The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26

the works and the non were brought ACROSS
fsrociously. sud tbs striE ers. Thinking il was
some kind Of signal to them. gathered III
TSGs s snSna sn4 s bin coming across
srEeTs Of Them on an se h
them. Several men threw stones but this was
merely to show their resentment. The boat
stones did not como within two hundred yards
The Tide made two trips to Pittsburgh and
brought 100 non .union men, to. tho works
The strikers could see the black sheer. as as
to them. When ali those non union men were
in the works tho superintendent decided 10
start the 1l0-nch plate mill:
At o'clock the smoke began to rise hs from m
roar. The Other two mills that arc now in
operation are the nrmor-plnte mill ana the
Eight foromen, who are considered neither
union nor non-unlon mon. and who had been
working ever since the company had started
merninr FRe str iE' had ntimdated them
These men are John schultz; Robert young
w oh ToS 5ss Hill ucoS hode brad
Frederick Schmidt all foremen Of some, me.
ehanical department John Schultz said to
THE men in the mechanical department
who arc out on a strike have wanted mo to
ns%an mt wG5 that TT BE
tic shooting, o. Mr.: Trick. ma. considering
ourselves in danger. came out"
Another foreman said: "a couple Of the
strikers came TO me and said that didn't
wns. I'm not anxious tob be shot or stabbed.
so thought it best to quit.
nn eGSrs d e TN ses.
G"s fFs 3 Of IN e% sns
II Ghnri TIC n a
soldiers have not interfcred with the local
government of Homestead. IIalf dozen
provost marshal. today. but he had to refer
them all to the Sheriff.
These complaints all came from strangers
ed to return, to work and were frightened by
" The law does not allow tho Sheriff to mako
ths Sheriff was obliged to refer these psoosstto
Peace @s D" TSs public oca sI,'' o, OF Home
stepd IRE either strikeys or in SYM sym;
the ii Justices eEtSe Peace and it may readily be
woad be- re "~ Ry these tocas The
sn"cs WI Of any ' Kind either left Homestead or
~ 4 coIored man rushed up to tho soldier. who
were on guard outside the works to-day and
held a pistol ut his head The man was all out
OF breath. and it was some time before he
could tell n connected story.
Finally he told that he was walking along
the railroad track when four men rushed up
to him and ono Of them said: You coon.
you're cooking for tho black sheep in the mills.
We're going to put hole in you The man
gave yell and flew down the track at the top
OF his speed. never looking behind him or
stopping until he reached the soldiers.
The Captain sent IA corporal and q file Of
mon with the coored man to the spot whore
he had met the men. A crowd OF strikers had
gathered around the soldiers during the re-
citdi OF this story. and followed the handful OF
soldiers that started down the road.
The crowd grew larger and larger until there
were nearly 900 men in II. Col. Greene. from
his tent on the hillside. saw the commotion
and sent Capt. l.ohr with a company of men to
what the trouble was. This company
started on the double-quick after the strikers
and on reaching them Cart. Lohr asked:
What are you people following those SOL
diers for?''
None o, your business" ono OF the mon
shouted The crowd took up the cry. and
Lohr gave the order to fix bayone.s and drew
his men up in ono long line. In less than II
minute every strkor was on u run toward the
other end of the street.
At tho Union Mills everything is quiet.
There are constant rumors that the mills
will start again with n-union men, and tho
strikers are uneasy. 1t is understood that the
company has a large number OF men ready
ard willing to work. and the mill. according to
the superintendent. will be in full operation
within u week. There is no change in the
situation at Dudueshe. There is much tnlk
there Of the company shutting down the mills
leo nth hal r,rn ,la nF he