Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-30
iAMs' CASE EXAGGERATED.
We Not strung Up by tho Thumbs and M.
Dtd Not Become ynconscious.

AAAs CAeE kAAtstsfHALEo.
wss Not strung Up by the Thumb. and III.
Dsd Not Become pnconscious.
Tired and trsvel-stsined MAJ Gen. snowden
arrived in Philadelphia yesterday morning from
Homestead
After spending . few moments at division
headquarters all Of the party hurried OF o.
their homes TO take few hours Of much-nceded
deep. In the evening Gen. snowden talked
freely and positively on the situation at Home
stead
There are few people in Philadelphia hs
aid. who clearly understand how serious tho
situation "a. There 10 q terrible undercurrent
Of feeling that only shows itself occasionally by
. slight eruption. and serious trouble is liable
TO occur at any time. Only their fear of tho
troops Restraints the strikers from utter lnwiess.
ness. Just now, however. everybody seems o.
be talking about the lAms case.
THE CASE on PRIVATE IAns
my position in the matter can be rssdily ex-
planned Until the punishment had been in
nicted and Col strestors report turned In %
me knew nothing Of IL. When I read tbs
facts 1 returned IL and ordered the msn's dis
charge. Since then we have al been under the
nre OF the critics. At present can say noth.ns
about the merits OF the punishment. for may
before long
The MISTER has. however, been greatly ex-
aggerated- Iams was not strung up by the
thumbs. His hands were tied up over his head
but he could touch the ground with bis feet
He did not become unconscious
The action OF Cola Hawkins and Streator
was such ~ men take in the time OF war In
active service a colonel can shoot an officer IL
he fails TO do his duty. The colonies are
ordered 10 preserve discipline and they are
allowed great latitude. We were at that time
dong martial duty. The community was in q
state OF revolution. Anarchy was rampant
An independent government had been set up
lished
Murder had been done ana men assumed
authority whose hands were red with blood
The condition, in q word. wss one Of war Iarns
was given every opportunity TO clear himself
but instead OF accepting them he repeated and
emphasized his remarks in the presence Of the
regiment. That giving counsel 20 the
enemy; in q word, il was mutiny Colonels
Hawkins and Streator are both veterans and
men OF influence and standing in the commit
nifty. One OF them Is chairman OF the repub-
mean and the other OF the democratic commit
tee In Washington county"
PRESENT FkKLIss AT HOMESTEAD.
Touching on the present state Of affairs the
general said: The bad feeling is suppressed
somewhat, but il still exists As long as the sit
nation remains as IL is the second brigade will
remain at Homestead Ii il Just possible that
If their STAY is prolonged the first brigade.
or some OF the regiments in IL, may be ordered
out q relief.
Philadelphia can hardly appreciate the
actual communism OF these people. They be-
heve the works are theirs quite as much ~ they
are Carnegies 8, and this makes q settlement long
and tedious. Ultimately, believe the strikers
viii lose the day. As we came away today
strikers got on . train. rode through the mills
and pelted the non-union men with stones.
What most fear now is that some street row
may result In a riot.
The guards have 90 far been very patient
and have put up witha great deal Of reviling and
cursing from the peoples The women have been
particularly offensive. Openly the strikers
threaten murder when the troops 20 away.
Many Of the people in Homestead are foreign
and out of the total population OF some IA 900
there are only about 600 voters The skilled
workmen are many Of them Americana They
are not poor or oppressed In fact, most Of
them live In their own houses, which are, many
OF them, worth over el0, 600
ooRREsPosDEsrs ooERcEp.
The true story of the outrages there has
never been told. nor have the full truths Of the
Pinkerton outrage been published On that
night armed men stood by newspaper CORE
spondents and decided what they should not
1sHe~ - oeeacrioudcnt mhuAktu 70 euc2A
the true facts away he would be sent out Of
town when il was discovered.
Homestead is admirably situated for . cam
paign. The brigade 10 on q hill with artillery
that can command the town. The troops are
hanked by two high ravines. Gen. Wiley IL In
charge of three regiments, the battery and the
cavalry troop, and he and they are capable Of
successfully coping with any outbreSk that may
occur"
Gen. Snowden will once moro return 10 civil
duties, and unless some serious trouble occurs
he will take no active part in the Homestead
outbreak.
The New York Herald prints the following
letter from Cen Snowden:
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July "a.
To the Editor Of the Herald:
In view Of your letter Of the 18th write 20
say that Private lsms was suspended BY the
thumbs without my knowledge or concurrence
have had no occasion officially 20 express APP
provai or disspprovsl OF it, and have not done
SO. report OF the circumstances after they
occurred, was made TO me and | WINS asked what
disposition would be made Of the man, when
ordered: Discharge him from the service in
disgrace; drum him out Of camp and send him
home" You will observe that the manner of
sending him OF. outside OF drumming him out
il not prescribed. I have authority summariiy
TO discharge enlisted men, but no disqualifca-
ton follows.
sober-minded people will remember that the
punishment inflicted in the face OF revolu-
ton. treason and anarchy.
Respectfully, GEoRoK r SHowDEu.