The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-07-15
TWENTY KILLED
WAR IN PENNSYLVANIA
Between . Force OF Pinkertons and
Locked Out Iron workers At
Homestead.

Homestead.
An awful tragedy was enacted at Home
stead, near Pittsburg, on the 9th.
| The riot was the elimination Of the troubles
which have been brewing at Homestead for
the past month. The Carnegie company sub.
mitted a scale to govern their employees In the
steel plant, md announced that 1t was their
ultimatum. The scale made sweeping re-
duction In wages OF skilled men, and 1t was
officially announced that unless terms were
complied with before July the places OF the
workmen would be filed by Others.
The men stated they would never submit TO
the proposed reduction and announced their
determin alton to resist any effort on the part
OF the Carnegie company TO start up their
plants with non-unlon men.
The contest was preclpitatcd by the work.
men ut Homestead by hanging IL. G. Frick,
president OF the company, In ciiigy, md in re-
taliation the company ordered the immediate
shutdown Of the big works two days before
the time provided by the contract under
which the men were working.
The employees ut once proceeded to organize
for the defense and the company erected
high board fence around the entire works,
giving them tho appearance Of an immense
stockade, the sides being pierced with port
holes and protected with wires which could
be charged with electricity. Inside ihe stock.
ade every preparation was made not only To
house workmen but to carry on defensive
warfare.
On the 9Th the Carnegie company ANNOUNCE
cd their Intention 10 proceed to make repairs
and the officials asked the sheriff to appoint
deputies to protect their property. The sher-
III sent small squad of men up to the works,
but the strikers assembled In force and notI-
fed them to get out Of town ns no disorder
was intended and that no damage would be
done to any property. They even offered to
be sworn in rs deputies and to give bonds for
their faithful performance Of their duties as
conservators OF the peace When this offer
was declined the advisory committee, which
had been directing the action of the work
men and which had held the turbulent
spirits among the workmcn in check, was i'm
mediately dissolved and all the records OF the
committee promptly destroyed.
| The developments OF the 9th showed that
the applications made for assistance OF the
sheriff were merely for the purpose OF cover
Ing what was Intended to be a coup de main
on the par, OF the Carnegie company in IN,
clandestine iptrodnc,Ion az a body of Plnkcr.
| ton detec,ivcs into tho mil, i,,lospr. Tn.
detectives had bee, renJe,voused .,mc fvc
bor Al, mT,es ho,n,, IN, ,,,r n, IA, Ohio rt,or
at which place two barges had been prepared
for them. The holds OF the bargcs were filled
with hunks, cooking arrangements and other
Recommendations and n. n, .,,r, nr..au,Io,
| a. 10 4, nre,ar,tio, Tor tho s,.,o Ia which
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hcavv s,e., ,l,,.s N, IN. ,,s,5. vim. III.
whole h,ct dcct was ,r,,.,,eI in +, similar
manner
II was the intention ,h,, Tho mo, shop,d
roach the works ,hou, a o,.,oc, in m, morn.
ING I'm, the r,,,rd. which were on Jn,v ,,on,
the river 20, word NJ IN. threatened ,nv,sjon
of the hated Plpkerton men and prepared 10
receive them The barrc. vcrc ,o,,ca nm IN.
river by tow boat, but long befo-. --, 49,
Plnker,on men reached n,s,,c.,.,d ,,ons-
and. OF ..,r;,xer,- had c,,b.r.d a, m. h,nt.
! n The rIrcr re.av IN ,,i,.,h.r x.r,, vol.
come Whom Tho ho,,s ,,,.wn,.d 10 land
a., ,o-p,,., hrnl, ,,r,,,,h a. ,,,a,, ~
rounding the mill and cntrcnching thcmsclye.
rcsis, the landing of the detectives.
BY 4 o'clock in the morning an effort was
| made to land the detectives, but the striker.
met them aud fierce battle was precipltatcd,
| both sides exchanging heavy yolicy Of shots.
Tho detectives were all armed with winchcs-
| tcrs but nj the point where the attempt 10
land was made there was steep embankment,
and they were compelled To go la single file,
and were soon driven back 10 the boat, by the
steady fire from the shore. The noise of the
battle spread about the borough like Wild iirc
and thousands OF men, women and children
thronged To the river bank To witness the
fight In progress. The Pinkerton men were
determined To land, and they poured yolley
after yolley into the ranks Of the striker,
many Of whom were stricken down by the bul-
lets, some OF them being fatally injured and
Others killed outright.
AZ the battle progressed the sirikers took
up position behind u brcastworks hastily
constructed Of steel rails and bliets, and from
this place Of safe refuge were able To pick OF
the detectives rs soon a- they appeared ON the
| deck of the boats
In IN, mean,lm, c,n,aIn ,I,I, and Sinner.
iu,cudent Kline az ,h. pInt.r,,n. w.r, an
abl,d and the fir, became Al Here. ina, The
crew az The tow ,at hastily cu, ioos,. fro,,
! the barge. and steamed nm IN, river c.,ry,n,,
| AS many al IN, wounJ,d n. they con,a reach
| 10 Rradao,k from, which Mace ,hcv were ..n,
down ia the ho.nI,al. n, pl,,.hur, scy,, ~
the force w,r, inns cared for Win. I'M,
| striker. ,ha, fen wounded u,,. ,.,r,I., 4,
their homes n, Homestead The toad h,ln,
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the town
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