Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-08
GOMPERs AT HOMESTEAD,

| The Federation of Labor VIII HeIp
the Strikers - O'Donnen Talks -
The End IL Not Yet The Com
pany Claims the Men are Return
ing SRapidIy.
HOMESTEAD, Aug. samuel Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor has
been in Homestead on a secret mission.
As q result of his mission the entire
strength of his organization will be used
to help win the fight here. The federation
members will be asked to contribute
money, to be vigilant in the boycott of
Carnegie material, and to prevent working
men from going to Homestead. Mr.. Com
pers expresses confidence In the men win
ming and said that the heartiest CO. opera
ton would be extended. The Sunday has
proven uneventful, both here and in Du-
quesne.
Outwardly the strikers are AS firm as
over, but many privately express q desire
to return to work and say they are only
deferred by the influence of the majority.
The company now has fully 200 men In
the mill. An attempt will besnade In the
morning to start. Master Mechanic Miller
stated to night that 90 per cent of tho old
men had returned to work in the mechan-
ical department already and he expected
at least 300 men to morrow. Vice Pres.
ident Carney OF the Amalgamated asso-
citation says he Is confident that not
one man will go back. The residents of
Duquesne fear that If any of the men at
tempt to go into the mill an effort will be
made by the strikers to prevent them
doing 80. In that event collision will
occur beyond doubt.
Boston, Aug. Hugh O'Donnell of
Homestead, Pa, who arrived in this city
to-day, said in an interview this evening
that he saw no reason for throwing such q
cloak OF mystery around his movements
since he left Homestead. He had been in
no sense trying to seclude himself or evade
any one He said 'Of course my mission
is something that it would not be judicious
to talk about just yet.
Regarding the lockout, it had just be-
gun, aud the end is not in sight. The
Carnegie Steel and Iron company may
have one thousand men or more, but that
does not make it that the union workers
are defeated. 1t requires skill and practice
to make a competent workman, and one
incompetent man can put the Carnegies to
a great deal of loss and trouble. In these
works where machinery plays such an i'm
portant part every man has his place, and
his absence has the same effect as the
breaking of cog or wheel"
Mr.. O'Donnell seemed unconcerned
about his arrest and stated he thought the
arrests were with the hope that the rank
and file would become frightened and sur
render to Carnegie and Prick uncondition-
ally.
"But," said he, 'tit has edited the men
and made them more determined than ever
to win. AS for myself, have no concern.
1t can be proved that counselled peace
and did everything that lay in
my power to prevent violence.
Even the Pinkerton men acknowledge
this and some of them have thanked me
personally for the part I played. So far
as the charge that the men of Homestead
do not know where 1 am is concerned, 1
simply have to say am in daily commun-
ication with the advisory committee and
receive reports from it daily"
A Result of the Homestead Strike.
ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. All mines
under control of the Wisconsin Central
road in the Gogebic range, save the Ash
land mine, were closed last night and two
thousand men were thrown out of work.
The shutdown is indirectly due to the
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