Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-13
STATE In CONTROL.
Pennsylvania Takes Charge Of
Homestead Affairs.
GUNS WITH THE LAW BEHIND THEM

Displaoe the winchesters of the Mill
Men and the Sheriff Mt Last Is the
Biggest Man in the Bailiwick--The
Proposed Reception by the Strikers
Misses Connection Because Gen. Snow
den Emphatically DecIines-LawfuI
Order Established for "A Time-Frick
Gives Evidence Before the Congress-
men-Union Mill Men Put in an UIti-
matum.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 13.-Law and or
der has been once more established in
Homestead, 1t is martial law, and Major
General Snowden is dictator He has
assumed complete control of affairs, and
as he told the committee of the Amalga-
mated association and the citizens delega-
tion in the afternoon, he does not want the
cooperation of anybody. The Carnegie
company, if it can get them, may put as
many non-union men to work as it pleases,
and beyond the occasional beating of
some unfortunate sscab" who may stray
in the domain of the old hands there will
be no trouble. But if signs do not fail life
will be made miserable for them as soon
as the troops withdraw. That is the present
and probable future situation. The
locked-out men will mob any non-union
men brought here just as soon as they can
do so with impunity.
The People Did Not Sleep Well.
Expectation Of the arrival of the troops
caused many in Homestead to pass a
sleepless night. The ghost of insomnia
w laI thrpnr,h ho ha 10,
light came again the hysterical people
thankfully left their houses and filled the
streets. Information as to the arrival of
the troops was not obtainable. Rumors
of arrivals at dozen different points sent
people scampering in the direction indi-
Gated, but in each instance they were dis
appointed. Major General Snowden had
decided to keep all information to him
self. Which accounts for the erroneous
report in these dispatches yesterday that
the troops arrived at daybreak.
"Here Come the Sogers."
But 1t was not until after a. IN. yester-
day that boy rushed down the main
street shouting: @Here comes the sogersr
And here they came, sure enough. The
people dropped everything and ran toward
the hills near the Carnegie works. Women
and children flew to doorways and looked
with frightened glances up and down the
streets. Up the big hill overlooking the
town and adjacent to the Carnegie plant
the militiamen toiled in the broiling sun
to the places assigned them. Regiment
after regiment marched into the borough
bands playing and flags flying. But there
was no cheering. Lines of pickets guarded
the approaches to the mills. A provost
guard took possession of the borough itself
The pickets of the workingmen had disap-
peared and law and order reigned.
The Reception Fell Through.
There We're no Homestead brass band
and workmen's lodges arrayed in gala
dress TO meet the troops, for the reason
that the advisory committee had called on
General Snowden at Brinton Monday
night and been told by him that he want
ed no such demonstration. He would
give no information as to what time the
troops would arrive, and sent the commit
tee home in "A decidedly unpleasant
humor. Some of the mill men were dis
appointed; many were not. The feeling
against state interference which had been
allayed temporarily by the mass meeting
broke forth again. Young men were par
ticularly earnest in their expressions of
gladness that they had not been called on to
welcome the new rulers at Homestead.
But they did not give loud expression to
this feeling.
Plan of the Military Occupation.
The main body of troops took position
on the hill south of the Carnegie works.
Two regiments were sent 70 the bluff across
the river, where also is stationed Battery
b in position to command both the mills
and the town. Other regiments are sta
toned in towns near within easy striking
distance should they be called upon. Pick
cts were thrown out, sentinels posted
and the regular military routine at once
established, while the mill mems pickets
retired. Some of the mill men objected
to being stopped by guards on the roads
leading to the Carnegie mills. 1t was
the countyIoad, they said, and no damned
soldiers could block it. Their friends
drew them away and a disturbance was