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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-08
rHE ON CHESTNUT.

If the protective duties on the whole
round OF products were entirely removed
the employers would have still better
ground for reducing wages, aud the em-
Dloyes would have the labor and the capital
Of Europe to fight instead Of the capital OF
their own country. Instead or being TWO
parties 70 the contest there would be four.
American wages would have 70 come down
70 the foreign level There could De no
escape from it.-Intel!igencer.
It'll not necessary to analyze this to
show its extreme absurdity. There is
nos a sane workingman in the country
who can be deceived longer by this
stale balderdash. In the first place the
Intelligencer knows it is absurd to as
sumo that any party in the United
states wants 70 remove the duties ION
the whole round. OF products.
AS TO the effect of the tariff on wages:
One Of CARxEsIE's excuses for demand
ing a reduction Of wages is that he can't
compete with the ''pauper labor of the
south" Yet tie "pauper labor of the
South" is protected" by the same
enormous tariff that protects" labor in
Pennsylvania. which Is conclusive proof
that the tariff has nothing whatever to
do with waj es.
They are bgulated solely by the law
of.supply and demand.
For exumpte, the tariff has gone up
wages hEfe gone-dOWn.
Were the labor market Of this country
as crowded as the labor market Of
F~E9pe, American wages would be on
iev~ N 1arspean wages and an
.5solutsiy prohibitory tariff could not
prevent It. England isthe only country
in Europe that has no protective tariff
yet the highest European wages are
paid4n Free Trade England.
Nobody knows better than the Intelli-
gsneer that it is spoutlng absurd and
overwhelmingly, whose repetition at
this time Is Insult added to the injury
Republican tariff laws have done to
American labor.
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nanded that the men restrain
themselves and be quiet. Every
thing went all right with US until
we got just below Lock No. l, when
the Tide, which was towing one of the
barges, broke her cams She blew her
whistle, and the Little Bill went back.
relieved her Of the barge and went
through the lock with both barges.
When we reached Homestead there
seemed to be considerable excitement.
As we got nearer the excitement grew
more intense. The people then began
to fire upon US. We tried to make
landing then. My men went forward
to tie up the shore barge, while the
Plnkerton men began to shove out
landing plank. The people on the bank
were awfully excited, but the men under
me and the Pinkertons were perfectly
quiet and l kept urging them to re-
main so.
''In the midst OF it all the Pinkerton
captain swore vengeance upon any man
who would attempt to shoot, although
the balls were flying from the other
side. l state positively that the men
on shore commenced the firing. BY
this time the landing plank had been
gotten of. As the men were about TO
land it man with a revolver made a
dash for it, firing all the while. The Pink
ertons tried 10 push him back, aud about
succeeded when two more followed
him, overpowering the few Pinkertons.
The people fired directly at the Pinker--
tons; they fired all over the barges and
at the Little Bill. Then the Pinker-
tons opened quite fuSilade upon the
people. As they did this they received
deadly fire from over their heads.
Some of the people had stationed them
selves upon the water tower and shot
right down. | was standing In the
midst of them, and one or two Plnker-
tons then fell about me.
The Pinkerton captain, while in front
of his men trying to clear the Landing
plank, was shot. He was the first Pink
erton to fall. Several OF his men rushed
out to where he lay to defend him. He
was then carried into the barge. The
firing continued steadily. | was then
told to assist with the steamboat the
party of Pinkertons who were taking
care Of the wounded. The boat was
brought to and the wounded put upon
it, We went to Turtle Creek and put
them on train. My contract was
then ended and / started for home.
Then it was that our boat was the
target for all the guns of the
crowd. Bullets whistied like .rafn
through the cabin, pilot house and en-
CINE room. My Waterman was shot
The people fired upon US until we got
out of their reach, and then the bullets
splashed in the water.
"If the people could only look at the
case the right way they would agree
that the attack upon US was wrong.
was simply doing what l was paid for
doing, and what anyone else would do.
Even when we were leaving the people
kept firing upon US. Let me say again
that the Pinkertons behaved well. They
were fred upon first, and attacked when
they were doing nothing, even before
they touched the shore. They had to
fire to defend themselves and their cap
tain"
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THE DAY AFTER.
