The record-union., 1892-07-15
Quiet at Present, But the ForebOd-
ings Are Very Ugly.
THE STRIKERS ARE ALL HEAVILY
ARMED.
Prediction That There VIII be More
Bloodshed Before Final Settle
ment of Affairs is Reached-The
City Practically Under Martial Law
The Congressional Committee Con-
cludeS Its Investigation.
Special to the REcoRD-US1ox.

Wright, of the Third Brigade, upon be-
| ing questioned as to the situation at
Homestead by Governor Pattison, replied
that everything was quiet, but the for
bodings are very ugly. The strikers, he
says, are heavily armed, and there will
be bloodshed before final settlement Of
| affairs. The present peace is enforced by
cloud of awe which has hung over the
striking workingmen since the arrival Of
the troops.
PRACTICALLY UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
HOMESTEAD, July l4.-While martial
law has not been officially declared in this
borough, it has taken place TO all practical
purposes, and this resulted in illegal ar
rests by special policemen yesterday.
This morning two additional companies
OF troops, with twenty rounds of ball
cartridges and fixed bayonets, were de-
tailed to patrol the town. They were in
! structed in the case of arrests by the po-
lice for any manifest breach of the peace,
| drunkenness or the like, that they are not
! TO interfere, but that in all other cases
they are to take both the prisoner and the
! policeman before the Provost Marshal.
and If the arrest is illegal the policeman
| will be punished.
General SnOwden puts it euphemisti-
| cally by saying that the military will CO.
operate with the civil authorities in pre-
venting illegal arrests.
1t was reported this morning that the
town has been officially declared to be
under martial law, and the strik ers were
not at all pleased when they heard il, as
! they thought 1t presaged an Immediate
attempt to run in non-union men.
There is an unusual number of men in
the mills to-day, but whether they are
| n1l-1n hDG
| The locked-out men are not entirely
! pleased with the action of Carnegie's men
IN other mills in threatening to strike
unless conference is granted the Home
stead men, as they believe that the others
can do them more good in case of long
struggle by remaining at work and help
| ing them financially.
THE CONGRESSIONAL, INQUIRY.
PITTsBURG, July 1.-THE congressional
| inquiry into the Homestead trouble was
| completed to-day so far as the city is con-
cerned. TO-day's evidence elected little
| that was new. Manager Frick declared
| that the company had asked for reduc-
ton in wages because the reduction i'm
the price of blooms, billets and slabs
mad caused the company to lose money
on all the output. The average cost in
this country of producing steel billets is
S24 per ton, exclusive of the interest on
| the investment. He declined to say what
the cost was at Homestead.
| Frick said that the Mckinley bill had
nothing to do with the proposed reduc-
ton in wages. The lower prices were
the product OF the result of lower produc-
| ton.
1t Is stated that the committee will
| make report of character to help the
passage OF the compulsory arbitration
law and the anti-Pinkerton measure.
| both of which are before Congress.
1 ,1,1,,
| ton Chairman Oates announced that so
far as the labor branch of the inquiry was
| concerned, it was concluded, but that the
! Pinkerton system will probably be taken
up elsewhere. The committee will leave
for Washington this evening, and will
submit its report to Congress early in the
week.
NoN-UNIoN MEN FOR HOMESTEAD.
HOMESTEAD (Pa.), July 14.-It was an
| nounced at ESQ O'Clock this afternoon
! that special train with 400 non-union
men will arrive within an hour. The
strikers say that no attempt will be made
to prevent their entry.
BoYCoTTING CARNEGIE IRON.
| PHILADELPHIA, July 14.-At a meet
ing Of the Building Trades Union in this
city last night, resolution offered by
General Secretary Mcguire of the Car
penters' and Joiners' Brotherhood of
America, to the effect that carpenters will
not work on any building where the
structural iron is furnished by Carnegie
was adopted.
NoN-UNIoN MEN COMING.
HOMESTEAD, July 14.-All day long
everybody in Homestead has been ex-
| pecting the arrival of 400 Don-uoion
workmen. They were scheduled to ar
rive at half-past 3, but up to late bonr
the "black Sheep had not materialized.
At special meeting OF the Advisory
| Committee tonight it was believed the
men would be brought in by the river
and the patrols were strengthened on the
| banks OF the MonongaheIa to meet and
argue. with the incomers. It was urged
that any resort to violence would he
practically treason. The pickets were
advised to ask the incomers if they were
taking the places OF straight workmen
| because they needed food for themselves
or families. If an affirmative reply was
returned the committee was authorized to
promise to help them until they couId
procure other work.
The committee was impressed with the
necessity OF using the utmost discretion,
| for it is here that the only danger of col
lision exists. The strikers will certainly
endeavor to talk to the non-union men as
| they are brought in. Patrols have been
| established for this sole purpose, and if
the militia will not permit argument
there may be an effort to have arguments
whether or no.
The situation is to some extent critical
because the district discipline of the
| troops is very liable to clash with tho
utterly fearless and determined strikers.
| The latter propose to speak to any one
they please so long as they are peaceable.
| On the other hand, it is believed that no
one will be permitted with the new arri-
walls.
A mass meeting of locked out men at
| Carnegie's Steel Works will be held
tomorrow to decide upon the best
method OF distributing the relief profer-
red by the labor organizations.
STRIKE AT THE UNION MILLS.
PITTsBURG (Pa.), July 1.-THE en-
| ployes in Carnegie's upper and lower
| Union Mills in this city struck at noon
| and the gas was turned off in the fnr-
naces. By 3 o'clock this afternoon the
men in all the departments will be ont
and the mills shut down. The men
struck because the company refused to
confer again with the Homestead mon
Nothing is heard from the Beaver Falls
plant, but the men have probably struck
there too.
This evening both the Union iron
plants were closed down, and notices
posted by the company warning trespass-
ers to keep off the property. About 800
men are affected by the strike in the two
mills. The Beaver Falls plant, which is
closed for repairs, is to resume operations
Monday next, but the men say they will
not return to work unless the firm grants