The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-08
ABANDONED TO STRIKERS.
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ouiss Restored After che Withdrawal Of
The fanhsrte. Men. But vsese Mstssrinss
SHOW that the FAD 10 Nos xst-Ths Ne.
Dstsrrsinsa 90 right - the Death Asy
Essrs to Force the Entrenee OF Non
U.ion l1sn 10 The Mills They Have Iers.
HoMEsTrAp. July There was no recur-
renee here to-day OF yesterdays scenes With
the departure Of tho captive Pinkerton mon.
under heavy guard carly this morning. quiet
was restored. leaving tho locked-out mon In
control OF tho situation. All morning tho
streets presented . deserted appearance. The
townspeopls were sleeping late after the OF;
citing Incidents Of the last two days.
Later in tho day people appeared in creator
numbers. but still tho appearance OF subduod
quiet prevailed. The seeming idleness OF the
crowd was deceptive Every man was on the
alert. Every stranger was being closely
watched. Every entrance to tho village.
every road. every mountain pass. the river
and the valleys. were guarded By men armed
to the teeth.
No man could enter the town without giving
. satisfactory explanation Of himself or his
reason for coming. Not even the owners Of the
great steel mills could have entered their own
property without the permission OF their en-
ployees No town was ever moro closely
guarded.
There was no need for this precauion. for
tho time at least The opponents Of the strik-
ers had all been beaten of. Tho county Of
f1cials had been cowed. The mon were In oom-
plete possession Of everything. with never
chance or q suggestion Of interference from
any source. This 10 the state Of affairs TO-
night.
1t was not until to-day that all Of the details
Of the bloody flRht Of yesterday were made
public It Is not even known now how many
lives were lost In the battle. Nine deaths
have been reported to tho Coroner. It GER
tain that there were moro mon killed. Men
were seen to fall into the river at the crack Of
rifles but no bodies have been taken out yet.
and these deaths are not officially recorded.
How many there were It is not possible to say.
There were possibly four or five.
Then. too. 1t is asserted that some Of those
men who were hemmed in like rats on the
barges leaped overheard whom they thought
there was no longer hope Of escaping death
at tho hands Of the strikers. It is no
more possible to TX the list Of tho
injured than It is Of tho dead. 1t probably
numbers. all told. moro than q hundred. In
every third or fourth house there Is sufferer.
and the village doctors. aided by physicians
from Pittsburgh. have been at work since early
morning. They report that while there are
many serious injuries there are probably none
that are mortal.
Yesterdays battle was probably the most
brutal affair that ever blackene the history OF
an American State In times Of q national peace.
1t was cold blooded from first to last. Men
awaited their opportunity. and whom It
came they took deliberate aim with
their weapons and killed their man II
they could. This was true Of both sides in
the contest In one instance Hungarian
named Feres rose up from his shelter behind
q pile OF steel and. holding aloft loaf Of
bread. he shouted: You cannot take this
from our mouths" The next moment he fell
dead. A bullet from Winchester had pierced
his heart.
In another case Pinkerton man lay dying.
His body had been dragged into tho strikers.
camp. He feebly called for water. and the
mob. both men and women. sooffed at him.
Ono man moro humane than the rest brought
a cup Of water to him. A woman rushed up and
knockedit from his hand. "Good!" shouted
the mob. and the woman Yelled " Kill him"
He died without tho water.
It was we'll for tho men in the bargss that
they begged for mercy when they did. It was
tho deliberate intention Of the mob to kill
them all They had decided that not q
man OF tho two hundred odd should escape.
They only waited for darkness when some
more daring than the rest had 1t planned to 60
down to the boats with oil and waste and fire
them. Then when the imprisoned men should
try to escape the flames sharpshooters. who
were safely hidden behind a huge pile Of
steel pigs. were to pick them of.
Not ono man was to be permitted to
escape. This heartless plan that was balk cd
by the piteous call for mercy was talked about
to-day. And II We ever get the Hessians in
hal ia - hall
mercy or no mercy" was added In hundreds
OF instances.
Will there be more fighting? 10 the question
heard on all sides. 1t is more than likely that
there will be. How desperate the men are Is
shown by tho record Of yesterday. They
have gone 30 far. They swear now that the
mills never shall open again: that no other
workmen shall be permitted to enter the town.
II necessary to prevent It, moro murder will
be DONE They say this openly. They make
| no secret OF it
There is yet another serious feature Of the
situation and one which Is becoming almost
hourly moro serious owing to the wagging OF
dissatisfied tongues The men know that
the strike. The company has millions
| upon millions to lose. and II It
cares to sacrifice its wealth the men must
either leave the nelghborhood or starve to
death. Should they feel that the company is
going to do this there is only one thing
left for them. They would want re-
yence. Should n.union mon take their
places tho town OF Homestead would proba-
bly, fade from the map Of tho State Of
Pennsylvania for 1t consists only OF those who
made 1t. the employees Of the iron mills
Should the men carry out tho threats which
hive been whispered about and blow up all the
works with dynamite In the middle OF the
night, the town would also lose its nourish.
ment and die: but the men would
feel that they had their revenge. Whether
such extremes will be resorted to no one can
tell The men are desperate and each hour
they grow more so. Nothing would DO easier
than for them to set fire to all the wooden
buildings Of the company. and blow up the
| iron ones
The few strangers who told enough about
themselves to get by the guards and picketa
and into the town to-day had strange
experiences They were followed by the
eyes. OF hundreds Of the strikers.