New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-09
THE MIDNIGHT ALARM.
EXCITEMENT ~ HOMESTEAD OYER \ RtPoRr
TINT MORE MFN WERE COMING.

EXCGrrMFNr IN HOMESTEAD OVER 4 RtPoRT
Tn\r MORE MFN WE'RE COMING
Homestead July s-Homrstead had nervous
sbor, about midnight, 1t being reported that spe'ia
tr,in wa, on IT,, way from liisburg hil"d win men
coming Ia take the place Of those locked ont Inc
rumor did not pretend 10 say whether deputy sher"S
or spcrlal men would arrive. II wa, ,ad they wohla
get her, shortly after the hummer uain' "h'h
j. a midnight train made mp of theatre-goers and
:. ronud,r,.r The guards had been taken of half
an IA NJ before only half the usual force OF waichmen
lcnc on duty. \ railway man said that he had no
knowledge Of any special train coming Inc report
GROW and soon II was said that two trains were
mtnr-onc east and west The electric hight whistle
blew sharply. Tnat the signal for the people
,n qniry was made AT the works aS TO who ordered
thc whistle blown. The engineer said that man
ru he'd in all out OF breath and shouted The black
sheep are coming. blow the whistle" The Supern-
cndcnt blew II and then got his gun and skipped ont
The effect of blowing the whistle was soon seen In
a crowd of who rushed from every hon>e ana
every street corner. llaloas were given and shots
nr,d at the ground to attract attention. Many Of
the men were armed with rcvOlverS and billles and
about one in ten carried gun Nobody seemed TO
know anytiIng definite about the affair. and moro
prr,on, were seeking information than securing IT,.
The men were told OF by their leaders TO watch
various points and all strangers were closely scanned
People were, nervous and excited II WAS some time
bpiOr, the crowd C1lnncn uoWn ana many rtIflli'l
ont Of doors one mddle-ag,d ironworker expressed
the hope that Governor Patti-on would order the
militia here. "They are worlmen,' he said, land
would not do anything dirty. l Wish for blood
she'd"
How well the men are prepared to meet physically
any attempt to force entrance was shown last
night when false alarm sounded. The alarm showed
that the strikers have fairly effective organization
and not disorganized mob, though at the same
time they do much in the way OF perfecting their
organizatl0n out Of every house the men poured
and the leaders In each block collected their forces
on two corners, couple Of young men began blazlng
away with pistols firing at the ground. This was not
mart of the programme and angered one lieutenant,
who rushed down the street and yelled: stop that
shooting you d fools. If there was any need for
shooting you would not be around"
one wife hurried TO her husband, who was doing
patrol duty along the railroad track She put rife
in his hand &" loaded it myself" was all she said,
and with this she turned away and Joined group OF
women who had collected to learn the trouble. Men
were dispatched to headquarters In the Amagamated
Association building TO learn what was known OF the
trouble.
Here the reporter found several score OF excited
men, none of whom clearly knew Just what was to be
ovnected telegram OF warning had been received,
int II was indefinite Scores OF men dropped In.
and the most vigorous of them had rifles In their
arms with the muzzles uniformly pointing downward
for fear of accident. Along the road young boys
followed all unknown persons; A cross secuons
were some Of the more intelligent and influential
mon who sent squads in every direction. While the
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