The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-22
History of tI,e strIlxe.


PrTTsBURG, Nov. 21.-The Homestead
strike, or lockout, will be recorded as
one of the most famous labor demon
STATIONS in the history of the country
The men were locked out June %. five
days before the expiration of the old
wage scale, and from that time until
July the Carnegie Steel company made
no attempt to get men into the mill
The advisory committee would allow no
one to go in it, except clerks, watchmen
and foremen in the employ of the COM
pany.
On the morning of July the Pinlker-
ton detectives tried to land at the mill,
and ten men lost their lives as a result
of the battle which followed, besides
forty or fifty were wounded, some of
whom were manned for life. The arrest
of the Pinkertons after twelve hours
fighting, during which pistols, rifles.
cannon, dynamite and burning oil were
used, was followed by the terrible
gauntlet-running and barbarous abuse
of the captive Pinkertons. one of whom
was driven insane by it and afterward
killed himself. A couple of others lost
their reason after passing through the
awful line of mad men and women
from the river bank to the opera house,
where they were held prisoners until
given into the charge of the county
sheriff.
The next event of Importance was the
ordering out by the governor of the en-
tire national guard of the state on JUL
10, two-thirds of which were encampe>.
at Homestead for three weeks and some
regiments for three months, with an ag-
gregate cost to the state of $500. 900.
Politicians brought the strike into
congress, and q committee from the
house of representatives was sent to in
vestigate. They took evidence and
made reports which amounted to prac-
tically nothing. The senate committee
is still investigating. Democrats seized
protective tariff and used it effectively
in the campaign. The civil courts from
the highest to the lowest took hand
and the grand jury returned pearly fifty
indictments for riot, conspiracy, treason
and murder against persons on both
sides, and a year or two will be required
to clear the criminal court docket on
these charges.
The trial and conviction of tfe An.
archist Bergman, who attempted TO kill
Chairman Prick, of the Carnegie COM
pany, and the trial of the officers of the
, Tenth regiment for punishment of Pri-
vate Iams that grew out of the diff
Guilty has already been settled. These
suits have cost Allegheny county large
sum, and the litigation has only begun
The murder of Max Newman, the dy-
namiting of Mrs. Morrow's boarding
house, and Thousand other unlawful
acts resulted from the strike, besides
number of fatal and serious accidents to
new and inexperienced workmen who
tried to operate the mill. The sympa-
thetic strikes at Union mills here and
Beaver Falls We're also productive of
ARRAYS. The Beaver Falls strike was
declared off on Friday last.
The strike at one time involved nearly
10000 men, and the loss in wages will
reach, it is said, in the neighborhood OF
$1,000 600. Then there is the immense
loss to the firm, which can not be esti.
mated, but which conservative men say
is at least double the amount lost by the
men in wages.
At least thirty-five deaths were direct
ly or indirectly caused by the strike.
Besides these killed in the battle OF
July 6, many soldiers contracted fever
which resulted fatally; one soldier was
shot accidentally by comrade. another
was killed by cars, one striker com.
mitted suicide, one WIS drowned, ont
was killed by cars, several non-unioI
men died from fever, and several wert
killed in the mill, and one was muir
dered by another non-unionist.
The attempted assassination of Chair
man Prick, of the Carnegie company. is
also to be credited to the strike.