Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-20
tonight lights are cleaning in many of
the furnaces.

tUt 4uIudCtS'
Gentlemen who have been through
the mill say that about 14O mechanics
are at work, the chief place of activity
being the press mill where the armor
plate is bent TO fit the sides of the bat
tie ships.
The Amalgamated Association had its
scouts in the Carnegie property also'
aud received full reports of the work be-
ing done. The making OF sponsor, IL
was afterwards stated by the officers OF
the Association, was the most rudimen-
tary part of armor plate work. 1t Is
rolled into shape after being previously
cast and planed and the men say can be
made by persons with no previous ex-
perience.
"The test" said Mr.. Crawford. OF the
advisory committee who is now at the
| head of the strike, sis not the rolling
| of a sponsor, which Mr.. Potter could
do by himself at pinch, but in pre-
pairing the metal for the work. The
Carnegie Company has put in some ex-
tremely expensive machinery. What l
am anxious to learn is what the cheap
men will do with it. / expect that
GREAT DEAL OF MATERIAL
will be spoiled and great many costly
repairs will be necessary before nlckel
steel will be produced in the works.
The attitude of the mechanical de-
partment was rather surprise 10 both
mill owners and the strikers. Manager
Potter was confident that a great many
of the men would return to work or no.
tify their intention of doing so Monday
and to-day. They did not do so. 1t was
stated, but the report Is a mere rumOr,
that less than ten OF the mechanics
have indicated their purpose to go BACK
TO work Thursday. On the other hand the
Amalgamated Association is said TO be
rather disappointed at the diplomatic
and conservative manner in which the
mechanical department declared It's
neutrality in conversation with Super
iptendent Potter. The main fact Is, OF
course. that the men will not go TO WORK
and the company is embarrassed to that
extent. The men most needed just now
are brick layers and carpenters to get
the furnaces into condition for begin
ming operations, and none OF the home
workers will undertake these tasks. 1t
is expected that the company Will bring
operatives for these preliminary duties
from Pittsburg to-day il they are not
already inside the fence.
IrHAs BEEN DEVELOPED
that men can be slipped into the works
without the knowledge Of the strikers
very easily, and it is believed now that
Mr.. Potter will have no difficulty in in
PRODUCING such persons as can be In
duced to 20 into the company's employ
ment. Most Of these will come from
the Black Diamond mills, where 1t is
understood agents of the Carnegies have
already very completely gone through
the lists OF nOu-union men.
Mai. Gen. Snowden said this evening
that the question Of forming a provls-
ional regiment to be left at Homestead
after the troops had gone away, had
not been considered. lin the hrst
place" the General said, "the militia
will not leave Homestead until this
question has been completely settled,
and the Sheriff notifies US that our pres
ence is no longer necessary TO preserve
the peace. Until then, none OF the reg
iments will leave. understand there
is an impression that the troops will go
away on Friday. To the best OF my
knowledge, that is not true. We Will
20 away when the necessity for our
presence no longer exists, but not be-
fore. No proposition looking TO the es-
tablishment OF a provisional regiment
has been seriously made"
MAJOR GENERAL SNOWDEN's
strong statement that there is to be no
provisional regiment while it is strictly
in line. with Governor Pattison's deala-
ration that he had heard nothing Of
it," is widely at variance with the talk
at Headquarters. This is not the only
point of variance among the staff
either as the gossip runs that some
OF the gentlemen believe they have had
too much work, while others have not
had their share. An Associated Press
reporter heard the commander OF
one of the regiments free his
mind about the provost marshal who
he thought was somewhat too easily
alarmed late In the night, and general
ly. there is that tension which might
be expected from five thousand men in
comfortless camp planted In prac-
tically, If not a theoretically hostile
community. Col. Greene, the provost
marshal fought through the late war
from Bull run to the end, and he does
not propose to neglect any prudent pre-
cautions which would be taken in the
field. He laughs at the idea that any
danger is TO be apprehended in Home
stead. but he says that the experiences
which the militia will get from practi-
cal army work will be OF inestimable
value to them, and he proposed to keep
the men working when there Is occa-
sion for il. while they are in camp.