Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-29
ESCORTED BY GUARDS.
A Fresh-Faced Stranger Who Wanted
to Work in the Mill Causes
SOME EXCITEMENT AT HOMESTEAD,
Hugh 0'Donnell Still Chairman of the Ad-
visory Committee.
A WORKER THREATENS A LEGAL SUIT

When the 4 o'clock express from Pitts
burg pulled up at Homestead station yester-
day afternoon crowd of four or five hun
about the platform. The first man to jump
from the train was q fresh-faced, big -boned
man of 25 or thereabouts. He carried a
travelling bag and looked for all the world
like workingman in search of a job He
asked one of the men on the platform the
way to the works, stating by way of ex-
PLANTATION that he intended to 90 to work for
the company.
The words had hardly left his lips when
he was surrounded by an undulating girdle
of excited humanity. 1t looked for a mo-
ment as though there would be trouble and
serious trouble at that. At this interesting
juncture one of Sheriff McCleary s deputies
pushed his way into the crowd and ordered
the men to disperse. The crowd only
laughed at the deputy, who was an under
sized man, with luxurant red moustache.
Had to Call on the Military.
eff you don't disperse, I will call on the
military" But the crowds mute reply to
this threat was to draw still closer arouud
the unfortunate stranger. The deputy
turned and called for the guard. His call
was answered by Captain Meitz, of Com
pany f, Fifth Regiment.
II want this crowd dispersed" murmered
the deputy.
cali right" replied Captain Meitz I"
Then he intoned few commands, and in
less time than it takes to describe the in
cident, the men of Company F had fixed
their bayonets and were advancing on the
crowd. The sight of the lines of cleaning
bayonets dazed the crowd, but it parted and
soon was scattered. The cause of all the
trouble, the fresh-faced stranger, found
himself between two big men in uniform.
They escorted him down the stretch of rail-
road tracks and into the works The
stranger declined to give his name and ad-
dress. The Deputy Sheriff was equally
modest, and refused to give the reporter his
name.
An hour after this episode, long train of
loaded coal cars made its way up the
Pemikcy tracks. A man in a blue
flannel shirt and an antiquated pair of trous-
sers was on the last car OF the train. While
the train was on the long trestle which leads
through the very heart Of the Carnegie plant
to the bridge crossing the Monongahela, the
man in the blue shirt amused himself by
hurling big chunks OF coal at the workmen
in the yard below. He was a poor marks
man and did no damage.
When Lieutenant Colonel Mechling, the
new Provost Marshal, of Camp Black,
heard of the incident he issued these orders
to the soldiers on guard at the City Farm
station: "Search every freight and pass
enger train before it leaves City Farm. If
you find any suspicious characters aboard,
arrest them and bring them to the guard
tent"
Wondering Where O'DonnelI Is.
The thing most talked about in Home
stead yesterday was the mysterious disap-
pearance of Hugh O'Donneil, the Chairman
of the Advisory Board. O'Donnell's 8 enemies
say he has slipped the town for good and has
practically deserted his comrades in their
hour of need. On the other hand, O'Don-
nelPs friends, and they are many, insist
that he has departed on a secret mission for
the benefit of the men. As matter of
fact, public opinion in Homestead
is equally divided as regards
the O'Donnell question. He still retains
working majority in the Advisory Board, as
that body after its regular meeting last
tain O'Donnell as Chairman. The Secretary
OF the Board also announced that Chauncey
Depew was not the authorized representa-
tive of the Amalgamated men of Home
stead. He went even further, and said that
the pet after-dinner orator of Gotham had no
authority from the AmaIgamated men to see
Andrew Carnegie or present any plan of
settlement. The Advisory Board reported
the receipt of several sums of money, but an
nounced that no other business OF an impor-
tant nature had been passed upon.
David Shannon, who has been in Johns
town for several days consulting with the
mill men, returned to Homestead last
night. He reported that the men OF Johns
town we're in sympathy with the Home
stead strikers and that if necessary would
render them substantial aid.