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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
FEEDING THE WORKMEN.
Tho Men Have Good Appetites and Are
Well Fed.

Tho Men Have Good Appetites and Arc
Well Fed.
John A. Raybruu, who has charge of the
commisssary department inside the Home
stead mills, has had great deal of expert
ence in feeding large crowds of people. He
fed thousands of people daily tor Peter
Wright & Son, of Philadelphia, during the
longshoremen's strike, and at the soldiers
reunion at Columbus, O., In 1888 he had
accommodations SO arranged that he could
seat and feed 1900 people without chang
ing plate.
In conversation with a DISPATCH re-
porter yesterday Mr.. Rayburn said: 1--WE
have just ted 750 men to-day, and to do this
you must know that it requires no little
work. We have eight cooks now working
with three more held in reserve. The food
served is first-class Of course it is not the
finest that can be bought, but it is away
above the average quality of food served to
workingmen. To-day We had roast beet,
three vegetables and coffee for dinner. I
have never in all my experience met with a
set of men who could eat as heartily as the
men here do. We consumed $50 pounds of
roast beef to-day. There is some little sick
ness among the men, which can be accounted
for in the change of drinking water"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
QUITTING THE CAMP,


Two Regiments Leave Yesterday, and
Others to Go To-Day.
The Twelfth and Fourteenth Regi-
ments broke camp yesterday, and the SOL
diers in those commands left Homestead for
their homes. To-day General SnowdeE and
his staff will abandon the encampment.
The remaining regiments of the Third
Brigade will also leave to-day. The
Eighteenth Regiment will come
home this evening and General Wiley, who
will return to camp this morning, will as
sumo control of the removing soldiers. The
Fourth Regiment and Battery G will break
camp early this morning and the Tenth
Regiment will get away some time this
evening.
The three regiments, the Sheridan Troop
and Battery B, detailed to remain on duty
at Homestead, will shift their quarters to
the brow of the hill overlooking the Car
negie works They will form a compact
camp and will be in command of General
Wiley, who will be present in person until
the trouble there has been definitely settled
The provost duty of. the soldiers will be
abandoned and the Sheriff will be allowed
to exercise his efforts at keeping order in
the place.
The time fixed for the notices served on
tenants to vacate houses owned by the Car
negie Company will expire on Sunday next.
On Monday those tenants who have not
vacated will be evicted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
VDoNNBLL DID NOT ATTEND.

Thought to Have Conc East to Conclude
His Original Mission.
A meeting of the Advisory Committee
was held last night at which about Is men,
bers were present. The meeting was called
to take action in the O'Donnell case, but
neither the Chairman nor Vice Chairman
Crawford were present Several corre-
spondents interested in the attempt to
bring about conference with General
Superintendent Potter, who had been asked
to be present, were informed that their
testimony was not needed At the conclu-
sion of the meeting it was stated that only
routine business had been taken up. and no
action had been necessary in the opinion of
the committee on the O'Donnell case. It
was learned that the reported utterances of
Mr.. O'Donnell in favor of settlement had
been taken up and discussed. A few NAL
contents were in favor of some sort of GEN.
sure, but the majority were inclined to allow
the matter to drop.
Mr.. O'Dounell was not at his home last
evening. nor was he seen around Home
stead, which gives rise to the impression
that he may have departed on his Eastern
mission. Acting Chairman Jack Crawford
and Secretary McConeghey returned to
Homestead from Pittsburg late last night.
Mr.. Crawford said O'Donnell was still
Chairman of the Advisory Committee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
HELD UP BY A NILES MOB.
Amalsamated Men Defeat the Efforts OF an
Employment Agent in Their Town.

