Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-15
NRT MIN EXPECTED
To Arrive at the Homestead Mill at
Almost Any Minute
THE WORKMEN WILL ARGUE WITH
Them If Any Opportunity Whatever is offered.
They Think They Have a Legal and Moral
Right 70 Use Moral SuaSion' TO Induce Them
to Lsave-Soliisrs on Dress Parade.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, April IA full |
dress parade OF General GObin'S com
mand. consisting OF the Fifth, Eighth,
Ninth. Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth
and Eighteenth regiments, Battery e
and the Sheridan cavalry, was held
this evening 70 the rather manifest
aStonishment Of the town Of Homestead,
which had hardly seemed 10 under
stand what a multitude Of angels 10 was
entertaining unawareS.
The troops were drilled up and down
the difficult, steep, PERCEPTIONS hill
which Mr.. Carnegie is now cutting into
a new addition 70 the town OF Home
stead. and they were chiefly effective
when they countermarchedi In a column
OF fourS around the scarp OF the hill
back 70 the meadow beyond It's crest
where the soldiers were out Of sight OF
the thousands who had gathered 70 see
the show. For all that the show was
effective, and had the three thousand
troops who participated in the parade,
been thrown along the hillside IN line Of
battle, the moral lesson OF their pres
ence in Homestead would have been
even more unmistakable than it was.
As soon as the parade was done the
campfres were lighted and a general
discussion Of the failures Of the commits
sary department was in order. These
failures in the camp of the famous city
troop OF Philadel phia took the shape Of
ham. deliciOuSly cooked 10 a turn;
scrambled eggs, that were beyond all
praise; string beans that car
ried with them the Odor
OF the farm and potatoes
boiled to a fOury excellence, that goes
beyond adjectives, when the critic ap-
proaches the subject with a proper
amount OF hunger This all Of the sol
diers were prepared to produce, and
about every camp fire we're circled raw
enOus appetites, which did full credit TO
the camp cookery.
All day long everybody in Homestead
has been expecting the arrival Of train
load OF 400 non-uniOn wOrkmen, who
have persistently refused TO materlalize,
although both the military and the
strikers committee have been on the
lookout for them.
Major Crawford expected the train
load in at about half past three and
sometime before that he doubled the
patrols all the way between the railroad |
station and the Carnegie mills. Half |
past .- came and went and the nom |
N1ni5n meh did not appear. Hour after |
hour strikers and militiamen lined the |
approaches TO the mill property, wearily /
waiting for the "Olack sheep" butt the /
''black sheep" kept out OF the Carnegie |
fold.
That the alarm was justified by the |
dispatches received from Pittsburg aud |
other points, is beyond question, but |
the fact remains that no effort was /
made to run nOn-uniOn men into the !
works, despite all the waiting and /
watching on both sides Of the con- |
troversY.
AT special meeting Of the advisory /
com mmittee, called late this evening, 10 /
was believed that the men would be /
brought in by river, aud patrols were /
strengthened on the banks OF the /
Monongahela 70 meet and argue with /
the incomers 1t was urged by every /
one Of the leaders that any resort TO \
violence would be practically treason. /
The picketS were advised 10 ask the \
fncOmerS If they were taking the places \
Of straight wOrkmen, because they /
needed food for themselves and families, /
and II they replied 10 the Affirmative, /
20 promise them help until they could \
got work In some other place. Further /
than this, the patrols were advised, |
they must not go. No man may be /
threatened, nor will any intimidation /
be resOrted to. The case Of the COM /
mittee Is TO be one Of argument entire /
ly, and they believe that the troops will |
not prevent them from having access |
20 the newcomers outside of the Car /
negie works.
is here that the only danger Of a /
collision 40 the present time exists, be- |
cause the strikers will certainly endeav- |
or 20 talk 70 the nOn-uniOn men as they |
are brought in.
Patrols 10 stay up all night have been |
established for this sole purpose, and il /
the soldiers do not permit argument, /
there may be an effort 10 have argu- 4
ments whether or not. The situation is 4
10 some extent critical, because the !
strict discipline of the troops is very apt /
70 clash with the utterly fearless aud /
determined purpose Of the strikers.
The latter claim that they are law 4
abiding citizens, who are entitled, and .
who propose TO vindicate their rights, 10 /
speak 70 any one they please, so 4
long as they do so in a peaceful man /
ner. and on the other hand 10 is believ- /
id that no one will be permitted 10 in /
terfere in any manner with the non /
union men when they are brought in.
Thus the two sides OF the controversy |
present every element OF a possible fight /
which is not exactly expected but which .
is certainly feared in Homestead to-
night, If the new men should be pushed \
I'm by either railroad or river.
It is a serious mistake to suppose that /
the strikers are in any way cOwed by /
the presence Of the troops, so far as in
listing upon what they believe TO be /
their legal rights; aud the leaders, even
including such extremely conservative
men as O'DOnnell, will undoubtedly de-
.mand, and If they can la any way Sc
cure Il, they will get access 10 the new
.comers and argue with them before
they are entered i'm the works.
Just why both the militia and the
strikers should be so confident that
the new men are coming tonight is not /
very evident 70 the newspaper men.
Neither party will give any authority,
but that both sides are preparing FOR
their coming, is the most manifest thing
in Homestead.
What to do with the Arms.
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