Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-08-12
HOMESTEAD.

driven of.
The intention of the $40 Duquesne
workers who had signed individual con-
tracts to 20 back TO begin work that morn
ing had become generally known, SO fuly
200 strikers from Homestead arrived al Du-
ouesne at six O'Clock that morning, armeu
with clubs and stones ready to prevent oy
force any attempt to start the works. :.
The mob was very demonstrstive ana
Isudly threatened what they would 10
should any workman attempt to enter the
mill. and when Deputy Sheriff Young
with nine ether deputies arrived and de-
manded of the mob that they disperse In
the name of the law he was jeered at Dy
the crowd. who advised him to 60 nome
and thus keep out Of their clutches sin1s
they had not yet breakfasted and wouiu
eat all the deputy sheriffs if they had
q mind to.
The mob was greatly reinforced oy men
from McKeesport and some ofthe puquesne
men, 80 that the men in charge, VINO "0io
said to be the Harris brothers, VINO n"'o
been in America but six months, deeineu
It advisable to send 100 of the MOD ao"n
to the corner of Grand avenue ana nan
road street. where they effectuany stoppea
suy workmen who attempted to 20 to"aiu
the main entrance.
A few minutes before o'clock FOREMAN
MilIslagel of the mechanical department
arrived at the gate with thirty OF his men
and made as if to enter the mill. They
were greeted with curses by the mob, VINO
effectually blockaded the mill gate, and
someone shouted: "Go home. you 'scab, OF
you'll be killed" Millslagle started to 60
away and the moment he tanned his BACK
one large striker, said to be known as q
Homestead worker, came up behind him
and struck him on the head with q club,
knocking him down. As he rose to MS
knees, with the blood streaming from MS
head. stone was thrown, hitting him on
the side of the head, knocking him over
the steep embankment into the ditch by
the side of the railroad track.
The mob now had. their attention drawn
from the PROSTATE foreman by new ar
rival in the person of weighmaster Finnus'
who was told that he could not 60 to work
and upon asking why, six of the strikers
picked him up bodily and carried hin
away 100 yards. dropping him uncerlmon
iously in the street, threatening to Kill Mn
should he attempt to return to the gate
While the crowd was attending TO I'M
weighmaster: Foreman Aillslagel hsd i'm
proved the opportunity to slip away, whii'
| ames A. Morrison, the water tender
| the mill, who has always stood by tn
| company, had almost succeeded In gsttinl
to the gate before the mob caught sight o.
| him, when someone cried out: "Ther'
goes that scab, Morrison, kill him." ant
the unhappy water tender was immediate!
caught and subjected to severe beating
He was forced through the crowd and wa
Knocked down by blow from club II
/ the hands of someone and spitefuliy
kicked.
Officer o. p. Griffith of Duquesne was al
this time busily taking the names of thos'
participating in the riot and, though tn
crowd observed him, no attempt was made
to stop him, but he was jeered by the mob
Deputy Sheriff Young had by this time
seen that any attempt to control the mob
with his nine assistants would be but
mild form of suicide, and he dispatched
messenger to Gen. Wiley, in command
the militia at Homestead, stating the turn
affairs had taken and asking him to act at
once Gen. Wiley Immediately ordered
Col. Hulings of the Sixteenth regiment t.
take his entirs command to Duquesne at
once. So swiftly were commands issued
that the entire Sixteenth of 400 men wai
on board train of box cars bound to Du-
puesne at 11:30, arriving few moments
before IL.
The mob was clearly not expecting the
boys in blue, as several hundred of the strik-
srs were gathered around the gates of the
mill when the train pulled up at the gate
and the soldiers poured out on the tracks.
Capt. winsdor of Company I had received
fore the cars stopped the entire company
was on the ground and charging the crowd
with fixed bayonets.
This was more than the crowd had bar
gained tor, and with wild howl of terror
the men will. clubs, who had but few
hours before called for more worlds to con-
quer, fairly tumbled over each other in
their efforts to get away from the cleaning
steel, which they feared would puncture
their clothes should they get within speak
ing distance. Hats and clubs were dropped
in that rush, and the soldiers did not call q
halt until the last man of the gang had
been seen safely out of reach. The soldiers
then turned their attention to the hun
dreds of people who had gathered on the
box cars nearby to see the fun, and COM
manded them to come down and get out
Of the way, which command was reluct-
antly complied with by many who were in
clined to be fractious and saucy until a
bayonet was presented to them, when they
usually went on their way grumbling, but
none the less fast.
A well Known business man, who re-
sides at Duquesne, said: '0ur men did
not want to como out, but the Homestead
people persuaded them. and now when the
Duquesne men see the folly of their move
and desire TO rectify it by returning to
work, these Homestead loafers come up
here and say they shall not. 1t is the
height OF ignorance and presumption and /
hope that should the disgraceful scenes OF
this morning be repeated, the militia will
show the rioters that the laws ofthe count
~ must be respected and that there ia an
other part of the globe beside Homestead.
In Court, Tuesday, the Attorneys for
the Amalgamated Association withdrew
all objection to the other arrested men,
bers of the Steel Co., being admitted to
bail, and such was entered in $40, 900
each.
On Friday eleven of thel rioters at Du-
quesne were arrested, and many others
either hid or left town. The President of
the Amalgamated association was chased
through the woods by the officers, but was
not caught The Military guarded the
mill and 100 men were at work. At Home
stead the deputy -sheriffs raided the A. A.
headquarters, and the men wanted escaped
through the back doors. Chairman Frick
visited his Office in Pittsburg that. day for
the first time since being shot.
The soldiers in camp received ten days
Fay that day.
On Saturday Edward Burke charged
with aggravated riot and murder was held
by Judge Ewing in $40. 600.