Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-14
NO END IN SIGHT.
All Quiet Among the Watchful
and Determined Homestead
Strikers.
Any Attempt to Run the Mill
With Non-Union Men Will
Cause Bloodshed.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 0.-The situation
in Homestead has moved one cay more,
one step nearer the next point. Beyond
this there is absolutely no change. In the
words Of one Of the press committee OF the
labor men: There is nothing tonight in
dica;inS what the next step will be. al!
there is to do is 10 watch and wait
What this step will be, no one here can
tell 1t may be that the troops will be or
dered here, but TO one can say that such
will be the case. The sheriff has taken one
more step and made one nj ore effort to OBJ
tain admission for deputy sherifts into the
works and made one more effort, this town
OF Homestead itself, to obtain posse. He
has failed in these efforts, as he has Jailed
in all his other efforts. and now the ques-
ton arises What will be done next?"
This is the question that all persons are an
able to answer. The legal adviser Of the
sheriff, Mr. Petty, says that the firm is not
in law or in fact in possession Of its works,
and that it must be put in possession OF
them. To the strikers proposition has
been submitted that they permit deputy
sheritfs to
PEACEFULLY ENTER THE WORKS
and assume the charge. The men have
he'd meeting at which the proposition
was considered. 1t adjourned without
reaching q conclusion, though so far as
there was an expression Of opnnion it was
generally in favor Of the acceptance OF the
proposition and of submission to the law
Of the land and reco milton ofthe regularly
constituted authority. The men are IN
tersely suspicious and are AFRAID that the
proposition OF the sheriff has behind it
some sinister movement that the introduc-
ton Of deputies is but cloak for more I'M
portant action. They fear that Pinkertons
will follow thedeputies and that non-union
men will follow the Plnkertons. Both
these latter ones they will resist with all
their force.
The cooler men are advising the strikers
to permit the deputies TO come in peaceably
and take possession of the works. but il it
be granted the strikers insist as condition
precedent that the deputies shall be neither
numerous nor we'll armed, and that they
shall not make a move to protect men
whom the firm may wish to introduce 1t
will thus be seen that the move is but a
COutlU ny Cllc SLllkSlS VI TIC 'OlClple
preventing Of continuance OF mill work,
with possibly some g'ound for legal con-
tention, in the suit which is almost certain
to follow that the county turned the
works over 10 the firm oil Carnegie, Phipps Il
Co., and is
NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES.
The unwillingness Of the men to turn the
works over to the sheriff and his deputies
has increased W their distrust, openly ex-
pressed Of Sheriff McCIearv. His course
does not seem to have the approval OF the
firm and the strikers openly accuse him Of
being in with the company and OF acting a
double part, but the spectre o.! the appear
arce of a long line OF soldiers with no pur-
pose but 20 sternly obey orders they may
receive is behind the shcritf's failure and
some Of the men realize thi:. No disorder
OF any sort has occurred up to ii o'clock to-
night. and no false alarms of a striking
kind have gained wide currency.
Three more funerals. making the inter-
ment 0! the last OF the victims among the
strikers, have taken place. \ .ruitless mass
meeting of the locked out men has been
held and the sheriff came here and held a
brie! conference and departed Such, in
brie is the story OF the day.