The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-07-30
. NORTH DAKOTA
AFFAIRS AT HOMESTEAD.
The ADVISORY Board Issued an I%nterest-
ing Statement.

the state capital. Just be ore leaving the
seat OF war, the governor stated emphatic
ally that no change had been made in he
orders to the troops, II that none was be-
ing contemplated. Sheriff McCleary. alter
q ten-day stay in Homestead, left on the
same train with the governor. The sheriffs
destination was Pi;tsbulg. The two Off
Gals engaged in earnest consultation at
Munhill station, while waiting for the
Train. An address from the advisory board
of the strikers association, counse!liny
peace and good order was nude public
about the time Gov. Pattison's train was
disappearing. in the distance. The state
lnenI made is as follows:
The most evident characteristic Of our time
and country is the phenomenon OF industrial
Capitalization. which Is putting the control OF
each Of our great national Industries into the
hands OF one or Il lew men and giving these
men an
ENORMOUS DEsrorIc POWER
over the lives and fortunes OF their employees
anu subordinateS-the great mass OF the peo-
pie; IL power which evisccrutes our national con-
stitution and our common law and directly an
tagonizes the spirit OF universal history i'll its
worldwide struggle after lawful liberty: q power
which, though expressed i'll terms of current
speech as the right OF employers to manage
their business to suit themselves is coming to
mcan, in eff ct. moth. ng less than n right TO man
age the country to suit themselves. The EN-
lhoyes IN tno mil oil Messrs. Carnegie, HnlpPs "
Co, at Homestead. Pa, have built therea town
viii its homes, its schools and its churches;
have ior many years been
FAITHFUL cO-wOHKE!ts
with the compu;:y III the BUSINESS OF the mill:
have invested thousands OF dollars oil their saw
ings in sad mill III the expectation OF spending
their lives in Homestead and OF working i'll the
mill during tile period of their efficiency. In ad-
dltion to the ordinary gifts and advantages OF
our government the national legislature has seen
tit to specially foster and protect by public tax
nttnn ne in6nStrV or fhnSa 1nlIlS and 1he state
OF Pennsylvania is to-day guarding it at great
and extraordinary expense.
Therefore the committee desires to express to
the public rs its firm belief that the employees
have the right to
CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT
iii the said mill, during efficiency and good be-
hav;or, without regard to religious, political or
economic opinions and associations. The COM
mittee wishes it known tina We will prosecute
the said public and private interests i'll the
courts OF law and equity, and that we demand
OF congress and the state Legislature distinct
assertion OF the principle that the public has an
interest III such concerns ~. that at Homestead.
and that the state has udutyl 10 Judge the affairs
OF such concerns when occasion may require.
Finally, sc desire to state emphntically, as
defenders OF aud petitioners for law and order.
we pledge ours Ives to refrain from violence and
lawlessness, ana that we rest our cause. which
is the peoples Cause. the cause OF American lib
erty against anarchy on one hand and despot-
ism on the o%ther-with the courts. the leglsla-
lures a:d the public conscience.
at the strikers headquarters the ranks
were reported as solid US stone walls, but
the line OF strikers waiting for admission
to tho room OF the relic! committee was
stretched out to nearly double the length
Of any day YET.
Increased ACTIVITY is noticeable inside the
big mill fence. Non-union workmen are
coming by squads of ten to twenty at q
time by boat from Pittsburg, and a lew
lave got in unobserved through the Town
Of Homestead. The number of excursion
iSfc oII1 oirhfSn0PS Uhn o0nNR hero QVoFv
day and the presence of Gen. Snowden's
guards makes this possible. Something
like $50 %non.union men are now inside the
mill. The armor-plate mill, the open
hearth mill and the press shop are in OPP
Grafton. Stecls was passed through the
Grafton of these departments means that
Mr.. Frick and Supt. Potter are making
great efforts to convince their old men that
the mills can be run without their aid.
ORDERED TO MOVE.
Notice OF eviction was served OH the
Shan,y Hill to-day. The tenants were
given ten days in which to move. They
have paid their rent promptly, but the
houses are wanted Tor %worklnen.
1t is now work or be homeless.
May Lynch Him.
KANSAS City. July;,23.-Pearl Homer, who
lives with her widowed mother at No. 1872
North Seventh street, Kansas City. KaE.,
was brutality assaulted by o negro to-
day. Mrs. Homer, who is q clerk
in the Office OF the register of
deeds. is away from home during the
day, her daughter attending to the house
hold duties. While the girl was so engaged
a negro entered the house unobserved,
gagged his victim, bound her hands.
drueged and criminally assaulted her. The
crime was not discovered until noon. when
Mis-. Homer returned home for lunch and
found her daughter unconscious 'on the
floor where her assailant had lett her.
we'll known and highly respected in KAN
So, City, Kan. One of her brothers is a
member ofthe firm of L. H. Wood e. Co..
and another is assistant agent OF the
Travellers Insurance company. The news
OF the crime spread rapidly about the
town and tonight it is the sole topic Of con-
vertation on the streets. Crowds of men
are assembled on every corner and each de-
niands that the lynch law avenge the crime.
The negro who committed the assault cs-
capped, but it is believed he has been cap
tured and is kept in hiding to save him
from a mob's fury.
Handle Green Goods.
OMAHA, July 23.-E. +. BAllineer OF Jul
niata. was brought to Omaha last night by
Deputy United States Marshal Hill upon a
charge OF having entered into a scheme by
which he expected to get in possession of q
large quantity Of counterfeit money.
DIR. Ballinger was induced to try his
hand at the green goods business.
He mortraged his little store at Juanita,
and with 81. 900 went to New York. He
found the men with whom he wanted to
Go business. selected $225. 600 of the money
which he believed to be perfectly good.
paid his 81. 900 for the package. When he
received his parcel at Juanita. however,
he discovered that 1.-The scoundrcls had
changed bogur" On him, and the parcel
contained nothing but blank paper.
Ballinger consulted the Rinkerton agency
and was re erred to the United States treas
ury. In the correspondence which fol-
lowed between Mr.. Ballinger and the treas
ury department the former admitted that
he bought what he supposed to be $25. 900
in bills that looked as good as any money.
The correspondence was re erred to Attor-
ney Baker. with instructions to prosecute,
and Mr.. Ballinger WAS arrested yesterday.
Examination Postponed.
B1sxARcK, MD, Special, July 2 3-The hear
ing IN the Alice Jay case, VIII reayoung lady
is charged with opening valuable letters i'll
transit at the Wales postofiice. was set tor
to-day, but the de ense waived examination