Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-13
DRINKING DEPUTIES.
Citizens at DuqueSne Make a Serious
Charge Against the officers.
SITUATION AT THE STEEL WORKS.
The Strike Four Weeks Old To-Day and
Only Two Rails Made.
SOME OF THE MEN DESERT THE MILL

1t will be four weeks tomorrow since the
men at the Allegheny Bessemer Steel
Works at Duquesne quit work and de-
manded Of the firm the same wages as they
claimed were being paid at other mills.
There has been good many notable Incl
dents since that time. Blood has been LEI
on two occasions, and now the little town
up the Monongahela Valley, which bid fair
at the outstart to develop into acity ere long,
is filled with deputy sheriffs, which this firm
claim they must have to guard their in
terests against any misdeeds that the
strikers might commit. Sunday, up till a
O'Clock, was an uneventful day. Neverthe-
less the strikers all loitered about, keeping
watch for any new comers.
A reporter who visited the place yester-
day was unable to decide which side had the
most men, the strikers or the men under
Sheriff McCandless' charge. Sixty-two
deputies ate dinner at Downey's Hotel yes
terday and three more arrived on the two
o'clock train. Ex-Sheriff Joseph Gray was
with them and they had along with them
others who came prepared to go to work this
morning. -Four new men arrived at the
works on Saturday after midnight. and were
admitted inside the inclosure. They were
not approached by the strikers.
David Williams, who has charge of the
converting mill, appeared outside the fence
yesterday for the first time since the strike
was inaugurated. He was surrounded by
about dozen deputies, SO the strikers had
no opportunity to approach him. The men
desire it to be said that none Of them are
weakening and claim rumor Of that sort
was only
STARTED FOR A TRICK.
They say that none of the old men are at
work except the Hungarians and George
W. Beals, locomotive engineer. A citi-
zen of Duquesne yesterday predicted vic
tory for the men, as they were carrying on
the strike in very orderly manner.
The arrest Of the five men on Saturday
night and the subsequent confinement of
Charles Rausmiller and George Harkins
was topic for remark among the groups of
men yesterday. In particular they de-
nounce the arrest of the two latter as un-
just, as they say they done something the
deputy sherifs refused to do, which led to
their arrest. This was when these two men
took into custody Frank Bell and George
Ross for the stabbing of John Fink. There
were three shots fired at Michael Lane on
Saturday night by one Of the deputies. and
he was captured while attempting to escape
by falling.
The last attempt to blow steel proved very
expensive to the company. The large ladle
in the converting pill was burned through
and the arm was burned off, Out of nine
heats made on Friday they only got two
rails. The steel the green hands are making
is indeed of not very much account. Some
OF the rails turned out have run up as high
as LAT carbon. The standard is from 35 to
AZ, and to prove saleable they should not
run over 45 carbon.
Eight Hungarians left the mill yesterday
morning and say they will not go back.
Forty quit on Saturday, and the strikers
don't anticipate the return of more than
one-third of them in the morning. There is
CONSIDERABLY DISSATISFACTION
among the residents of Duquesne concern
ing the actions of the deputy sherifs Satur-
day night. 1t is alleged that they were all
more or less intoxicated and furnished
liquor in bottles to the men who are work.
ing until large number of them became
drunk and made night hideous. This feel
ing has become so bitter that they say they
will call meeting to-day at which resolu-
tions will be passed demanding their rights
as citizens. This would seem probable
since the deputy sherifs will allow no
persons to stand on the railroad tracks and
converse whether they ale strikers or not
The men say they expect that another lot of
them will be arrested to-day. The fact that
the firm has secured that Alabama
order of 11,000 tons of steel rails
at $26 30 seems to have incensed them SO
that they are more determined than ever
since the price is so low. They say the
company would make money on the order if
the mill was to be run at the wages they
desire to work for.
Over $500 was raised at the Edgar Thoni-
SON Steel Works on Saturday to help the
men continue the strike. A good contribu-
ton was also received from the employees of
the American Iron Works. No one will be
allowed inside the inclosure. Chief Clerk
Gray whom it was said would furnish a
for the reporter, could not be
reached, as Pat McCallin, the big one
armed watchman, said he had orders to ad-
nit no one, even if the head clerk said he |
was anxious to talk to him.