IcontInaled from First Fac. ]
A SHERIFPS POSSE


Is Hard Thing to Get in Pittsburg-
The sherif's Call Almost Entirely Ig-
Rored by the People.
PITTsBURG, July 7.-Sheriff McCleary,
in addition to his proclamation OF last
night calling on all good citizens to ap-
near armed at his office this morning,
sent out number of personal summons
to the same effect early to-day. Not
withstanding this, however, when the
Sheriff was ready at o'clock to receive
volunteers there were very few on hand
But one man, not personally sum
moned, was on the ground and no
others have yet reinforced this one. Or
the 105 men legally called upon but
twelve responded. As it was apparent
that a force large enough for any prac-
tical purpose could not be gathered In
this manner to-day, Sheriff McCleary
decided to postpone his trip to Home
stead until tomorrow. In announcing
this decision he said:
1--WE will not 90 TO Homestead to-day
as it is impossible for US to get a posse.
We will take the names and addresses
OF all who have come here and will be
ready TO call on them tomorrow. We
will issue more summons to-day and |
expect TO have a large force tomorrow. y
There is much reluctance on the
part of many here to go to Home
stead where a fight would be eX-
pected by every deputy. In the
cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, there
I 8 - Of a
TO which the lockout workmen belong,
and these have no desire to bear arms
against their comrades. In accordance
with an order issued by Superintendent
of Police O'Mara, double force OF OH
GERS reported for duty at Central Sta
ton at o'clock this morning.
The order was precautionary one
and was made for the purpose of being
in readiness in case of emergency. The
SUPERINTENDENT said that the streets
were liable TO be crowded with idle men
and boys, many of them strangers in
the city, drawn here by the unsettled
condition of the labor strike. These,
he said, would not be allowed TO congre-
gate on the streets at any place. ana II
it is necessary to use force 1t Will De
done as order must be preserved. The
massing of the men at Central Station
is to have them in readiness in case the
crowds become stubborn. The Superin-
tendent did not think, however, that
any trouble would occur as he was OF
the opinion that the presence of the po-
lice would be sufficient to keep any
crowds moving.
The home OF Ii. c. Frick, on Home
wood avenue, East End, was last night
guarded by two private detectives Two
others are keeping personal guard over
Mr.. Frick during the day.
The figures at the sheritf's Office show
that sixteen were killed and sixty-two
wounded, six of whom will die, making
the total much larger than that of the
riots of 1877. The names of the sixteen
are not given, however, and tits thought
there is some mistake. A deputy re-
turned from Homestead this morning
and he states that the taking Of posse
to that place will surely bring about a
conflict and the scenes of yesterday will
be re-enacted. The men are flushed
with yesterdays success and are unreas-
enable and will fight to the end.
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THEY WE'RE MECHANICS.
Many of the PinkertOn Men Were Brought
TO Homestead Under Promise of Perma-
nent Employment


Many of the Pinkerton sIen Were Brought
TO Homestead Under Promise of Perma-
nent Employment.
PIrTsBURG, PA, July Sheriff Nc
Cleary again telegraphed the Governor
at noon to-day. He stated positively
that all his means had been exhausted
and left the matter in the hands OF the
Governor. The telegram also stated
that on the general call for assistance
no responses had been received, and out
of 100 persons served with special at
tachment only about one-third had re-
sponded.
Three of the injured Homestead work
ers are In a dangerous condition and
their death is expected at any moment.
