The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-20
Secretly Brought to Homestead at Night by
Steamer and Landed at the Mills. Where
They Are Fed and Lodged.
Strikers Still Endeavoring to Find a
Way to Arrest Carnegie and Frick.
NoFurther Arrests of Wcrkmen-BurgeSS Nc
Luckie TO Appear in Court To.Day-GOv.
Pattison Reviews the Militia.
NoN-uNIoN1srs AT WORK.
Carneg!e's Armor-Piate Miil at Homestea
Started with $50 Men.


Carneg!e's Armor- Plate Miil at Homestead
Started with $50 Men.
sreciai TO the Indianapolis Journa;.
HOMESTEAD. Pa, July 19-For the first
time since the present lockout began the
Carnegie company to-day made pretense
O. starting its mills here. 1t was something g
of surprise to Homestead people to see
smoke issuing from the armor-plate mill
this morning, and they were still more sur
pyised at noon when the big whistle was
blown for the dinner hour. The full power
of the whistle was not putin operation. but
the people recognized the old-time sound,
and many of them looked down toward the
entrance to the works to see if gangs of
workers were not pouring out on their sev-
eral ways to dinner. But none came. There
were workmen inside the works, however,
and they were pursuing their duties in alb
s6fute silence.
The men were brought here secretly by
the company within the past week.
They cnme few at time until yesterday,
when the oom pany got number suffiolent
to guarantee the starting mp of the
armor-plate mill to-day. Some of
these mon were probably landed at
the mill between sunset last
evening and day break this morning by the
Little Bill, under protection of the mill
tary. Later in the day the Tide. small
stern wheel tug. brought q number of men
mp the MOnongahela from the direction of
PIttsburg and landed them at the works
There were about thirty in the party and
all went into the armor-piate mill. The
company Is supposed, i,, to a, haTe 100 men a IN
these are five steel-w0rkers, said to have
been brought from the works of the COM
pany at Braddock. All of the men in the
mill arc, of course. non-union. They are
engaged IN making repairs. preliminary to
the commencement of work on the con-
tracts with the federal government. de-
layed by the lockout, and ir Is probable
that the company is making every effort to
secure the services of men for the steel
working department.. SO that work on the
contracts may be begun on the day repairs
are completed. This afternoon some of the
new workmen made q protective shield of
iron for the guns, In the presence of the
military.
The issuance of warrants has shown the
members of the advisory committee the de-
termiDatIon of the cOmpany's otiicials, but
s..oy do not appear TO be downcast at tho
presence of non-uniOn workmen. Members
OF the committee insist that non-union
mill, because of their Ignorance In the
technical branches of iron and steel
making required to mako successful the
manufacture Of the improved product of
the plant. The committee also bases hope
of defeating the company in the long run
on the declaration of general boycott by
freight handlers. railway men, carpenters,
masons, builders and others engaged in
construction work against the Carnegie
company's product if non-union men are
Meanwhile the non-union men are in the
mills ready for another days work in the
morning. They are provided with Sleep
ing accommodations in the 8rmOr. plate
mill. and have every comfort that the COM
pany could provide. Their meale are
cooked inside the works. and every DreDa-
ration for O long siege has been made.
The meeting of the advisory committee
tonight resulted in charges beng given
out that the Carnegie managers were re-
sorting to peculiar methods to force
men to work. The cases of James
Close and another man were cltec
In which 1t is alleged success was
achieved by threats to implicate relatives
in the pending legal proceedings. Clark,
Richmond a. Co., of Pittsburg. wore re-
ported rs advertising for carpenters and
when applicants for work appeared asking
them To 90 to Homestead to build hunks
and sheds for non-unlOnists in the mills.
Another matter which received alton tiOn
by the advisory committee was report of
the discharge tonight of three watchmen
at the mills, because of q suspicion that
the trio were keeping the strikers posted
on the condition of affairs inside.