Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-13
LAW and ORDER REIGN
No Resistance offered the Mill
tary BY the Strikers.
FRATERNAL FEELING PREVAILING.

mary Dlspos1ttOn OF the ADVISORY OSRA-
1nitteo--CarnegIe Men in Pittsburg to
Strike To-Morrow If President Friel<
Persists in Refusing to Treat With tho
AmaIgamated AssOoIation--Tho Con-
Grsssional Investigating Committee.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 13.-Law and
order have been once more established in
Homestead. 1t is martial law, and Maj
Gen. Snowden is Dictator. Armed men,
in blue coats adorned with brass buttons,
have succeeded other armed men who had
no authority of law.
A review of events shows a change so
radical that few who have been here since
the bloody repulse of the Pinkertons can
scarcely realize its full meaning With
the first tap of the pioneer drum corps
came the death-kneu of the authority Of
the Advisory Committee of the workmen.
Regiment after regiment marched along
the dusty roads and impressed the people
by their solid ranks, their superb discip-
line. All day long they continued to ar
rive-infantry, cavalry and artillery-un-
til the town became fairly flooded with
blue uniforms.
The Advisory Committee of the Am&lga-
mated Association called on Major Snow
den at Brinton during the night and told
him of the decision reached at the mass
meeting of the strikers to receive tho
militia with band and hossanahs. Gen.
Snowden said that he did not want any
demonstration.
He refused information as to the time,
his division would arrive in Homestead.
Then he sent the committee back. The
committee could do nothing. 1t had no.
information on which to arrange the pro-,
posed reception, and furthermore it knew
Gen. Snowden would be offended if it car
ried out the objects Of the mass meeting.
The lodges of workingmen that expected
to form in bodies and give formal well
come to the military were not called into
service.
Between and 10 o'clock boy rushed
down the main street in Homestead to-
wards the railroad station and shouted to
the people that the soldiers had arrived.
The day was clear and while the sun
was a trifle hot, finer day for the entry
of the troops could not have been selected.
Business in the town was at standstill and
everything assumed a holiday appearance.
Notwithstanding the proclamation of the
Burgess numbers of women and children
were on the streets. Young girls in their
best gowns were seeking places from
which to view the boys in blue as they
marched into town.
The troops arrived unexpectedly from
the East via special trains on the Pitts
burg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny rail
road, and left the cars at the station near
the fence Of the steel works.
Maj.-Gen. Snowden and Adjutant Green
land were in command.
The 18th Regiment was the first to ar
rive. There were two trains containing
the 9th, 10th, 18th and 18th regiments, a
number of freight trains with sixth horses
| and two gondola cars with three Calling
guns and two cannon.
Sever al companies were at once placed
on guard, and Eighth avenue from City
Farm lane to Munhall is closed to civil
| ians.
The Advisory Committee of the locked
out men met at once and decided to wait
upon the officers in charge of the troops,
| in order to ascertain what restrictions Will
be placed upon private citizens.
There were few people at the station
when the train arrived. They were nearly
all locked-out men. They watched the
soldiers sullenly while they unloaded their
arms and cannon.
In few minutes the news spread and
thousands of people hocked to the streets
around the station, and remained there
| while the troops moved into camp.
| The camp of the National Guard is on a
! plateau at the top of high hill directly
| south of the Carnegie Mill property and
| the city farm mills and overlooks not only
the Carnegie plant but the borough Of
Homestead and many miles of surround
ing country.
The camp, is about 300 yards distant
from the celebrated high fence which in
closes the mills and the city farm.
Guards are stationed along Eighth
avenue, upon which street the mills front.
The troops suffered considerably from the
heat as they marched from the railroad up
the steep hill to their camp.
I,nI AoEr
their positions the men threw themselves
upon the ground and stretching their rub
Der blankets from the bayonets of four
muskets formed screen from the rays of
| the sun.
The camp ground is a meadow from
| which the grass had not been cut and it
| made very comfortable resting place for
the men, most of whom were tired out after
/ their all nights experience in the cars.
1t took several hours to unload the men
and move them to their stations on the hill.
That the troops did not come to Home
stead upon any idle errand is shown by the
fact that each man has ten rounds of
ammunition and is equipped for active SER
| vice.
Passes were issued to the militiamen
with very little discretion as to the num-
Der, and within an hour of the arrival at
the camping ground the streets of Home
stead were filled with dusty, tired lot of
soldiers They mingled with the locked
out Carnegie mill men and drowned all
differences in beer at the many saloons,
which were wide open.
There were 300 special policemen on
duty, but they made no attempt to main
tain order 80 long as no actual disturb
ance occurred. Numbers of militiamen
were under the influence of liquor by noon
and some of the strikers kept them COM
pany.
For some unknown reason John Nc
Luckie, the Burgess of the borough,
turned his authority over to Assistant
Burgess Byrne. The latter did his best
to preserve order. Shortly after noon he
went to the brewery upon the hill back of
Homestead and finding about 500 soldiers
there in various stages of intoxication, he
ordered the place closed.
The militiamen became quite bolster
/ GUS and rows with strikers were narrowly
avoided. One man in the uniform of the
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