Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04


sivc. Openly thestrikers threaten murder
when the troops go away. Many of the
people in Homestead are foreigners, Eng
lishmcn. Welshmen and Hungarians, and
out of the total population of some 1900
there ARE only about 600 voters. The
skilled workmon are many OF them Amer
leans. They are not poor or oppressed. In
fact, most of them live in their own
hoiises, which are, many OF them worth
over $1,000.
''rho true story of the outrages there has
never been told. nor have the full truths
of the pinkerton outrage been published.
On that night armed men stood by news
paper correspondentsanddc decided what they
should not send. III Il correspondent
managed to sneak the true facts away he
would be sent out of town when II was
discovered.
Homestead is admirably situated for a
campaign; The brigade is on a hill with
artillery that can command the town. The
troops are thanked by two high ravines.
General Wiley is in charge OF three regi-
ments, tho battery and the cavalry troop,
and he and they are capable of success
fully coping with any outbreak that may
occur"
General Snowden will once more return
to civil duties, and unless some serious
trouble occurs he will take no active part
III thS huilcSLctti OutDreak.
WHAT COLONEL CuILINAN SAYS.
Colonel Cu.linan. of his staff, expresses
this opinion of the lams affair: III lams
had got his deserts he would have been
taken out and shot His punishment was
not bit too severe. His suffering was
very brief. am astonished that hi.
punishment should have met with SC
much disapproval. But it is evident that
every one docs not know the seriou.
nature of the circumstances. Why, in
the west of the state there is more sym
pathy expressed for lams than for frick
the victim of a derravcd, would-be assas
SIN. lams may congratulate himself upol
getting off go easily
A sruMBLtHG BLOCK FoR JAMS.
PITTsBURG .lulv 30.-The attorneys fol
Private lams lave met q stumbling block
III the proposed action against Colone
StrGator in u section of the National Guart
act, which provides that no civil process
shall issue or be enforced against any per
son mustered into the service OF the stat,
viii lie he is engaged III such service or TO
~ days after.
II is claimed that this act will cover th,
five years enlistment and that nothing cal
he done while he remains AN officer OF tn
state militia.
rAYlSG THE TROOPS. ....E
HARRIsBuRG, july 20.--.li.a troops ar
being paid for service at Homestead ms las
us the pay-rolls are received at the ndju
tant-generaPs department and approves
by the djutant-gencral. General Green
land estimates that about $3.50 0OO will b
required for this purpose. This is 100000
i'll excess of the cost of the annual summe
encampmcnt last year of the entire divi
sion OF the National Guard of the state.
The First Brigade will tie paid out of tn
regular military fund, not having see
| special service at Homestead.
Warrants were drawn to-day amountin
To Sli, 22296 tn pay the Fourteenth req
| ment, Second brigade, for II days Scrvic
| at Homestead The Fourteenth regimen
was ordered home on Tuesday, and ol
| Thursday evening the rcgimcntal pay rOl
was received at the djntant-generals de
| partment
The Gray Tnvincibles of Philadelphia
were yesterday allowed S03D.il for min
| days services ut Mt. tretna, and the Ring
| gold Band Of Reading, attached to til
| First Brigade, SiGH.5D for services for tn
| same periud of time. Acknowledgment
Greenland said this evening that he di
not know when the Fifth sixteenth an
| Fifteenth Regiments Battery i aud til
| Sheridan Troop, which are now on duty d
| Homestead, i'll command of Grncrt
| Wiley, of the Second Brigade, would b
| Withdrawn.
HOMESTEAD, July 3O.--To.day look
like an April moving at Homestead. A
wagons which can be secured are in us
transporting tic household effects q
| about 60 families out of compan
houses. In front of each door all th
morning vans were drawn up an
carried away furniture.
1t was not necessary to use force /
evict any Of the occupants, as they wei
ready to move into other quarters i
preference to returning TO work at til
company's terms. There was no hostil
demonstration by any Of the striker
The houses arc to be occupied by tn
Eon-union workmen as soon as they ca
be put in good repair.
The charge is made by the mill pee
pie that during the last few days III
evicted tenants broke many window
and doors and otherwise dcstrUyc
property. Treasurer Curry said tn
morning that contracts FIR 35 houses o
the new Carnegie extension have bee
let and they will he pushed to compl,
ton as rapidly az possible.
Meanwhile arrangements have bee
made to accommodate 1000 men in Il
works. There arc now S73 men in II
works, G3 having arrived this murnir
from Philadelphia, Cincinnati and
Louis.
The six forcmcG in the machincl
department who went out last Munda
because they said their lives were
danger from the locked out men, applit
for their positions again to-day, b,
were told their positions had been file
The advisory committee is cuniideI
that by the middle Of next week it ca
induce onc-half of tho men now wor
Ing to come out. Just what plan is
be pursued has not been made publ
but member stated that strong Il
tluenucs were working toward that en-
The committee on relief makes visi
several times week to all in need, al
they arc promptly provided for.
Hugh O'l)onnell's mysterious missit
has not developed yet into any impo
tant phase in the struggle, but the peop
here place great faith in tho resu
though not 80 Of them know where
is nnrl for what lie went. Stories Tn
! lie has deserted are asslduously sprei
by few enemies, but all the ste
workers Indignantly repcl the calumn
This would be payday at the IN
and the men recall the bait to one a
other on the streets with sort Of gri
} humor They are not much depresse
/ however.
: WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MES.
PIrTsBuRG, July 3O.-"We will ha
. over 900 men in the yard at the Hon
: stead plant by tonight" suid Mr.. l4ol
JOY this morning. "rhere will be
, large number go up to-day by train al
boat and they are coming into the ci
from all directions. There are alrcar
a number of our old men at work.
{ | shnnll think al lnnsL 10 MnndnM ,