The record-union., 1892-11-16
THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE.
Finances the Serious Question With
the Locked Ont Men.

Finances the Serious Question With
the Locked Ont Men.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 15.-It is now 139
days since the sympathy strike inau-
gurated by members of the Amalgamated
Association at the Lawrenceville and
Beaver Falls Carnegie Mills raj. To-
day the Carnegie Company the
Beaver Falls plants, claiming IS far
as the Lawrenceville and Hc,. lead
Works were concerned the strike il over.
1t Is not denied by anyone that the COM
pany has the better of the fight, although
IL was enormously expensive Members
OF the strikers at LaWrenceVille and
Homestead are disheartened, and at the
same time there are as many more who are
determined TO fight it out if they can be
supported. 1t is the question OF finance
which Is the most serious problem the
men have to deal with. A member of the
Advisory Committee said to-day that
there was no use holding out false de-
IusIons. There are about thousand per
sons in Homestead and three hundred
each in LaWrenceVille and Beaver Falls
on the relief rolls. He said of these eight
hundred have families, and the Anal
gamated Association contracts to pay
them IS per week. The other eight hun
dred get IS per week, making a total of
the organization, composed OF only y ,00O
members. Outside financial aid has
lailen OIL until the question of finance is
indeed serious.
TWO MORE ARRESTS.
HOMESTEAD, Nov. 15.-Detective Geo.
Nahl was given a warrant to-day to ar
rest William Ratrott on a charge of ag-
gravated assault and battery. When Rat
rod was found he was surrounded by a
crowd of friends. The detective made
known his mission, and after struggle
Ratrotf started 20 run. Wahl pursued.
firing into the air. Ratrof was finally
captured, and nobody hurt
This evening Charles Biglin, employed
in the mill, while intoxicated gave vent
to several war WhoOpS, which attracted a
crowd, and then began firing revolver,
creating panic. Biglin was finally sup
pressed by being put under arrest. A
mass meeting of lock ed-out mill men will
be held tomorrow to discuss finances and
strike benefits.
APPEAL FOR AID.
New YORK, Nov. l5.-The officers of
the American Federation Of Labor, the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers and Advisory Board of
the Homestead locked-out men tonight
issued an address to the American public,
which sets forth the situation at Home
StCeAe's dss AlOilA Tic SbI1h6IS point.
1t designates Tuesday, December 18th, as
Homestead Day. and calls upon wage
workers, as well as liberty-loving citizens
OF the country, TO make a contribution Of
portion of their earnings on that day to
aid the Struggling brothers at Home
stead in their present contest to defend
themselves before the courts. Their cases
must be brought before the highest tri-
bunal of the country, if necessary"
The Transcontinental Association.
CHICAGO, Nov. ia meeting of the
Transcontinental Association was held
here to-day, but as the Great Northern
had no representative present post
ponelnent was taken until tomorrow.
Railroad men generally believe the asso-
citation is doon-sd. General Passenger
Agent LomaX Of the Union Pacific to-
day positively refused to make any con-
cessions 10 the roads that have been try
ing to persuade him to divide the Pacific
Coast business at Ogden instead of at the
Missouri River. This ended the confer
ence.