The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-16
TROOPS AT HOMESTEAD.
The Whole Military Force of Penn
sylvania Ordered Out.
Received With Cheers by the wOrkmeH

tee took charge of matters, and appointed a
special force to preserve order. Sheriff VIM.
H. McCleary, of Allegany, requested military
aid of the governor to restore the carnegie
nronerty TO the owners Gov. Pattison de-
elined to call out the military until the civil
mower had proven inadequate to deal with
the ouestion. The sheriff then endeavored
to organize a posse, and only about thirty
persons RESPONDED to some five hundred sum-
monses issued. Then another appeal was
made to the governor, and on Saturday last
Governor Pattison ordered out the entire
force of s, 600 of the Pennsylvania National
Guard.
ARRIVAL OF MILITIA.
A despatch from Homestead on Wednesday
says:
Alta few minutes past O. clock on Tuesday
morning the cry suddenly went up, The
troops are coming The troops are coming J"
and instantly the greatest excitement pre-
vailed. The militia came in by rail from
above the town and at once surrounded the
Carnegie mills. They we're received with
few cheers from the surrounding bystanders
rs the train rolled in, and most respectful
consideration was accorded them in every
respect.
The first detachment of troops numbered
at least 5000 men aud was i'll command of
General Snowden. The troops came from a
I MONT oil TenuGLNO Gus Two lull6s lulS SluC VI
Greensburgh, and it stated that the First
Brigade is now at Mt. Gretna, where it will
remain until further orders.
| Immediately on the arrival of the trains
there was great hustle and excitement, but
| the militia themselves preserved perfect order
and responded silently and promptly to every
order of their superors. Rapidly descending
from the train the troops formed in a column
at the switch yards just beyond Munhall sta
ton. One company was at once detached on
picket duty, land line was Immediately thrown
! out among the mill yards. Then the main
| body of the troops marched down the streets,
headed by the regiment band, and along what
| is known as ''Scab Hill" This is an emf
nence overlooking the mills and the scene of
| last weeks hostilities, and its bluff was COW
cred with spectators, mostly women. There
was not the slightest manifestation of hostil
| ity, and although the troops had arrived so
| suddenly that all the leaders of the strikers
were absent it did not require their presence
to maintain proper respect from the rank and
| fe Once or twice there was even little
handclapping from the younger element as
the iaunty militiamen hove in sight, and the
band was the object of much interest. The
carefully prepared reception, of course, was
frustrated by the sudden arrival of the militia,
and it was manifest that the officers in com
mand did not desire TO be made the objects
of a ceremonial reception from the people
whose lawlessness they had been summoned
to suppress.
OWNERS OF THE MILLS IN POSSESSION.
In twenty minutes the works were entirely
surrounded, and the Carnegie mills were once
more in the hands Of their owners. All the
surrounding streets were patrolled by plckets,
and guard at every street Intersection kept
the crowd at a respectful distance and pre-
Ii. 4 ,nf IF tribe
1t is due to the workmen, however, to say
that no militaman was called upon to exer
else his authority. The strikers were uni
formly good natured, and the peaceful pro-
gramme of their leaders was observed to the |
letter. There was much speculation as to
whether the troops would occupy the town or
merely confine themselves to the mills, but |
the doubt on this point was not of long dura-
ton. Immediately after the troops had sur.
rounded the works and the picket lines had |
been established, several companies suddenly |
formed at the command of their officers and |
marched directly to the heart of the little |
town of Homestead. One company halted |
near to the strikers headquarters, another |
marched to the vicinity of the depot, and a |
third occupied slight eminence overlooking |
and commanding the commercial centre of
the town. Homestead was in the hands of
the military and martial law had succeeded |
the reign of the advisory committee. The |
greatest order was maintained by the troops |
in all these movements, the young militiamen
showing the benefits OF careful training.
The citizens of Homestead were deeply |
disappointed that the militia should have |
deemed it necessary to occupy the whole town /
instead of merely combining themselves to the |
mills, but there was not boot or cry or a
single manifestation of disrespect to show |
their displeasure 1t was complete acqui- |
essence to the power of the State, and as /
gracefully as they could the strikers philo- |
sophically accepted the inevitable.
The Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Fifth and Six
teenth Regiments were the corps pushed into /
Homestead, the Fourteenth and Tenth had,
half an hour previously, taken possession on
the opposite bank of the Monongahela Just |
across from the Carnegie mills, There, too,
batteries were planted commanding the whole
of the town. Had there been any resistance
to the entrance of the troops their cannon on
the other side of the river could by themselves
have made the strikers position untenable.
THE STRIKERS MAINTAIN THEIR PICKETs.
When the troops were first seen leaving the
cars above the works the strikers picket, To-
Gated at Munhall, fell back and sent mes
senger into the Amalgamated headquarters
with the news, which had already been re-
ceived through the newspaper men. Other
pickets fell in from the hilltop and the hills
beyond, and for little time did nothing but
watch the soldiers. Two of the strike lead
era, Cummings and another man, were sent
out from headquarters to call these men back
to their posts, and a circuit of all the stations
was made to hold the men on watch.
"You had no business to leave your
places, said Cummings to one of the pickets
''Yo GU have been off your posts long enough
to let a hundred Pinkertons come in. Go
back and do exactly as you have been doing
Do not let any non-union man or detective
through your lines. These troops will not
interfere With you. They are here to sup
port the sheriff, not to settle the strike"
Similar instructions we're given to the othfr
watchmen, and the whole of the picket line
was reformed outside the station of the troops
upon the hill.
GENERAL sNowDEN AND THE COMMITTEE.
As soon as General Snowden had es:ab-
lsbed his headquarters in the school house
on the hill over the iron works, he was waited
upon by a committee, consisting of QDon-
nell, Coon, Crawford, Sohuokman and Cliff.
ford. representing the Amalgamated Assoei-
alton, the advisory committee and the citi,
zens. Coon was spokesman, and coming to
General Snowden he stated that he repre-
scented the association and the citizens; that
ON their part he welcomed the troops to the
town, and he offered the cooperation of the
citizens in preserving order.
Gen. Snowden said; 81 thank you for your
welcome, but do not need your co-opera-
ton. The only way that good citizens can
cooperate with is to 60 peaceably about
their business
Coon said; 1.-The citizens wish to know
at what time they may give you public re-
cepton." Snowden replied 81 can accept
no reception, sir. 1t would be most i'm,
proper thank you for your courtesy, but
formal welcome is not needed. 1t would
be an amazing thing if the National Guard of
Pennsylvania was not welcome in any part of
Pennsylvania"
Mr. O'Donnell here took up the converse
ton and began: Son the part of the Anal I
samated Association | wish to say that after
an attack from illegal authority we are glad {
to have the legal authority of the State here"
81 do not recognize your association, sir"
General Snowden replied. 81 recognize no
ono lint tho cifizanc of this cifv We hava |