The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-07
.CARNEGIE'S REVOLT.
"A Reign Of Terror i'll Consequence Of
the Great Lockout.
PINKERToN DETECTIVES cRINGE.
The First Bloody Fruits of an immense
Crop of BlOodshed.
DREAD RESULTS ANTIc1pArED.
Burning Oil in the River to Capture
Private Detectives Set on the
Laborers' Trail.

III LuS lTOn Industry III IhiS NlClnlIS HAS
borne its first bloody fruits. Between
dozen and twenty Piukerton officers and
locked-out iron and steel workers are
either dying, dead or more or less seri-
ously wounded as the result of an en-
counter between them yesterday morn
ing. About 300 Pinkerton detectives
arrived at Pittsburg from the East, and
marched quietly to Monongahela,
boarded barges and started for the Home
stead works, towed by the tug Tide.
The locked-out employees were notified
of this move, and when the barges ar
rived at Homestead 5000 people, inciud-
ing men, women and children, were
waiting to meet Them AS soon as the
Pinkertons attempted to land, they were
warned off by the men, and battle fol-
lowed. The Pinkertons were armed
with Winchester rifles, and the opposing
crowd chiefly with revolvers. The Pin
kertons opened FIRE, and at the first vol
ley two workmen fell This enraged the
crowd, and they bore down on the Pin
kertons with resistless force. The Pin
kertons fell back, but continued firing,
and finally the crowd on the bank
retreated, but soon again rallied, and a
bitter war ensued, in which many were
killed. Suddenly forty or fifty detect
ives attempted to jump ashore. The
strikers responded with sharp volley,
driving the invaders back to the semi
shelter of the lower deck. The captain
was carried to the pilot house of. his
steamer. One of his men informed an
associated press man that, although his
wound was serious it was not fatal. A
number OF other detectives were more or
less seriously wounded in this encounter.
Then there was lulf in the battle, the
Pinkertons gathering on the lower deck
of the steamer and the workmen on
shore sending committee to scour
Homestead for ammunition.
Fighting was renewed at a. M, pre-
cipitated by another effort by the Pink
erton men to land. The workmen built
fortification of steel bars on the river
It is supposed several Pinkertons were
killed on the boat. Before the eecond
attempt was made to land, the officer
in charge announced to the workmen on
the bank that his men would land if he
had to NOW down everybody in sight,
and then ordered them to advance.
They were met by shower of lead from
the rifles and pistols of the scattered
,workmen. The officers stood back for an
| instant, but rallied, marching eight
abreast. They endeavored to get ashore,
| but were driven back. The people
seemed crazed by the bloody work, men,
women and children running Through
! the streets crying for revenge and blood.
+ At II a. n. the strikers fired car of
oil standing near the works for the
purpose of burning the boat in the
river. In the meantime the cannonade
on the boat continued. 4 steamboat
was sent to take the Pinkertons off the
barge. Firing was kept up from the
strikers with fatal effect. Pinkerton's
captain says: ''The men were picked
up in Chicago and New York. They
were very fair lot, and numbered 200.
I gave them strict orders not to shoot
until fired on. When we proceeded to
land whistle blew, and the strikers
! imIne ediately- commenced to shoot, and
Ito protect ourselves we had to return
the fire. Seven or eight of our men
4 we're hurt. donot know their names. -
The strikers are denounced by friends
of the move for their cowardly actions.
4 They had Ratification and before any
act was made by the Pinkertons, fired
upon them and shot them down like
| dogs. A flag oftruce was displayed by
the Pinkertons and was shot down. It
was hoisted two or three times with like
result. Men were lying in wait on both
sides of the river opposite the barges for
the detectives to show themselves.