Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-19
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Civil officers Have Trouble Making
Arrests at Homestead.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS DISAPPEAR
After the Announcement of the With
draWal of the Fifteenth.
THE REGIMENT PREPARING TO LEAVE

The members of the Fifteenth Regiment
on duty at Homestead were kept busy yes
terday getting ready to go home. Soon af-
ter receiving the order Saturday evening to
break camp to-day at 10 o'clock all the
guards stationed in the town and about the
stations were withdrawn, and for the first
time for the past nine weeks the
town was without the protection of the
military. The relieving of this pressure
was apparently too much for the heretofore
closely watched strikers, and shortly before
midnight small sized riot was keeping the
coal and iron police and provost guards on
| the jump.
The disturbance was caused by two Off
GERS trying to arrest two of the locked-out
men on Eighth avenue for annoying some
of the non-union mill workers while passing
along the street. Officers Frank Rakestraw
and John Smith were stationed at the
corner the Carnegie mill fence, Just below
provost headquarters. when John McFar-
land and Archibald Moorehead came along
and heaped disrespectful epithets upon some
men passing by.
Troops Called Upon for Aid.
The officers Immediately ran up and put
them under arrest. This caused consider
able excitement, and soon large crowd was
assembled. The officers were interfered
with and began to argue with the crowd.
An alarm was soon given and Acting
Provost Crawford notified. He ordered out
detail of troops, and started down the hill
on the double. quick. On arriving on the
ground he dispersed the crowd. The
officers still clung to their prisoners, and
under escort of the troops they were landed
in the guard house.
Hardly had the commotion caused by
these arrests subsided, when Mrs Anna
Watson pushed a man from the sidewalk,
and called him a scab. The officers arrested
her, but this collected another large crowd,
and the. Provost Marshal had to be
called upon again for assistance. She
was landed in the provost head
quarters. Several members OF
the Advisory Committee came up after
ward and demanded the woman's release.
This Provost Marshal Crawford refused to
do. Finally David Lynch became security
for her appearance for hearing and she
was released.
The other arrests made during the day
were Jesse Lautz for annoying Martin
Rewald, a non-union mill worker, and in
terfering with him while going along the
street; John Priece for aggravated riot, and
Jacob Maurer for disorderly conduct.
Charges Against the Deputies.
1t is charged by the locked-out men that
when the deputies tried to make tine arrests
on Saturday night they were so drunk they
did not know what they were doing. The
accused claim they have done nothing that
would Justify their being arrested. They
say had this not been the case they would
not have interfered. Major Crawford, who
was on the ground and rescued two of the
officers who were being handcufed by the
strikers. denies that this is true. He said
he saw no signs of liquor on the men, and
that they were doing their full duty, but
were overpowered by superior numbers.
The last dress parade of the Fifteenth
Regiment last evening was witnessed by
large number of visitors. There were fully
1000 people from Homestead present. The
troops were formed in hollow square. The
staff officers and regimental band within,
when Colonel Kreps stepped to the front
and addressed his command. He congratu-
lated the troops for the faithful manner in
which they had performed their duties.
The last night in camp was spent by the
members of the regiment giving an i'm
promptu entertainment in front of the regi-
mental headquarters.
Deputy sheriffs Suddenly Disappear.
One thing that was commented upon in
Homestead last night was the absence Of
any deputies in the town. Close investiga-
tion failed to reveal single deputy sheriff
on duty or the presence of anyone who
knew anything about them. They all
seemed to have disappeared suddenly Satur-
day night and none had been seen about the
town since. The only guards on duty was
an occasional coal and iron policeman.
1t was reported last evening that T. W.
Nye, an agent Of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, was securing men in Cincinnati to
work in the Homestead mills. He is
securing machinists, blacksmiths and help
ers He is reported to have contract with
Superintendent Potter to send him these
men, for each one of whom he receives a
bonus of 50 So Twenty-Five men are said
to have been forwarded last night and will
arrive here to-day.
Moses Abraham Dennis, colored cook