The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-08
PINKERq0N PREPARING.

A Great Force of Hesstans Being Or
ganized at Pittsburg.
PITTsRURG. July 8. 1s92.-Bob PinKer-
ton, with eight or ten assistants. has ar
rived In this city.
Sheriff McCleary today abandoned the
idea of sending a posse of citizens to
Homestead. Only tweuty-three out of
the 600 summoned responded this morn
ing. and they were dismissed.
Sheriff McCleary declared that it would
be simply idiOtic to go with that small
force.
MORE ARMS OBTAINED.
Word was received that the work men
had gathered oeether large quantities of
ammunition, including dynamite and Win
chesters captured from the Pinkertons.
and were patrollng the river bank and
approaches to the works, breathing de-
f1ance to any force which might be led
against them. They are much better
armed than they were at first. and are en-
couraged by victory and the refusal of
civilians to respond to the Sheriff's call.
so long as our places are not endan-
gered, just SO long will the steel COM
lany's PROFESSIONS be jealousy guarded
the leader of the men, said. '.Onr inter-
ests are like Mr.. Carnegie's. Only the
presence of unfriendly Invaders will
force us iuto defensive position"
THE GREAT FENCE REPAIRED.
Carnegie's watchmen are in nominal
charge of the works, and the great fence
has been repaired but the locked out
men are on the outside and can gain ad-
mIttance in moment. Homestead had
a nervous shock about midnight when it
was reported that a special train was on
its way from Pittsburg, filled with men
coming to take the place of the strikers.
1t was said it would arrive shortly after
the midnight train.
Some of The guards had been taken off
half an hour before. and only half the
usual force of watchmen were OF duty.
A railroad man said he had no knowledge
of any special train coming.
The report grew, and soon it was said
that two trains were coming, one east
and one west. The electric light whistle
blew sharply; that was the sigual for the
people.
An inquiry was made at the works as
to who ordered the whistle blown. The
engineer said man rushed in all out OF
breath aud shouted, "The black sheep
are coming; blow the whistlep'
The Superintendent blew 1t, and then
got his gun and skipped out. The effect
of blowing the whistle was soon seen IN
crowd of men. who rushed from every
house and every street corner.
HOMESTEAD AROUSED.
Halloas were given and shots fired at
the ground to attract attention.. Many of
the men were armed Win reVOlVer5, and
about one in ten carried gun. Nobody
seemed to know anything definite about
the affsir, and more persons were seeking
information than were securing iC. They
were told off by their leaders to watch
various points, ana all strangers were
closely scanned. The people Wers ner-
vous aud excited.
1t was some time before the crowd
caImed down.
THE CORONER'S INQUIRY.
Coroner Mcdowell has commenced the
. preliminary work of his inquisition,
which is to take place as soon as peace
can be sufficiently restored at Homestead
to enable him to arrive at the facts that
led to the sacrifice of the lives Of the men
who died in the Homestead engagement
on Wednesday morning. He is deter
mined that no effort shall be spared that
may in any way lead to the detention Of
any one that may furnish evidence lead
ing to the cause OF the troublea
Powderly Deck.
CHICAGO. July 8, 1892 Chief T. v.
PowderlY and Grand Master Workman j.
w. Hayes, Grand Secretary and Treas