Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-07
they fairly yelled with pain. Fully
thirty injured men we're taken to tile
town hall

I hllA Wv IiANNfNAHs NhA ~ W'N wa hhA'
greatost difficulty that the domUnIikc
crowd could lie restrained. The men
were finally locked Va the Opera House
where they are to ne kept foF the night.
| Thousands, however, gathered pguunt
the building and tue wonniod men
were tept IN instant sla,eog terror
aud II WIS long before their wounde
could be dressed.
After the prisoners had been released
! from the bargos the notefs had their
revenge. They fired the boats, hist
securing them 30 they could NOT cause
/ damage nj points below. When tile
/ flames broke through tae decks the
cheers which rent the air were deaicn-
ing and the noise could be heard
miles away. Tho day was one that
| will be remembered with horror by the
| people Of the borough nnd the ciiiHeu1
/ u the entire county who for n serold
| time will be called upon 10 pny an
enormous amount Of money ontailcd
| In the shnpe Of riot Losses. The Pink.
erton men were not sworn In as deputy
/ shogils. During the afternoon fully
| five thousand men walked Into Home'
6tcad. They came from the south side
| Of pltlshurg and many were ARMED.
| In one delegation there were about two
thousand mill workers. They carried
flags and proclaimed that they proposed
to stand by the Homestead workers Ia
defending the mill at any cost.
THE sCRNE5 ~ HOMESTEAD
today arc hard 10 describe. The streets
were filled with men ana women, par
ticulnrly the narrow roads leading to
the mills. Here congregatol thuusgndt
Of men, women and children, many oi
the latter weeping aud wailing. On q
hill back Of the worts crowd OF fully
three thousand people viewed the bat
tie without running rick. Tue ptOcla'
nation requesting all saloons ~ close
was religl0usly obeycd but II WIS i'm
possible TO k0ep many excited individu-
ais from gathering IN the vicinity 81 Tic
| works. Thu steamer "little Bilin
came down from Homestead this after
noon. A. ehe steamed into the landing
with her now American iiag iloatlug
from the flagstaff she showed the n.
feet Of tho fisilAdc OF bullets shu had
gone through. Many panos Of glass
were shattered and the woodwork wa
perforated ia dozen place. On beard
was John +. McCurfy, who was shot
In the groin. A reporter interviewed
the wounded man as ho lay on the
lower deck.
M'cuRRy SAID:
"Wo made the landing nj Homestead
mills about D O'Clock this morning.
Tho shore was crowded with locked
out men and their eynpathizers.
a rmed Pinkerton men commenced Ia
climb up the bank, then workmen
opened IRE ON the detectives. The
men shot first and not until three Pm.
kerton men had fallen uid thoy respond
TO fire. 1 have my Goa to meet, aud II
| am to die now ! am willing TO take
my oath that the wOrkmen fired first.
The PinkeftOn men did not fire until
some OF them mad been wounded. The
workmen were so Strong In number
that II was useless for the 800 or 400
Pinkertonh to oppose them further
10 they, Tetreated 10 the barges, car.
rying the dead and wounded. One
pinkcrtOn mnu was shot Though
the head and instantly killed, ana
tivu were wounded. We backed out
into the river, anchored the bBTges and
then took the dead and wounded men
up 10 Port Perry, from where they
! were sent on to tho railway TO Pitts.
stead again. When we reached the
mills tho strikers opened ire ON the
Little Bill' from both sides. II was
then | was hit. There WIS 10 one on
board at the time we WIS fired upon
but the crew, Captain Rogorsind one
Pinkor,on man, J. Ii. Robinson OF
Chicago. When We approached
Homestead from Port Perry We could
see the attempts TO ret fire. to the barge.
The strikers had a load Of what np-
! pear 4 to be oil and were pouring il
upon the water and ignitlng it,"
THE SURRENDER.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July G.-After q
| lengthy conference OF amalgamatcd
leaders a meeting Of locked.out meil
was called nj O'Clock. TWAS attend,
cd by 1000 men, many Of whom ear.
ricd muskets. The national officer Of
tho nmalgBmatI0n made "A strong ap.
peal 10 the men while the cLnuDnl
r0ared outside. President Meikg
pleaded with the men TO withdraw
aud assured theua that the barges con,
tanning tho deputies would be innmedl.
ately removed. T.. ~. Mcivcr vice.
PRECEDENT u the Nahoning and Shen.
ango valley district, said;
"rhorp has been IN awful slauphter
Of human life hero today, aud by ali
means u further sacrifice VI human
life should be- avoided. am a stranger
In this town, but from touRy's action
l know full well II you continue doing
rs you are, the militia viii be- ordered
out before dark aud you viii be- dc.
fcatud.o
At this Junoture President Wolke
again attempted 60 address the crowd,
but instantly there wac loud Teport
anu with ono accord every man rushed
peil nell to the scene. Even whit.
appeals were hning made men were
uhdeavoring TO pump oil ON tho batces.
IL was useless TO continue tho meeting.
An honr Iator while Tie men were
waiting for nightfall to burn the hnrpes
nnd tht men IN them, Hugh O'Don.
mel, leader OF the s,fikefs, grafped
the Ameficnn flag and, mounting n
Pile oil iron, made an impnssionci
speech for mercy for the pinkertons.
who were lying like Gagged wolvos,in
the barges. The extraordinary power
| OF O'DOnnel over tho atrlkers was
manifest at once. A few people de.
INJURED and cried out, "G.et's burn
them," but they were slenced.
Lots turn them over to the sheriff
nnd make
AN INFORMATION FOR MURDER
ngainst thnm," said tho lender. This
was received with cheers, and WHEN
ting strikers waived thoir hnts aud
asked the Plnkoftons to surrender tha!a