Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-04
HAVE A NEW LEADER.
Thomas Crawford Will Hereafter
Keep Homestead Meetings
WITHIN PARLIAMENTARY LINES.
The Locked-0ut Workmen Listen to En-
cOursging Speeches.
REDUCING THE STRENGTH OF THE GUARD

Homestead and Harry Balm Secretary al
Friday nights meeting of the Advisory
Board. The announcement was made al
the large open meeting of the locked-out
men held at Turner Hall and was received
with general acclamation. This means that
all unparliamentary measures which have
heretofore been features of the open
meetings on account of the lack of uniform
ity will be abolished and nothing not in
strict accordance with formal proceedings
will be tolerated
Yesterdays meeting was of quieter tone,
although equally as enthusiastic as those
| previously held The 1900 locked-out
men paid strict attention to the various
speakers, and applauded with their wanted
vigor. The first speaker was John C. Kill.
gallon, of the Amalgamated Association,
who made some consistent remarks regard
! ing the probable cause of wholesale arrest
| OF the loc1ed-out men. 'It is very evident
| to me-" he began, ''that the Car
negie firm are making an endeavor
to exhaust the money resources of the
locked-out u'en by arresting every one and
requiring heavy bail bonds. There is no
other way in which they can iniure US and
th9y realize it. As a result they are despoiIing
homes and making as much trouble as pos
sible for each and every man who ever
worked for their firm in wears and days
gone by. But it is aiding us in the estima-
tion of the people of the country. They re-
alize, as they must realize that the Car
negie can have no other motive, and as a
result, sympathy with the movement is
rapidly growing.
Lib ,raI Financial Aid Promised.
ave will secure more than their svmpa-
thy, we will receive financial aid. The
feeling in our favor is becoming more evil
dent every day. As it becomes more evi-
dent so will the fact that we are justly en-
titled to the financial support of our fellow
workmen in all parts of the country become
potent to them and We will be materially
assisted.
another thing that is shown bv this
prosecution of Homestead men is that the
company's talk about their having plenty of
men to operate their plant is mere brag-
gadocia. They need more men and
they need them badly. They wish to deplete
the ranks of the men who alone can prop
erly operate the plant so they can bring in
more of the same class that are now en-
ployed. L wish to charge you, as the locked
out men of Homestead, to preserve the
peace and keep your tempers. The COM
pany, through the militia, through the
deputies and through their employees, have
tried their utmost to incite riot and trouble,
and at the failure are agitating the matter
as much as is consistently possible. Keep
the peace, keep your temper, and you will
keep in the position Of victory you now
uphold"
c. H. Carnegie, of Beaver Falls, fol-
lowed. He pretaced his remarks with as
serting his deep regret for the name he
bore. "But couldn't help it, he con-
tinued, as the crowd laughed heartily 81
was born that way, so 1 know you will ex-
cuse ME. When 1 came into this world I
found the name had been here before me, so
l wore 1t.
Came TO Bring God News.
notwithstanding this fact have come
20 give you good news 1t is news and vet
it is not news. 1t is only rereating that
which You already know. The men at
Beaver Falls are as firmly resolvrd to stand
by the men in Homestead as they were
when they first came out, and they may be
depended on until the last
Rev. w. T. Galloway made vigorous
attack upon protection in its each and
every phase, and charged his hearers to
support the platform that embraced free
trade.
Some interesting information about the
word 'scab," its origin and meaning. was
given BY DR.. John Putnam. He said he
had carefully studied the word and found |
it was first used by Shakespeare. 'The
word was used in connection with low,
mean, paltry fellows" continued the
speaker, ''who stole the bread from the |
mouths of honorable people. 1t originally |
had its meaning to describe an infection, |
disease among sheep and invariably was |
first noticeable upon black sheep" DR.. |
Pullman then took up the matter of the COM
pany's present attitude. 'They will utterly |
iail in convictlng the many men they have |
arrested. If" he resumed, "the evidence |
against the Homestead men we're as conclu- |
sive as it is evident that Doodle was instru- |
mental in bringing the militia here, everv |
man would be convicted" The crowd |
arose in a body and cheered most heartily |
at the insinration of the speaker.
The Carnegie Company is whipped to |
standstill was one of the opening remarks |
made by the next speaker, Benjamin |
Rogers. eve are stronger than ever"
while the company is in distress. The Car |
negie Company is like the unjust Judge who |
respected neither God nor man, and like |
him they will fall and fall most lowly.
Strengthening the Mems Cause.
eve are becoming more powerful every |
day. The treatment the non union men are |
receiving in the silent contempt is more |
than could be the most violent |
treatment. The latter would inspire a de-
sire for revenge; the former fills them with
self-shame. 1 charge you as consistent
law-ab ding citizens, and as victorious
strikers, to treat all non-union men with
that same silent ntempt. and If will not |
be long before they begin to come into our
ranks and leave the Carnegie Company in
the lurch where it rightfully should be
placed"
Mr.. Rodgers followed his remarks with a
statement that aroused the widest enthusi-
asnl. 1t was to.the effect that all Amalgam-
ated men would be entitled to their dues
during the coming week.
John Oldshue succeeded Mr.. Rogers upon
the platform and asked of the great num-
Der of Slavs present whether or not it was
true thev intended returning to the mill
Every Slav in the hall Immediately arose
ard shouted "No! no! Neverp' and then
sat down with their faces clouded in
scowls. Mr.. Oldshue then made some utter
ances about falsifiers who used their power
In having their wild imagining published
j. L. Brown next bade the men of Home
stead to hold their peace under any and all
and observe all of the laws.
'The sentiment is all in our favor" he
said. ''and it would be very unwise to do
anything not in accordance with the laws"
This was the concluding speech and the
meeting quietly adjourned.
Death at the Homestead Mill.
Car Julexo, an italian laborer, met death
by sufocation at the Carnegie mills. at
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