William Foy, of Twelfth avenue, is fast
sinking, and George Retter, who has
been taken to the West Penn Hospital,
is also sinking. Richardson Durham is
in a critical way. The others are rest
ing easier to-day, and it is thought will
get better. DR.. Waller, one Of the hos
pital staff, was in attendance from 2:30
until II to-day. He had an opportunity
to examine the wounded, and paid par
ticular attention to their hands. The
doctor said:
with but few exceptions the hands
of the injured men bore marks OF hard
work. Half dozen Of them confessed
that they were practical mill men and
not versed in detective business, 10 fact
had come here only on the mission OF
doing work and not fighting. Further,
l can say that many of the men claim TO
be practical mechanics and anticipated
work in their line wheu the trouble
ended
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had made the bases OF wages scale be-
cause we considered II both naturally and
by law the best protected article OF manu-
facture. SonOW they are able 70 say truly
when they want a minimum OF tSs, that
the steel billet has been down as low as
$3.50
eff we can't lick them, we can at least
expose them and we will We nave done
50 here, and 600 Republicans IN TINS Dor
ough have said that they were ready 10 JOIN
Cleveland Republican club. That item
In the tariff bill was meant 80 as 10 Gut
down wages, and, in consequence Oh H. the
Amalganated Association has lost thirteen
or fourteen mills since the Law was
passed
This is sample Of the sincerity OF the
men who made the Mckinley bill. High
protection was demanded and was grant
ed on many articles excepting the single
one on whose price the workmen had
based their wageS-and on that article
the manufacturers had before demanded
the highest protection. To call this an
outrage against honesty and deceney is
to put il mildly. Yet the orginators of
this scheme and the advocates of the
Infamous Mckinley tariff, from ANDREW
CARNEGIE and BENJAMIN HARRISON
down to the hired Republican ward
workers will shout and declare that il
is all for the protection of American
labor"
What q naked fraud!
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ABIG UNDERTAKING
Carnegie's Agents Think Frick Splendid
Fighter.

New YORK, July ii. P. Meday, of
A. r. Whitney Il Co., No. 30 Broad
way, who are agents for the Carnegie
mills, said yesterday:
at Is impossible tor US TO say as yet
what the condition of affairs is as by
the troubles at Homestead the lock-
out has put up the prices on structural
work, that is steel beams and columns,
which were the principal production of
the Carnegie mills, about 81 a ton. We
do not fear trouble about the filling OF
contracts, except those with the Gov
eminent contain clauses making allow
ances for strikes. These contracts will
be filled undoubtedly by Eastern mills
that are still in operation. The bust
ness OF Carnegie. Phipps IL Co. in the
East undoubtedly amounts to many mil
lions of dollars year.
The labor men are undertaking a
big job when they attempt to fight Mr.
Prick" added Mr.. Meday.
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to guard our property and protect the men
who were anxious TO work on our terms.
AS the Amalgamated men from the
first Of July had surrounded our
works, placed guards NJ all the
and all avenues and roads leading 10 our
establishment and for miles distant there
from, we felt that for the safety
of our property, and in order TO pro-
tect our workmen il was necessary for us
to secure our own watchmen 20 assist the
Sheriff, and we know no other source from
which TO obtain them than from the Pink
erton agencies. and 10 them we applied"
"You doubtless are aware, Mr.. Prick,
that the trouble at the Homestead mills
have invited widespread attention and as
a result Congress proposes 10 investigate
the trouble as we'll as the employment Of
Pinkerton detectivesp
II am fully aware OF the
fact sir. While no one could
regret the occurrence OF the last few days
more than myself, yet IL is my duty, as the
executive head of the Carnegie Company,
TO protect the interest of the association.
So far as Congressional investigation
is concerned, we are prepared to submit
facts and figures which will convince un-
preiudiced the men Of the country Of our
position.'s
''How do you regard the present troubles
at Homestead from political standpoint"
eve never have given IL q thought, We
cannot afford To run our business and run
politics at the same time. AT the
same time j may say that IL
is not matter in which the
protective tariff is involved, and every in
telligent man, whether he be manufacturer
or employee, is aware OF the fact. 1t is.
however, question as TO whether or not
the proprietors or its workmen will man
age the works.
We did not propose TO reduce the earn
ings of our employees below those OF other
Amalgamated men in other mills. AS
have said, we have put in improved ma
machinery, which other mills do not pos
sess. 1t increased our output and increased
the earnings Of our men.
We asked that reduction be made In
these departments so that the earnings OF
our employees would be on par with other
workmen in other Amalgamated mills.
It is not question Of starvation wages,
for youAwill please bear in mind the fact
that the proposed equalization OF earnings
affects only about 325 men out Of 3, 800, and
they are the ones who earn the most money
in our establishment.
at has no effect upon the wages OF moro
than IL 900 other employees engaged IN our
establishments at DuQuesne, Braddock,
Pittsburg, Beaver Falls, and in the coke
region
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REGARDING THE STATE SCHOOLS.
