Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-17
ALL QUIET AT HOMESTEAD
But 1t Is Like the Calm
Before q Storm.
Efforts to Fill the Works With
NOn-UniOn Men.
The Strikers Invited to Resume
Work as Individuals.
The Invitation scerhfuily Rejected-The
Beaver Falls and Duquesne Work
men VIII Go Out-Alien
Labor Imported.
By the Assoclated Press.


HOMESTEAD, July l6.--Todey was the
quietest Homestead has known since
the declaration of hostilities between
the company and the men. Undonbt-
edly new men have been introduced into
the works. but the number is small and
the strikers are confident that many
cannot without great difficulty be
brought In. II men come they will un-
doubtedly have the liveliest time they
ever had. Although smoke is rising
from two smoke stacks in the mills,
visit to the yards showed about twenty
non-union men busy-not fifty as orig
inally stated.
INVITATIONS TO RESUME WORK.
1 Letters were put in the postofiice to-
day to every old employee of the mills,
with about forty exceptions, reading as
follows:
DEAR SIR: Repairs will be resumed
Monday morning, July 18th. We invite
you to return to your old position:
Work to commence at the usual time.
Respectfully, ]. w. Porter,
General Superintendent.
Besides the letters, posters were put
up all over town, citing that individual
applications for employment will be re-
ceived by the general superintendent
until p. N. July 21st. The poster says
it is the desire of the company to retain
in its service all the old demployees whose
pastrecord is satisfactory, and who did
not participate in the efforts made to in
terfere with the company'aright to man
age it's own business. The old employees
not applying by the time mentioned,
the company will consider that they
have no desire to re-enter the employ
ment OF the firm, and their positions
will be given to others.
THE INVITATION REJEcTED.
Absolutely no excitement followed the
putting up OF the notices, and member
of the advisory committee said neither
they nor the letters would have any ef-
feet. He continued: sour men will
60 back readily as soon as we are satis-
fed as to the wages to be paid. No
violence Is threatened the Carnegie
mills. They might invite the best
workmen in the world outside our ranks,
and they couldn't make nickel armor
steel plate that the United States in
spectors would pass. Our people know
how to make it and nobody else does"
Mr.. Shannon, who made the above
statement, is one of the most conserva-
tive of the strike leaders. He said
further, the men had sufficient funds to
continue the fight five years.
EXPERTS ON ARMoR PLATES.
Burgess McLuckie tells curious
story about the manner in which the
first armor plates were made. "When
the work came to the mills" said he,
"a lot OF experts, both from the govern
ment and the Carnegie company, were
turned in upon us to show us how
nickel steel should be made. The re-
suit was that fully 100000 worth of
material was wasted. We tried and
tried under expert direction to produce
nickel steel armor plate, but could not
do so. AT last some of the boys got to-
gether, talked over the situation, con-
sidered the. difficulties, and finally
asked the Carnegie company to with
draw the experts and let the men gee
what they could do by themselves. 1t
| was done as we asked. Every one
from the Office was sent away from the
furnaces, and Basic Lodge of the Anal
/ gamated ASSOCIATION turned out the first
completed nickel steel armor plates that
would stand inspection. The result
was that the Carnegie company got a
reputation which really belongs to Basic
Lodge. We made those plates under
| tremendous difficulties, and after the
| government officials and mill owners
were in despair"
STRICT DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS.
The discipline of the troops ia very
stringent. The patrols all carry loaded
guns, mostly with bayonets fixed, and
their orders are not to hold communi-
cation with any one except i'll the strict
| line of duty. The officers manifestly
expect something to happen. The large
tenement and adjacent houses, occupied
mostly by Hungarians, are the central
objects of suspicion, and are being closely
| watched.
WILD RUMoR.
Avid rumor spread with great rapid
ity this morning to the effect that the
locked-out men, being debarred from the
mill by the military. had 100 men al
work all night digging tunnel to it.
The only possible foundation for it was
| found in the fact that sewer contractor
behind in his work kept gang at work
all night digging.
THE SITUATION AT PITTsBURG.
| aIaom In the Vic;nftv of tho nIOaa,J Car.