Amaleamated Men Defeat the Efforts of an
Employment Agent in Their Town.
WARREN, O., July 27.-[SpeciaL Tho
iron town of Niles, five miles from here, is
to have labor demonstration Saturday.
The idle men last night anticipated the
meeting and showed sympathy with their
Homestead brethren by defeating the pur-
pose of man who had, by promise of big
wages, secured a considerable party of local
workmen to take employment at the Car
negie works. The laborers were to leave on
midnight train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, but AmaIgamated men heard of
the move and dissuaded all OF them.
Streets were patrolled by several hundred
excited men, looking for the person who
caused the trouble, and all strangers were
held up for an accounting. Two CONNER
cial men failed to give satisfactory state
ments and were detained till vouched for
The man for whom they were looking was
finally met at the depot. He was marched
to hotel and searched. which resulted in
the finding Of forwarding checks from Pitts
burg to the Carnegie plant at Homestead.
He took the matter coolly, denying the
charge that he was securing men to sup
plant the locked-out men. Satisfied with
its work, the crowd then dispersed and the
man this morning drove to Youngstown.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
SHANNON AT JOHNSTOWN.

His Mission Crowned With Success-Work-
men There Will Keep Away From
Homestead - Hungarians Hired by
Agents Repudiate Their Agreement
and Drive Their Employers Out of
Town.
JoHNsTowN, July 27.-[Specia. I'D. II.
Shannon, of the Homestead Advisory Com
mittee, who has been in this city for the
past ten days, returned tonight. During
his stay here he has taken occasion to meet
all the foremen of the Cambria and John
son works, as we'll as many of the skilled
workmen. With scarcely an exception he
has received words of encouragement from
all of them.
1t was positively learned that many of
the men have been approached by agents Of
the Carnegies, offering them big pay if they
would go to Homestead, but in every in
stance they refused. Mr. Shannon's bust
ness here was largely to see that the men
here would not interfere in the
fight at Homestead, and the results
OF his observations were more
than gratifying to him. While the men
said that their condition here was such
that they could not Join an organization.
they would give their fellow-workmen at
Homestead support anyhow. Not one of
them will take the place of a locked-out
man, but instead they express a desire to
contribute to the support of those who are
out.
For several DAYS past two strangers
have been about the city, hiring laborers
presumably to work on railroad near
Pittsburg. They worked principally among
the more intelligent Hungarians, and it
was noticed that they expressed preference
for those who have worked in
mills. They had obtained about 80
men, to many of whom they had paid
money to cover their expenses to their sup
posed destination. They were to leave
with the men this morning. but last night
the strangers were identified as belonging
to Homestead. One of the leaders among
the men explained the situation, when it
was unanimously agreed to repudiate their
agreement.
Instead, a committee was appointed from
the most intelligent Hungarians. who
waited upon the strangers and told them to
get out of town. As they did not start at
once 100 Hungarians started out for them,
threatening to string them to the first lamp
post. To save themselves the strangers
drove hurriedly away to Morrellville,
where they boarded the train and left for
good,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
DO NOT BELIEVE IT.

Union Mills workmen Have No Faith in
the Explosion Story.
The Press Committee appointed BY the
Union Mills workmen yesterday had no ex-
PLANTATION to offer concerning the attempt
to blow up the engine and boiler depart
ments In the lower mill on Monday last.
They are inclined to believe that the escape
of gas was caused by the carelessness of one
of the non-union workmen or else the story
was concocted by some of the bosses to ex-
cite sympathy.
1t was reported at headquarters last even
ing that the gas producers had at last been
lighted and this action on the part of the
firm looked as it they would attempt to in
troduce some more non-union men. Inquiry
at the Thirty-third street mill revealed that
the gas producers had not been lighted, but
that several men were engaged in cleaning
them ont,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
O'DONNELL'S STATEMENT.