A communication appears in this
mornings REGISTER signed Teacher"
which should be carefully read by every
friend OF the State institutions Of learn
ing. The REGISTER believes Teacher"
has not told half Of the scheming on
foot which has for its object injury to
one or more persons who stand in the
way Of others ambition, and which uI-
timately must do infinite harm TO the
State Schools.
The several Boards of Regents are
very lax in their duty in this regard. If
they want the best results discipline
must be maintained and the au-
thority and recommendations of
presidents and principals Of schools
upheld. As Teacher" says, when there
is a lack Of confidence in the heads Of
institutions their designations ought to
be called for, but so long as they are in
charge, stand by them honestly and
firmly. This is the only way to make
the institutions prosperous and the fac
ulty efficient The contrary course en-
eourages dissensiOn, breeds mischief,
creates scandals, and, in the end, the
patrons aud the public lack confidence
in Doth the schools aud management,
thereby causing irreparabe damage to
expensive and valuable State institu
tions.
The REGISTER trusts the several
Boards of Regent will nip in the bud
this tendency to characterization and
marplotting among ambitious, mischiev-
Gus, and sometimes incompetent sub
ordinates.
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INA POSITION TO KNOW.
What Manager Sutherland Thinks of the
Use of PinkertOns

Use OF BlnkerLOnB.
CHICAGO, July 7.-General Manager
Sutherland of the Mooney ~ Boland de-
tective agency, a rival of the Pinker-
tons, was interviewed tonight concern
ing the labor troubles at Homestead.
Said he:
1.-THE conflict between the workmen
of the Carnegie iron mills and Pinker-
ton to-day is certainly 1eplorable. Per-
sonally have no more interest in that
unhappy affair than any other good cit
izen should have; but my professional
duties have caused me to study this
particular phase Of the labor question
with especial care. / hold that the
proper custodians of public peace and
order are the legally appointed civil au-
thorities, and that any private organic
alton which usurps the functions OF the
civil authorities acts in direct opposition
TO the spirit of our American institu-
tiOns.
"a mob of hoodums, hastily collected
and chosen solely by their ability to
bulldoze and to coerce, by violence, ii
necessary, armed bnt undrilled and I'M
reliable, composed of the most danger
Gus elements of society, has no valid
claim to recognition as factor in the
settlement of labor disturbances. That
this is being recognized by the people is
shown most Enthusiastically by the fact
that many States have enacted laws
making such usurDation feionious.
Even detectives are not always infalli-
Bile.
'If l read the signs of the times
Alright the day will soon come when de-
tectives will no longer be tolerated as
an element of labor disturbances. 1t
cannot come too soon."
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men and placed on duty again to look
after the company's interests. There
is much surprise here over the reported
release by the sheriff of the Pinkerton
guards. When them agreed not to
kill the guards ii was with the under
standing that the guards should be
placed in jail until information for muir
der could be sworn out against them.
The report OF their release excited much
angry discussion at first but this was
ouieted when it was remembered that If
the men appeared as witnesses they
would themselves be liable TO prosecu-
tion for riot
Several of the leaders expressed re-
lief over the release and believed that
there would be no legal complications
arise. The call Of the sheriff for posse
was received here with good natured
derision. The men are confident that
the sympathy of the citizens OF the
county is SO much with them that no
good men would volunteer. They de-
clare that had the guards not come
there would have been no violence. As
an evidence of their sincerity commit
tee of three went through the works at
an early hour this morning and curled
up ropes and hose, took down all barri-
cades and removed, so far as possible,
all evidence of the conflict.
The mill yard was absolutely deserted
when the Associated Press representa-
tive visited it, A few fiattened bullets,
smouldering pest on the river bank,
and barrow half full OF bolts and
broken pig iron, for use in the cannon,
were the only vestigeS of combat. The
barges of the Pinkerton men after hav-
ing been looted and set on fire were
showed from the river banks and the
charred hulks flosted down the river
pursued only by the camera fiends.
Homestead again is waiting, waiting
confidently and sternly. The men are
confident of their power and while they
are determined to preserve the peace
locally, they will brook no outside in
reference. They look upon the dead
as covenant obliging them TO hold the
Homestead mill for Homestead work
men.
