Evening journal., 1892-07-18

rom rle Carnegie WORKS assurances nom
50 many unions Of freight handlers have
beeu received in this competition that the
Amalgiunated association feels confident Of
preventing the product OF tho Carnegie
mills made 10y nouunion men from being
rarricd To the places stipulated in the con-
tracts. Even IL this fails the locked out
workers claim they have another trump
rard to play.
This is the action OF unions Of carpenters
and Of many other organizations composed
OF men engaged in the construction Of build
ings aud other structures in deciding not TO
perform work on any erection where prod
ncts OF the Carnegie mills are used. With
these and other circumstance to support
them the locked ont workmen OF Home.
stead, with strong financial backing, hope
TO bring the Carnegie company to the terms
dictated by the Amalgamated association.
Costiy Strike.
Both sides admit that thero is no imme.
diate prospect Of q settlement Of the strike.
and already the cost is considerably more
than Si0O0,O00 Every day that the works
are idle costs the Carnegie company $50, 900.
1t Is nineteen days since the workmen
went ont and the wheels stopped moving.
That means n loss Of S05O,O to the com.
pany. The militia have been under arms
one week, and at S20,OOO day have cost
the state Of Pennsylvania $1,000. The
cost to the company and To tho state now
ioots mp Sl.09O,OO0 and is piling up at tho
rate Of S7O,OO0 day.
In addition to all this the workmen lose
their wages and ten men have lost their
lives. The destruction OF property has not
been great, as tho barges burned were in.
expensive A question frequently on the
lips of people here is, how long will the
Carnegie company hold out, and how long
VIII the taxpayers of the state remain quiet
and permit the cost of tho strike to swellg
Instead Of sending in their names as in
dividuals and applying for their old posi-
tions in response TO the notice posted by
Mr. Frick on Saturday, the former EN-
poyees of tho Carnegie company who are
not members of tho Amagainated associa.
tion got together and unanimously decided
to stand out to the end The meeting was
held in the rink. t. was called by members
of the mechanical departments, bnt it in
cluded all daily wage carncrs. These men
number about 1000 and include the Hun.
gnrians. The following resolutions were
passed unanimously:
To Stand Out to tho End.
Whereas, We, the employees of tho mechsni
cal departments and day lahorers of the Car.
nesgie steel works of Homestead in meeting as.
semhled, do offer the following as our views in
regard TO the labor trouble existing at present:
Resolved That we are in sympathy with the
Amalgamated association and pledge ourselves
20 stand with them 10 tho end.
Resolved, That we consider It an Injustice ia
the mechanical department and day laborcr-
and an insult to their manhood to ask them ID
work under guard, we believe that ia mi.
land Of the free an men should be free.
One Of the leaders of the locked out men
said that assurances have been received
from unions whose men handle the product
Of the Homestead mills that they stand
ready to declare general boycott against
Carnegie material. These include the Freight
Handlers union, which win refuse to shh
iron and steel to and from the mill. struc
tural IRON workers shiphuilders and others
who will quit work rather than use tn,
product of nonuniOn men.
All this tends TO show that in case The
Carnegie company overcomes the present
obstacles in its path and succeeds in start
ing aud operating It's pant with nonunior
labor IL viii confront a greater difficulty
and IL Il continues in its determination Il
employ nonunion labor it win preciptate q
strike on the principal railroads and in
many Of the great manufacturing industrie.
Of this country.
Tho Troops May Stay a Year.
The talk OF forming one or two provision
al regiments for long service at Homestead
has increased among the troops. and it /.
likely that when Governor Pattison de
cides to keep men here until the trouble
has ended the supply Of volunteers will be
greater than the demand Many of th,
officers favor a longer term Of service than
three months for the provisional force
They are Of opinion that the strikers are
patient enough in their determination L,
wis to wait quietly for this time, and then
take matters into their own hands again
when the provisional force is removed.
A prominent officer said: ut is nonsense
to think Of enisting provisional regiment
for three months service The men shoult
be enlisted for year. They may not b,
needed for that length of time, but it woult
he well to have it known that they are t,
remain her for year for the purpose of in
! fluencng the strikers in doing what is right
II they understood that the troops wonlt
remain twelve months instead Of three. tn,
strikers would give up contemplating an,
means to cause trouble and things woult
settle down to their ordinary conditions"
Colonel ShafTer Dead.