He Denies the Stony That Was Printed
Yesterday toncerning Him-He Did Not
Ask the Newspaper Men to Act as
Mediators for the Men.
Hugh O'Donnell yesterday placed a diff
ferent construction upon the story pub
ished yesterday morning. He says:
On Monday afternoon received call ut
my residence in Homestead from two news
paper correspondents who came to see me
merely as newspaper men, and not in any
other capacity, except perhaps that of
friends who were glad to know of my
release. The gentlemen asked me if would
not like TO have settlement of the
difficulty. To this L replied l should
like to see a settlement. J. was then asked
on what terms u settlement could be ad-
justed, and made reply jokingly. My words
were Unconditional surrender" and
though 1 did not Tor a moment believe that
any stress would be placed on an utterance
that was merely a repetition OF a saying the
newspapers, the public and people generally
have used in the same joking manner, 1 took
the precaution to say to these CORE
spondents 'Of course l don't mean it, and
presumed that they had taken my words
as they should have been taken. This
part of our conversation was apropos OF the
shooting of MI. Prick, and follow ed a strong
condemnation by me of Bcrkman's deed, i
said that was willing to do all in my power
to show the country how strongly the ANAL
gamated Association condemned the terrible
affair, but did not say that on account of
the bad impression made by the shooting of
Mr.. Frick that he would recommend an "un-
conditional surrender" and that if the Ad-
visory Committee failed to agree with me in
the views l would at once resign the chair
manship. That is unqualifiedly false.
Following my assertion that should like
to see a settlement, the correspondents pro-
posed that later in the day, in view OF nv
words, t"ey go up and make Potter show hfs
hands, meaning, as 1 suppose, that they
would induce Mr.. Potter to talk for publica-
hon concerning concessions he would make
TO the Amalgama ted Association toward SET
tling the wage question. / lnughingly as
sented to the suggestion as a good idea.
told Mr.. Crawl ord, the acting Chairman or
the Advisory Committee, about the matter
and gave no serious thought to what the two
correspondents hope to accomplish.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
HE WILL INVESTIGATE.
Governor Pattison to Inquire Into
the Treatment of Iams.
STREATOR MAY HAVE TO ANSWER
To Charge of Assault and Battery and q
Suit for Damages.
THE RANDALL CLUB TO TAKE ACTION

Governor Pattison states that ne will
make an investigation of the Iams incident.
On Monday James Stephenson, of Stephen
son & George, commission brokers at 941
Liberty street, mailed clipping from
THE DISPATCH, describing the punish
ment of Private Iams to the Governor.
In note accompanying the clipping he sug-
gested that the Governor make searching
investigation of the matter.
Yesterday Mr.. Stephenson received the
following reply from the Governor:
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
HARRISBURG, July 26, 1892.
Mr.. James Stephenson, 9d1 Liberty Street, Pitts
burg. Pa.
MY DEAR SIR-The Governor directs me to
acknowledge the receipt of a newspaper
clipping, which you sent him. and to state
that he has noted your suggestions and will
be pleased to give them careful and
considerate attention.
Very Respectfully,
H. D. TATE, Private Secretary.
Mr.. Stephenson says he served three years
in the late war, aud during all of his expert
ence saws he never heard of or saw such
barbarous practice.
Lieutenant Colonel Streator is member
of the Randall Club, of this city, and it
caused something of a sensation yesterday
when it became known that some members
of that club would make charges against him
with the intention Of having him expelled
from the club.
Attorneys c. G. Dickey, Frank P. Iams.
S. q. Trent and j. D. Watson yesterday
held conference, lasting two hours, over
the question of the legality of the punish
ment Of Private Iams on last Saturday. An
attorney stated after the meeting that they
had carefully examined the laws of Penn
sylvania, both civil and military, and found
no place where the laws upheld Colonel
Streator. He also said they would not
make any attack on Streator's military po-
sition, but would bring suit for damages and
aggravated assault and battery.
After the conference the attorneys wired
Colonel Freer, of the West Virginia Ma
tional Guard, who is an uncle of Private
Iams, to come on to this city to assist in the
proceedings. Colonel Freer is one of the
most prominent criminal lawyears in West
Virginia
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
NoN-UNI0NIsrs AT HOMESTEAD.
Three Of Them Leave tho Plant and Come
to the City.

to the City.
1t was 10 o'clock yesterday morning be-
fore the Tide began her usual trip to Home
stead. Besides the 20 passengers there
were number of cars, wheelbarrows and
sbovels put on board. The boat made her
trip in safety.
Secretary Lovejoy says that there are
now upward of 600 men at work in the
Homestead plant He says they are turn
ing out good material and the product is
very satisfactory to the firm. Vice Presi-
dent Shea, of the Amalgamated Associa.
tion. however, says there is practically no
work being done at the Homestead works.
There were seven armor plates turned out
there one day last week, and five of them
had to be cut up.
Many of the men at Homestead are be-
coming dissatisfied and want to leave the
works. Yesterday Joseph Myers, William
Gerserio and Jacob Winelyer made their
escape from the plant and came to this city.
They applied at the Department of Chari-
ties and wanted to be sent back to New
York, but they were informed by Chief
Elliot that he could do nothing for them
The Amalgamated Association will take
charge of them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
FAVOR A COMPROMISE.

