The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-19

AlflS0-g Nl11u-tlrcf t4a- AAlo CJt-
mittee organized by the appointment Of
a chairman, znd proceeded at once TO
take ehargesof Affairs AZ Homestead that
among iss first sc.s Was 70 order the me-
ehRnics, laborers and other employees OF
the works, amounting TO about 5000
whose wages were not affected By the
proposed change, snd who had entered
into new agreement with the company,
upon the terms Of their old contract, 10
break their contracts, and to refuse 70
work until the An2lgamated Association
was recognized and It's terms agreed to.
Up TO this point there had been no breach
Of the peace; the men had the right to
refuse TO work and to persuade their
friends 10 refcse also. The law has no
quarrel with labor associations 50 long
IS they act peacesbly and respect the
rights Of Others; on the contrary, while
they keep within the lax they have the
sympathy Of al good citizens in every
honest, manly effort to improve their
condition But the State OF PennsylTa-
MA VIII not permit these, OF any other
organizations, to trzmple upon the law
and deny the rights Of other laborers not
members Of such associations.
IHE ADVISORY COMMITTEES WORK.
Il is alleged that the Advisory Com
mit,ee did more than induce others not
to scospt employment from the company
thSi Il allowed no persons 10 enter the
mills Of the Carnegie Steel Company,
and even permitted no strangers 70 enter
the town Of Homestead without is con
sent; that II arranged and perfected an
organization Of military character, con-
sisting Of three divisions, with command
ers, captains, etc, the captains 70 report
20 the division commanders and the latter
( 10 report 70 the Advisory Committee
that girile Of pickets vas established
I by which the works and the town were
guarded ike \ military eneAmpnent; /;
that thess piekeis arrested every man
who attempted TO approach either the
town or the works until he could give &c
count OF himself which was satisfactory
TO the Advisory Committee; that all dis
cussion Of the wage question wzs posi-
lively prohibited; that ali these and
many other things we're done TO deprive
the company Of the use Of its property,
and to prevent If from operating lis
works by the aid Of men who were not
members Of the Amalsauazted Association
/ Twas in this state otsfAirs that the
company, spprehending injury to Ifs
/ property and its possible destruction. ap-
Piled 10 the High Sheriff Of Allegheny
county for protection. That officer made
an effJrt to secure 100 deputies 10 60 to
I Homestead on the afternoon Of July D
/ He succeeded in getting about dozen,
who, under the charge ofa deputy sher-
/ iE, attempted to enter the works Of the
company in order TO protect them They
were driven eli with threats and the au-
+ thority Of the Sheriff defied. On the
morning of July 6 the company attempt
ed TO place 500 wztchmen into the works.
The men we're selected by the aid Of the
Pinker.on Agency and were IN charge Of
4 deputy sherif. Their business, and
their only business, vas TO protect the
property Of their employers The land
ing Of these men on the grounds Of the
company was resisted by large crowd
OF men, many Of whom we've armed ;
guns. pistols and cannon were discharg-
ed al the watehmen, and the FIRE vas re-
turned by portion Of the latter. An
attemp. was made 70 destroy them by
the rioters By the use Of dynamite and
by burning oil. Finally. after a number
had been killed and wounded on each
side, the watehnen surrendered to the
Advisory Committee, at that time the
only authority permitted to be exercised
at Homestead. Their treatment afteI
their surrender has few chapters 10 equaI
1t in savage warfare, notwithstanding
the humane efforts Of a portion Of the
committee 10 prevent il
HUEILlaIISG sPECIAcLE
This outbreak Was 50 serious II il:
character that the Governor Of the state
and Comnander-in-Chief Of its army
acting in the strict line Of his duty and
alter csli for aid from the High Sheriff
OF Allegheny county, ordered Odi the Ell
tire National Guard CT the State for IN
suppression Since then We have hzd fol
many weeks the humilisiing spectacle o
business plant surrounded By the arm,
Of the State for lis protection al an ex
pense Of several hundred thousand dol
lars to the taxpayers and the business o
the country disturbed 10 some extent
and for WHAT
We can have some sympathy with |
mob driven to desperation by hunger, a
in the days Of the French Revolution
but We can have none for men receiving
steady employment at exceptionally higi
wages IN resisting the law, and in resort
ing to violence and bloodsbed in the as
sertion Of imaginary rights. and in entail
ing such vast expense upon tie tax
PAYERS OF the Commonwealth II Va
not = CIV Of sbreAd or blood" from fam
ishing lips, OF an ebuiition Of angry pas
sions from sudden ouirage, or provoes
ton; it Easa deliberate attempt iron
men without grievance to vrest fros
: Others their lawfully acquired propert
and 10 control them in their Use and en-
joyment OF IL The existence Of sach
, state Of things in government Of Law IN
. dicztes 8 weak spot somewhere II
not in the Law itself; that Is sufficient fo
| the preservation of order; all that
needed Is is proper enforcement To =
T complish this il Is only necessary ths
) everyone connected with its administr'
ticn shall do his duty. This duty IS 1
. s,lemn and imperative with jGror j
the box as with the judge upon the bene
and am glad to be abe 10 ssy, a. "a
a result Of my experience in the cTimini
courts. that have seldom known s jar