise, and would not return to 0 work •.■•*;• at ■/'": the r old terms, $1.50 '■ ~" per day. r They wanted ?2, and offered to compromise /at '.-.■ §1.75. They say they^ will stay out un til their demands are met. The lumber " company stated to a 'femes reporter that their saw mill would run, but : their yards were witllout^help.'and all plat form and planing mill men had left. No cars will be loaded for several '■> days un til new men can be procured; ? The men . at Erskine brick yards also struck, ■_.'.■ but went back to work, after being out a short time, without a raise ;; of i wages. '-■■. •;-. ■%..-• :.-■:■■":• ",'- , \ ■----. - -.-. ••.■■.-..■■.-■ ,:-■:■'/.