The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
STRIKERS ARE ENCOURAGED.
HOMESTEAD MEN SAY NoN-UyION DE
SERMONS WILL WIN FOR THEM.

HOMESTEAD MEN SAY NoN-UyION DE
SERMONS EILL WIN For THEM
The Carnegie Men Deny the story or whole
.rio Distortions. s.s Say tho Fight VIII
Now go In the Other Mins-Pinns OF
Big boycott By Federated Trades.
HOMESTEAD. Aug. 9.-The locked-out mon at
Home tead are jubilant over tho continued
assertions OF the new mon from tho Carnegie
mill. Vice Chairman Crawford OF the Advisory
Committee said this morning:
There is no longer any doubt that we have
the strike almost won. From information re-
ceived from the inside thus early tho firm Ia
greatly handicapped by the desertions and 1t
is believed that fully nine-tonths Of the men
now at work inside the mill will como out
within tho next week. They are rapidly firing
OF their prison-l like life and restricted liberty.
Contributions to the relief fund continue In
satisfactory manner. and our Soliciting Com
mittces have been very successful"
The announcement that Hugh O'Donnell
will return home on Wednesday has also kim
died fresh hopes Of victory. Manager Potter
denies the Wholesale assertions from the
wor',s. as claimed by tho Advisory Committee.
but the latter have names and addresses OF
many Of tho deserters. and ahldavits to sub
stantiate their claims.
Tho Fifth Regiment left for home this morn
ing. The Tenth Regiment will leave this eve
ming or early tomorrow morning. Part OF
Gen Wiley's staff went homo to-day.
This afternoon the Advisory Board OF the
Amalgamated Association met and organized
20 consider the attitude to be adopted BY tho
association in the present labor troubles. Tho
Board expects to spend the remainder OF this
week In elaboration over this matter.
The point at which the association intends
to try to mako its most effective fight is at
HON estsad. The Advisory Committee In
tends to devise means By which they can fur
Their embarrass tho company in its attempt to
start the non-union mill. They have scheme
in hand which they think will effectively him
dor the company's plans. This is the idea
which President Gompers OF the American
Federation OF Labor has outlined In tho United
Press dispatches
The point now under consideration by the
Board is to endeavor to secure the aid OF the
brotherhood OF Engineers. tho switchmen's
view to efrectaally stop the shipment OF all
material to or from any Of the Carnegie
sether with the bb boycott that the American
Federation win adopt; the workmen will have
been welded By ,any labor organization in the
country; Hitherto 1t has been tried. but never
Correspond ence will at. once be opened with
President Arthur Of the Brotherhood OF Rail;
way Engineers and the heads Of other railroad ID
With a y " to bt the
american Federation Of Labor: Speaking Of
COMPANY, NJ. James NJ Bailey. 1 St the sllge
POSSIBLY oihhf do It The law would prohibit such
move and the parties concerned you'd 30 a
are common carriers. and cannot refuse to
The. amalga mated officials themselves are
do,,ht mi If a nrohu bla result9 nf tha
eddy against them. put they arc trying this
n'As ss don SsisSe Q, Labor
matter" said Secretary Loveioy this morning
when asked what he the thhSuEh5 6 S Ppssdsns
Of the Federalism Of LABOR employed BY fpms
using Carnegie steel and iron stood ready to
cone out on strike II necessary TO aid tb tho
Speaking about the conference between the
tupsrs. %r Io 1s said the carneTie COM
pany would pay NO attention to the tn. delibera,
would have no effect whatever on the policy
Of the Carnees Steel f tSa PAM of the Ru
full today. and that they had more men there
thAn they could use.
nzsrhas ms quiet the fSs1sy Ct
IT, St asS
running sixteen months for ,puddlers: but SO
FL have resolved aDpllGetiops I Is stated
sss hGSe ss the s mill
terday the company suffered great loss Of
money on account OF caving furnaces and
SThs officials Of the Carnegie company will
ss s nt tit Tc SGrf Es ses1S os
Neho the ct the p fs
Inen. Nichols said he resigned because It was
distasteiul to him to do ths mean work the
says that he expects to have no trouble In I'LL
There was no conference between the manu-
facturers and the AmalGamated Association
Committees this afternoon, President-ele
ee hs
and asked that the meeting r be held to;mor.
%Srn RS It 1a Seoqs This
noon at their respective headquarters. and
are discussing the, general situation.
upper Union mills and quickly, ran a largo
wortmen in the mill. The Amalgamated Asso.
meaning Of the nag raising q. Every member p
a small flag in the buttonhole of his coat It
seemed as though IL tidal wave OF patriotism
had rolled over Lawrenceville.,
Superintendent Dillon of the Union mills
said: We raised the flag as an emb em Of our
victory: Every train Of rolls IN the Thirty
single turn. and before the week is over we
will have men, enough to operate the mill
double turn. We have between 800 and 700
mon in tho mill now"
Tho Carnegie Steel Company to-day gave
out the scale it has arranged for tho Upper
Union mills. The scale Is almost the sa mo.
item for item. as this years Amalgnmated AS
sociation scale. which the firm had signed.
There are only a fcw changes. Tho scale is
based on the $3.50 pudding rate. which the
other Pittsburgh manufacturers sny they can
not pay Each employee has signed an indi.
yidual contract for eighteen months. so that
the scale will expire at the end instead OF the
middle OF the year.