Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-14

night purchases to about one-half what they
had formerly been.
Will Buy Cheaper Meat.
Instead of having S. roast of beef for
to-day's dinner, she said she would pur-
chase something cheaper in anticipation of
her husbands long siege of idleness. This is
but one of the many ways the wives of the
strikers have begun to economize. They
do not anticipate defeat, but are providing
against any possible contingency.
When it was learned this morning that
conference between the representatives of
Carnegie, Phipps & Co. and the officials of
| the Amalgamated Association was to be
held some predicted speedy settlement of
the trouble. When the telephone message
from THE DISPATCH office came at 50 clock,
to the effect that the conference had not ad-
| journed yet, it was generally conceded that
both sides were obstinate, and neither one
would yield to the other. Ats o'clock no
word had been received from those who
went down to attend the meeting, and all
hopes of settlement were given up.
A more determined looking body of men
than those who gathered around the various
railroad stations, awaiting the arrival of
| trains, would be hard to find in West
ern PENNSYLVANIA. The writer went up
| on the o'clock train. He had no sooner
| stepped from the car until he was covered
by half dozen pairs of eyes and his every
| movement watched. 1t was at Munhall
station, where the upper gate leading into
the mill yard is located. When the train
hove in sight fully 200 men gathered around
the platform. They seemed to spring up as
if by magic, and took their positions in
front of the gate.
No Black Sheep Wanted.
One man got off the train who looked as
if he wanted TO be "black sheep" About
| two dozen men formed circle about him,
and began to ply him with questions. At
first he could not give a good account of
himself, and had it not been for the cool
ness of some of the strikers he would have
been harshly dealt with.
Nearly every one of the men are armed,
and their looks indicate too plainly, that
anybody who trihes with them will come to
grief They do not know anything about
military tactics, and have no leader, yet
each one thoroughly understands what his
duties are.
This evening one of the strikers got several
decks of playing cards, and placed one card
in the hat of every man present. The lead
ers were given the face cards, and consider
able joking was done about the badges"
as the cards were called. The men who got
! club cards Immediately proceeded to arm
themselves with hickory or pine clubs to
strike a combination. The men who re-
ceived diamond cards said they would let
Andrew Carnegie wear the diamonds for
them. The strikers are still wearing the
cards in their hats and will keep them as
relics of the strike.
Yesterday afternoon, a committee COM
posed Of the employees of the firm and the
new special policemen of the town,
visited all the saloon keepers in the borough
and requested them to close at 6 o'clock.
The request was made upon the ground that
the men who were idle might become in
toxicated and cause trouble with the
strangers who were coming into the town.
The Saloons Closed.
The saloon keepers closed their places of
business, and there was not one drunken
man on the streets last night. The saloons
were closed without a moments warning,
and as a result, the drinking population of
the town were compelled to go thirsty for
one night Druggist Stenger had thirsty
crowd waiting upon him all night, but to
their plaintive appeals he returned heart
less negative reply. Physicians prescrip-
tions were at premium, as few of them
could be secured.
The strikers are still looking for the
Pinkerton thugs who were supposed to be
on their way to Homestead. The warm
weather yesterday will not be a marker to
the reception they will get when they come
upon the ground, 1t was even betting
among the strikers last night that the
"Pinks" would not come upon the ground
at all. Scouts have been out securing for
them, but up until o'clock last night they
had not appeared in sight.
Watching for the PinIss.
1t was expected that they would sneak
into the town about midnight, and an extra
lockout was kept. Alta late hour last night
no word had been received about them, and
nothing definite can be learned of the men
coming from indianapolis.
Hugh O'Donnell, President of one of the
local unions, and member of the Confer
ence Committee, received a telegram from
Pittsburg to-day to the effect that employ
ment agents DOrner and Geisler had tele-
graphed to Cumberland, Nd, for more men
to go to Homestead. The telegram was
passed around, and the different committees
were put on the alert for the expected men.
The efigy placed on a freight car at Mum
hall station, and made of. the clothes left
behind by some of the men who went there
attracted considerable attention from the
passengers in passing trains yesterday.
The figure had been pierced with
Dozens of Bullet Holes.
and was cited as an example of what would
happen to any one who attempted to go into
the mill yard There was not one man who
made the attempt during the whole day.
The only life seen inside the mill yards are
watchmen who sit behind the gates and
and look out at the passers by. To the
CHEEKY cry of "Watchman, what of the |
night?" one OF them replied, "Strike"
At 9 o'clock heavy pelting rain set in
and drove the people of the town to shelter
The men on guard faithfully stood to their |
posts and were drenched to the skin They |
would not get under cover, fearing that in |
an unguarded moment somebody would take |
advantage of them.
Joseph Schwab, a brother of C. NJ. |
Schwab, manager of the works, has been |
appointed foreman of the %, % and 1O-inch |
mills. Taylor Aldrice has been made fore |
man OF the beam department and Joseph |
Sleeves will be superintendent OF all rolling,
fitting and finishing in the Bessemer de- |
partment