Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-15
The City of Homestead Is Now
as Quiet as a Sunday
Calm.
Under Their Excellent Leader
ship the Men Maintain
Order.
Funerals of Three of the Men
Killed Held During the
. Day.

VIVA N"y iNASUt " "o AAS
dents to disturb its quiet, but the trou-
bles which came from the troubles of
Wednesday are seemingly as far from
adjustment as ever. Under the excel
lent leadership of their prominent asso-
ciates the locked out workmen have
maintained a quiet, but beneath the sur
face of their calm demeanor a rigid de-
termination exists, and the men are
ready to meet any emergency that con-
fronts them. The highways from Home
stead and the banks of the river are pa
trolled by squads of men. Strangers are
stopped and questioned and made to give
good accounts Of themselves.
An unusual feature Of the trouble is
that the town of Homestead is more
quiet and orderly than it is when moth
ing Of an exciting nature is in the wind.
Taking the advice Of their leaders, the
men have kept indoors all day. No I'M
usual gatherings are seen except at the
railway station and the crossings at
train time; no loud talking is heard on
the streets; no rabid utterances are in
dulged in; all is
Quiet as q Sunday Calm.
Funerals of three of the men killed in
the battle on Wednesday were held dur
ing the day but they were attended only
by a r~everential manner that present a
similar character in times Of peace.
The most important event Of this day
of uncertainty other than the meeting
was the conference held by Sheriff Nc
Cleary, of Allegheny county, and a COM
mittee of citivens of Homestead. The
sheriff had been invited to meet this
committee and endeavor to make some
arrangement for the prevention Of
further trouble. Twenty men had
promised to be at the meeting place but
less than half of this number were pres
ent when the sheriff put in an appear
ance. DR.. Sladin, a prominent citizen,
acted as spokesman. He told the sher-
if that he would agree to put a suhic-
lent number Of reputable citizens in the
Carnegie works as a guard for their pro-
lection from violence, if Mr.. Prick and
other persons interested would also 20
there. The sheriff
Gave No Promises
and went to P%ittsburg. On his way to
the station he was stopped by a saloon
keeper and asked why it was necessary
to keep all the saloons closed. The ar
gument between McCleary and the
saloon keeper attracted quite a crowd,
which grew so large that a policeman
was obliged to dispense it.
The meagre attendance at the confer
ence with the sheriff was due, it is be-
lieved, to a suspicion that has grown to
almost general proportions in Home
stead that McCleary is not disposed to
deal fairly with the locked out men. It
was openly stated by some of the work.
ing men that they believed McCleary
was awaiting his opportunity of Great
ing more trouble to turn the trend Of
popular sympathy from the strikers.
The harsh feeling against him is intensi-
fed, however, by the suspicion that the
sheriff knew of the intention Of the
Pinkerton men to take possession of tho
0oAASSAS pAoAos II AAduAO VI I 11h6IIOu
to the locked out men is
Like the Waving Of q Red Flag
in front of a bull, and in their eyes q
man cannot commit a greater sin than
have connection with the hated name.
A rumor has gained currency that Cap
tain Bob Pinkerton is in Homestead.
During the day he was reported to be in
Pittsburg, and the man to whom his
name was applied created some excite
ment by drawing a revolver on a news
paper reporter. Conservative men do
not believe Pinkerton would take his
life in hand, which he would do by COM
ing to Homestead. The feeling against
him is so strong that the coolest would
hardly have influence enough with the
mob to keep him in safety.
O'Donnell with some of the other
leaders are in Pittsburg comforting with
Governor Pattison about the troubles.
1t is understood they are asking him not
to call out the troops. At 2 a. m, every
thing is quiet, and there are no indica-
tions Of further trouble. r. (
REPORTERS AND OPERATORS.
Hotheads Want Them All Fired Out of
Town.