Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-07-07
A STATE OF SIEGE.


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Labor WIN No Longer ~ He~sxniEet-
Vie r~~s and Work. In , state ~s siege.
ruhtir >ru.f..ttv It.lag With the Work
m~n-ont-tder. wtn tse Their. at Their !
r~ru-a Ceaatct that wnl s~ watched |
With Interest Throughout tas E~antry.
FfTTSBrFsu. Ia. July = Hereafter |
the Homestead steel works will h. op- |
Grated a. uonuuiun works We shall |
not recognize the Amal-ams;c'l aSScci-
alton of iron AMI stcri workers in our |
dealings with the men The mill viii |
be an open mill whrrc all men may |
work. rcgarll,'>s II their . fiiliation te
lator organization
The above Is part OF 4 statement |
made this afternoon by the secretary
IT the Carnegie Steel Co. limited. the
new s.S.eo0. 900 organization. 1t Is
our rurroSe,~ continued Mr.. Lovetey.
''to run that mill. II will b. an open
mill No doubt there will b~ sale
regulating employees wages. hat there
will be no question a. to whether he
belongs 10 n labor organization We
shall DO at Homestead as we do NJ
Braddock-sieal with the men individu-
ally and no distinction win be- made"
The above plain statement leaves no
doubt as To- the company's intention
with rrgarl to the ;ight at Homestead.
| and narrowS the fight down t. a life
and death struggle with the Amalga-
mated association. to-day the leading
labor organization in the world Mr..
Lovrje- alSo outlined the policy which
will H. pur-u~,i by the company in the
present struggle I'VE will do nothing
for the next week or 81 The time will b.
fully occupied in repairs A. matter
Of fact. only no men are directly inter
este,i in this fght. The wages of that
| number only are in question Mr.. Frick
is directing the policy ~ the company
in this mater. Mr.. Carnegie knowing
| only in n general way what j. going On
| at Homestead. About July - noticc-
/ will be- served that the oil employees
may return tn work by making aPpli-
| cation At a certain date New men will
b. put To work in the places Of tho~.s
who do not thus apply. We can easily
~; new men into the eompany.s
| works
The signing ~ the smalgamAtc,i
scale for Carn-gie's Thirty-thirl->trce;
union mill i developing into clever
move. The pressing work n: Houis-
stead i on structural ireu- This work
can ~ done a. rapidly at Thrrty-thiri
street a. al Homestead, and this class
II work will te transferred - ths
Thirty -third-ssre,-t mills
| I~Pr.<assI~ AZ Gibraltar.
| HOMESTEAD. IA. Iuiv s-Five hum
drcsi s-ruutS now guard the town
against tho approach of would-bc work
ers. and the town i> aS imPregnabie as
Gibraltar. The picket lines extend TO
the opposite side u the river. The men
doing guari duty. il II said. arr armed
to the teeth. Each of the entrances IN
the mill property i guarded By for-e
ef fifty men All ofstcs clerks, watch
m-n and superintsnslrnts of depart
ments arc permitted to go and come
unmolssteti None Other. however.
dare ~ even attempt IN enter within
the gates
The Sympathy Of the citizens Is with
the workmen- Yesterday the mer-
chants elubbed together and sent n
eartinad of tobacco and pipc~ Furnf
turr has heen donated to furnish their
headquarters and the electric light sup
ply companies arc furnishing lights
and fixtures. Saloon keepers have been
cautioned a Ia the sale of intoxicants-
Yesterday the entire corps Of servants
employed ut Carnegie's hotel near the
steel works left the hotel in body. re-
| Fs.xtrr~ q. o h~ h.,
have recently appeared
| Rraddock telegram received at the
headquarters last night stated that sos
men had been hired at Braddock 10 &C
to Homestead and that they were 10 20
by way of Pittsburgh.
| II i rumorcd that two boats are b.
ing loaded in lower Allegheny City
with cots for use of the Braddock men
when they get into Homestead The
men say that huge bonfire i certain
70 occur If the attempt i made to land
them Last night a large ealliope steam
whistle. to be used ~ the workrnen a.
general alarm. was erected in town
| The Homestead steel Workers To he P.is
I'm Pull and Discharged
HOMESTEAD. Pa, July AT 10 a m.
yesterday notice was posted At the
entrance to the eompany's Office enjoin-
ing all employees from the highest &c
the lowest that they would b. paid of
in full to-day between the hours of
noon and ) o'elock- About 4.ooo men
in all will receive their money and also
notices of discharge. Barring the fact
that the crowd Of workmen may be
noisy no demonstration is anticipated
A member Of the advisory board Of
locked-out workmen said: Mr.. Frick's 5
statement that only ss6 men were af-
fected by the new scale i mistake
Every man in the mill suffers by il.
and we can prove H. The general re-
ductionS in all departments range from
"a 10 per cent and in some a. high as
20 per cent"
While it cannot be exactly estisaat~si.
ret the loss to the Carnegie oomnonT
each day the mills are idle II quite
heavy, and amounts 20 thousands Of
dollars In case the firm fails to re,,ede
from its stand. there will be great dan
ger of being unable 10 fill the govern
ment and Worlds fair contracts The
company Is under $500. 600 bond for
the completion Of a large amount Of
| armor plate. and unless the old men arr
taken back or new men secured there
is a probability of the government de.
manding forfeiture.
little Prospect Of an AdJu<tm~nt al