Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-22
ONLY SEVEN APPLIED
Ranks of Homestead Strikers
Unbroken.
EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT.

EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMIT.
The Surrender of O'DonneM and Ross and
Their Incarceration Create No Excite
ON Bail To-Day-Hungarians Who Are
! Occupying Company Houses to Be
I Evicted--Gov. Pattison Will Remain in
Homestead Several Days Longer.
quieter here now than at any time since
the 9th inst. The arrests of Hugh O'Don-
nell and Hugh Ross create no excitement
among the working people, and the alb
sence of infiammatory talk shows leth-
argy that marks the beginning of the end.
The leaders say that the rest of the battle
must be fought in the courts.
Messrs Weihe and Brennan, president
and legal adviser respectively of the Anal
gamated Association, were closeted with
Governor Pattison for an hour in the after
noon. Governor Pattison refused to dis
close the nature of the conference, and
Messrs. Weihe and Brennan were equally
reticent. Mr.. Brennan said, however,
that the object of the visit had seemingly
been accomplished, and that if it has been
successful the present trouble would be
brought to an immediate conclusion.
Last night the limit of time fixed by
the Carnegie Steel Company in which
their old men might return to their old
places in the Homestead mills expired
Up to the very last the officers of the
company predicted that there would be a
stampede, but it did not come. When the
works shut down for the night it was au-
thoritatively stated that only seven of the
old men had come inside the fence.
The statement made by Gov. Pattison
to a reporter directly after the conference,
that he did not know how much longer
he would remain in Homestead, would
seem to indicate that he does not take a
peaceful view of the situation, and will
not leave until matters have assumed a
more definite phase. The militiamen
have received rations for five days, and it
is almost certain that they will remain in
Homestead for that period and probably
longer.
1t is the almost general belief here
among persons interested that Weihe
and Brennan failed to accomplish their
mission. They went directly from head
quarters to the railroad station and took
train for Pittsburg. They did not see
after the conference.
Samuel Burkett, James Flanagan, Syl-
vester Critchlow and Anthony Flaherty,
the four men accused Of numbering Pink
erton men in the battle of July 6, are be-
lieved to be in Homestead. No attempt
has been made to arrest them by Pitts
burg constables since last Monday.
Burkett and Critchlow say they will
surrender themselves if Hugh O'Donnell
| and Hugh Ross are admitted to bail.
Flanagan and Flaherty are said to have
| determined not to give themselves up or
allow themselves to be arrested under any
circumstances. 1t is believed that war
rants for the arrest of Homestead people
for completely in the Pinkerton repulse
will be brought to Homestead for service
within IL few days.
The Carnegie Company has decided to
evict the Hungarians and Poles who oc
| cupy the 25 company houses on Shanty
! Hill just back of Gen. Snowden's head
quarters. The writs will be served to-day,
and these tenants will then have ten days
in which to move. The heads of these
families are day laborers in the mill, and
| are now on strike.
Just what will become of these families
when they are thrown out of doors is not
known, as there are not 25 vacant houses
| in Homestead which they can obtain. The
company intend tou use the houses for non
union men, as they are within the lines
| of Camp Black and will be safe from mol
estation as long as the military remain.
A report reached Homestead this morn
| ing that Andrew Carnegie had decided to
sail fo~ America and take hand in set
Ting the present difficulties. Supt. Potter
| and other officers of the Carnegie Com
pany deny it emphatically. They said he
has not the slightest intention of returning
to America for some time,
| Three hundred strikers, formerly of the
| mechanical department of the Homestead
! works, have secured work in laying and
| grading the tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Millvale, near Pittsburg. The
| railroad company applied for hands in
| Homestead and a notice stating that 800
| men were wanted was posted at the head
| quarters of the locked-out mechanics and
laborers. Applications were brisk and no
| difficulty was experienced in securing the
| requisite number.
Most of the men were of the
| poorer class of Poles and Slavs.
There is only a slight increase in the
signs of activity around the Carnegie
| mill to-day. The greatest efforts are
being made by the company to create
the impression that the mill is in opera
ton, but, including the carpenters and
mechanics who have been struggled into
the works, there are only 200 men where
4, 200 are usually employed.
The tug Tide left her wharf at 9:25 a. m .
bound for Homestead. An official of the
Carnegie Company was present and
closely inspected the tickets held by the
siXty-fve or seventy workmen who were
on the boat. Eight horses and another
large supply of provisions were also taken
on board.
When the Tide had arrived at the Car
negie Mill landing here, not near the
| number of men disembarked that were on
board when the boat left Pittsburg.
1t is likely that they deserted the boat
as she passed through Lock L.