The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
THEY STAMPEDED FOR WORK
AN END TO THE DUQUEsNE STRIKE.
WITH A RUSH TO THE GATES.
Tho Leaders Stood q uiii. and When
They Counted ASO Men 60 Back They
nlsO Went for the Mil Pell-melI.


Tho Leader. stood on a mn. and when
They Counted ASO Men 60 Back They
also Went for the Mill Peil-meiI.
PITTsDuRGH. Aug 1.-TWO hundred men
stood on the hill overlooking the Carnegie
steel mill In Duquesne at o'clock this morn
ing. They wore right above the main en-
trance through which struggling line OF mon
in working clothes and with dinner pals could
be secn passing. Some OF those men on the
hin had paper and lead pencils. and wote APP
parently keeping tally OF the men going In.
Others were arguing together waving their
hands above their heads. md shaking their
fists occasionally at the mill and then ut the
men going in. still others were merely look
ing wistfully down at tho great plant. A Sun
reporter approached the crowd. The mon
who wore waving their hands we're shouting
imprecations on the heads OF Carnegie and MI
his followers One OF the men keeping tally
cried -Four hundred and fifty. boys. The
strike is lost. No need Of throwing away
our Jobs. Let's run for it"
At almost the same moment tho great
whistle in the mill began blowing. The crowd
hesitated moment and then broke. Down
tho hill they went to tho railroad track which
skirts the mill yard. A freight train checked
their progress for n moment. Ono jumped
aboard car and leaped across the platform
and jumped down the other side The others
followed like sheep. They jumped over. rolled
over. and tumblod over. any way to get over.
There was q wild scramble at the mill.
Men seized hold Of each other and tore each
other back so that they might leap ahead and
reach the cato first. The excitement and the
violence was greater than at tho riot on Fri
day. Yet Superintendent Morrison and his
aides and Col Rickord and his troops looked
on and smiled. The nine deputy sheriffs stood
in the gate laughing and cheering.
These 200 were the leaders OF the Du1uesne
strike. The back OF tho strike had been
broken. In half an hour tho mills wero run
ming as II there had never been n stop. After
the eXcitoment had died down The Sun man
asked the most noisy. of the men on the. hill!
what he thought Of it al, AL He looked l.s all
were listening. and then he said: ''''.
We have boon watching the course OF
events very closely. and while We would have
stead men. wo saw that 1t was useless; that
the, company means business, and that We
have been too hard for men who have families.
We talked this over among ourselves. and We
are all glad now that we took such unani-
After he had Il, Ind time to count noses ,9, su.
nerintendent M9rrison announced that more
the other 100 were men who would not be
taken back BY the company il they applied
Amalgamated Association at no little expense
and they went out on the Sympathy strike
movement about two weeks ago. BY their
surrender this morning they arc expelled from
the ANA gamatcd Association: The effect OF
the break Mt Duquesne cannot but prove harm
full. but the leaders will not believe 1t. At
Duuuesne steel tillets can be manufactured
and sent to Homestead to he rolled into plates
by the Ion-union mon. SO that the firm will be-
in far better condition to I'll its contracts and
prosecute tho fight here.
There were several desertions from tho
Homestead mills to-day. There is said to be
considerable dissatisfaction among the men
because Of the crowded sleeping quarters that
Potter says he knows of no dissatisfaction.
"There have been some assertions by the non
union men," no said. but for every man who
leaves there Is an application from one of our
old men for the place. We received thirty mp
day. Several OF the men were accepted and
went to work at once. The number OF appli-
cations to-day shows what is to us q crafty
ing increase. The strike is broken. we be-
lie,ye. but we should liketo get rs many OF our
tho better it will be for Homestead in the fu-
ture. We made five heats last night. and the
steel was as pretty as any ever saw"
The company Will next take up the work OF
breaking the, strike at tho Union mills in
the Union mills resigned this morning because
no said his work was too hard. His resicna-
tion is a loss to the company. but Secretary
!oveJoy says he will have no difficulty filling
short time when the mills will bo running full
time Little work Is being done in them now.
After the Union mills will come Beaver Falls,
and the great steel workers strike OF 1892
will he over.
G1sr !a5 crayi9Td Of the Advisory Com
sorted the Homestead Mill to-day.