Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-14
Ar TRE 1RMORIES.
Scenes of Activity and Excitement THE
Men of the National Guard Preparing
IN March

Scenes of Activity and Excitement--The
Men of the National Guard Preparing
to March.
PIrrsDURG, July ll.-There are scenes OF
activity in and around the armories of the
national guards this morning. The men
began mastering early in the morning and
making preparations for the journey, but
it will be late this evening or carly to-
morrow before all arrangements can be
completed and the troops assembled at
Brinton.
The action of the governor in ordering
out the militia brought the strikers i'll
Homestead up with u roundturn and made
them realize fully that the arrival of the
troops meant to them n loss of control
they have exercised over the town. and n
committee from the Anialgamuted Assoc
citation was appointed to go TO Pittsburg at
once and entreat Mr.. FriclI to concede to
some method of adjustment Of the diff
ferencrS.
The committee called at tho Carnegie
office in the Chronicle Telegraph building
during the forenoon. Down town the
militia were gathering at the several head
quarters Crowds gathered around the
armories of the Eighteenth and Fourteenth
Regiments and Of Battery b, to watch the
soldiers as they came TO await marching
orders The men take three days rations
and ammunition and proceed to Brinton,
about three miles below Homestead.
At $40 O'Clock this morning the head
quarters of the Fourteenth Regiment were
in Il fermcnt. NonGof them had any knowl,
edge of the ordering out of the militia ex-
cept what they had seen in the news.
papers, and this alone brought 30 men to
the central armory by O'Clock. Quite a
number of the members of the Fourteenth
are mill workers, hut from what could be
learned this morning none of them will
Il,
their duties One of them said: ut will
be a hard thing for me to shoot into a
crowd Of men who are bound to me by ali
the ties of human interest and friendship,
but when ! have my uniform on and the
command of fire is given, will shoot,
| for when entered the militia / took the
oath of allegiance TO the state of Pennsyl-
vania and swore to protect its constitution
and government Mt ali hazaris.n The
other men seen expressed the same senti-
ments.
Lieutenant Mccoy said: "All the men in
my company will do their duty if we are
called ont, no matter what their sympath-
les are of that am certuin.' The Lieu
tenant lad hardly finished his sentence
when Assistant Surgeon johnson came
| running INTO the armury and cried ont eX.
citcdly boys, the orders are here.
| Colonel Parchment has been put in tenn
| porary command. 0rdcrlics, come here
and take orders to the captains of the
| regiments" Then followed scene of
what appeared the widest confusion, but
| which in fact was nothing of the kind.
Every man present knew what he had to
do and he did il at top speed. In the
| meantime Surgeon Johnson, acting under
orders from Colonel Parchment was writ.
ing out the following orders to the captains
| OF the regiments
Assemble your command at once al
Central Armory, with three days cooked
rationS and full supply Of ammunition. -
| The officers are sending out orders To
those who have not reported and indica-
tons are that there will be large turnout.
What time the men will leave for the scene
of the trouble was not known even by the
regimcntal Officers.
Sheriff McCleary was in his office long
before y o'clock this morning and in an
interview said II am slmplr awaiting far
information from the militia my slibse.
quent actions shall be governed entirely
by the actions of the militia. Of course,
they will be in conSonanCe with the militia
and will do all can to aid them. Inst
what ! shall do | cannot now say. and
don't know that it will be matter for pub
ication; II will he of a sem-mliturv ma,
ture and don't know that it can bc omt.
lined for publication
DEPARTURE FROM PHILADELPHIA,
.PnLApElrHiA.Iuly ll.-Within 10 hour,
after the issuing of the orders la uobiIiz,
the First Brigade at Mt. Gretna. 500 men
or within 200 of the hrigades full strength
arrived fully equipped TO take the field
and had left the city. The last of Ia,
military to leave was Battery A of the
City Troop Cavalry, at O'clock
me scene around the Thirty -second and
Market streets station of the reunsvlvnnir
railroad this morning was striking one
The crowd around the station was an i'm
mcnse one and AS regiment after regiment
marched up and filed within the bniidins
they were cheered again and again.
m The first regiment to arrive was tn,
lhlro, nnder command of Lieutenant
colonel Maginnis. The regiments full