New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
NOTICE TO The STRIKERS.
PREPARING TO START UP TIE GREAT MILLS

FORMAL NOTICE TO THE STRIKING woRKMEN
TO RETURN TO WORK OR THEIR PLACES
WILL BE FILLED WITH NoN-UNIoN
MEN - SCENES AND INCIDENTS
ABOUT THE MILLS
Homestead, Penn. July l6.-Al empoyes In the
repair shops, mechanical departments and yard OPP
eratives received the following letter this morning.
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited,
Homestead. July Is, 1892
Dear Sir Repairs Will be resumed on Monday morning,
July IS. 1892. We invite you 10 return to your oa POSI-
ton. Work 10 commence at the usual time Respect
fully j. A. POTTER, General Superintendent
The men I'm the different repair shops Will hold
meetings tomorrow to decide what 10 do' II
Is improbable that any Will return unul te
trouble with the tonnage men Is settled. Ihat' at
least, was the sentiment OF those VINO coulo De ioer
viewed. The men take the notices as warning from
the company that unless they do report for du'y
Monday the long threatened Importation OF non union
men will begin In earnest.
The possibility OF the arrest OF the Leaders OF inc
for the riot Of Wednesday week is still being
considered There has been no movement ms
yet looking 10 their arrest. but they have prepared
themselves. and. II permitted to DO So IN case Vi
arrest Will give BAH In any sum required ,..-.-
The following notice. IT was reported In l1ttsours
This morning would be to-day posted at '''e
Homestead MILL in the vicinity OF the WORKS ana
sent all over the country:
NOTICE.
Indl,1du,, ,nr,ca,lons for employment at the Home
se,d steel Works VIII be received by The general supern'
tenden either by telegraph or in person. until D. H.
Thursday, July 81, 1892
IL Il our desire to retain in service all OF our en-
poy-s past record is satisfactory ana VINO uu not
part In the attempts which have Teen m"ue 70 'u
aIfh ottr lvhf u mn
Such OF our old employees as do not apply ty the Time
above named will be considered as having no deSre 70 It,
enter uploynent, and the positions whch uc' H
will be given To other men and those first applying vi"
have the choice OF untitled positions for Which thry arc
suitable.
This notice will be the last given to the employees Of
the works and after noncompliance with this 'he places
will te filled with non.union men,
This afternoon the notice posted In Home
stead. but with the last paragraph left out. The
attention Of tho strike leaders were at once called
70 the poster which, It will be seen differs ma
tcriay from the announcement OF the company
intention made In Pttsbrg. In the city IL WIS
stated that non-unon men would be called 10 the
places OF the old men who do not come forward ana
resume their work. Here IN Homestead no such threat
has been made and yet the strikers regard the mus
burg declaration as the real thought Of the company
Absolutely no excitement followed the putting up OF
the notices. which was accomplished by nervous
young man with bucket OF paste, brush, and an
armful Of literature. The youth declined to give
AWAY any copies OF the appeal and couple were
accordingly torn down and brought 10 The STRIKE
headquarters where they carefully studied and
finally posted up for the Information Of anybody who
might care to read them.
Mr. shannon, one OF the members Of the Advisory
Committee said: Neither the posters nor the letters
sent 10 the old men will have any effect whntever.
I regard the whole thing confession OF weakness
On the part Of the Carnegie Company, and so d.
ninety Of 100 men in our ranks. our men VIII 90
back readily. ns Soon as we aTc sauSh'd as 10 the
scale OF wages IN be paid. Unti then We viii not q
back We know that mills cannot be started for ei
tec!ve work without the men who are Idle In Home
stead and they will not go back until the Amnlgnmsted
Association tells that we can properly
resume our !abor. No violence IS threatened
The Carnegie mills might to-day invite the best work
men IN the world outside our ranks and they couIu
not make nickel steel armor plate that the United
states inspectors would pass. our people know no."
to make il and nobody else does. The Ahlhlgahhueu
Association You must understand, has money enough
70 take care not only Of IL, own members but oI all
those who are affected by any strike or lock out IN
which we are concerned. II is this fact that has
made III, provde for the lnborcrs who not mem
bers OF our association. We want no help from any
body The money sent 10 us by our uro'hcr'
throughout the country IS, Of course accepted p"'
Wc d. not touch a penny OF II ourselves. W" 'urll
II over 10 the support of the men outside Of our aSso
ciaton who have been working here and VINO are
now idle
How long can you keep up the fight on thcs'
nncsi7
Five years Mr. shannon answered. 'ook a
the figures The idle mills are costing the Carnee
COMPANY $4,000 a day. The militia Is costing III
state about 22400O Il day. A q al OF S'1'ooo u'y
.ay that the support OF each Of the $500 worlhnsmcI
ouourIS TO - a day there Is 5000 day the lock
cI costs us Well, we believe That we can pay II u
often rs the Carnegie Company pay 80. for Just a
long a time rs they care to 60 Into tie struggle
Nr shannon Is one OF the most conservative Of tr'
-,nhc lenders and Is man who holds considerable
property I'm Homestead.
orle Of the curious features about the present stnN
ls Ina: moot OF the proancIt men In 1t are saving
thrifty Americans who have comfortable balances II
bank and who are concerned ;s 10 tie price oi rca
III. and railway securities. one Of the locked Oh
mon to-day Invested S22,OOO In syndicate Iehoi''
money on mortgage to KANSAS farmers, and there ar
half =, dozen other leaders who could do the same
thing II they had au equal belief In the profits To D.
derived from the Investment
on the hill everything Is extremely quiet Ther
was parade Of cavalry this evening. Which was Vcr
effective. The city Troop, Of Philadelphia, wa
especially notable on account Of Its cNccpilonnble hn
work In the saddle These men come from the pes
families in Philadelphia. strong OBJECT lesson VA
given by General Wiey's command duilhs .le ai,e. M
noon, when the whole Of his br gadc was dI'Wh onn on
across the hlll and the firing drill was pracced. %
course the rfes were empty, but the ch'knE Oh @ ,n
hammers could be clearly heard on fIghth t'c. ave,
toward which the muzzes Of the guns most menaclngl
pointed. The fact that II was known mat every or
~ the Troops had twenty rounds OF ball carrnge
With him. added a shade Of realism to the drill ina
was not lost upon the people In the crowded streets
That there are non-union men In the Homestead
mill and more coming 5 evident from wnat Mr' Love
ioy. secretary Of the company, today said Whei
ast.1 how MANY non-unon men In the mill, III
,ad
well, now really. | cannot discuss the details o
this question, and am not at liberty to tell you nov
many men there in the mills'
"Win you say how many men viii go up tooay o
before you get ready TO start the mill -
NO. | cannot There are some things the pnph
has 10 right to know and that Is one OF them iner
,s not the least doubt however, that we Will have
o,ch mon IN work the mill in n satisfactory manner