The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-07-07
AT THE BATTLE-GROUND.
Twenty Are Killed and Thirty-Nfne
Wounded,

HOMESTEAD (Pa.), July 6.-The scenes
at the Carnegie Mills in this city to-day are
hard to describe. All the streets were
filled with men and women. particularly
the narrow roads leading to the mill.
Here congregated thousands of men,
women and children, many of the latter
weeping and wailing. On the hill back
of the works were fully 1900 people.
! From this eminence view of the battle
was obtained without running any risk.
The proclamation of the Burgess, re-
! questing all saloons to close, was religi
ously obeyed, but it was impossible to
keep many excited individuals from
gathering in the vicinity of the works.
MEETING OF LEADERS.
After lengthy conference Of the Anal
gamated leaders meeting of the locked
out men was called for at 4 O'Clock. 1t was
attended by 1000 men, many Of whom
carried musllets. The national officer of
the Amalgamation made a strong appeal
to the men, while the cannon roared out
side. President Weine pleaded with the
men to withdraw, and assured them that
the barges containing the deputies woINd
Immediately be removed.
p. II. McEvoy, Vice President Of the
Mahoning and Shenango Valley District.
said: There has been an awful slaughter
of human life here to-day, and by all
means further sacrifice of human life
should be avoided. / am a stranger in
town, but from to-day's action / know
full well if you continue doing as you are
the militia will be ordered out before
dark, and then you will be defeated"
AT this juncture President Weine again
attempted to address the crowd, but in
stantly there was loud report, and with
one accord every man rushed pell-mel to
the scene. Even while the appeals were
being made the men were endeavoring to
pump oil on the barges. 1t was useless
to continue the meeting.
An hour later, while the men were
waiting for nightfall to burn the barges
and the men in them, Hugh O'DonnelI,
leader of the strikers, grasped an Ameri-
can flag and mounting a pile Of iron.
made an imprisoned speech for mercy
for the Pinkertons lying like Gagged
wolves in the barges. The extraordinary
power Of O'Donnell over the strikers be-
came manifest at once. A few people de-
INJURED, and cried out:
LETS BURN THEMr'
But they were slenced. LETS turn
them over to the Sheriff and make in
formation for murder against them,"
said the leader.
This was received with cheers, and
when a striker waved his hands and
asked the Pinkertons to surrender there
was an immediate response from the boat
In short time the leaders OF the strikers
came on deck. Then began strange
scene. The strikers crowded the boats,
capturing the rifles and stealing and loot
ing everything. They were mad with
rage.
The first man taken off the barge was
dying, shot through the side. Then one
| by one the strikers followed in charge of
an alleged guard, each man carrying a
valise. The guards carried Winchesters
taken from the Pinkertons. Six Pinker-
tons were reported killed and many
dangerously wounded. The guards took
the men mile to the rink. There were
209 of them, and probably two-thirds of
them were beaten brutally by the time
they reached the improvised Jail. They
claim they were miserably misled; that
they came from different towns. were
strangers to each other, and had been
told they were wanted as watchmen.
They were huddled in the rink, abso-
lutely terror-stricken, fearing lynching
from the immense crowd of people
| that gathered outside.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The complete list of killed and wounded
| or OH air oh OF
as ascertained eleven workmen and nine
detectives were killed, and eighteen
workmen and twenty-one detectives in
jured in the battle. In addition to this at
/ least one hundred detectives We're seri-
ously injured by strikers while on their
way to Jail this evening.
The imprisoned Pinkerton men say
seven of their men were killed outright
and eleven wounded. They believe sew
eral dead men were thrown off the Little
Bill into the river.
The number of Pinkertons now in the
| lookup and rink is pa. The homes of the
detectives are; Chicago, 120; New York.
75; Philadelphia, %, and the remainder
in the neighborhood of Brooklyn.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Among the scenes and incidents at
tending the surrender and landing of the
! discounted guards from the barges, one
was especially worthy of note, and shows
the bravery of one Pinkerton man. AS
he reached the river bank with his COM
panions they were assailed from all sides
! by the angry crowd. In a shower of
stones and missiles of all kinds the man
| separated himself from the OtbarS apd
begged for hearing. In the silence
which followed he said: 'Fellow citi-
zens: When / came here 1 did not I'M
derstand the situation, or would never
have come. / was told / was to meet and
deal with foreigners. [ had no idea /
was to fight American citizens | am a
member of the Junior Order, and appeal
to you for permission to leave and get
myself out of this terrible affair."" The
crowd cheered him and be proceeded I'M
molested.
In the afternoon the hills back of
! Homestead and across the river as far as
the eye could see were dotted with
human beings. With every shot from
the strikers they craned their neeks.
hoping only 10 see the CHASTITY result.
The Pinkertons were hors de combat.
and their warning purely passive The
strikers had a cannon which they tried
to train on the boats, but each shot flew
wide of its mark. Finally the cannon
burst, and then they resorted to dyna-
mite. Great chunks of it were thrown at
the boat, most of which only splashed in
the water. Occasionally it struck the