St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-11
ASound Which the Homestead
Men Expect to Hear Soon
Again.
The LoeKed-Out Men in a State
Of Hysteria Over Pros
poets.
A Fixed General Opinion That
the Pinkertons Are on
the Way.
Preparations Under Way for
the Erection Of a Tempo
rary Hospital.

HOMESTEAD, Pa. j uly 10.-The at
mosphere of Homestead is pervaded by
mild symptom of hyste ria these days.
The intense strain of excitement and
expected attack to which the strikers
have been subjected for the past week
is beginning to tell on tile men until
the anxiety has reached such tension
that a renewal of hostilities would be a
positive relief. Alarm after alarm has
swept over the town, and the men have
SO often responded to these alarms that
the scramble of the telegraph boy
through the street is almost sufficient
for call to arms. At various times
last night and during the early hours
of morning reports were circulated
that the Pinkerton's were at the clty's
outskirts. and the scramble that sue
ceeded these announcements would
have been ludicrous but for the gravity
of the situation. Men rushed to their
homes and prepared themselves for the
impending battle, only to be apprised
an hour later that the report was false,
and that the Pinkerton invasion was
again relegated to the future. So often
has
The Cry of Wolf
gone out that there is danger that when
the true alarm does come, it may fall on
unheeding ears, and tine enemy be with
in the city limits before the call to battle
is sounded. There is no doubt of the
settled conviction in the minds
of the strikers that another battle is III
evitable. They have received at least a
dozen kilograms from various points
stating that the Pinkertons are mobiiz-
ing detachmentS at as many points.
preparatory to grand movement OF
this private army upon the city of
Homestead, and the leaders of the
strikers have accepted most of this in
| formation as authentic, and concluded
that the decisive struggle is not far dis
| tant. The estimates of the strength OF
| this Plnkerton army are by mysteri-
Gus unanimity of opinion fixed at 500
men, and the strikers feel confident
| that with the arms at their com
| mand and their strength of from
+ 5000 to 5000 able-bodied men
they can easily repulse this force. Of
one thing there can be no Odoubt--another
| invasion of the Pinkertons will be fol-
| lowed by another battle. more Sanguin-
ary, more terrible, but more decisive
| than the first. When its smoke clears
away the strikers will be subdued and
Carnegie once more the king of the iron
| region or the power Of the PlnkertonS
will be forever broken, and
The Industrial Army
| of Homestead a militant organization
which 10 force but the military of the
state or nation can subdue. The strlk-
| ers are perfecting their organization to-
day, and appear to be gaining strength
in every way except with the press. The
prominent newspapers of the country.
of which copies are being received in
this city, appear to be resentful Of the
| espionage and restrictions imposed upon
| their representatives. and the leaders
of the miIlworkerS now realize that the
| attempt to exercise censorship over the
! press dispatches has been most serious
/ error. Everything that can be done by
Hugh ODonneli to protect the news
| paper men from harrassing Interference
has been done, and it is safe to say that
| so long as he is the dominant spirit no
| more reporters will be ordered out OF
town. But Mr.. O'Donnell is in advance
of his fellows. and the spirit of tolera-
tion which he evinces is not shared by
many of the rank and file. The great
majority of the strikers are still dis
| posed to regard the newSp aper men as
| interlOpers, and half do zen new az
| rivals today were promptly approached
| by a self constituted committee and
marched off to
| The Strikers, Headquarters
where they were forced to remain
an hour or two until they had
satisfied the men as to their
| identity. Of course all this is
| irritating to the newspaper men. and
| when the strikers make their habitual
| assertion that peace reigus at Home
stead and perfect freedom maintains OH
every hand, the victims of their martial
| law methods wonder how. if that be
true, they should have been >forciblv
| marched away by strikers commit
| tee and deprived of their liberty for an
| hour in violation of the laws of Penn
| sylvania, and in defiance of the liberty
of the press. Indeed, there are repre-
sentatives of the press in this city who
| maintain that the fear of subse-
quent visitatiOns impels them to an ex-
| cess of caution and that their news dis
patches suffer from the consciousness
| that the morrow may bring a reckoning
from an irate committee who know no
| code of ethics. and, who while clamor-
| ing to be released from the oppression
! of capital, do not show such fine ap-
| probation of liberty when another's
rights are to be observed. This is the
situation candidly expressed, and the
| Associated Press but fulfils its func-
tions when it says it is only when tem-
| Gritty outweighs discretion that the
| correspondents in this city exercise that
| perfect
Freedom of News
expression which would characterize
their dispatches from any other point,
and which even the gravity of the situ-
alton at Homestead should not obscure.
The advisory committee of the strikers
is no longer in official existence, accord
ing to the statements of the strikers,
who say that, though it was proposed to
reorganize 1t, this has not been done.
However, though it. may not have an
| Official existence, practically the same
men who composed it are again per-
volved upon the committee, and while
the lOcked-out men deny that they have
| any organization, it is evident to any
observer that directions are given
by certain men that act authori-
| tatively. The reason for this failure to
have an official organization for the
direction of affairs, it seems likely, is
found in caution and desire not to get
| involved if possible in any court pro-
ceedings which may hereafter be insti-
tuted. The leaders realize that they are
treading on dangerous grounds. and do
not intend officially to commit them
selves to any action at law, but be free
to disavow responsibility for anything
which cannot be personally placed upon