The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-23
IT Will 60 powN as oNE or 1IIE MOST FAMOUS
LABOR pisTrRBNNcES tN 1iiE HISTORY
uI TII COUNTRY.

IT VIII TO BOWS as "NE or 1HE MOST FAMOUS
LABOR DISTURBANCES IN 1IiE HISTORY
or THE COUNTRY.
The Homestead strike of lockout will go
down as one of the most famous labor dis.
iurbanccs i'm the history of the country. Tho
men were locked out June -, five day' be-
fore the expiration of the old scale, and
from that tmc until July q the Carnegie
Company made no attempt To get men into
the mill The Advisory Committee would
allow no one To- 20 except clerks, watch
men and ioremen employed by the com
panv.
barges tried to and at the mill and 10 men
lost their lives as a result of the battle which
followed besides 10 or 30 were wounded
some of whom were mnlmcd for life. The
surrender of the Phkertons, after II hours
fighting. during which pistols, rifles, cannon
dynamite and burning oil were used, was
followed by the terrible gaunilet-running
and barbarous abuse of the captive ones,
one of whom was driven insane by IL
and afterward killed himself.
A couple of others also lost their reason
after passing through the awful line OF mad
dencd men and women from the river bank
to the opera hotHe where they were held
prisoners until given into The charge of the
sheriff late ut night and brought 10 Pitts
burg on special train.
The next important event following this
was the ordering out by the Governor of the
entire National Guard of the State, on June
10, two.thirds of which were encamped at
Homestead Tor three weeks, and some regi-
ments were there three months. with AN
aggregate cost 10 the State q! $4,000 in
FOUND numbers.
Politicians brought the strike before Con-
gress and the House sent committee ic
iittsourg to investigate. They took evidence
and made report:which amounted to practi'
.s.ll Nl.a L.. "a
m.:iee is still investigating and will probably
10 the same as the other body. In this way
The National Government contributed some
money az u result OF the riot. Democrats
seized upon II a'an argument against pro
tective tariff. and as was noticed recently
used 1t effectively in the campaign.
The civil courts, from the highest 10 the
lowest, took hand in II. and the Grand
Jury returned nearly $50 indictments for
| riot, conspiracy u eason and murder against
persons on both sides, II will require year
| or two to clear the Criminal Conrt docket in
Allegheny county. iftbe men indicted are
| tried severally and no faster progress Is
made than in the first case which is now on.
Besides the cases directly connected with
the riot there has been the trial of Berg
mann, and Of the Tenth Regiment officers
for trcng Private lams, who cheered for
Bergmann, not 10 mention the numerous
| petty suits that grew out OF the atrike. These
have cost Allegheny county large sum al
ready snd the litigation has only begun.
The shooting of II. G. Frick by An
archist Berginann.the murder Of Max New
man. the dynamiting Of Mrs. Marron's s
boarding house and Thousand other nm
lawful acts resulted from the strike, besides
number Of fatal and other serious acci'
dents to new and inexperienced workmen
who tried to operate the mill Then the
svmpathetic strike Al the Union and Beaver
Falls miils were also productive 9f come