The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-13
THE TOWN pATROLlED BY STRIKERS
Serious Trouble Threatened at the
homestead steel Works.
The Sheriff tsays He viii Raise a
Small Army u Needed.
How the Strikers Won a Victory on
a Train.

PITTsBURG, Pa, July 12.-The strikers at
the Carnegie steel plant have had fun
charge Of the town Of Homestead since noon
today. No one dares to interfere. The Off
GERS at noon were surrounded by a mob Of
5000 and riot was only prevented by the
deputies Offering no resistance. Tonight the
strikers are patrolling the streets and every
stranger Is compelled to give good account
OF himself or leave town. The Pinkertons
have not arrived. The strikers are watch
Ing Tor them and when they reach the scene
an interesting time Is expected. A party Of
70 non-union men from Philadelphia, New
Ynr'r. .snd RostNn are At GreensbuFg and win
leave for Homestead in the forenoon. The
sheriff will 60 there with a posse Of 800 and
says he will increase 1t to 1000 II necessary.
The men are desperate and affairs have an
ugly aspect.
The real trouble began last night when a
train carrying non-union men was attacked
by the strikers. The new men, who started
from Pitssburg under the protection of Alex
ander A. f. McCandless, sheriff of Ale
gheny county. were cut and bruised by fly.
ing missiles, and some. in their fright,
jumped through the windows Of the cars.
They were driven out Of town. When the
train arrived at Homestead 400 or 500 men
were on hand TO meet ii. There were 81
non union men aboard, Italians. Hungarians
and negroes. When the train stopped sew
eral strikers jumped aboard. The door was
locked and they failed to get In. Then some
one shouted: "Get out of this car" Imme-
diately there was scramble and four or five
men jumped through the windows. Sheriff
McCandless stood at one door. The train
proceeded to Munhall station, where 1900
men were waiting. AS soon as 1t stopped
the crowd closed In about the smoking car
The sheriff stood on the steps with the new
men behind him. The strikers began to
from the car and escaped to the hills, fol-
lowed by shower Of stones. The sheriff,
with the order Follow me" jumped TO the
ground and stated toward the mills, a dis
tance OF 800 feet. through dense lines Of the
strikers. August q. Geizer, an employment
agent, and two n0n-union men made rush
inside the inclosure before they could be
stopped. The remainder were chased down
the railroad. One man succeeded In catch
ing the rear car as the train pulled out, and
begged the conductor to land him In some
place where he could escape. Two Of the
refugees stayed In Homestead until the re-
turn train arrived at 1929 a. m. and came TO
the city. At stations nearer the city five Of
the 81 got aboard and the rest are still In the
woods.
Secretary William Martin of the Amalga-
mated Association, will have charge Of the
strike From him all orders will be issued,
and he will direct every movement person.
ally. His first move on taking charge was 10
telegraph all over the country to members Of
the order to stop all men from coming here
A committee was sent East, one West and
one North, to prevent men from going to
Homestead. No committee was sent South
for the reason that that district Is thoroughly
organized, and 1t Is thought that no one from
there will come up here to work.