St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-13
IN MARTIAL ARRAY.
Cen. Snowden Enters the Now
Noted Town Of Home
stead, Pa,
With the Ultimatum That He
Will Not Cooperate With
Anybody.
The Company Once More Sc
cures Possession Of Its
Entire Works.
Everything Peaceful, and No
Further Trouble Is Now
Anticipated.

HOMESTEAD, July 12.-"The troops
are coming" gasped picket at the
strike headquarters at sharp 9 9o'clock
this morning, when he had run all the
way from the outpost at Munhall to the
rooms of the committee. Five minutes
later the glitter of Capt. w. W. Avis
line coming forward as skirmishers was
at the east end of the long Carnegie
fence. This company, f. of the Eight
eenth. came rapidly into the town. and
seized the causeway Oh the hill, which
dominates the works. The men, some
fifty-twO in number, were scattered out
in long line. to the amaZement Of the
strikers, some OF whom were
rather rudely pushed aside as
the company was taking position.
No sooner had the hill been secured
than the troops began to come in from
MunhalI. The Eighteenth, Fifteenth,
Fifth and Sixteenth regiments marched
to the high ground and stood finally in
long line, battalion after battalion,
from the very crest of the siding down
nearly to the street level. The position
was all excellent one from strategic
point of view. The hill. rises south
of the Carnegie mill, and stretches
back half a mile into a wide plateau
where the tents are spread. A couple
of batteries on the crest could do aS
they pleased with the territory for two
miles around. The people took the
coming of the troops i'll sullen silence at
first. But the drums soon beat
Everybody Into eaOoG Humor.
and as the later regiments wheeled
away towards the high ground they
were very heartily cheered. On the
other side of the river,in the meantime,
Gen. SnoWden had pushed the Four
teenth and Tenth regiments with the
batteries into the hills across from the
works, where the guns commanded the
whole water front of Homestead. This
movement had been executed SO secretly
that the men and cannon had been i'll
position fully an hour before their pres
ence was discovered by the town. AS
soon as the soldiers came in theae was
complete surrender of the town. The
strikers circulated on the streets
calling upon the people to
receive the militia cordially, and
with some difficulty the command
was obeyed. The strike pickets were
withdrawn from about the mill and in
few minutes the streets about it were
occupied by professional guard.
Without any ceremony whatever Otis
Childs, of the Carnegie company. went
through the Eighth avenue gate and
opened the office. Sheriff McCleary was
present, but neither said nor did any
thing. There was no declaration of any
kind, but simply going in. Some of
the men who were on Eighth avenue
looked on in silence, and when the
gates changed shut after Chiids' entry
they went back to headquarters to re-
port. When everybody had come to re
aliZe the next order of things commit
tee from the advisory committee, consist
ing of O'Donnell, Coon, Chapman. Cliff
ford and others. went to Gen. Wiley, of
the Second brigade, and rendered the
surrender of the town. Wiley stopped
the spokesman, Coon, and told him
that he would have to see Gen. Snow
den, who had arrived and taken up his
headquarters III the school house. The
committee tramped across the ravIne,
and finally found itself in the presence
of the general commanding. He re-
ceived his visitors
Politely. but ColdIy.
and after Coon had delivered his mes
sage, in which he proposed that the ad-
visory committee would cooperate with
the troops in preserving order, the gen
Grdl Sdlu.
I'VE do not need either cooperation
or assistance from anybody. The only
wav in which we can accept cO-opera-
tion is for every man to go peaceably
about his business"
Coon said: "The citizens wish to
know at what time they may give you a
public reception"
Snowden replied: 81 can accept no
reception. sir; it would be most i'm
proper. thank you forSour courtesy,
but formal welcome is not needed. 1t
would be an amazing thing if the ma
tlonai guard of Pennsylvania was not
welcome in any part of Pennsylvania -
.Mr. O'Donnell here took up the con-
versation and began: son the part of
the Amalgamated association, | wish to
say that after suffering an attack from
illegal authority, we are glad to have
the legal authority of the state here"
Il do not recognize your association
Gen. Snowden replied. 81 recognize no
one but the citizens of this city. We
have come here to restore law and or
der. and they are already restored"
but we wish to submit" ODon
nell began, when the general cut him
short. saying:
.Ihen. sir. submit to the gentleman
behind you."
O'Donnell wheeled around and saw
Sheriff McCleary standing in the group
81 do cuhmit fO him - ne said. ssV(