The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-25


processes Of making the new nickel-steel
armor plate for the government cruisers.
When ODonuell came to New York to work
up an agitation among politicians and east
side lRborers, he travelled in a Pullman
pallor car. When he returned 60 Pittsburg
TO surrender himself on charge Of riot and
murder, it was as a passenger on the vests
bule Pennsylvania limited. He exhibited
his ticket on the car Japan on his arrival in
Pittsburgh the day of his arrest.
When the Times representative reached
Homestead be applied at one of the small
hotels for lodgings, but found that there
were no more accommodations.
II can get you a room in the house Of one
of the mill hands" said the proprietor, 'ft
you don't mind going there"
There was no other alternative, and the
reporter agreed TO the proposition, though
not without misgivings. which were founded
on the stories at that time in circulation as
to the desperate character Of the men.
''Cross the railroad tracks" said the hotel
proprietor, land go down two blocks to-
ward the river. The house is on the second
right-hand corner" On the second rights
hand corner stood a large, handsome cot
tage, in the Queen Anne style. gayly painted,
and bearing an appearance OF comfortable
prosperity which took the reporters breath
away at first sight. The house was appar-
emily new and was surrounded by pleasant
grounds. The mill hand and his wife were
sitting on the front porch, but arose and
looked with an air of mild and benevolent
interest at the reporter as he opened the
gate and stepped inside. On learning that
he had boon directed there by the hotel
keeper. the couple invited the reporter in
side and agreed to let him have the use of
the parIor bedroom.
my son occupies the room, a." said the mill
hands wife. a plump, gOod-looking little
woman attired in G black silk dress, but
guess we can put him on the floor above
and make room for you"
On entering the ball the reporter found
himself in a house furnished almost lux
uriously. There was a heavy Brussels
carpet on the main hall which was in
willingly soft to the feet, and at one side
of the hall stood "A large mahogany hat
rack. on one OF the pegs of which was a silk
hat OF the latest pattern, while beside it
stood silver headed cane.
"Step into the parlor," said the mill hand,
pressing an electric button as he spoke and
throwing flood of light from a cluster of
incandescsnt electric globes on the main
room of the house. The parlor was oar
peted with velvet in rich patterns, the fur
niture was upholstered in velvet, and on
the black marble mantel were number OF
expensive vases and articles Of bric-a-brac.
Between the two front windows of the
room was a small statue on pedestal and
the walls were papered in fashionable de-
sign.
On reaching the parlor bedroom up stairs
the reporter was dum6founded to find
Wilton carpet there and suit of antique
oak furniture-"art furniture il is called
in the east-decorated with brass ornaments.
On the way through the parlor bedroom
glimpses were had through the open doors
at all the rooms on that floor, and there
was Brussels carpets and fine furniture and
fixtures in each one. There was a thick
Brussels carpet on the back aud front
stairs, and every rooE1 in the house was
lighted by incandescent electric lamps, ar
ranged in clusters Of pear shaped globes.
There was no hot or cold water on tap, be-
cause Homestead has not yet gotten beyond
pumps and artesan wells but there wa
big china wash basin In the reporters room
of highly decorated china, emblazoaed in
green and red and b0rdered with old gold,
and the china set of which it was a part did
not cost less than $50.
The mill hand-he was one of the
strikers" but not one Of the rioters-court-
eously declined to board the reporter, but
agreed 10 let him occupy the room for two
weeks. During his stay there the reporter
saw no sign OF poverty or anxiety, 10 evil
dence even that his landlord was skimping
on his household expenses because OF the
eJLlk6 1utE6 were IuTeB ClllQF6n, a DOW
and two girls The boy did not work ia the
mill, but was going to school, and he spent
ms leisure time in boating aud fishing and
swimming, in playing lawn tennis and in
sparkling the girls, the latter being the
daughters of other mill workers.
There we're never at any time moro than
500 mill hands concerned in any way either
in the riots or In any of the subsequent agi-
tatiOns. Less than 500 men turned out the
ia a Nd
counting those gathered in the rink aud at
the advisory committea's headquarters and
collected in the vicinity Of the idle mills,
there were never more than SO men abroad
or visible.
Pittsburg paid very little attention to
the strike. The real reason why there was
no excitement in Pittshurg lay in the fact
that there was an absence OF public senti-
ment in favor Of the Homesteade-s, even
among their fellow Iron aud steel workers.
Nobody knew better than the PittsburR
iron and steel workers that the men in
Homestead we're even more fortunate
than they in the matter of
wages, notwithstanding the alleged
reductions OF the proposed new scale. i he
amalgamated association wa able to drum
up symp ithetc strike in the two Carnegie
mills in Pittsburg, but the strike was languid
and spiritless and the sympathy largely per
functory. The men went quietly home. put
on their Sunday clothes, and calmly sat
down to await the outcome at Homestead.
If there had boon any real sympathy, born
of a conviction that the Homesteaders we're
being robbed Of their bread and butter,
there would have been trouble Mr. Frich
understood the situation well and never felt
any concern for his personal safety. OF
course, he could not foresee that a New
York anarchist would take the trouble to
come to Plttsburg t. kill him.
a Statement From Conductor Fem.
SAVANNAH, GA, Aug. 24-Please allow
me space to correct an error that your
Gainesville correspondent made in your
last Thursdays issue, Aug. IS, in an article
entItled UT Looks Inka a Trapadu y l., thu