The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-18
Leader of the Homestead WOrkmen
Starts Suddenly on Secret Mission.
He Refused to Say Where He Was Going. but
Intimatsd the str ks Might Be Brought
10 an Early Endif lie Met with Success
Mechanics and LabOrers Decide to Stand
by the Amalgamated Association.
Only Few of the Old Employees Will Accept
the Offer of the Carnegie Company = Cal
for the Arrest of Fr.ck and the Pinkerions.


ODONNELL's MOVEMENTS.
The Strike Leader Leaves Pittsburg on q
Mission to Some Unknown Point
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PITTsBURG. July 17.-Important develop
ments In the Homestead trouble are likely
TO be brought about within the next forty.
eight hours Tonight Hugh ODonnelL
who 10 looked mp TO by the strikers ut that
place as their absolute aud only leader. Is
en- route eastward to fulfill mission
which, as he himself admitted, may have a
vital effect upon the present situation.
ODonnelPs departure from Homestead was
attended with considerable secrecy. Less
than a half our before leaving and III the
hearing of number OF people on the et
he told one OF the mill men, who wanted
to have q talk with him. that he would
meet him at O'clock. The regular Sun
day evening train leaves Homestead
for Pittsburg at ITO. but owing TO the
rush of visitors to Camp Black it was
necessary to put on several extras, and the
first Of these left Munhall Station, = mile
or so above the mills. at 6:20 One OF the
first passengers to get on board was Hugh
O'Donnell, who, without solitary COM
psnion and burdened with heavy vslise.
had walked up the track so that his de-
parture might not be observed by the big
crowd at the Homestead, depot. He took Q
seat away from the window in the forward
car and after the next station had been
passed he found himself vis-s-vis with
your eorrespondent. He was at first disin-
chned to say anything concerning the
reasons for his sudden departure from
town, but finally made the admission that
he was bound on very important mission.
and did not expect to return until Wednes-
day at the earliest
Il cannot say where am going. or what
/ am going for" he said. IF l am suc.
cessful the facts will be known very
quickly, and if i don't meet with success
then the least said about the matter the
better"
If you gain the point you are after.
will it have the effect of bringing the
strike to an early closet" Mr.. O'Donnell
was asked.
Il certainly believe that il will have
that effect" was the ready response.
When the train reached the Union Depot
the clerk in the ticket Office and was handed
out an envelope containing railroad and
sleeping car transportation which had evil
IDENTIFY been obtained in advance. He then
went aboard the first section of tha Penn
sylyanla fast express, which pulled out at
800 AS the train won't around the curve q
hnal effort was made to induce him to
state his destination but without success
and the agent at the ticket Office was
equally communicative. Several
prominent mill men from Homestead who
were here tonight declared themselves as
entirely ignorant regarding what 10 in the
wind. Some of them were of the opinion
that the advisory committee. which had q
prolonged conference at Homestead this
afternoon, had empowered ODonnell to
submit some propositions or other to Gov.
PattlsOn, looking to the withdrawal of the
troops. Others thought that he might be
en- route to>New York TO meet with such
mem hers Of the Republican national COM
mittee as may be still in that city. and to
solicit their good Offices in the direction of
bringing the trouble to an amicable end
ing Every man admitted, however. that
something vital lay behind O'Donnelrs
sudden journey.
DUQUEsNE MEN WILL NOT STRIKE.
The failure of the mill workers at Du-
quesne to order q sympathetic strike. at
their meeting this afternoon, had q de-
pressing effect upon the ''sy mpathetic strik.
oIo VI tuo SoiucRio UNION Dllle AT LAW
renceville. who had confidently expected
that the men at Duquesne would follow
their example and quit on Thursday morn
ing, instead of contenting themselves with
passinR resolutions OF sympathy. crisis
at LawrenceviIle Is likely to be reached
Tomorrow when the limit of time given
| by the Carnegie company Tor the return Of
| the men under new agreement will
expire. According to the present pro-
| gramme the mills WILL be started mp to-
| morrow evening. and Superintendent Dill
| lon. who has charge of this particular
| plant. has given 1t ont that there will be-
| no difficulty IN securing competent work.
| men to take the places of those that fail to
respond TO the final notice. The leaders of
the men say that the latter have plenty OF
| backbone and will stay out un til the Home
| stead matter il settled but many of the
| men don't talk quite so detiantly.
Four hundred employees of the Carnegie
| works at Duquesne participated in the
| meeting at that place to-day, and which
| was especially called To consider what ac-
| tion should be taken in behalf of the men
at Homestead. Speeches were delivered
by j. j. Gallagher. of the upper Union mill;
| William Coyle. of the Homestead mills;
| William Carney, of the AmaIgamated Asso-
| citation and Federation of Labor, and by
| Burgess McLuckie. of Homestead. These
| speakers insisted that it was the duty of
| employees of all of Carnegie's plants to make
: common cause and stand all together.
| The Homestead men, IL was urged. had
taken tho initiative IN freeing the work
! men all over the country from slavery. and
| those workmen would have II all their own
| way next November for there were enough
| of them 10 change the political status of
the United States. The speakers were at
| tentively listened to and at times heartily
applauded, but the extreme sentiments OF
| the delegates failed to touch a responsive
| chord. was evidenced In the tact that O
resolution simply pledglng sympathy and
| financial support TO the Homestead strikers
was unanimously adopted. This pacific ac-
tion, however, did not meet the approval
| of the delegates. and Carney, in an impas-
stoned speech. said that IL would be the
| last opportunity for all tho men in the Car
| negIe employ to strike final blow and il
they did not do so their turn would come
| within two months if the Homestead peo-
| pie were defeated. After the meeting had
adjourned several of the participants eaid
there might be trouble when the o o'clock
turn went on In the morning. Carney
moved among them, asking that one and
| all of them keep away from the mills. He
| also said that after he had organized tho
! Duquesne workers he would move on the
| Edgar Thomson steel-works at Braddock.
The Duquesne plant gives employment 10
nearly seven hundred, two thirds of them
skilled workmen.