The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-11-24
THE STRIKE Off.

ments Csmes TO IN End ny the Action
OF tine Amsigamated Association.
PITTsBUmoH, Pa, Nov %. The great
strflxe a csrnegie,s Homestead steel
vopas haa been declared of. After q
fise month"; struggle, which, for bitter
ncss. has probably never bos. equalec.
in this country, the army ct strikers
finally dsaiaed Sunday to give up the
fight This action was taken at a meet
ing Of tho lodges of the Amalgamated
association at Homestead Sunday after
noon, tho vote standing 101 in favor of
declaring the strike off and Ql against
IL Among those present at the meot-
ing were vice-President Carney, Secre-
tary Kilgalfon, Treasurer Madden and
David Lynch, of the advisory board.
The officials addressed the members,
end in plain words told them the strike
was lost, and advised them to taKe
steps TO better their condition.
The remarks met with considerable
opposition, but when the vote was TAX
en- it showed majority of ten in favor
Of declaring the strike off. Those who
were in favor of calling the strike off
were jubilant, while those who were
against it were badly put out Most Of
the latter were men who were obsti-
nate, and many of them were men who
had either applied for positions in the
mill and had been turned down or felt
sure that their names were on the oom-
pany's blacklist and could not get posi-
tions.
A member of the advisory board said
Sunday that he had been trying to get
the strike declared off for two weeks,
as he knew it was lost, and it would
have been better for the men, as a great
many moro of them could have got their
places back. Those who can not get
back are in bad fix, as tho relief funds
will be stopped and many hundreds of
them have nothing to live ON. The
people in Homestead, especially the
business men, are highly elated over
the declaration to call the strike off, for
if it had continued much longer it
wonld have ruined the town. Many
business houses have fallen into the
hands of the sheriff since the strike was
on. Business is expected to resume its
normal condition soon.
Tho Homestead strike has proved one
of tho most disastrous in tho history of
tho couRtry. It originated from re-
duction in wages in the departments
where members of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel workers
were employed. The hitch was on what
was known as the sliding scale. 1t is
scale which regulates the mons wages
by the price of steel billets. Nearly
every min in this vicinity signed tho
scale, including other mills of the Car
negie Co.
At the refusal Of tho firm to sign tho
scale for the Homestead min . lockout
OF the Amalgemnted associa-
ton. and they were Joined By the mo-
chanios aud laborers, who struck out
Of sympathies only, their wages not
being reduced. Ths strikers wers de-
terrnined to keep non-union men out of
the mill, and adopted military disci-
pine. The story OF tho arrival and
bloody fight with the Pinktertons on
July 8, tho subsequent riotous proceed
lngs, and the calling out Of tho national
guard, and it's departure after three
duty, is too we'll known to re-
peat.
For six months the mill has been run
ming almost rs we'll as before the strike,
but until within tho last weok the strik-
,rs have steadfastay refused to admit
iefeat -
The news Of Sundays actisa was re-
aaived with dismsy by the STRIKERS in
5hs two LRwrenceville mills of Carne-
gle. These men were sympathetic
and went out at the time the
men at Beaver FsAs and Duquesne
struck. The Duquesno men gave mp tho
aght in xhree weeks and Vie Beaver
Falls strikers decided to 60 back Sun
lay. Tho LaUrenoovills mon, however,
we're steadfast and had No iateat;on of
giving in. They are new Ia the posi-
Iaoa OF striking fpr no cause. They are
rery angry vt tho Homestead men, and
Will probably declare the strike of
Tho strike at one time involved near
y 10000 mon, and the loss in wages
each, it is said, In the neigAborhood OF
y, ooO, e0o Then there 10 an immense
oss to the firm, which oan not be esti-
mated, but which conservative people
put at least double the amount lost by
the men in wages. To this can be added
aear,y half q million dollars paid to
tho troops and the costs to the county
# Allegheny for. the riot treason and
'ther cases growing out OF the strike
At Least thirty-flve deaths wore directly
N indirectly caused by the strike
Besides those killed inethe battle of
July many soldiers contracted fever
which resulted fatally, one soldier was
'hot accidentally by a comrade, another
was killed by the oars, one striker com
nitted suicide, one drowned, and one was
killed by the cars, several non union
men died from fever and several were
killed in the mill, and one was MUIR
aered by another non-unionist.
The attempted assassination OF Chair
man Frick, of tho Carnegie Co., is also
Indirectly credited to the strike.
Georgaa's Ofiicial Vote.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 2l.-Ths official
vote of the state of Georgia in the na-