The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-14
SHOT LIKE DOGS.

con IN I'D FROM FIRST PACE.
The call Of the sheriff for Il posse
was received here with good natured
dcrisiOn. The men are confident that
the sympathy Of the citizens is SO much
with them that no good men would
volunteer. They declare that had the
guards not come here there would
have been no violence. As evidence
OF their sincerity, a committee of three
went through the works at an early
hour this morning, COled up ropes
and hose, took down all barbados
and removed, as far as possible, all
evidences Of the conflict The mill
yard was absolutely deserted when an
Associated Press reporter visited it.
y few tiattcncd bullets, smOuldering
posts on the river bank and q barrow,
half full of bolts and broken pig iron
to have been used in the cannon were
the only vestigcs of the combat. The
bargcs 0: the PinkertOn men, after
having been looted and set on fire,
were showed from the river banks and
the charrcd huIks noated down the
river pursued only by camera fends.
Homestead again IS waiting, waiting
confident and stcrnly. The men are
""ntdent Of their power, and, while
They arc determined to preserve the
peace locally, they Will brook no out
side interference. They look upon
the dead as COnvenant obliging them
to hold the Homestead mill for Home
stead workmcn.
The list OF killed and injured is at
last complete. -Four were Killed out
right by Plnkcrton bullets. Two others
died in the evening Eleven were badly
injured SIX OF whom may die. twenty
five others were slightly injured.
Three Pinksrtons were killed. The
figures at the sheriff's office show that
sixteen were killed and sixty-two
wounded, Sin of whom will die, max
ing total much larger than that of
the riots Of 1877. The names of the
sixteen are not given, however, and it
is thought there is some mistake.
PrrrsEURG, July 7--She1itf Nc
CIcary, in addition to his proclama-
ton OF last evening calling on all
good citizens to appear armed at
his office this morning, sent out num-
Der OF personal summons TO the same
effect early to-day. Notwithstanding
this, however, when the sheriff was
ready at 9 O'Clock to receive volun-
teerS there were very few on hand.
But one man not personally sum
moncd was on the ground and no
Others have yet reinforced this one.
Of the los men legally called upon,
but IL responded. As it was ap-
parent that force large enough for
any practical purpose could not be
gathered in this manner to-day,
Sheriff McCleary decided to postpone
his trip to Homestead until to-mor-
row. In announcing this decision he
said: owe will not 90 to Homestead
to-day, as it is impossible for lis to get
posse. We will take the names and
addresses OF all who have come here
and will be ready to call on them to-
morrow. We will issue more sum-
mons to-day and expect to have a
large force morrow"
There is much reluctance on the
part of many here 10 so to Homestead
where fight would be expected by
every deputy. In the cities of Pitts
burg and Allegheny there are thou
sands of members of the same unions
as the locked out workmen and these
men have no wish to bear arms against
their brother workers. \ deputy re-
turned from Homestead this morning
and he states that the taking of posse
to that place will surely bring about a
conflict and the scenes Of Yesterday
will be re-cnacted The men are
flushed with yesterdays success and
are unreasonable. They will fight to
the end.
The course of Governor PattiSon in
declining to order the National Guard
to Homestead until Sheriff NIcCleary
had eXhaused all means in lis power
to preserve order is generally COM
mended. The prevailing opinion here
IS that had the militia appeared on the
scene the bloUdshed would have been
much greater. The advent of the
armed and uniformed men of the State
troops to guard the Carnegie works
and to act as protectors of non union
men would have excited the strikers
to all possible resistance. These men
at Homestead are SO we'll organized,
are under such perfect control and are
50 great in numbers that conflict be
tween them and the militia might be a
long and would certainly be bloody
one. Under these circumstances the
Governors careful survey Of the state
OF affairs and his conservative action
call for unqualified approval from all
sides.
Down with anybody that seeks &c