The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-20
IHOHESTEAD'S WAR.
A Feeble Show Of Activity at the
Carnegie Works,
no FURTHER ARRESTS YET MADE,

Although the Men for Whom War
rants Arc Out Made No Effort to
Avoid 1.-THE Strikers Seriously
Considering the Extradition of
Andrew Carnegie.
HOMESTEAD, July 2O.-For the first
,ffme since the present lockout the Car.
negie company yesterday made pre-
> tense of starting its mills here. 1t was
something of surprise to Homestead
people to see smoke issuing from the
armor plate mill, and they were not sur
prised at noon when the big whistle was
blown for the dinner hour The full
power of the whistle was not put in op-
GRAFTON, but the people recognized the
old time sound and many of them
n Aed down toward the entrance to
the works to see if gangs of workmen
were not pouring out on their several
ways to dinner. But none came. There
were workinen inside the works, how
ever, and they were pursuing their du-
ties in business like manner, seem
iDgly without thought that an armed
guard was necessary to protect them.
These men were brought into the works
secretly by the company within the past
week, They came a few at n time until
Monday, when the company succeeded
in getting in number of workers suf-
hcient to guarantee the starting up of
the armor plato mill. Some of these
men were probably landed at the mill
between sunset Monday evening and
haybreak yesterday by the Little BIZ,
under the protection of the military.
Later in the day the Tide, small stern
wheel tug, brought number of men up
the Monongahela from the direction of
Pittsburg and landed them at the
works. Thers were about thirty men
In the party and all went into the armor
plate mill. The company is believed to
have about 175 men at work in the
armor plate mills. Included among
these are five steel workers believed to
bave been brought from the works of
tho company at Brsddock.
Tho Strikers Not Alarmed.
All the men are, of course, non union.
They are engaged in making repairs
preliminary to the commencement of
work on the contracts with the federal
government, delayed by the lockout, and
Il is probable that the company is MAX
Ing every effort to secure the services Of
men for the steel working departments,
ao,that work on the contracts may be
begun without delay when the repairs
are completed. Yesterday afternoon
some of the new workmen made pre-
tective shield for heavy marine guns in
the presence OF number of tho militia
officers. The starting of the mills yes
tarday following the issuance of the war;
rants for the leaders of the strike has
shown thermometers Of the advisory com
mittee the determination Of the Carne-
gle company officials. but they do not
appearjto be downcast at the presence
OF non-union men in the places of Home
gteHd workmen. Members of the union
insist that non-unlon men can never run
the Homestead mills because of their
ignorance in the technical branches of
iron and steel making required to make
successful the manufacture with the
improved product of the ant. The
committee also bases the h05h of defeat
ing the company in the long run in the
deoiaration of q general boycott by
freight hundlers, railway men, carpen-
NarH, masons, builders and others en-
KRsed in construction work against the
Carnegie company's product If the nom
union men are allowed to run the mills.
The non-unionists are provided with
sleeping accommodations in the armor
plate mill, and have every comfort that
she company can provide. Their meals
ere cooked inside the works, and every
preparation for long siege has been
made. 1t Is expected that more nom
union men will be brought into the mills
within the next few days.
VIII Carnegie be Extradited?
The members of the Amalgamated As
Sociation have practically decided to ap-
.l.y For 90, f.,.n l..
Carnegie and others, but are still in
consultation with counsel as to whether
the warrants it sworn out for murder
and treason will hold. They are deter
mined to Offset the action of the com
pany's officials by obtaining these war
rants, If possible, and the men are conf
dent that they will succeed. They claim
that their case against tie officials of the
x-s'npany is much stronger than that of
the latter against any of the indicted in
divlduals who are now wanted by the
Constables They claim that Andrew
Carnegie and Mr.. Frick are responsible
6or sending an armed body of men into
the state without legal authority, and
can be held for treason on this charge,
and that they are also responsible as ac-
osssories before the fact of manslaughter
which followed. They hope to secure
the extradition of Andrew Carnegie and
bring him TO Pittsburg for trial Tie
delay in making inforlnations against
Or. Carnegie and his superintendents is
said to be due to the hesitancy of w. J.
Brennan, counsel OF the Association, in
advising such u course until permlnent
counsel is secured for the coming battle
IN the courts. 1t was rumorsd that Gen
eral Butler and Ex-Governor .Hoadley
had been retained by the men to man
their case, but this is denied by the men
themselves. The programme of the
men is now to engage the best legal tai
fBnt obtainable aud to prosecute the Car
negie people criminally, and as one of
them remarked, put them to the expense
Of heavy legal fight.
Nc Further Arrests Attempted.
No attempt was made yesterday to
Berve warrants on the five men in Home
btead who, with John McLuckie and
Hugh o Donnell, are charged with mur-
der committed on the day the Pinker-
tons We're repulsed. Constable Weber,
one Of the trio sent out by Alderman
McMasters, of Pittsburg, on Monday to
Arrest the five men wanted, came to
Homestead yesterday afternoon with
subpo3nus for people whose evidence is
wanted at the hearing Burgess Nc
Luckie will receive in Pittsburg this
afternoon This duty was accomplished
without trouble. The constable went
about his work quietly and without call
ing on the military for protection, as lie
and his two colleagues did on Monday
when they attempted to serve the war
rants. When the subponas had besn
served Constable Mebhsr went back to
Pitts5irg without having attempted to
arrest Ross, Crithlow, Flanagan, Burls-
OFT OF Flaherty. These five men were
To ba nbpf1t ha of IJnfaa-
stead, apparentlyEindifferen to the seri-
Gus charge made against them. There
was no attempt made at concealment of
their presence in town. The accused
men have decided to evade arrest until
after the McLuckie hearing this after