The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-28
BAD WORK AT PITTSBURG
AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE
LOWER UNION MILLS

The Gas Turned on in the Furnaces
During the Temporary Absence of
the Engineer-Seores Of Lives Would
Have Been Lost had the Plot Sue
ceeded.
PITTsBURG, PA, July 27.-It WAS learned
this afternoon that an attempt was made
to blow up CArnegie's lower Union mills in
this city. During the temporary absence OF
the engineers some one turned on the gas in
the furnaces 1t was only discovered by
the meress accident and the gas was turned
Off before there was an explosion. AT the
time there were IA men In the furnace de-
partment and many lives would have been
lost. The miscreant is not known.
Bauer, the anarchist arrested yesterday,
says there are $40 anarchists in Pittsbur2
and 900 In Western Pennsylvania.
WAGE CONFERENCE.
PITTsBURG, July 27.-The iron manu-
factursrs and Amalgamated association re-
sumed their conference to-day but accom-
plished nothing. Another session will bs
held tomorrow.
The Carnegie Steel Company notified
their former workmen to-day that as they
were no longer in the employ OF the conl-
pany interest on money deposited by them
Woulu sop ana bpS principal "oulo 20 phtu
upon application at the office. There are
now 700 men at work and all the depart-
ments are running.
RECALL OF THE TROOPS.
HARRISBURG, PA, July 27.--At the ex-
eoutive department il Is said two regiments
will leave Homestead today and two to-
morrow, and that moro correspondence has
reached the governor touching upon the
Iams affair than during the coke region and
Homestead riots and Reading combine
business. Women writer's are particularly
indignant over Col. Streator's action.
STRIKER sURRENDERs.
HOMESTEAD, PA, July 27.-Sylvester
Critchlow, one Of the strikers charged with
murder, gave himself up to-day and is now
in jail.
Hugh O'Donnell to-day authorized the
following statement over his signature: "In
view of the extensive circulation to-day OF
utterly misleading articles iu regard to the
Homestead wage trouble, a prompt state-
ment Of the exact facts In the matter Is due
to the workman affected and the public at
large. Monday afternoon, the day l was
released by Judge Magee, l received call
at my residence in Homestead
from two newspaper correspondents,
who came, as l supposed. to
conversation the gentlemen asked me il l
would not like 10 have a settlement OF the
difficulty. To this | replied that OF course
/ should like to see a settlement. | was
then asked on what terms settlement
could be adjusted, and made reply
joKingly. Ny words we're: Unconditional
surrender l did not for q moment bslieve
that any stress would be placed on
an utterance that was merely q repe-
tition of the saying that the newspapers,
the public and the people generally have
used in the same joking manner. Itook the
precaution 10 say to these Correspondents:
'Of course l don't mean it, aud pre-
ss"'t they yh'' should 1d have beSS tsRon. ea.
This part Of our conversation was spropos
of the shooting of Mr.. Frick and following
the strong condemnation by me of Berg
mans deed
WHAT HE MEANS.
''I said that was willing to do all in my
power 60 show the country how strongly
the amalgamated association condemned
the terrible affair, but | did not say, nor
did fancy for single instant, that such
constructions could be placed on my words,
that on account OF the bad impression made
by the shooting of Mr.. Frick that would ro-
commend an almost unconditional surrender
and that IL the advisory committee failed
to agree with me In these views would at
once resign the craftsmanship. That is un-
qualifedly false. Following my assertion
that should like to see a settlement (and
there is no man In Homestead who would
not like TO see the.trouble ended IL it could be
done with Justice TO himself and his fellow
workers. the correspondents proposed that
later in the day in view of my words they
go up and make Mr.. Potter show his
hand. meaning, as supposed, that they
would induce Mr.. Potter to talk for publi-
cation. concerning the concessions he would
make to the amalgamated association .
toward settling the wage question. I
laughingly assented to the suggestion as a
good idea. I told Mr.. Crawford, acting
chairman of the advisory committee about
the matter and gave no serious thought to
what the two correspondents hoped to ac-