The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-15
TROOPS ON POLICE DUTY.
NO MORE SNAP ARRESTS TO BE
ALLOWED AT HOMESTEAD.

Hugh C'DopnelPs Committee to Make
an Effort to Recover the Rifles Taken
From the Pinkertons-Frick Talks Of
the Mckinley Tariff Before the Con-
gressionsl Investigating Committee.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July IA, IL A. M.-The
borough of Homestead was placed under
martial law this morning. This is the OUT
come OF the unwarranted arrest of strangers
yesterday. The locked-out men Of Home>
stead are not entirely pleased over the
threatened strike to-day at ths Union iron
works In Pittsburg. 1t is the general Opin-
ion among the Homestead men that more
assistance can be given them If the men
remain at work than by coming out. There
are to-day an unusual number of men In the
steel works, but whether they are non-union
workmen or not has not been learned. The
strikers are convinced that by nightfall men
will be put to work in the mill under the
protection of the military. They are watch
ing all the Pittsburg, Braddock and Home
stead railroad stations closely. About
twelve men got of at the Baltimore
and Ohio station across the river
this morning and announced that they were
going 20 apply for work. They were per-
suaded to 90 back to Pittsburg. The men
are more subdued than during the early
part Of the week and do not threaten to
enter the works and drive off the nom
unionists Notwithstanding tho military, as
they did before. 1t is now thought that
they will wait until the militia leave. The
strikers have received resolution of SYM
pathY from the polishers' lodge at New
Haven, Conn.
CHECK ON ILLEGAL ARRESTS.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July IA, P. M.-At
the strikers headquarters it was reported
shortly after midnight that 400 non-union
men were gathered in Pittsburg to be
brought into Homestead to-day. But no
such body of men appeared, and so far it is
| not known that any men whatever have
been introduced into the Eills The state
| ment that martial law has been declared
| is not strictly the fact, but the arrests yes
| terday by special police and the taking of
| their prisoners before the advisory commit
| tee Of the amalgamated association for
| judgment led to the establishment to-day OF
| q strong military patrol, who are in-
| structed to take account of all arrests by
special police, and to take the officers and
| their prisoners before the provost marshal
| whenever good cause for arrest is not ap
parent. One of the patrol stations is in
front Of the advisory committees room.
| The patrol Ia intended to cooperate with
| the regularly constituted civil authorities.
| Beyond the turning out of an unexpectedly
| large provost guard this morning, there
was little of interest in camp.
The following dispatch has been sent to
| the capital:
| To Attorney General Hensel, Harrisburg, Pa!
What disposition do you advise shall be made
| of such Winchester rifles taken from the Pink
' - HUGH o'DoNNEL1.
| The committee hopes to be able to get to-
| gether $50 of them and is disposed to make
every effort to collect all that ID can,
OATES INQUIRY.
| PIrTsBURe, July 14-The inquiry into
| the trouble at Homestead was resumed by
| the congressional committee this morning,
| and Chairman Oates said he would finish
| tomorrow. William Weihe, president of
the analgamated association, was called
! and asked what nationalities were embraced
| in the association.
Mr.. Weihe-Well, some are English.
| Irish, Scotch, Welsh and a good many
except the password
Mr.. Boatner-Does your organization
| foster or countenance any such resistance to
employers as we are now Investigating!
| mo, sir"
How many men who work in the Home
| stead mill belong to your associationp
"From 800 to 600; l am not sure"
| Mr.. Brodsrick-Does your association en-
| courage violence2
"No sir"
Mr.. Frick was recalled and said: ave
| asked for a reduction Of wages because of q
reduction in the price of our product. On
| every ton OF blooms, billets and slabs we
stead mill and the Duquesne mill pro-
ducs IL per cent. Of all the steal
| billets made in the United States. In our
| 23-inch mill our two rollers we're paid in
May $287 aud $247, six heaters each got
| $3.50 and the heaters helpers S75. In this
| Tha
we hold on the houses of our employees we're
| taken only to aid them fn the erection Of
| their homes We allow them to pay OF by
| the month. We have never foreclosed q
mortgage of this kind. We charge them
per cent. and allow them the same when
they deposit with us, Our men at Home
| stead have about $40, 900 on deposit with
us. on which we pay per cent, and we
hold mortgages amounting to S42. 900.
COST OF STEEL BILLETs.
"The market price of pig iron is S14 and
the cost of converting this into steel billets
on an average is about $40. So that on an
| average to produce a ton of steel billets
costs S24. This is leaving out the invest
| ment."
Mr.. Oates-What does it cost at Home.
stead to produce ton Of steele
THAT must decline to answer. That is
going into private business. have given
| you the average ell over the United States
| to produce a ton of steel billets"
Mr.. Boatner-Well, then, the Mckinley
tariff has caused loss in the price you get
for your output, and consequent reduc-
ton In wages
Mr.. Frick-No, sir. The Mckinley bill
does not have such an effect. The lower
prices were the result Of overproduction.
Mr.. Oates-I see by the papers that your
company has taken a foreign contract for
steel rails at 81 less than the price abroad.
Mr.. Frick-That is not true. We have
made no such contract.
Gould not your works be continued at
the old scale and your company still make a
fair profiti'
mo, sir; we could not. 1t would cer-
tainly drive US into bankruptcy il there
was no adjustment"
Mr. Broderck-You feel that the tariff
has no place in this troublel
mo sir, not in the least. Had the duties
| on the goods we manufacture been reduced
it would have had serious effect on our
| wages
| PITTsBURG EMPLOYEES OUT.
The employees in the upper and lower union
mills Of the Carnegies in this city quit work
at noon to-day and the gas was turned off
In the furnaces This afternoon the men
in all the departments went out and the
mills were shut down. The men struck be-