The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
PINKERTON ON HOMESTEAD.
HE ISSUES A STATEMENT IN WHICH
HE DEFENDS ms MES.

lr the sheriff Had No, Promised TO Deput'no
Them They Wouid Not Have Bcrn sent
Master workman Hughes Called IA Pick-
pocket, Forgcr, mud burglar His Respects
TO Mr.. Powderiy-Thc Agency Declares
That II Courts the Fullest investigation
When Robert A. Tinker.on was n witness be-
foro tho Gni.el States Senate committee that
was investigating the lalo troubles OF last
summer at Homestead no said he would nrc-
fer instead OF mn oral statement. to submit
to .b.m n written statement OF tho relation
shin o. tho rinkrrtons TO that affair. That
ttntemcnt was submitted yesterday. 1t be-
rims with Il review II the history Of tho trou-
bio. J; says:
"'rae cor,unny's officials know from past OK
rcrience what tho whole community knows
that In case they failed to agree or arccdo TO
the terms Of their wOrkmcn and the dctGtion
Of tho Amalgamated Association. there you'd
be II sudden and concerted cessation OF work
Mt n given signal or order and ATTEMPTS made
10 prevent othor labor from filling the vacant
places. II tho plants shut down until tho
strikers saw tit 70 return t. work. or to permit
others to III their places. great and irtcrara-
bio injury would result. involving tho tenn
porary abandonment to competitors OF II trade
ana business which had taken millions Of in
vcstmrnt and years OF labor to establish. On
the other hand. tho works could DO operated
without loss cessation Ivy the employ
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high wages paid by the Carnegie Company.
1T was reasonable for tho company to cS-
pect trouble with its employees in case of II
failure 10 agree ulon a scale OF wages and to
anticipate attempts on tho part Of the latter by
intiu.dut ION. coercion. and force. to prevent
non-uni9n mon ming their places. lhue"u'ih
view Of similar strikes during the last thirty
years. II wont" s"'ni Almost h"e'i'o 10 al H"e
that tho employers should have relied upon
inc offers anu 1,e.v"a'ons VI a." ana
inc so'caie' -Ni,'",s"''i.t'r' Asso'i'''''', "''i
should have waited un'li their new WoFkihrh
erty p'i"Ieu ana ues'royt, o1,''o !. w, s'e''.,
ing danger thereto or cniployins watchmeh 10
nrotsct them or calm. uron tho legal au-
thori,ias for the enforcement of the law.
while the negotiations were pending with
tho AmalEama;cd Association. which in case
strike similar TO that of 1889. tho Carnegie
COMPANY applied to rinkertons National Do
.,i' ,n,,o,. q, os,or,,i, if tho ,yen,v
tec'I'' As'ne: " eei'"'' ai. o 81.
could supply. in case OF necessity three
,,iIi,i.,, ~ ,L. ,corcv ,,u,ru,toad 4, tina
sroh7'p'l'y Vi ,ne '.ene, ''" i,,s, ~ ,m ~"
men to he sent.
.ns,r, rrnI ,rr,rco,,orts n,oro r,,aa ar
tn haa Ss,s
Chicago. the Carnegie Company applied for
rrotsction TO the High Sheriff of Allegheny
he would DO practically ruwcrless to handle
such a large Strike and to protect the lives If
non.union employees If any attempt should
be made 10 send any such workmen 10 Home
stead In or about Pittsburgh or Homestead
hba Srri them knew newt thnt tho "omp"ny rro
posed to employ watchmcn at their own OK
Iensc to protect their property; and agreed to
became necessary. Thc agency refused TO
send anv watchmcn without tho knowledge
We're "E sent upon the distinct Understanding
that the men should be duly ,leputized. There
As soon as tho strike was declared before
any Iinkerton mon had been sent from Chi
mittce OF the striK ers COX possession OF Home
stead. and placed pick.ts, guards aud senti-
nels on the different streets and roads and ut
dsssrei marital law and took and
control of the property Of the company, It
were given to send wntchmcn from Chicago
and New York"
The statement quotes the charge of Chief
Justice puXson to tho Grand Jury OF Pitts
timues: ." ''''''S '''('0
Tine acts referred to by Judge Paxson were
dono before there was any public suggestion
or mention of tho employment of rlnkerton
II,
visory Committee and strikers entered upon
was Tor the avowed purEso of preventin:
workmen from entering ne employ If tho
Carnegie Company and lnhnrn: for the cx-
ceptionnlly High wages which tho company
paid. The strikers had no grievance or wrong
TO redress. no danger or peril to anticipate or
guard agaiust except tito advent at Home
stead OF other workmen. seeking employ
ment for the support OF themselves and their
families and tho high pay which the strikers
had refused ana spurned Yet it is urged
that the Carnegie Companv should have sub
mitted to tn" authority OF the Advisory Com:
mittao and have accepted the protection and
guard OF the strikers thcmseives There was
only ono vital principle at stake in the contest
between the AmaGnmatcd Association and
tho company. nymely. whether the latter
should DO allowed to employ non union men,
"The men wo sent were carefully selecc cd
More than two thirds were well known to, us
and our suIerintendents. for thoy vera either
in our employ at the time or had previously
been employed by US us watchmcn in similar
work.
Our mon were sent Mt night by barge in
order TO prevent breach OF the peace. 1t was
hoped and expected that they would land uuon
the private property OF the company without
the knowledge OF the strikers Had it been
known that tho strikers would lire on III.