Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Orders to Exhaust Every EXpedient
Before Actual Firing, and
THEN TO SHOOT WITH EFFECT.
The Governor. Though, Does Not Expect
Any Fighting at All.
TROOPS PASSING THROUGH THE CAPITAL

Major General Snowden and other officers
of the National Guard are keeping him
well informed as to the progress of the
Second and Third Brigades, which are to be
massed at Brinton and then march to
Homestead. The Third Brigade had been
ordered to concentrate at Lewiston, but the
Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Regiments
having reached that point long before the
Fourth and Eighth Regiments could be
transported to it they proceeded westward
without the remaining organization.
The Fourth and Eighth Regiments nave
companies in them located over 100 miles
from here, but their complement made up at
late hour this afternoon, soon after which
they we're started on their journey. At
last accounts they had passed Lewistown.
The First Brigade, consisting of the First,
Second, Third and Sixth regiments, has ar
rived at Mt Gretna, where it will be held
in reserve. the ranks of the companies of
the Third Brigade, which reached here to-
day by the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and
Reading and Cumberland Valley railroads,
were generally full and those of the other
brigades are reported to be in a similar con
dition.
The Old War Scenes Recalled.
The scenes on the streets here recalled the
old war scenes as companies marched toward
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad station to be
conveyed westward. The State Arsenal was
the scene of great activity. All last night
wagons were kept busy transporting am
munition, tents and other military para
phernelia to the cars to be shipped to their
destination. Over 1000 tents have been
shipped from the arsenal to accommodate the
three brigades of the National Guard.
These arrangements were in charge of
Quartermaster General Mcclellan.
Thousands of people congregated at the
Pennsylvania Railroad station to see the
soldiers off and give them their benedic-
tien, and in all towns in which the Third
Brigade has companies great crowds are
reported to have turned out to wish them
Godspeed
Major General Snowden and Adjutant
General Greenland left this city at noon
with their staffs for the West Before their
departure special order was prepared by
Governor Pattison and issued by the Adiu-
tant General In it Major General Snow
den, Division Commander. is directed to
move at once to the support of Sheriff Nc
Cleary, to maintain peace and protect all
persons in their constitutional rights
The Orders a. to Firing.
The second paragraph in the order pro-
vides that the movement of troops will only
be in compact bodies No firing will be
permitted except by order of the officer in
command. When all other means of quieting
riot and restoring order have first been
exhausted, the officer CON mmanding the
troops shall notify the rioters that they
will be fired upon un less they promptly
disperse Should they not disperse the
order TO fire will be deliberately given, and
every soldier will be expected to fire with
effect and to continue firing until the mob
disappears.
AS one of the results of the calling out of
the troops the announced regimental
encampment will not be held because of the
great expense the march on Homestead
mill entail on the State. The annullment
OF these encampments is provided for in the
orders issued to-day. The annual
appropriations for the purposes of the
National Guard is 100000, which sum
would be inadequate BY probably hundred
thousand dollars to pay the State militias
expenses if the encampments were
permitted.
Impressed With Homestead's Friendliness.
Governor Pattison was not at all surprised
this evening when be learned that the
troops were to be received at Homestead
with brass bands and other evidences of
good feeling. He says he had been in
formed at the recent conference with the
Homestead committee in the Executive
Chamber that the National Guard would be
received in a friendly manner. The Gov
ernor is impressed with the good order pre-
vsiling at Homestead, but of course does
not endorse the placing of pickets along the
roads and the interruption of people with
view of finding out their business. As to
the report that martial law would probably
be declared at Homestead he said no neces-
sity had yet arisen for such proceeding.
The Governors attention was called to a
statement alleged to have been made by
Sheriff McCleary that the latter had made
several demands for troops before he sent
the telegram which was followed by the or
der calling the militia into active service.
He contradicted the story bv remarking
that in none of the Sheriff's kilograms ex-
cept the last one was demand for troops
made. Even after the bloody fight with
the Pinkerton people the Sheriff of ALLIE
gheny county did not ask for military aid,
but simply requested the Governor to send
representative to the scene of the trouble
Does Not Expect Any Fighting.
The Governor thinks that the National
Guard will not be required to do any fight
ing but is satisfied that if called on to sup
press disorder it will distinguish itself He
said he had ordered out the troops as a
dernier resort. He had hoped that an sd-
justment of the Homestead differences
would be reached on Sunday, but that hope
having been dissipated and Sheriff Nc
Cleary having made formal demand on
him for military aid, he was obliged to issue
his mandate under the operation of which
the troops are now pressing to the 'front.'
As Adjutant General Greenland has gone
to the front Colonel Krumbhaar, of Phila-
delphis, will have charge of his department
during General Greenland's absence. Colonel
Krumbhaar performed the duties of act
ing Adjutant General very acceptably for
several weeks after the death of Adjutant
General McClelland. The Governors
troop, of this city, which is part of the
Third brigade, although ready to move this
morning, did not leave for Brinton until 10
tonight.
A Very Determined Colonel.
Before Company c, of Columbia, left that
place for Harrisburg this morning Colonel
Case, commander of the Fourth Regiment,
made a brief speech to the men, during
which he said that he had heard that several
members Of the company had said that they
would hand their muskets to the strikers If
they got into a conflict. The Colonel de-
clared with great emphasis that the first
man he saw doing such an act he would