Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-02
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Men in the Homestead Mechanical De-
partments Re-Enter the Works-The
strikers say They Gro There TO Try to
Draw Non-Union Men Out
HOMESTEAD, PA, August Another
week of the Homestead wage struggle
opens with much firmness on each side;
especially the skilled workmen Of the
locked-out army are expressing great
confidence.
Manager Potter claims break In the
mechanical departments. He said this
morning: "All night long my hous e
was besioged by men asking if they
could return and this morning twenty
five of the best workmen in the depart
ments were received. We look upon
this as a decided break In the mems
ranks"
The men had commltte at the mill
gate and they assert positively that but
eight members of the 1900 In the me-
chanical departments have broken away
and that their desertion will not have
the slightest effect upon the other men.
There was considerable excitement
among the men nevertheless.
The crowds around corners and at
headquarters are unusually large, and
the sole matter for discussion was the
assertions. The men were greatly in
censed over those who have weakened,
and they would fare badly II they came
out Acting Chairman Crawford was
at headquarters all morning receiving
reports. He was inclined to doubt that
any men have gone back to really work
and thought they merely took this way
of seeing for themselves. The
Advisory Committee had been preparing
for the break for some time and its
members express themselves as highly
satisfied with the result of their en-
deavors.
1t is understood that there are now
several strikers In the mill influencing
the non-unionists to quit. This plan
was adopted with signal success in 1882,
when a whole turn of strikers went
back and soon organized the non-uniOn-
lists, taking them out on another fight.
To-day nearly three hundred old men
and boys, who had money on deposit
with the Carnegies, went up TO the mill
Office and drew IL out pursuant TO a no.
tice given by the firm. A large number
Of others, against whom the firm holds
mortgages, paid the interest to day, and
as yet, the men claim that there is not
one mortgage which can be foreclosed.
A few men are working In the new
beam mill this morning. They do not
seem TO be doing other than repairing
machinery. Several plates were rolled
to-day and two furnaces charged. Some
men came in from the East, but judg-
ing by their appearance they are labor
ers. To-day, in anticipation Of possible
trouble, twenty-five deputies we're
placed near the mill fence in Home
stead borough. They expect that when
any old men started to go back they
would be assaulted. No trouble &C.
CURED though. The statement that
the militia is TO be withdrawn
tomorrow lacks confirmation, and is
discredited by the officers. They were
ordered to make out pay-rOlls for the
last ten days and argue II the eDcamp-
ment was to be discontinued tomorrow
they would have beed held to make out
the roll for the entire term Of active
duty.
A roll-call occurred at the headquar-
ters OF the mechanical and laborers'
departments about noon IN consequence
of the rumored assertions.
Over four hundred men, il Is claimed.
appeared and pledged themselves to re-
main out as long as the Amalgamated
Association keeps up the fight. About
six hundred laborers have gone else
where To remain while the fight lasts.