The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-09

Nearly Six Hundred of the Old Men Go
Back to Work--Rioters Held--Amalga
matd Association and Iron AIanurac-
turers 90 Confer To-Day.
HOMESTEAD, Aug. Cit would be hard
to find more jubilant OF more hopefll
ST Of men than are the Homestead strik-
els to-day. Not since the beginning of
the present conflict have they been so
| confident of success. Last week many of
them were going around attired in their
Sunday clothes and Respondent looks.
They were beginning to feel that the bat
tie was about as good as lost and tn e
leaders experienced no little difficulty in
keeping the discouraged ones in line.
1t is different now. This sudden change
in the situation was brought about by so
many of the company's on-unionists de-
serting their posts yesterday. From the
time the main entrance to ''Fort Prick"
was opened in the morning until it closed
in the evening men continued to leave the
mill. Those who came out through the
main gate were received with open arms
by the strikers, who conducted them to
Here were assembled all through the
day several hundred idle steel workers
and the arrival of each non-union man
was the signal for cheers of the most en-
thusiastic brand, The deserters from the
little army of imprisoned workmen were
provided with transportation to their
homes, the majority of them being sent to
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Chairman Crawford of the Advisory
Committee said, this morning, that over
l0OSnen had come from the mill to ANAL
gamated headquarters during the day.
I'VE have the names of 146 of them. "
said Mr.. Crawford, land we have it that
fully that many took their departure bv
boat 1t is no exaggeration to say that
over 400 have left the company's employ
since Saturday. They represented the
more intelligent workmen secured by the
company. Such stampede of the men
VINO came here to take our places natural
ly encourages us, and we feel to-day that
we have the fight as good as won"
The men are in ecstatcies of delight at
the new turn in affairs In consequence,
they are now more confident than ever
that 1t will only be a short time until the
company will give in and they will be
taken back by their former EMPLOYERS and
Lieut.. Col James B. Streator was
unanimously reelected to his position in /
the 10th Regiment last evening his term
having expired. This is complete vim
dication of his course in the Private Iams |
aitalr by the latter's comrades. When /
the news reached this side of the river 1
the three regiments gave three cheers.
Richard Nichols, the night superin- |
-endent and puddle boss at the Thirty
third street mill in Pittsburg, has re- I
signed and to-day made report to the
strikers. He says he quit work because .
be was asked to do all sorts of work for
-he performance Of which no persons had
leen secured. None of the iron made by
he non-union men, he says, has been
Torth anything, being burned and sent
o the 'scrap-pile." He reports the com
'any has really accomplished nothing, but
las spent great deal of money in at
empting to run with the unskilled work
nen now employed. Nichols, the strikers
lain, is spy for the company and they
ay his resignation is a scheme to obtain
knowledge of their movements.