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A French Propeller with Doobie Screws
Near the Center.


A French Propeller with Double screws
Near the Center.
A few days since small steamer
called lie Louvre stopped here on its
way from st. Nazaire TO Paris to-dis-
charge and take on freight, writes Con-
sui Williams, OF Ronen, TO the State De-
partment. This steamer was built es-
pecially 10 ply between Nantes and
Paris, thus taking In It's course sea, rfv-
err and canal. The system by which this
vessel Is propelled is modification OF
that of Thornycraft, which has been
employed for many years upon torpedo
boats of the brazilian government aud
police boats on the Nile,
The Distinguishing feature or the
Louvre Is the arrangement OF the screw
in the centre OF the boat, instead OF the
ordinary location in the stern.
The invention OF propeller IN tho
centre OF the boat is due 20 M. Oriolle,
the ship builder OF ST. Nazaire. IL has
already been applied TO boats navigat-
the Loire and some canals, but this Is
the first attempt TO utilize II upon a sea
going vessel and with success.
The Louvre Is a steamer OF 500 tons
burden, with two screws arranged In
the centre, in front II the engine, In two
tunnels parallel to the .axis--one star
board and the other larboard.
The tips OF the blades Of these pro-
pelers do not project below the keel OF
the ship. -------
The tunnels are always filed villa
solid water, IN which the screws work.
This is not the case In the ordinary ar
rangement OF the screws, which, from
the pitching of the ship lifts the pro-
peller, thus working IN broken wator.
In the ordinary arrangement OF pro-
peler placed in the stern greater
draught Of water Is required. aud II was
noticed on the arrival and departure OF
this vessel that the disturbance OF thu
water was materially lessened by this
Arrangement OF the screws. Another
advantage Is the facility with which the
screws can be examined In case OF any
accident. Wells connect the tunnels
with the deck When one enters the
tub ii is Theoretically closed, and II Is
only necessary TO introduce compressed
air To drive the water out below the Ar
Dor and work with all ease. The stea-
ner is "a metres in length and SIS metres
In breadth.
The motive power consists OF two
triple expansion engines OF 400 hofse
power each. On this first trip the
Louvre made ten knots an hour upon
the rivers and nine az sea.
Ia tie hold Of the ship the tunnels
which cover the screws are visible. The
hold is large and Is surrounded on three
sides by false deck, affording stornge
for parcels as well as strengthening the
vessels. The tunnels and masts can be
lowered very expedItIously as the vessel
passes beneath thirty bridges on the
way 10 Paris. Washington CoTcsp0n-
dcrIce 50. Louis Globe Democrat.
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INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
The House Judiciary Committee Will Re-
port the PmkertOn Resolution Favor

aDlys
WASHINGTON, d. c., July THE
House Judiciary Committee to-day had
under consideration the resolution in
troduced yesterday by Mr.. Williams, of
Massachusetts, calling for an inyestiga-
ton by the committee into the troubles
at Homestead, Pa, and promptly
authorized Mr. Oates to report upon 1T
favorably to the House. The resolution
is as follows:
"WHEREAs, The Plnkerton detective or
private police force to the number OF sew
eral hundred is now engaged in an armed
conflict at Homestead, Pa, with the late
employees of the Carnegie iron works at the
same place, and great loss OF human lie
and destruction Of private property are
likely TO result from the same; and,
WHEREAS, The judiciary committee has
been directed by a resolution OF the House
to investigate the nature and character of
employment of Pinkerton detectives by
corporations engaged in interstate com
merce, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the said committee shall
investigate and report on the character OF
the employment of the said forces in the
present instance and the causes and con-
dition of the sanguinary conflict now going
on at Homestead, Pa
Mr.. Oats was authorized to amend the
resolution so as 10 allow the committee
10 sit during the recess of Congress.
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WHERE employers have not enough
respect for the legal authorities to de-
pend upon them to protect their rights,
and take the law into their own hands
by hiring thugs TO shoot down their
workmen, 1t is not their place to COM
plain II the workmen IN their turn take
the law into their own hands.