The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-11
AN onIINoUs QUIET.
1T May be the Calm That Precedes q
Terrible Storm.

1t May be the Calm That Precedes
Terrible Storm.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 11.-Peace and
quiet apparently reign, but it is only the
peace and quiet that precedes storm.
The stiffness is forced and bodies trouble.
People remain indoors. If they meet
upon the streets they converse in whis-
pers. No one doubts that we are on the
eve of trouble, and those who under
stand the situation look for more serious
trouble even than that of last week. The
sheriff Is powerless, and this borough OF
$4,000 inhabitants is In the hands of q
set Of determined men, who propose to
settle their dispute with Carnegie with
out oqtBideinterfefence. Armed guards
patrol the streets night and day. Every
approach 70 either the town or to the
Works of the Carnegie Steel company is
10 1--WE o satisfactory explanation of
Ihindself and his business, and IL there IL
any doubt as to his Identity be is es.
cofted TO the next outgoing train and
iwarned that 1t will be dangerous to re.
tufh.
Another Conflict Imminent.
The strikers are drilled and equipped
With Wjpcheeters, revolvefs and shot.
gums. Guns are carried openly in the
, 3treets. The organization Of the 600 Oh
} more members of the AInalgstnated AS
ISOLATION Of Iron and Steel Workers is
remarkable. The men are determined,
and word has been passed that they are
ia for fight for life. They are desperate,
and another force Of Pipkertons need
expect no quarter. The men will die or
win If there is another battle, and there
q every indication here that there will
be ope soon. -,
The success of the men In capturing
holding their ground since has given
them an overgrowp idea of their own
Importance. The local authorities are
powerless to restrain the men, even
lwere they SO disposed. AS matter Of
kact, they are With the mill men. The
burgess Of the town. who is the highest
officer here. is in sympathy with the
1nen. The regular police, composed Of
a chief and two pstrplmen, are with
khem. Twenty additional policemen
have been sworn ip. They are not only
hh sympathy with the men, but many
are mill men thrown out Of work by tht
lockout. Some members OF the towE
Ieeuncils are leaders Of the strikers. Men
r IWuO lafs 5ciNVN w AilpvhTsnp
= tees during the Trouble distributed am
lndnition When the Pinkertons were en
psoted. One 81 these men, who Is 2
prominent citizen Of Hesnestead and
who for obvious fedgestsd that hl
pame be suppressed, saidi
\ awe took care of the Pinksrtons
{, pretty well, bat that will not be cir
cumstance to the reception the next lot
will receive, We were taken by sur.
prise then, but we are ready now, and
we cannot be surprised. onr meh are
well armed, and they know how to
use their arfns. We have plenty of am
munitiop. and our men are desperate.
Some Of item are aching for an en-
. counter. There are plenty of relatives
and friends OF the boys who fell last
"Wednesday who are thirsting for ra1
fenge. If the PinRertons come or scabs
are put in the works they will get 1t.
The headquarters Of the strikers is in
b new three-sisry brick building on high
ground overlooking the Carnegie works,
and within pistol shot of the celebrated
fence that surrounds the mills. From the
bouncil room on the third floor the move
ments Of watchlpen within the Carne-
IL grounds can be observed At pres
ent the strikers permit the few clerks
And other employees AZ the mills to pass In
and out uninolested. But the works
/ ore surrounded, and are practically in
the possession of the strikers. BY re-
Eralping from placing guards within the