Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-14
MANY ANXIOUS FACES
Another Crisis Near at Hand at
Homestead.
RIGHTS ARE TO Be RESPECTED.
Hugh O'OonnelI States the Strikers
Case.
MODE NEN nI-JU. u-nDry
MORE MEN QUIT WORK
ANXIETY AT HOMESTEAD.
Will the Future Bring Peace or War to the
Strikers.

strikers.
Special Dispatch From STAG Correspondent.
HOMESTEAD. PA, July l4.-Win it be war or
peace? Is there to be open strife or shall
guerilla methods prevail? Can the military
forces of the state maintain an out
ward semblance of harmony in Home
stead? Or will the majestic figure Of law
be compelled to wade through slaughter TO
a throne? Such questions these must soon
be answered here. Since daylight this morn
ing every hour has been thrice lengthened by
anxiety, and as the sounds of noon are heard
there is evident feverish sentiment which may
breed boundless horrors. Through channels
that are believed TO be Trustworthy the mill
workers who don't work have heard that before
nightfall several hundred non-union men will
be escorted into the works. That information
seems TO have brought every able-bodied man
out on the streets and an uneasy spirit il
alarmingly prevalent.
Some Of the strikers ready now to concede
their defeat. Others among them believe they
will be ultimately victorious, but all are dam
gerously near the verge of desperation.
Whether they will come out and fight in
the open is something known only to a COM
parativoly small number of the leading men
aho iACht OHliliOuslN Dut fflluldrN are
also ready. The popular pulse has been felt;
the case diagnosed and the course of treatment
decided upon. Camp lines have been extended
SO as to include the town; which means
that martial law has practically been
established; few of the borough policemen
are still on the streets, but they subordinate
to the blue coats. Any person arrested has to
be taken Immediately before the provost
marshal and he alone will decide what
disposition shall be made of each case The
advisory council Of the Amalgamated Associ-
alton has gone out Of business as a court of
law-mob law-and the mayor of the place.
himself a striker, is but the shadow Of his
former greatness. One regiment, subdi-
vided into squads, patrols every street, another
regiment is within the works. In camp and
awaiting orders is the entire second brigade.
Everybody is on the alert and when the
new wofkmen arrive there will be rapid and in
teresting military movement Whether the move
ment will mean conflict is something just
now known only to the strikers II they oppose
the entrance of the "black sheep" there will be
much powder burned, and in front Of that pow
der will be over doses Of lead
SHOULD THE PINKERroNs COME.
men who are in touch with the mill workers
say they do not fear active hostilities
over the incoming Of workmen, but they
are unanimous in declaring that blood
shed cannot be avoided should Frick endeavor
to get any Pinkerton men in as wstchmen
within the mill enclosure. Mill men from
Pittsburg and adjacent towns are coming in on
every train and it is certain that these-and
they number not less than 5000 up to now
will do everything in their power to confound
the plans of Frick and Snowden.
This evening there will probably be several
thousand additional arrivals, for at O'Clock
the men in the Carnegie mills at Pittsburg will
walk right out. Similar action may be taken
at the Braddock and Duquesne plants. although
these latter are not strictly association mills.
NOT FIGHT FOR WAGES.
Let it be understood that this is not fight
for wages. The only question at issue now, is
whether Mr.. Frick shall have his own way as to
the date on which the annual scale shall
close. He insists on December 81. The
amalgamation wants 1t to stay
where it is-June 80. Work ceases temporarily
when the scale closes so the Homestead
workers not unnaturally are striving to
preNeut uull season IN mluWlnter. June
80 has been the final point Of each scale
heretofore and the Amalgamation proposes to
keep fast hold upon that date. Let il be under
stood that this is not a fight for wages. The
struggle is for existence and for the preserva-
ton of one point which the mill men term a
vital principle. When the smoke has
finally cleared away either the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers will
have gone ont of existence or else the Carnegie
Steel Company will be financially embarrassed.
This latter condition may be brought about
through cooperation. Already have arrange
ment been made, which, il any contracts are
transferred to other firms will result in q gen.
eral strike all ever the country. All indica-
tions point to a gigantic struggle between the
iron masters and their employes-the first
great battle of this decade between capital and
labor.
Comparatively few Of the strikers have de-
serted Homestead, but now that the military
will see them safely away, some of the more
timid may take up their beds and walk.
1t is within the bounds Of truth to
say that emigration has been dis
couraged. might even 60 80 far as to state
that coercion has been employed in more than
one instance to prevent any lessening Of the
strikers numerical force. Men who wanted to
60 away were informed that il they did 90 they
could never come back to Homestead. They
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