The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-14
THEY DISTRUST THE TROOPS.
THE sTRIKERs AWAKENING TO THE
MEANING or THEIR PRESENCE.


MEANING or THEIR PRESENCE
First They Were Cordial to the Biueeoatca
Visitors to Homestead. Now They Are
Not Even FriendIy-Ths Suspicion Gain.
ing AMONG the Men that Their Defsat
WIN he Comprised by Means OF the Sol.
diers--Nea In the Other Carnegie Milo
at Pittsburgh Expected to Strike To-day.
HoMEsrEAp. July 13.-1t has been day %
supense and inaction. The execution ot
further plans for tho establishment Of vested
rights. and for the operation Of processes OF
law. has been delayed by the committee Of In
vestigation from Congress. which has de-
manded the presence Of men who otherwise
would have directed important events at
Homestead.
The days dovelopm ents. whilo not indicat-
ing immediate danger Of renewed lawlessness.
suggest more forcibly than at any previous
moment that widespread struggle OF intense
bitterness Is impending. Nothing apparently
can prevent a strike in the other Carnegie
mills to morrow. The issue is clear cut and
| simple. Three thousand men in Pittsburgh
| say that unless the Carnegie Company will
give hearing to the Homestead strikers they
will quit work at noon to. morrow.
The owners of the mills reply that they will
never open negotiations with men who have
done murder by wholesale in opposing tho in
terests OF their former employers. This de-
| termination OF the Carnegie company Is as
deep rooted as tho existence Of the corpora
ton itself They will sacrifice every dollar OF
| the thirty millions which they have invested
in western Pennsylvania before they will yield
point which they regard rs fundamental
! to all existing relations Of capital and labor.
They believe that they represent in this strug-
ole Np1 v al butt trra INT
OF both employers and employed everywhere.
They are upheld in their position by most
earnest appeals and Offers OF support from
manufacturers throughout the land.
| No man could road the patriotic words which
| como by every mall to the Carnegie heolTuar.
| ters without being solemly impressed by the
| stupendous importance OF the present crisis.
And let no one think that the man in charge n
! the Carnegie interests is blind to the signif-
| canoe Of tho struggle.
! H. G. Frick is Just man and determined
one He realizes completely the nature OF tho
vast responsibility that 10 upon him. There
| will be no vncillation. no weakenin In tbs
| policy he is following. He will keep right on
| In q straight, open course. He has. and
| will continue to have. the entire sum
port Of his principals. He will meet ap-
| palling obstacles In the great task
| he has undertaken. He expects them. but his
putty Will DO uUtuuuEeu " tne emu, cOinO
| what may. 1t will be- II already Is. a mighty
| struggle. No panorama OF war itself presents
| more thrilling and dramatic situations than
| are already in view As 1t continues to unroll.
| pictures worthy the attention OF the nation
| will be disclosed.
Peace now reigns at Homestead. but 1t 10
peace at the lannon's mouth. There IL MUIR
| dor yet In the hearts Of the people. &c would
| like to put a bullet through YOU" Kissed O
| striker into the car OF newspaper man who
, had advised stranger 10 refuse to answer an
| unauthorized demand for his name and bus-
| ness this afternoon
There was more OF this arrogant intcrfer-
| ence with personal rights all over the town to-
| day. and few dared resent it. The Commands
| OF the National Guard said he would arrest
| any ono who attempted to assume the power
| OF the mob again in this way. but nobody
! cared to act as mplainant in such case.
| Tho plans for reoponng the Homestead
| mills. and for reducing the strikers to more
complete subsection to the law. for obvious
| reasons will not be mado public In advances.
| 1t can only be said in general terms that de-
| cisive action will DO taken very soon. No vio-
| lence is apprehended In connection with the
| threatened strike In the Pittsburgh mills to-
morrow.
The men are Intelligent and naturally law.
| abiding. Their symrathies are strongly enlist
| ed In behalf Of their Homestead brethren. and
| they realize that they nre making a great sac
| rfice in going on strike moroly out OF SYM
| pathy. They know that there are very lea
sympathy strikes on record that over sue
| ceeded. They number about $500.
At tho Braduoct mills opposite Homestead,
| there IRE more than n thousand. and they are
| snid to be ready to take similar action. There
| are in all the Carnegie mills about $4,000 men.
| but considerable proportion Of this num6er
the company believes cannot possibly be in
| duced to strike.
| President Wcihe Of tho Amalgamated Asso-
| citation refused to say to-day what would he
| the attitude OF his organization in the mattnr
| OF a general sympathetic strike. The Homo
| stead strikers are basinG some hores Oh the
possibility Of the railroad men refusing to
handle the product OF the mills there ifturncd
out by non-union men under military pro-
| lection.
Gen. snowden said to-day that he thought
tho troops would be kept at Homestead about
two weeks. No one at all acquainted with the
temper OF tho strikers believes that 1t would
! be possible to peacefully operate the mills ut
the end o. that period without very strong
armed force for the protection OF tho men.
| There Is no chance OF the men weak ening at
present because Of lack OF means.
| Their own and kindred organizations will
gladly supply them with all the money they
need for "A long fight. II an appeal for physi-
cal assistance should be sent out. the indica-
tons are that there would be an equally
PROMPT and effective response II the tenor Of
| the offers which for a week have been pouring
In means anything at all.
The feelings OF the strikers toward the
troops are rapidly changing. They are NO
longer cordial They are not even friendly.
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