The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
THE HOMESTEAD SITUATION.
ABOUT 1900 MEN AT WORK.
The Troops TO Remain. Cost to The
State This Far 100000.
A SOLDIER KIILEp ny ms rnrryp.

was accidcntly shot by Private Ford Smith
of the same company, and died an hour
later Bennington had been on duty Tues.
day night, and was resting In his tent, which
adioined that OF Smith. The latter with a
friend. was In his own tent getting instruc.
tions how to handle a revolver While thus
engaged the revolver was accidcnty dis
charged The ball passed through the can.
vas of both tents and struck Bennington in
the left breast, taking a santing course and
penetrating the left lung and the kidneys
Benninghoh staggered out OF his tent hold.
ing his hand to his breast He cried "rve
been shot" and managed TO return to his
tent He was remoWd to the hospital tent
The wounded miitiaman realized this
fact as fully as the attend ng surgeons and
tears stood III his eyes rs he lay waiting for
his last moments upon earth When bespoke
he did so in calm voice. He said. Its
hard to die. Tell my mother that my dy.
ing request was that she should forgive mo
for going contrary TO her wishes in Joining
the militia" These we're the last words
the young soldier spoke. lie died, Just one
hour after being shot
Bennington and Smith come from
Greenyille, and have always been bosom
friends. Smiths grief was heartrending
when he learned the result of his accidental
shot: Smith was fully exoncrated and no
restraint was placed upon him. During
the afternoon his dcmcauor became such
doing himself hnrm, and close watch was
was kept upon his movements.
General Wylic no sooner heard of the
shooting than he issued an order that all
privates be divested of rcvolyers. The cap
tains of the various companies carried ont
the order at once In speaking of the sad
affair, General Wylie said he could never
see the reason why man should carry gun
and q revolver, and yesterdays fatality set
tied the matter in his mind. He spoke very
regretfully of the shooting, and was greatly
grieycl that the first accident had been of
fatal character.
SOLDIERS WANT TO STAY.
The Fifteenth and sixteenth regiments
through their officers. asked to be kept at
Homestead as long as there Is any evidence
Of trouble. According TO Colonel Kreps the
request will likely be Granted The boys
have been here ever since the strike begun
and say they would like to stay until the
trouble is adjusted. The miliiismen think
that IL Homestead had remained under
martial law the disorder that accompanied
the removal of Nichols Rattigans house.
bold goods would no, have occurred.
HOMESTEAD MrN ATTACKED.
The bitter feeling existing against persons
who are directly or indirectly CONNECTED
with the Carnegie works Mt Homestead man
ifested itself the other day in a very pro-
nouhced manner. During the afternoon
Captain Windsor. of Company ], Sixteenth
Regiment, doing duty opposite Homestead,
sent his cook across the river on an errand
When the cook reached Homestead he was
set upon and brutally beaten. His head was
cut open i'll several places, and he was 9th
erwise badly used mp.
This affair had not ceased to be talked
about before another was repo ted. Edward
Smith, waighman in the 33inch mill lives
al Braddock. He had been in the habit of
visiting his home every other evening. As
he was boarding q train at Braddock, he
was accOsted by four men, pulled from the
car step and beaten in a terrible manner.
His assailants escaped Smith could hard.
ly walk, but managed to reach the steamer
Little Bill, which was lying near Brlddock.
and WAS taken to Homestead. Some time
will elapse before he can resume work.
number OF non-uniOn men were leav-
ing the mill when boy about Is years OF
age set up avigolous "bahing' The youth
kept II up until couple of deputy sheriifs
came along and took him in charge. He
was escorted to military headquarters, and
It IS safe to say no boy was ever more thor
oughly frightened. He was kept under
guard short time, after which he was given
some wholesome advice and discharged
An hour or two later hree non.union men
passed through the gate near Munhnil sta.
tion. No sooner had they reached the street
than they were halted by several union
men. One of the non-unionists, strap
ping big fellow, denied anybodv's right 10
interfere with him and emphasized his ob.
iections to such interference by Knocking
down one of the strikers, whereupnn the
companions of the latter took to their heels.
while the non-union men proceeded to
their boarding house without further mo
lestation.
STRIKERS RETURNING TO WORK.
Four lOcked-Out men presented them
selves at Superintendent Pottcrs office, and
asked to be given employment Two of the
men were given their old positions.
EMIGRATIHG wORKMEN.
The emigration of Homestead workmen
continues unabated Large numbers of the
men leave on every train bound for other
points where they have procured positions.
Monday ended the second month of the
lock out at the Carnegie Steel Works ut
Homestead, and II finds the company claim
ing that the st rike has been broken beyond
the shadow of doubt, and the old employ.
es asserting with confidence that the end
Is not yet, and that victory will eventually
perch upon their banner, The company
claims to have sufficient nOn-union men TO
operate its plant successfully. and in proof
OF the assertion point to the amount of
material being turned out, and the accepta
bility Of its quality. On the other hand
the strikers contend that satisfactory work
is not being done by the new men, and that
quantity of armor plate for Government
cruisers has been rejected. The strikers al
though the company asserts that it has re-
instated number of old employees who
asked for work. On the heels OF the claims
of each side comes the story that 300 of the
locked-out men have obtained employment
in the new steel works at New Castle, and
are making preparati ms to leave Home
stead. Just how much truth there is in
these stories time will deyelope. In the
meantime the State troops and the deputy
sheriffs will hold the tort, with no immedi
ate prospect of their withdrawal.
TWO SHOTS FIRED.
Saturday did not pass without contrbut
ing TO the almost daily accounts of assaults
upon non-union men. A large number Of
the latter came to pittsburg Saturday even
ing and returned on the 1880 train on this
Baltimore n Ohio road The men left the
tram at City Farm station. No sooner had
they reached the platform than two shots
were fired at them from the rear car of the
train. There were about 80 persons standing
on the platform at the time, but no one was
hurt. Deputy McElhaney and number OF
soldiers were on duty at that place, but
could not ascertain who fired the shots. The
deputy asked a brakeman to stop the train
In case any more shots were fired. The