Evening journal., 1892-07-16
FRICK STARTS HIS MILLS
Nonunion Men Light the Fires
at the Homestead Works.
THE STRIKERS TAKEN BY SURPRISE

More New Men TO BE Put to Work at
Once-The Pittsburg Men Warned to
Return by Monday-The Carnegie Hotel
Hop Refuse to serve the soldiers.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 1G.-There is no
foubt that nonunion workmen are now in
de the gates Of the Carnegie plant, but
& their number is SO small taat they are prac-
tically dead letter in connection with the
4 operation Of the mills. These men entered
n the works quietly at an hour when suspicion
+ was stilled, and arrangements for their
q comfort until larger force comes to join
n them have been made Some of them are
; believed to have entered by the river front.
s. while others came by train to Homestead
asd mingled with the people without excit-
5 ing suspicion.
Their number cannot be ascertained but
it is certain that no great body Of men such
as would be required to run the works could
have entered the mills without being seen.
Il II these nonunion men came Thursday night
B or in the early hours of Friday morning they
must have displayed some generalship in
& eluding the many watchers who sat along
the river banks or near the entrances to the
Carnegie property until daybreak.
Smoke seen issuing from the chimneys OF
two of the Carnegie mills for a short time
caused the suspicion to become prevalent
that nonunion men We're in the works. This
81 suspicion died out with the smoke, how
ever, and while the presence of the latter
cannot be explained the workmen feel con-
& fdent that the fires from which it came
were not built TO start the mills. Later
more smoke was seen issuing from what is
E known as the cupola chimney, and the cause
3 OF this too, remains mystery.
s Information on the subject is not obtain
able from tiss mill officers. When the smoke
E first began to issue from the mills some
& worSingmen who saw it made a dash for
one Of the gates and We're kept back at the
q point Of the bayOnets Of the military guard
At least this is what an officer in authority
says.
Preparing for the Nonunionists.
Preparations for placing nonunion men in
the Carnegie mills are going forward. The
Tide came up the river from Pittsburg and
proceeded direct to the landing place at the
works. A gang of men were waiting for
her, and her freight, consisting of cots,
blankets, canvas and camp utensils, We're
b unlolded and placed inside the mill prop
erty. The poor farm property, which is in
side the big fence and is now the property
Of the Carnegie company, contains a big
E level field, which will make a good camping
ground for worlmen, and the large build
ing which has been used for the county
X poor will hold a number 1t is evidently
the intention Of the Carnegie people to
utilize this portion Of their plant which is
located so admirably for the purpose as to
suggest the possibility that the present
pared for long in advance.
"a number IF incidents tending TO encour-
age the locked out men in their position
have happened Allen Hubbard. the fore
man OF the armor plate shop Of the Carnegie
mills, quit He refused to work under po-
lice protection, and declared that if the
militia were to be used for police duty in
order to operate the mills he would not
work there, but seek employment elsewhere.
The entire force OF the civil engineering de-
partment of the mills also quit work out OF
sympathy with the locked out men.
The Lenders Confident.
The leaders of the strikers wear an air Of
supreme confidence They say that they
have won the fight and that the Carnegie
company realize this or will realize it when
they have tried the experiment OF running
the works for a few weeks with green
iiuAr. All luLtIcel Ceultie IN luc probable
introduction Of enough nonunion men to
start the mills and the strikers spend most
Of their time discussing this phase of the
situation.
Some are inclined to think the Carnegie
company win win, but there does not APP
pear to be any indications of acquiescence
in the statement of Mr.. Lovejoy, secretary
TO Mr.. Frick that fully two-thirds Of the
Homestead workers will go back to their
vacant posts when the mills are started.
The Bricklayers Go Out.
Thirty-fve bricklayers who are employed
by the Carnegie company, but are not
members Of the Amalgamated association.
appeared before the advisory committed
and stated that they would not do any
work for the company until the trouble
with the steel workers is settled. The com.
mittee claims 60 have similar pledges from
the machinists, carpenters and other me.
chanics, who will be needed to repair the
furnaces and machinery before work is re-
sumed. The locked out men declare it i'm
possible to start the mills without the as
distance of .hese men and they are jubilant
TO MARCH ON HOMESTEAD