Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-13
YET PREVAILS.
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Breaking small bottles was to be added yester-
day as another Of the unique features OF this
singular hbor war. which has kept the news
paper men in tears nightly as they struggled
with their contributions to elucidste the sit
uation and predict its Developments. The small
bottles were on ice. Hugh O'Donnell had
placed them there himself and set an iron
molder on the ice box with a Winchester 70
await the arrival of the army officers when
the committee returned Two newspaper
men, who are particular favorites Of the
strikers because their stories of last Wednes-
days fight were written with Roman candles and
punctuated with skyrockets, were invited to &C
company the committee to Gen. Snowden' s
headquarters It is long climb up the sun
blazed sides OF Army Hill, but visions of the
small bottles made the ascent easy for the COM
mittee and pleasant for the two newspaper
men, who were to be allowed the corks on their
return
The choice Of q spokesman had notbeen made
at the start But O'Donnel has been the De
mosthenes Of Homestead so long that q sort OF
natural selection assigned the task to him.
When il came TO what he should say the COM
mittee stopped abruptly and Clifford said:
.'See here, boys, we had better understand this
thing"
O'Donnen said: "How will this go, boys?
General. I have come to surrender"
''No, that won't do" interrupted Combs.
"No personal pronouns, and surrender is a bad
word to use there. Turn over is better. 1t
Is more digniied. We. in the name Of the citi-
zens of Homestead. turn overthe town, &C., &c.
How's that?
Then the committee labored long and hard
till II began TO look as if some Of them might
overthink themselves. and it was decided to
let one Of them. whose trade enabled him
toproduce offhand epitomes of intellectual efful-
gences. try TO put the committee thoughts into
words He constructed this: "Gen. Snowden,
we who would not submit to illegal authority
now submit to the legal authority Of the state
cheerfully."
There was a chorus of approval The elated
committee proceeded. They had not gone
more than twenty yards before Combs asked,
Boys, how does that thing gof"
THAT'S so, / have forgotten it," ventured
O'Donnen 1--WE who would not turn over our
authority would not legally submit, how was
that?'
By this time Gen. Snowden saw the commit
tee approaching. They we're still q hundred
yards away, crowded around the reporter, who
was repeating to O,Donnell, I'VE who would
not submit to illegal authority now submit to
the legal authority of the state cheerfully."
Snow. I've got it; let's hurry" said O'Don-
nell. and then the whole committee dropped
their temperature a few degrees and approached
Gen. Snowden in an air of premeditated dig
nifty approaching austerity. II must be re-
membered that they were doing the general
and his officers a favor in rendering them
the freedom of Homestead.
McCleary was nervous. Clifford was bracing
mp O'DonneI. who led the, procession. Before
they reached the house the newspaper man felt
q triie nervous himself and stopped the
procession again. 81 just want to write that
out for my paper" he said. $50 "a to
have it right and thanked heaven
that the precaution had suggested itself
before he forgot the speech. in the august pres
ence of Gen. snowden. O'Donnell was repeat
ing softly. I've who would not submit" Then
they ascended the balcony. O'Donnell bowed.
The newspaper men saluted. Clifford ner-
vously detached some imaginary mud from his
instep. while the newspaper men tried to look
as though they were at ease.
''tren- SnOwden- beloved ODOnnell, I'M
conscious Of the caliber of his voice. The gen.
eral stood aghast- I'VE, the committee repre-
senting the Amalgamated Association and the
citizens Of Homestead, come to you with ex-
pressions Of peace in our hands and voices to
say that we tender You the freedom of the city,
and heartily desire to turn over to you the au-
thority which We have exercised, and
and"
''We who would not submit to legal author
tty," whispered the reporter.
I've who would not submit to legal authority.
and--and" continued O'Donnell. The re-
porter whispered again, ''Now submit to the le-
gal authority Of the state cheerfully," and
O'Donnell said it.
Gen Snowien bowed stifly and replied:
"Gentlemen, I am here a soldier. not to &C
cept Inequalities, but to do my duty"
Clifford took the floor. "General"-
'.No more Of you, please, gentlemen" inter-
rupted the general And the committee and
the reporters came back down the side of Army
Hill in the blazing sun thinking. The cham
payne was taken of the ice and sent back to
Pitsburg. G. II. H.