Rev. S. W. McCorfkle Makes Plea for the
Adjustment OF the Homestead Diff
cuIties-Mr. Carnegie Should Be Held
to His Own Theories.
Rev. S. w. McCorkle, of the FIRST Con-
gregational Church, Allegheny. thinks it is
high time to bring the troubles between the
Carnegie Steel Company and its workmen
to happy and satisfactory close. He said
yesterday.
do not know what the motive was in the
case of MI. Madura, of New York, and Mr..
Moore, of Philadelphia, in attempting to
secure q conference between the mill men
OF Homestead, and the Carnegie Steel Com
pany as given in detail in yesterday morn
ing's DISPATCH. Doubtless, the attempt WAS
well meant. and it must be matter Of pro-
found regret that movement looking in
that direction should come to so little,
though attempted by outside parties. There
are many reasons why attempts of this
kind should be repeated until they are sue
cesstul
The enlightened Christian sentiment of
the civilized world demands it. Nothing
short of a peaceful and satisfactory solution
national and social life at so many vital
points, will be accepted as at all adequate
by the enlightened conscience of the time.
The workingman and the capitalist belong
same Christian teaching, worship the same
God and are bound to the same Judgment.
Now do we intend to give the lie to all the
IS an Impractical thingf That its obiiga-
tions have no weight in this work-a-day
world? That 1t presents no solution for the
real problems of lifef Have the Ten Com
mandments and the Golden Rule no place in
our industrial life? II both parties to the
controversy earnestly desired to find the
right way out of the difficulty, and to that
end would take as authoritative the
teachings of Jesus Christ, in whom we all
believe. every wheel in our idle mills would
he at full speed before the week is ended.
Let us be Christians in something more than
name.
The mutual interest of thousands of per-
sons in material things demandA an ca rly
adjustment of the differences existing. I'm
Dortant property interests are ut stak ke.
For the preservation OF the small wealth of
the workmen, as well as the great capital of
the proprietors, the thoughtful care and in
terest or all is demanded. Neither side can
afford longer to be anything less than gen.
erous. Determination and pugnacity have
their place doubtless in the concerns of this
life, but Cancellation is the golden word now.
Our civilization stands a@hast at the pro-
longed fight and in the name OF everything
that is right demands conciliatory spirit.
Have not the people of this country the
right to hold MI. Carnegie to his own theo-
ries, put into permanent form, and pub
lished broadcast in the leading magazines of
the head Of the great manufacturing indus
tries of the United States. having gotten his
wealth and his name through that means.
Why should there not be fair test now in
this supreme emergency of Mr.. Carnegie's
wise and brotherly principles, as published,
giving the results Of long and varied expert
ence?
Let us have an early adjustment of our
arbitration and permit the National Guards
OF Pennsylvania to return home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
AXLINE WAS GUARDED.

Tho Ex-Adjutant General of Ohio Thinks
streator Wont Too Far.
II. A. Axline, of Columbus, who was
Governor Foraker's Adjutant General, regis.
tered at the Monongahela House yesterday.
He was accompanied by james A. McGeagh,
of Minneapolis. The General said they
were here on private business and stopped
over for few hours.
He was very much interested in the camp
at Homestead, and was sorry he didn't have
time to go there. He asked about the pun
ishment of young Iams, and remarked that
Colonel Streator had evidently gone too
far. However, he did not want to condemn
until he had heard what was back of it. He
said it was customary in the late war to
hang up men by the thumbs, but the feet
rested on the ground. He was surprised
that Iams was raised on his toes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
Pinkertons After the Anarchists,

The police officials of the two cities are
being assisted in their investigations OF the
Anarchist plot by Pinkerton detectives,
half dozen OF whom are here working very
quietly. Some of these men are Germans
and look like horny-handed agitators. All
of their information has not been given to
the local police, but it is probable that they
will furnish it all when the cases of tine
conspirators come to trial Two of the
Pinkerton men now here were valuable
workers in revealing the Anarchist plot
which led to the Haymarket riot in 1885,
and one of them was a member of an
Anarchist group for six months prior to
that riot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
A KANSAS MANS OPINION.
He Charges Colonel Streator With Brutality
in the IamS Case.

