St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-07

bonds for the faithful performance of
their duties as cOnservators of the peace.
When this offer was declined the ad-
viSory committee, which had been di-
recting the action of the workme /. and
which had held the turbulent spirits
among the workmen in check. was i'm
mediately dissolved and all the records
of the committee promptly destroyed.
Fatal Coup de Main.
The developments today showed that
the application made for assistance of
the sheriff was merely for the purpose
of covering what was intended to be
coup de main on the part OF the Car
negie company, in clandestinely intro
ducing a body of Pinkerton detectives
into the mill enclosure. The detectives
had been rendevoused some five or six
miles below the city on the Ohio river
at which place two ''model' barges had
been prepared for them. The barges
were of the best build, ahd were ased
in shipping iron rails down the river
from the Carnegie mills at Braddock.
The holds were fitted up with hunks.
cooking arrangements and other accom-
modatiOns, and as an extra precaution
in preparation for the siege to which
they were subjected today were lined
with heavy steel plates OH the inside,
while the whole back deck was pro-
tected in similar manner.
1t was the intention that the men
should reach the works about 8 o'clock
this morning. but the guards which
were on duty along the river got word
of the threatened invasion of the hated
Pinkerton men and prepared to receive
Them The barges were t0wed up the
river by towbOat, but long before the
Pinkerton men reached Homestead
thousands of strikers had gathered on
the banks of the river, ready to give
them warm welcome. When the
boats attempted TO land the workmen
broke through the fence surrounding
the mill, and, entrenching themselves
behind piles of steel billets. prepared to
resist the landing of the detectives.
Beginning the Battle.
By 4 O'clock in the morning an effort
was made to land the detectives, but
the strikers met them and fierce bat
tie was precipitated, both sides eXchang-
ing a heavy volley of shots. The de-
tectives were all armed with Winches-
ter rifles, but at the point where the at
tempt to land was made there was
steep embankment and they were COM
PEELED to go in single file and were soon
driven back to the boat by the steady
fire from the shore.
The noise of the battle spread about
the borough like wildire, and thou
sands of men, women and children
thronged the river bank to witness tue
fight in progress. The Pinkerton men
were determined to land, ana they
poured volley after volley into the ranks
of the strikers, many of whom were
stricken down by the bullets, some of
them being fatally injured and others
killed outright. AS lthe battle pro-
gressed, the strikers took up position
behind the Dreastworks hastily con-
structed of steel rails and billets, an d
from this place of safe refuge were
able to pick off the detectives as soon as
they appeared OIL the decks of the boats.
Deserted by the TowbOat
In the meantime Capt. Hind and
Supt. Kline, of the Pinkertons, were
disabled, and the fire became so fierce
that the crew of the towboat hastily
cut loose from the barge and steamed
up the river, carrying as many of the
wounded as they could reach to Brad
dock, from which point they were sent
down to the hospitals for treatment at
Pittsburg. Seven of the force were
thus cared for, while the strikers that
fell wounded were carried to their
homes at Homestead, the dead being
carried to the undertaking establish
mentS in the town.