Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-09
He Calls Palmer's Speech the
Vaporings of the Veri-
est Blatherskite.
NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Chicago Head of the Agency
Talks Considerable.
CHARGES AGAINST THE SHERIFF.
He Declares McCleary Was to Have His
Men Made Deputies.
THE WORKS WILL EVER BE N0Y.UNI0N

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.1
CHICAGO, July 8.-"Senator John M.
Palmer only added another link to the
chain of blatherskite moves which have
made him famous, or infamous, as you
might call it, in making his old-fogy talk to
the Senate yesterday" said Detective Billy
Pinkerton to-day. "Sifted of SO per cent
of gas and buncombe, his remarks on the
Homestead trouble simply mean that the
old blatherskite, the old toadier, think,
or at least wants the people to
understand that he does-that the system
that makes it possible for the men owning
property there to engage men to protect it
without having the men sworn in as deputy
sheriffs is entirely wrong. His remarks
carry no weight with me, even if he is q
United States Senator. No one with the
sagacity of bulldog would heed his talk,
for it is worth nothing more than it would
bring as bad gas.
another thing you can tell the people,
and it will be news to them, is that we lad
tacit understanding with Sheriff McCleary
that every one of our men was to be sworn
in as deputy. At the time the boat was
attacked McCleary's chief deputy, Gray,
was with our men.
A New Charge Against the Sheriff.
"What intention had he in view, being
with the men, if he was not going to make
them his subordinates? Had he raised his
voice and ordered the men to fight for the
Sheriff of Allegheny county the mere act
would have made them deputy sheriffs.
The only reason our men were not sworn in
as deputies when the fight occurred was the
Sheriff's violation of his promise and his
official oversight"
elbow about the story that your men were
engaged and sent to Homestead under false
pretenses, the men being given to under
stand that they were to be watchmen in
rural town." was asked.
'That is the worst kind of rot, and can
prove it. The reported interview with one
of the men published in number of papers
is pure fake. Do you suppose have been
in this business all these years to let fool
like that fellow alleged to have been inter
viewed must have been, get the best of me
on business proposition?''
All the Men Signed Contracts.
each and every man signed black and
white contract, in which his duties were
outlined to letter before he left on the
train and have those signed contracts. All
of those stories about taking the men from
town to town in order to confuse them and
throw them off of the real terminus OF the
journey are falsehoods.
"Are YOU going to send any more men
from Chicago or New York2". -.---> e.
"No, sir"
elbow about the story that Carnegie and
his conferees have decided to close up the
works for good rather than have another
union man?"
. ''That is true. No union man will ever
puddle pound of iron in the
works again. Rather will the owners let
the works crumble and wash away into the
river with the rains than take union man
in. If non-union men are not allowed to
work, why, Homestead will become deserted
and dead. The people behind the big
works have the millions to do as they
please, and if they stick to their resolutions
the capital will lie idle. The outlook certainly
is not pleasant for the workmen. 1 won't
say where my information comes from, but
know it is so. :"