Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-08
IN PEACEABLE POSSESSION.
Homestead Strikers Spend the Day Bury
ing the Dead.

Homestead Strikers Spend the Day Bury
ing the Dead.
HOMESTEAD, July 9.-The rioters are in
peaceful possession of Homestead. Their
rule is undisputed.
They are burying their dead and leav-
ing the repulsed enemy to bury his.
The strikers are in complete control
of the mills and their homes.
The 100000 Carnegie Homestead
plant has no other protection than the
rioters themselves provide. 1t will need
none other and could have none better,
until q final effort is made, either by
the iron masters, the sheriff or State
troops to bring in new workmen and
place new watchmen on guard. Perfect
order reigns.
The masterful officers of the Amalga-
mated Association, whose existence is
the real issue of the present war, have
taken supreme command, and tn cir
word is again law.
The burgess of Homestead, who is
elected by the votes of the union men,
has closed every saloon.
Not a drunken or disorderly character
is seen in the streets - only a swarm
of silent, determined, intelligent grimy
looking men, many of them wearing
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and sightseers besides.
The Homestead workmen are puzzled
as to the whereabouts of at least five
Pinkerton men.
1t is considered a certainty that this
number either met death instantly or
were SO horribly injured that they died
in a few hours, and in all probability
sought a grave in the waters of the
Monongahela.
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drowned, but although diligent search
has been made along the river shore no
trace of them can be found.
Every train coming into Homestead
is met at the depot by an immense good
natured crowd.
The face of every person alighting
| from the trains is closely scanned, as
| the men are fearful lest the owners of
the mill make an attempt to send men
| to Homestead in squads of three and
four instead of in an organized body of
200 or 300.
ALL the approaches to the mill are
carefully guarded and no one is permit
ted to enter the enclosure, even repre-
sentatives of the press being refused
admittance.
No trouble of any kind has occurred
since the Pinkertons surrendered except
that occasioned by the false alarm last
night
Among the rescued from the barges
was a smooth-faced young man named
| Atkinson, who gave this account of his
| experience as a Pipkerton detective:
''My home is in New York city; am
| q member of one the leading military
| companies there. Being out of work
l answered an advertisement for watch
| man. was told that I would be paid
| $15 week and boarded free of cost. I
accepted the place. When got to the
| train l found nearly q hundred men
who had also been engaged as private
| Waterman.
1--WE were told that we were to go to
little country town, but nothing was
| said of q strike.
'We were led to believe that we were
to have an easy time of it. None of us
knew our destination.
"We were taken to Buffalo, Roches-
ter, Erie, Youngstown, Ohio, and finally
| put off the train in Pittsburg, though at
| that time we had no idea where we
were.
ave were marched to the barges and
| soon started up the river, towed by two
steamers. We had not proceeded far
when the boats came toa stop and we
| heard firing.
''Then it was that we were handed
| guns and told that we must fight for our
1 lives.
''This was the first intimation that we
had of the character of the work for
l which we had been engaged. Many of
the men refused to obey the orders to