Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-17
THEY LAUGH AT IT
The Homestead Men VIII Not
Accept
cARNEGlE's dc0.'S iNylTATl0M
To Return 70 Work Tomouow lGsruinn
They Think Il L. Bus Rus
20 Deceive Them.


ment ia the Homestead worka of e.
offer BY the company TO allow them -
return 10 their old positions On Monday
next. and the posted notices that appli-
cations for employment would b. ~.
celyed from the ola men. created =
great deaf Of comment IN Homestssd
among aii classes Of workmen. Nearly
everybody agrees that IL is . most Dip
iomstlc move on the part of the Carns-
gle company, and will have some effect
on the mon concerned. The leaders
claim that the workers in ell depart
ments Of the niii are too loyal in their
allegiance 70 the cause 10 return -
work IN the present circumstances
The greatest influence that viii hear
against the result hoped tor by the Car.
negie company 10 the presence Of . mli-
itary guard at the works. The outsido
workmen and the fofemen who refused
10 work under guard showed this.
They VIII Not K~ssra.
"Tbese notices mean nothing" said
HuEh O'Donneii today, when repor-
ter for the United Press asked him
about the matter. ''slmilar notices
laughed NJ them. Tnis hight has lust
commenced. Our men will never give
in after such \ short struggle. The
strike of 's2 occurred ia The dead Of
winter, and when the men were I'M
portuDed 20 return to work they then
refused TO do 80. although some Of
~ MI 81 lot IA m
of subsistence. Men who were obliged
TO tie rags about their feet becauss
they did not have any foot gear were
quite as firm IN their determination to
stay out until the fight ended ss were
those better provided. The company
cannot start these nilis with any other
workers than those right here IN Home
stead. These notices prove IL. They
might send men from their other milis
10 work the local plant, but even these
men have not enough experience ana
knowledge in the technical work re-
quired 10 be- able 10 do anything sue
cessfuiiy. Ii 10 fight 70 the end and
the Carnegie company will lose."
The Notice Laughed A.
A copy of the notice posted this
afternoon. inviting applications for
work, WAS taken TO the advisory CON-
mittee while IL was IN session. Some Of
the men laughed at IL and said st was
'sFrick's way OF doing business." All
the men OF the committee who were
asded concerning the effect of The no.
t,ce said 1t would fail 10 accomplish
what the company hoped for. Men,
they said, would not give up the fight
N such short order. They would hight
| 10 the end and refuse to he tempted by
any offers the company might make
short of . conceselon OF the demands
Of the Amalgsmsted ASSOCIATION. A
copy OF the notice taken 10 the adv,s-
| ory committee Was one Of those given
| to the press. THIS wAe compared with
| the printed notices and WAS found thai
| IN the latter the last paragraph OF the
| copy published in the newspapers was
| omitted. Much comment WAS cansed
hy the omitted paragraph, which read
as follows:
"Thls notice will be the las. given to
| the employees OF the works and after
noncompliance with this the place will
be filled with non-unlon men,"
A cosfesssea cs weassess.
"The omission OF this section from
the posted notice. shows the weakness
of the company" said one OF the strike
leaders "lts managers at hrtt thought
that reference 10 non-unlon men would
frichten us, but mature consideration
showed them that We would zee the
ruse for the Carnegie company has
enough regard for the inteiIigenc< Of
its employees 10 know that tDey are
aware that non-unlon men cannot op-
crate the Homestead plant The omis-
SION ~ confessisn OF the company'o
weakness. You may be sure the notes
will fail of its purpose" oibcr leaders
expressed in substance the same sents-
ment. An effort Was made by re-
porter for the United 5'ress tonight "a
see Superintendent Potter ~ the Home
stead mills but the watchman ~ the
gates said Mr.. Potter had . eiven
hm strict orders 90 exclude
reporters. UDlon men from
Scranton and other PenDsyivamo
towns arrived in town today and in
formed the advisory COMMITTEES that
superintendent Potter had agents il
Scranton and throughout the etate nm
porfuning men To work m the Home
stead plant. According 20 the sta4e-
ments made by these men the e1orto
of Mr.. Potter's agents have not beon
successful. The riflse OF the troope On
guard were loaded today for the fret
time aimee the military took possees'on
of the town. and the guard OF soldiero
inside of the mill has be~n increaeeds
Another foreman in the Carnegie mills
Quit work today and eiaddened the
bearte OF the strikers by appearing
among them. He bad charge Of q ffG-
ging gang. and was On old empioye 0f
| the COMPANY