Evening journal., 1892-07-28
RIOT ON A TRAIN
NOn-UniOn Dupes Rebel
Against Work.
FREEDOMS SAVAGE FIGHT.
Attempt to Regain Liberty 0p-
posed By Arms,

Non-union Men Tran, ported to Homestead
Against Their WIN, Fight for Their
Freedom the Train and Thirty five
Escape-A Score Badly Bruised I'm the
Mclee-One of the Men Tells How He
Was Deceived Into Going TO Pittsburg
and VIII Take an Affidavit Thereto.
Legal Proceedings VIII Probably Lbe
Instituted by the Amalgamated Assoc
citation.
[By Telegraph to fhe Evening Journal.l
PITTsBURe, July 2S.-A riot occurred
this morning on a Baltimore and Ohio
train, on which party of fifty-six non
union men were being transported from
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Pittsburg, to work
in the Carnegie Steel Works at Home
stead In the melee one man was stabbed
in the forehead with bayonet in the
hands of an armed guard. Another had
thumb chewed of, and nearly a score
0f others were badly bruised in an at
tempt to regain their liberty.
When the train reached Pittsburg
only twenty-one men were aboard in ad-
dition TO the armed guard, the other
thirty-ive having escaped from the car
between Whitehall station on the Wheel.
ing division and the depot in this city
When they left Cincinnati, the men did
not know that they were being taken to
Homestead. and when they found it out
they rebelled. That is how the riot had
its inception
Joseph Manning is the name of the
young man who will make affidavit to
these facts Manning is resident of
Cincinnati and is about 20 years old. He
is printers apprentice and until last
Tuesday was employed on the Enquirer.
He said "On last Thursday answered
an advertisement in the Enquirer offer
ing employm ent at easy labor and good
wages. called at the office of f. w.
Nye, 10 Longworth street and was
offered work at Pittsburg Nye said it
was easy and that would be paid IL
cents an hour and get my first months
board free, and would have three months
in which to pay back my carfare. No
mention was made of Homestead
Yesterday with fifty-fve others
-started to Pittsburg. There were seven
puddlers and a number of steel workers
from Covington and Newport, Ky, in the
party, and they too supposed they were
to get work in Pittsburg. After leaving
Cincinnati all the doors were locked
and windows fastened down and we were
not allowed to open them. Mr.. Nye was in
charge personally. Early this mOrnin e
when we awoke we were surprised to
find both doors to our car guarded by a
watchman with gun on his shoulder
We then became suspicious and some of
the puddlers sized up the situation and
approaching one of the guards asked :
Where are we going to work.
8" At Homestead, was the reply The
mOulders gathered around the guard and
demanded that the doors be unlocked
and that they be allowed to leave the
car. The guard refused TO let them pass
and the puddlers jumped on him. Then
there was a terrible scene Every man
in the car jumped from his seat, some
making for the doors, others
tried to break through the windows
and some got into fight. The guard
struck one of the puddlers with the
DayOneU OF MS gun ana cut long gaSn
across his forehead. In their frantic
efforts to get out of the car the men got
into fight between themselves, and fol
about half an hour there was a perfect
reign of terror and many heads and noses
were broken. At Whitehall, the guard
was thrown from his post and the
door was burst open. The mel
commenced to jump off and they kept
dropping off all the way to the city.
escaped in the crowd at the depot. ThI
other men, | suppose, went on to Home
stead. The guards made no attempt tC
shoot, but used their guns as clubs
Several of the men were severely in
jured, one losing a thumb. l do no
think that man in the party knew tha
we were destined to Homestead, for wheI
that place was mentioned this morning
they became as frantic as animals.
Young Manning is now at the Amalga
mated Association headquarters and ha
related his story to the officials. He viii
this afternoon make affidavit to the abov
statements, which will probably be use'
in legal proceedings to prevent the trans
portation of men under similar circum
stances