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Peace and Quiet Yet f
Reigns at Homestead f
While Awaiting the $
Arrival of the Mali- f
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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. '-■■.
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