Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-21

vas made In July. Counting every
man EMPLOYED since the skrike, the
total viii NOT exceed $500. In pros
porous bmes vs have employed sass
banda The nominal number 10 !, 200.
All contrHess made BY the company
within . month prior 70 the strike we're
made WITH the PROVISIONS that there
might bs trouble. We have lost moth
ing Ia contracts which were made prior
90 the strike, but We failed 70 obtain
contrscts which otherwise We would
have secured. IL - probable that the
force Of deputy sheriifs Will be reduced
10 fftesn or eighteen.
Rssanas ef sAs strike.
PrrrsBuss. Nov. 20.-The Homestead
srrike or lockout will be- scored ~ one
OF the mcss fAmsls labor demonstrs-
t,ons in the nistory OF the country. The
men werc locked ous June rs, i've days
before the expiration OF the wage scale,
and from that time until July 6. the
Carnegie steel company made no A.
tempt 10 get men into the mill. Tho
advisory committee would allow no
one 70 20 in. except clerks and foremen
IN the empioys Of tho company.
On the morning OF July q the Pink
erton detectives tried to land AZ the
miiis; ten men Lost their lives a. . re-
suit Of the battle which followed, be-
side forty or fifsy we're wounded. some
Of whom were manned for life.
The arrest Of the Pinkertons after
twelve hours fghting, during which
pistols, rifles, cannon, dynamite and
burning oil were used, wAs followed
by the terrible gauntlet run and bar
barous abuse OF the captive Pinksr-
tous. one Of whom was driven insane
BY 1t and afterward killed himself. A
couple others lost their reason after
passing through the awful line Of mad
dened men and women, from the river
bank TO the opera house. whore they
were held prisoners until gwen into
the charge Of the county sheriff.
The next event OF importance WAS
the ordering ont by the governor of
the entire national guard of the state
on July 10.
Some Acts OF Violence.
Two-thirds we're encamped at Home
stead for thrse weeks aud some regi-
ments for three months, with an az
gregate cost to the state Of $500, 900.
Politicians brought che strike into pro-
gress and . committee from the house
was sent to investigate. They took
evidence and made reports which
amounted to practically nothing. The
same committee 10 still investigating.
Democrats seized upon the situation
rs an argument against protective tariff
and used it effectively in the campaign.
rne civil courts, from the highest to
lowest took . hand and the grand Jury
turned nearly $50 indictments for riot.
conspiracy, treason and murder,
against persons on both sides, and .
year or two will be required to clear the
criminal court docket on these charges.
The trial and conviction of the an
archist Bergmann, who attempted TO
KILL Chairman Frick Of the Carnegie
company. and the trial OF the officers
Of the Tenth regiment for punishment
OF Private Iams grew out of the diff
Guilty. These suits have cost Allegheny
county large sum and the Mitigation
has only begun.
The murder OF Max Newham. the
dynamisi3g OF Mrs. Morrow's house,
and thousand other unlawful acts
are from the strike, besides number
Of serious accidents to new and mex
perienced workmen, who tried to oper-
ate the mill. The sympathetic strikers
at Union mills here and Beaver FAlls
were alco productive of affrays. The
Beaver Falls strike was declared off on
Friday last. The Lawrenceville strike
will now fail byreason of the cause for
its continuance being removed.
As Powderiy Sees 1t.
Sr. LOUIS, Nov. 20.-Grand Master
Workman Powderly gave out an inter
view tonight on the subject of the
Homestead troubles and the recent
election. 1t 10 the first expression ne
has made for publication. He spoke
at length. What he said occupies q
column in the morning papers. He
connects the landslide on November
with Carnegieism pure aud simple. He
says the people do not dislike Hsrn-
son, nor do they especially love Cieve-
land. but that they saw the trend of
events. as exemplified at Homestead.
and thought that the quickest way to
arrest them Was to destroy the party in
power. The Homestead troubles, Mr..
Powderly says, were the results of OBJ
stinacy and a desire to rule without
ouesslcu.