The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-12
THE HOMESTEAD WORKS.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE settle
ment of the strike in the Pittsburg district
is viewed with varying emotions. There
are many who think that it may lead TO a
reopening of the conference with the
| Carnegie firm on basis on which settle
| ment might be made Others, however,
place little confidence in this suppos ition
and declare to the men that there will be
no conference unless they can force the
| Carnegie Steel company to it. That sentI-
ment is the only one which is, entertained
at the steel Office here; for when an
Associated Press representiye inquired
! there the manager said: There will be
/ no further conferences so far saSkwe are
concerned The fight is over. Our mill Is
in operation and will continue with the
men we hire ourselves"
The cooks strike at the mill only caused
monetary annoyance, according TO
| Treasurer III. Al. Curry.
| HOMESTEAD, Pa. Aug. 1L-Hugh O Dom
nell. chairman OF the advisory committee,
returned today from trip through Cana
da and the northern states. He was greet
ed with cordia!ity by the locked-out men.
Mr.. ODonnell stopped at Toronto. New
York, Boso on and other New England
cities Wherever went I was met by
representative labor leaders and many
business men. The labor officials were all
for the Homestead men by financial aid,
and, much as l had been led to expect sup
port, | must confess that was agreeably
surprised. come back more than ever
convinced of ultimate victory Tor our
side"
William Carney, a member or the gen.
eral executive council of the American
Federation OF Labor, who is also vice presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Association OF
Iron and Steel workers, arrived in Home
stead this evening TO arrange for the quar-
terly meeting of che council of the fedora
ton, which meets here tomorrow. W hlle
the usual business of the council will
meeting IS the consideration of
the Homestead trouble. Upon this
subject Mr.. Carney said that
boycott on Carnegie material is TO
be considered, and that interested in that
there are $4,000 carpenters, 100000 persons
engaged in bridge building. and the opera
tives in ship yards where armor plate is
used
1--WE are willing TO bring about any
kind of an honorable settlement that
is possible, but if LoFejoy and
Friek and their associates are determined
on manifesting nothing else but an
aggressive disposition towards US, there
is no other alternative left US. after hay
ing recouree to every other honorable
method to bring an adjustment OF the
difficulty but TO meet them with their
own weapons, feeling confident that with
the resources behind us, we must assurediy
and will come out victorious"
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 1L-The Postwill
publish n story tomorrow morning 10 the
effect that the police have discovered an
other Anarchistic plot to assasslnate h. 4.
Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel
company, who was shot by Bergman three
infanda1
Anarchist named Aaron Stamm of New
York, who is a close friend of Bergman
and Emma Goldmann. Aaron Stanm
has been in the city for several days, and,
it is claimed, has been waiting for favor
able opportunity to kill his victim. The
police nave il good description of the fell
low and will arrest him on sight. As a
result of the disclosures additional guards .
Lave been placed about the Carnegie build
ings and Mr.. Frick's residence. In this
connection it can be said that Secretary
Lovejoy has been warned that he has until
the 10Th instant to live. The other officials
of the Carnegie company have also received
letters.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 11-The first suit
growing out of the riot at Homestead On
the 9th of last July was begun today in
the common pleas court Gy William r.
Lelar against Robert A. Pinkerton and
w illiam A. Pinkerton. Ia his statement
Lelar says that he was employed by the
to act AS "a .Watchman at GER
tain buildings in New York. to which the
defendants then aud their falsely and de-
ceitfuily pretended to be conducting
plaintiff, but the precise location of which
plaintiff was not informed by the Pinker-
tons. Then follows an account of the
fight with the rioters Lelar
saws that he fell into the hands of the mob
aud was seriously injured. AS a result
one of his vital organs is permanently in
jured and he is prevented from performing
manual labor, to which he has besn ac-
;ustomed and for which he is only fitted |
as means of livelihood. He claims S20, |
100 damages.
CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 1.-THE manager !
)f the jefferson Iron works at SIeuben-
Vile, o., which were to resume today, an |
bounced this morning that tue scale had |
rot been signed and that the company |
would not treat with the Amalgamated !
association. The min was already to start. |
out the workmen left in body. A long |
ockout is expected.