Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-07-15

proved While all is quiet there, the
strikers are in control and openly express
to me and to the public their determlna,
ton that the works shall not be operated
unless by themselves. After making all
Efforts in nv power, l have failed 10 Sc
cure n poese respectable enough in num-
be~s to accomplish anything, and am sat
isfied that no posse raised by civil authorl-
tv can do ANYTHING to change the cond
ton of affairs, and that any attempt by an
Inadequate force TO restore the rlght OF
law will only result in further armed re-
sistance and consequent loss oil NE. ohly
n large military force will enable me to
control matters. | believe If such force is
sens the disorderly element Will be over
awed and order will he restored. i, there-
fore, call upon you to furnish me such as
sStance. .r
Gov. Pattison, as commander IN ehiet 0i
the national guard, at once issued the lo.-
lowing order
Geo X. Snowden. major general com
manding national guard OF Pennsylva-
MIA:
Put the division under arms and move
at once with ammunition to the support vi
the sheriff of Allegheny county at nome,
stead. Maintain the peace and protect all
nersons in their rights under the ConstItu-
fion and laws of the state. Communicate
with me.
ROBERT E. PATTIsoN, Governor.
To Sheriff McCleary the following tele-
gram was sent:
William II. McCleary, sheriff oil Allegheny
county, Pittsburg, Pa;
Have ordered Maj. Gen. George K:
Snowden with the division of the national
guard of Pennsylvania to your support at
once. Put yourself in communication
with me. Communicate with me further
particulars. -.
Gen. Snowden with the adjutant general
and ouartermaster general at once pro-
ceeded to formulate the orders for the
mobilization of the guard.
At Homestead.
Monday noon Col. Aechlirg and Capt.
McJunkin received official notice OF the
calling out of the national guard, and soon
after the members of Co. Il. 10th Reg.
were on the streets in their uniforms. Al
5P. NJ. they formed in the Armory
and marched to the depot, and there await
ed the special on the Shenango bringing
the Meadville and Mercer Co. companies.
The special was delayed for three hours,
and dIlrins the interval the boys made
merry. and drank coffee and ate sandwich
es provided for them by Hon. J. M. Greer;
and large crowd of their relatives and
| their friends kept them company.
At S:l5 they were off for Homestead by
way of Blairsville, at which point their
| train was run upon the main line OF the
p. K. r., and headed west.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which is about two
miles vest Of Greensbgrg they found other
| train loads of soldiers waiting, and they all
waited there till A. M, when all the
| trains moved west To Brinton station on
| the p. II. r. where they left the main line
and entered the short road connecting the
| p. r. r. and the p. V. d q, and which
| crosses the Monongahela at Port Perry.
| At Munhall station on the T. Y. d T.,
near. Homestead, the trains,stopped and the
| troops dsembarked, formed and marched 10
and through Homestead and encamped on
| the high plateau Immediately above the
| town and steel works, and en- the blult
across the river Batteries commanding
| the town were placed in position there, and
also on the hill on the opposite side OF the
river: and q whole battalion was assigned
to patrol the town.
Gen. SGowden established his head
quarters at the school house and refused TO
have anything to do with the ADVISORY
Committee or allow of public reception
His first report to the Governor was aS
follows:
| arrived at Homestead at o'clock this
: morning from Radebaugh, where tthe
Second and Third brigades concentrated,
accompanied by Wm. Ill. McCleary high
sheriff of Allegheny county. Everything
is peseeful and quiet. The brigades are II
GOOD force ana excellent condition and are
ready to give cheerful obedience to orders
am co operating with the sheriff.
The Fifteenth Regiment is located IL
the hill above the steel works and at hrs
reported lack of GRUB" which ma
, probably been supplied by this time. How
, long they will be there remains to be seem
The Congressional Investigation.
/ The Congressional COMMITTEES, oohsl"t
/ ing of five members of Congress and o
mini,,,,. J,.tlysu tutus, AinIr-'riu, - Chair
. man, arrived at Pittsburg, Tuesday, estab
D lished themselves at the Monongahali
House, visited Homestead and had tall
/ with the Advisory Committee, and thG
. evening heard the evidence of ii. Z. Frlel
D regarding the plant of the Carnegie Stee
Company. the wages of the men and tn
5 enpfovment of the Pinkerton men. Tn
| Carnegie Steei JGglpany is limited part
nership under the state laws, emEloy
4
? Government for armor plates, etc, and 1t in
] cludes the Edgar Thomas furnaces, AM
{ the Edgar Thomson steel works at Besse
mer;the Duauesne hteei works IN the sam
Q | side of the river as the Homestead works
4 the Homestead steel works, the Luc
furnaces, Pittsburg; the Keystone bridg
g works, Pittsburg; the Upper Union mill
and the Lower Union mills, Pittsburg; tn
Beaver Falls mills at Beaver Falls, Pa.
= the Scotia Gre Mincg IN Center County, Pa.
RI tho Latimer coke works iii W estm0leisnt
r County and the Youghiogheny coke work
4 on the Pittsbnrg, McKeesport Il 1ough
4 ioghenv railroad in the State of Penn
: sy!Vania.
0 The wages, GG cited by Mr.. Frick rul
| from l70 a day, paid to laborFrs, to
: and $l4 day paid to rollers.
All the Millmsn to Quit.
At meeting of the mon employed q
7 the Carnegie Upper and Lower Mills i
! Pittsburg Tuesday 1T was resolved TO qui
3 work in two days, if the trouble at Homo
stead was not settled, although the seal,
! for these mills had been signed by bot
4 sides; the Lawrenceville and Beaver Fall
= mills resnlged to quit a; meeting
r held Wednesday night aid this program
3 if carried out will result in square bat
9 tie between the Amalgamted Association
and the greatest steel making concern II
q the country, with the National Guard Ol
4 hands to keep peace.
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