The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-09
A RUSH FOR WORK.
Duquesne Strikers Desert the
Amalgamated Association.
BAD FOR HOMESTEAD STRIKERS

Duquesnc Men Will Greatly Aid the
Carnegie Company In Completing
Contracts at the Homestead Mills.
Many Non Unionists Leave the Lat.
ter Works.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. o.-The strikers
at Duquesne went to work yesterday,
and the Carnegie Steel company has
scored one victory. On Saturday night
Superintendent Morrison posted no.
tice that all men who had applied for
their old jobs should report at the mill
at o'clock yesterday morning, as the
mill would resume at that hour. Long
before the time set, however, workers
with dinner pals quietly stole up un-
frequented streets and along the rail-
road tracks and entered the mill unob-
served by their fellow strikers As Z
o'clock approached the number of men
who had entered the mill yard through
this means reached 400.
About sixty men who were leaders in
the sympathy strike movement gath
cred on the road near the mill gate and
watched in moody silence the men GO
ing in to work. Finally the mill whistle
blew for o'clock. At that large Irish
man exclaimed in loud voice; "Well,
men, the jig is up. We had better hustle
for our old places"
This was signal for panic, and the
entire crowd ran towards the gate A
freight train was backed in front of the
gate. The men did not wait for it to
be moved, but scrambled over and under
1t in their frantic haste to get inside the
mill before the whistle stopped blowing.
II was complete stampede.
The men were organized into the
Amalgamated Association at no little
expense, and they went out on the sym.
pathy strike movement about two
weeks ago. By their surrender they
are expelled from the Amalgamated
Association, and the Carnegie company
has two non-union mills.
The effect of the break at Duquesne
cannot but prove harmful to the men at
Homestead, although the leaders will
not believe it. Yet at Duquesne steel
billets can be manufactured and sent to
Homestead to be rolled into plates by
the non-union men, so that the firm will
be in far better condition to fill its CON
tracts and prosecute its fight here.
It,would be hard to find more hope
full set of men than are the Homestead
strikers today. Not since the beginning
of the present conflict have they been so
confident of success. Last week many
Of them were going around with de-
Bpondent looks. They were beginning
to feel that the battle was about as
good as lost, and the leaders expert
enced no little difficulty in keeping the
discouraged ones in line. But it is diff
ferent now. The sudden change in the
ntnation was brought about by so many
Of the company's non-unionists desert
ing their posts. From the time the
main entrance to Fort Frick was opened
yesterday until it closed last evening
men continued to leave the mill. Chair
man Crawford, of the advisory commit
tee, says that over 150 men came from
the mill to the Amalgamated headquar-
ters during the day, and that fully that
many more took their departure by
boat '1t is no exaggeration to say"
said he, "that over 400 have left the
eompany's employ since Saturday"
Lieutenant Colonel James B. Streator
was unanimously reelected to his posi-
Eon in the Tar3l regiment last night,
his term having expired. This is a COM
plete vindication of his course in the
Private lama affair by the latter's com
rsdes. When the news reached this side
Of the river the three regiments gave
three hearty cheers for joy. Iams, who
Ls,here, was greatly chagrined.