He Charges Colonel streator With Brutality
in the Iams Case.
E Bierer, an attorney at Hiawatha, Kan,
Yesterday wrote THE DISPATCH concerning
the Iams case. He says:
As an old Pennsylvania citizen and soldier
1 want to say that the tieing up aud sus-
pending by his thumbs for half an hour of
Private Iams, Of Company K, Tenth Regi-
ment, Pennsylvania National Guard, on the
23d INST. by Colonel Streator, as reported in
the press dispatches, was an act of brutality.
which should not 20 unrebuked. Only q
coward would exercise irresponsible military
power to torture a human being IN that way.
Iams' offense did not come under the pale
of military law; and though he deserved
punishment for it, shaving his head like
penitentiary convict and drumming him out
OF camp was certainly punishment enough.
Governor Pattison should not permit such
petty military tyrants as Colonel Streator to
command Pennsylvania soldiers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
PATT1soN DELUaED WITH LETTERS

All Bitterly Denouncins Colonel Streator's
Treatment of Private 1ams.
HARRISBURG, July N.-At the E1ecu-
tive Department it is said two regiments
will leave Homestead to-day and two to-
morrow.
More correspondence has reached the
Governor touching upon the Iams affair
than during the coke region and Home
stead riots and the Reading combine busi-
ness. Women writers are particularly in
dignant over Colonel Streator's action. The
Washington correspondents letter, asking
for Colonel Streator's dismissal, has been
received by the Governor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
CONDEMNED AS BRUTAL.
A Boston Man Wants rhe Governor to Call
nnWn

A Boston Man Wants the Governor to Call
Down Streator.
L. f. Humphrey, Boston wool buyer. is
at the Monongahela House. He is very in
dignant over the treatment of Iams by Col
onel Streater, and he SAYS no matter what
his offense had been the Colonel had no
right to torture him.
''Surely,". continued Mr.. Humphrey,
Governor Pattison does not intend to
allow such brutality to pass unnoticed. If
he does it will be blot on the reputation
of the State. Nobody justifes the conduct
of Iams, but let it not be said that modern
civilization indorses the cruelty practiced
in the middle ages. Unless the action Of
Streator is strongly condemned it will be
difficult to maintain q military organization
in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
Admitted Into the Association.

A mass meeting was held at Duquesne
yesterday afternoon, at which w. A. Car
ney, First Vice President Of the Amalga-
mated Association, was present and made
an address. All operatives, including day
laborers, were admitted to membership into
the association, and the plant is now more
thoroughly organized than any mill in
Western Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
AN INDIGNATION MEETING.

Citizens Of tho Eighteenth Ward Protest
Against Private Iams' Treatment
Tuesday night go citizens of the Eighteenth
ward held a meeting in Alderman Nc
Neirney's Office. The men assembled to
protest against the treatment Private Iams
received at Camp Sam Black. The alder
man was made chairman of the meeting A
resolution was adopted condemning the
commanding officer of the National Guard
at Homestead The resolution also asked
that Governor Pattison be requested to in
vestigate the matter. He will be notified
by the secretary of the meeting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28

clusively BY the men employed in the plate
mill and open hearth furnace. We have
building and near completion three other
sleeping houses of the same capacity as the
ones mentioned before. When these are all
completed we will have hunks for i, 400 men,
not to mention the large consignment OF
tents we have ordered and the numerous
cots scattered all about the mill"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
ARRANGEMENTS AT MuHHALL

Superintendent Potter says They Will Soon
Be Able to Accommodate 1,4OO Men,
Superintendent Potter, in speaking of the
arrangements being made by the company
for the accommodation of their workmen,
said:
"We have now erected four sleeping
apartments each having hunks enough to
hold 200 people We have two dining
rooms now, and dining room No. will be
completed to-day. This will be used ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
Taking Care of the Sick,

The workmen who are taken sick within
the board fence at Homestead have doctor
on the ground who attends to their wants
The Master Mechanics Office has been
turned into a pharmacy, with complete
line of drugs and medicines. DR.. Weible
has charge of the medical department and
the sanitation of the works.