Evening journal., 1889-07-12
HE RlOTING STRIKERS.
Carnegie's Employees Do Vio-
lent Deeds.
4 TRAIN IS ATTACKED BY THEM.

A TRAIN IS ATTACKED BY THEM.
Severe Treatment Of "scaB" workmen.
A Baltimore lIan's Terrible Experience.
Warming IRON workers to Remain Away.
New signers OF the hmaIgamnted Scale.
rIrrsBURG, July l2 The day about the
steel works was characterized by an exciting
encounter between mob of the strikers and
@. r. Falcet BraddoclE merchant, who was
employed by the firm to manage a big board.
ing house inside the mill yard, and in which
ale non-union men were quartered. He was
terribly beaten, but finally pulled revolver
and managed to escape alive.
Half Killed by Strikers.
The excitement at Homestead was greatly
increased when a Baltimore employment
agent and three German workman were dis.
covered at the entrance 70 the Homestead
mill A committee Of strikers interviewed
them and gave them fifteen minutes to gel
out Of the town. This the Baltimore agent
refused to DO and showed light
The strikers knocked him down, kiclzst
him and beat him terribly Two Of the strik
ers picked him up and carried him nearly
mile through the town, men, women ant
children pounding and kicking him All thl
while His nose was broken and bis clothing
torn from him His prosecutors left him "
ing IN a sen3-cous G GUS condition in vacan
lou
Three Germans Roughly Handled.
He finally recovered sufficiently 20 stagga,
70 the depot, where he boarded train fo
this city, arriving more dead than alive Thl
three Germans started to run at the frs
alarm Of danger, but were followed by
number Of strikers, who kicked them, knock
ed them down, tore their clothes and bea
them terribly.
Train Attacked.
On the arrival Of the o'clock train from
Pittsburg it was surrounded by the sentinel
Of the strikers One car was filed witt
workmen bound Tor the Homestead mill Th
men in the car became alarmed, and tried d
get Off the train Both car doors we're locked
and they made rush for the windows, am
although by this time the train was unde
headway four Of them climbed out
Over 900 OF the strikers lined the tract,
between Munhall and Homestead, and yelle,
encouragement to those near the mill pre-
venting the strangers from entering th
yard As the train neared the works the ca
IN which the new men were confined was al
tucked with stones and clinkers thrown b.
the strikers Windows were broken an
several Of the occupants Of the car wer
struck. One man received terrible cut bs
low his eye When the car door was opene
the terrorised occupants ran to the hill an
escaped. One or two were caught and beai
en-. Only three OF the forty men in the ca
succeeded in reaching the mill Sheriff M,
Candless who witnessed the proceeding
came to the city and took a large force {
deputies 70 the works.
Warming New Men TO Stay Away.
Secretary William Martin, Of the Anna
gamated Association Of Iron and Ste
Workers, has established headquarters
Homestead. and will take charge OF direc
ing the strike He hiss sent COMMITTEES
north, east and west 70 warn all iron an
steel workers to stay away from Homestead
New signers TO tho scala-
Jones & Laughlin have signed the ANA
gamated association scale. They emplo
nearly 1000 men. The Oliver Iron and Ste
company signed for Its Thirteenth sire,
steel plant The other signatures rres Moor
head, McCleane e. Co, OF Pittsburg; Col
man, Shields & Co, Of Niles, 0 Lawren'
Iron Company OF Ironton, o., and the Cali
met Iron Company Of Cummins, Ills