Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-07
SCENES OF CARNAGE.


A Birdseye View of the Battle at
Homestead.
HOMESTEAD, July 6.-After lengthy
conference of the Analgamated leaders,
a meeting Of the locked-out men was
called at O'Clock. 1t was attended by
1000 men, many of whom carried mus
kets. The national officer of the
Amalgamation made strong appeal to
the men, while cannons roared outside.
President Weihe pleaded with the men
to withdraw, and assured them that the
barges containing the deputies would
| Immediately be removed. p. H. Nc
Evoy, vice-president of the Mahoning
| and ShenaDgo Valley district, said:
"There has been awful slaughter OF
human lie here today, and by all means
I further sacrifice OF human life should be
avoided. / am a stranger in town, but
| from today's action know full we'll if
You continue doing as you are, the
militia will be ordered out before dark
and you defeated.
| At this juncture President Weihe
again attempted to address the crowd,
but instantly there was loud report,
and with one accord every man rushed
pell nell to the scene. Even while the
appeals were being made, men were en-
| deavoring to pump oil on the barges.
1t was useless to continue the meeting.
An hour later, while the men were
waiting for nightfall to burn the barges
and the men in them, Hugh O'Donnell,
leader of the strikers, grasped an Ameri-
can flag, and mounting pile of iron,
made an impassioned speech for mercy
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wolves in the barges. The extraor-
dinary power of O'Donnell over the
| strikers became manifest at once. A
few people demurred and cried out:
Lets burn them," but they were ST.
| fenced.
"Let's turn them over to the sheriff
and make an information for murder
| against them," said the leader. This
was received with cheers, and when the
| strikers waved their hands and asked the
Pinkertcns to surrender, there was an
immediate response from the boat. In
a short time the leaders of the strikers
came on deck. Then began
| A STRANGE SCENE.
/ Strikers crowded the boats, capturing
the rifles and stealing and looting every
thing. They were mad with rage. The
first man taken off the barge was dying,
shot through the side. Then one by one
the strikers followed in charge of al
legged guards, each man carrying va
lise. The guards carried the Winches-
ters taken from the Pinkertons. Six
| Pinkertons were reported killed and
many dangerously wounded. The guards
took the men mile to the rink. There
were 209 OF them, and probably two
thirds of them were beaten brutally by
the time they reached the improvised
Jail. They claim they were miserably
misled; that they came from different
towns; were strangers to each other,
and had been told they were wanted as
watchmen. They huddled in the rink,
absolutely terror stricken, fearing lynch
ing from the immense crowd of people
gathered outside.
Among the scenes and incidents at
tending the surrender and landing of the
discounted guards from the barges, was
was one specially worthy of note, which
shows the
| BBAvERY OF ONE PINKERToN MAN.
As he reached the river bank with his
companions, they were assailed from all
sides by the angry crowd. In shower
of stones and missiles of all kinds, the
man separated himself from the others
and begged for hearing In the silence
which followed. he said: 'F elbow citi
zens, when came here I did not under
stand the situation, or l would never
have come. / was told / was to meet
and deal with foreigners. had no idea
was to fight American citizens. / am
member of the junior order, and ap.
peal to you for permission to leave and
get myself out of this terrible affair.""
The crowd cheered him, and he pro
ceeded unmolested.
In the afternoon the hills back o.
Homestead and &C oss the river, as fsl
as the eye could see, were dotted witt
human beings. With every shot from
the strikers they craned their Decks
hoping only to see CHASTITY result. Tht
Pinkertons were hors du combat, ane
their warning was purely passive. The
strikers had cannon, which they tried II
J train on the boats, but each shot few