The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-13
HOMESTEAD'S UGLY MOB.
THE TOWN IN FULL CONTROL OF
THE STRIKERS.

A Crowd OF 5000 Attacks a Posse of
1875 Deputy Sherins, Tears OF Their
Badges and Nearly Divests Them of
lothing-Serious Trouble Feared
When the Pinkerton Men Reach the
Scene.
PITTsBUG, Pa, July 12-One hundred
Pinkerton men, armed with Springfield
rifles, arrived here this morning from Phila-
dslphia and will be taken to the Homestead
Bessemer steel works Of Carnegie, Phillips
& Co., at Homestead, Pa. They will be
placed about the mill property to protect it
and workmen from the strikers. The struggle
promises to be the most bitter in the history
of the strikes and lockouts in this section.
Both sides are determined and q long fight
is anticipated. Everything was quiot
about the works this morning. No more
men had arrived and the plant was silent
At moo l35 deputies under ex-SheritR Gray
arrived at homestead. They we're imme-
diately surrounded by the strikers to the
number of nearly 1000 and requested to re-
turn TO the city. The deputies refused to do
so, and the crowd would not allow them TO
enter the mill. Forty of the deputies had
their badges torn of from their coats and
were driven away. Sheriff McCandless is
sWelring in additional deputies, and will
have 400 or 500 more on the ground to-
morrow. II necessary to preserve the
peace, he says he will increase the number
to 200.
THE STRIKERS IN CONTROL.
The strikers have had full charge Of
Homestead since noon to-day, and no one
dares to interfere Had not the deputy
sheritfs calmly and meekly surrendered
upon their arrival at noon they would have
been mohbed They were surrounded by a
mob Of 5000. A riot was only prevented
by the deputies offering no resistance To-
night the strikers are patrolling the streets,
and every stranger ia compelled to give
a good account of himself, or leave town
The Pinkertor men have not vet arrived,
and the strikers are watching for them
When they reach the scene interesting
times are expected. A party Of fifty-seven
non union men, hailing from Philadelphia,
New York and Boston are at Greensburg
and will leave for Homestead in the morn
ing. The sheriff will go to the scene early
tomorrow with posse of 500, and he says
he will increase it to 1000, ii necessary.
The men are desperate and affairs have
an ugly aspect At II o'clock al
ominous quiet prevailed The streets were
comparatively clear, but the strikers are SO
we'll organized that by whistle from one
VI buo bCOulb l,OOU OF LOW men Can ne
called together in few minutes. The men
employed at other the mills controlled by
Mr.. Carnegie are considering the advisahil-
ity of quitting work If the strike is not
settled. A meeting of the men at the
Twenty and Thirty-third streets mills
will be held tomorrow night to take some
action looking TO that end This would
increase the number Of strikers several
thousand.
MINERS GIVE IN.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 12--The btu
minous miners ct Coxville, fifteen miles
north Of Brazil, who quit work three weeks
ago because Of what they claimed to be-
misunderstanding in regard to the foot
race plan arrangement, returned to work
! to-day, yielding their point OF 800 strikers
only seventy-fve could get work, owing to
the disorganized trade, as a result OF the
strike. The strike Of the block coal miners
continues.
AN S-HoUR VICTORY.
INDIANAPOLIS, July l2.-After fifteen
months Of contention with the members
of the union the employers Of the Indian
apolis stone cutters have at last acceded to
their demand for recognition Of eight hours
rs a days work. Persistent agi alton by
| tho union brought the contractors TO terms,
and under the agreement by which the
strike is ended, none but members OF the
union will be employed.
LIVERPOOL SAILORS GIVE IN.
LIVERPOOL, July I2.-Tho strike among
the sailors here has collapsed, the men ao-
cepting the terms offered by their en-