Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-17
NARROWLY AVERTED.
A Conflict Between the Militia and the
People Sat Homestead.

People sat Homestead.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. ia conflict
between the militia and crowd of fully
1900 men, women and children, was
narrowly averted in Homestead Tuesday
morning. That there was not battle,
which would certainly have resulted In
a terrible loss of life, is due solely to the
prompt action of the provost marshal,
Major Crawford, the GOODNESS OF the
men under his command the timely ap-
pearance of several Homestead police
men and the efficient work OF the
deputy sheriffs.
About 8 o'clock Constable Gingher ar
rested Frank Tracey, laborer i'll the
mill, on charge of larceny, preferred
bv fellow-unionist. Four non-uniOn
men were subpnnaed as witnesses. The
alderman decided to hold Tracey and
ordered him taken to Pittsburg Jail. The
constable took the prisoner out the back
way. The four witnesses went out onto
Eighth avenue in charge of one or two
deputy sheriffs, and were at once sur
rounded by bowling mob. The non
unionist walked along maintaining ST.
lence.
Cries of Lynch the scabs !" 'Kill
the black sheep !" Take them to the
river ~ were heard. A hundred yards
up the street dozen strikers ran to the
front, picked up stones, and fastened
toward the four defenseless men. A big
| fellow at the head of the latter realized
that things were growing serious, and
said: "You towards can go to -. We
are not going to run. Now do your
worst.
This display of nerve caused the mob
! to fall back a short distance, whereupon
the four employees of the Carnegie COM
pany started toward the mill again. BY
this time about ten women had joined
the ranks of the strikers, urging the
male portion of the crowd to make short
work of the "scabs."
Troops to the Rescue.
Major Crawford, learning of the stu
alton, soon had thirty men with bayo
nets fixed going towards the crowd
which was now armed with stones anc
clubs, closing in upon the non-unionists
The militia drew up in company front
across the street with guns at half-cock
Some one shouted Don't let little
handful of pale faced boys stop us. Let's
teach those scabs lesson"
The soldiers stood their ground witt
: fingers on the hammers of their guns.
, Major Crawford and deputy sheriff
, ordered the crowd to disperse, but thu
, mob disregarded Then signal wa
, given and a company from the Six
: teenth came down the hill on double
, quick and was also drawn up across tn
= street,
Ex-Sheriff Gray with an additional
, force of deputies, then arrived.
: Turning to Mr.. Gray, Major Craw
ford. after striking striker across tn
t back with his sword, asked: ''Do yo1
want us to dispense this crowd p
l II do" was the reply, whereupon Ma
= ior Crawford turned to his men and wa
about to give the command to charg
when Policeman Gessner with squa
of officers came up and ordered tn
y street cleared.
The crowd with sullen faces and pre-
r fame remarks began to fall back. Fc
, half an hour the uneasy feeling pre-
vailed Finally the policemen an
S deputy sheriffs succeeded in restorin
a order and the militia returned to CAM
f and the non-union workmen were e.
n corted to the mill.
e BY the explosion of a gasoline stove &
a Folks Mills, near Cumberland, Nd, Mr.
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