Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-18
WILL NOT WORK UNDER GUARD
Homestead Employees of the Mechanical
Departments in Line.
FRlCK MUST DEPEND WHOLLY oNNE MEN
Strikers Thoroughly Familiar with the
Plans of the Compiny-They Are Quite
Confident oi Success-Wisconsin
Iron workers Discharged.

men taking their places in the mil, ruthorS
about the dcs perate purposes OF the strikers
aud reports auout the preparations oil Tue
military to quiet refractories, are extant put
the fact remains tnat it has been most
nuiet Sunday Up 10 o'clock this evening
none of ;he men hau been introduced through
the Carnegie gates and, although 1t has been
expected for tonight, nothing has been so lar
today.
The new men are onfdently expected be-
fore tue formal opening of the works on
Tuesday, but the strike leaders do not be-
leve that any of them will be introduced
until after it is seen how many applications
have been made py the old men.
That some Of these will be made is quite
certain. Some of the old employees have al
ready interviewed the military about the
protection which will be afforded to men
going to work and while the number oil
those asking the question has been very
small. the Carnegie company sees IN IL a
symptom of aisintegration among the locked
out men which they hail with genuine relief
OF course the visits TO headquarters have
been made secretly, as the great majority Of
the men are stlll strongly with the Anal
gamated association.
win Not Work Under Guard.
moraing, at which about 400 OF the employees
were present who represent the mechanical
department aud day laborers. These men
are not members of the Amalgamated associ-
alton, but they have been in sympathy with
it. some half a dozen speeches were made
as to the poster put up oy Mr.. Frick inviting
the old men back 10 work. and after some
consideration the following resolution was
proposed and passed unanlmou i!y
Whereas, We. the employees OF the mechan-
cal departmUuts am uty IlbOrerS OF the Car
ne-ie steel works OF Homestead, in meeting
assembled, do offer e following As our views
In regard TO the labor trouOIes existing at
Resolved. Thatwe are in sympathy with the
AmalEamated association, nud pedEe our =
selvt : to stand with the members to the end.
Resolved, That We constuet 1 an injustice
to the mech huuicai departments and day labor
Hnd we believe in this lana OF the free all men
should tie free.
Must Depend OH New Men.
This means that the tine repair work,
which was 10 have begun to morrow Will not
be undertaken by the old men who Will not
70 back to work. and that new men will have
10 be brought in if the company Intends to
open the works on Thursday next, US all the
furnaces are cold and much rebuilding viii
have TO be done.
II is simply matter of impossi blity to
unt6ngle all the contradictory stories which
ere being told about all these new men. For
Instance, NUMBER OIL negroes are CNpeCleu
from West Virginia and Alabama furnaces.
a draft of eighty men is said to be coming
from Ohio. The advisory committee has
heard OF efforts to enroll mechanics in
Chicago and ST Louis, supposed 10 be for
the Carnegie company, but after all the
rumors are sifted down there is no truth to
be found at the bottom Of them ana those
CORES pOudcnts who are trying 20 send ont
the real status OF the case in Homestead are
forced TO depend only upon what they see
with their own eyes.
A case in point Is furnished by the rumor
started this morning that three boat loads
Of nonunion men had been disembarke into
lhe works. One gentlemen saw these men
gong into the mills and so reported, and yet
the men are NOT known TO have gone in a.
stated. Some of the pilgrims are expected
Tonight, out the chances seem 10 be that they
Will not come. At auy rate the advisory
committee is not particularly vicilant this
evening. The patrols are OF course con-
tinued, but Mr. Shannon fatty stated that he
Fncw no new men would be brought in until
Thursday.
strikers Thoroughly Informed.
lie said 1--WE arc not TALKING wildly when
we say that we believe we know exactly
what is TO be the program of the Carnegie
company. Their effort is 10 be directed
towards bringing back the old men, not TO
getting new ones, and they Will exhaust all
their methods of persuasion before they 20
off for the black steep We know this, and
we know to win this fight all we have to do
Is to Keep our lines nrlil uL let tue company Y
do what they Will.
''They cannot nuke nickel for the armor
plates without us. TDey cannot, except at
greatly increased expense, do any Of the
ordinary WORK of the mills. This is not an
IDLE boast on our part. We have in the
Analgamatcd association, the skilled steel
workers OF America II they import men,
they Will have TO be exceedingly smooth.
Out of the men here about six Will 20 10 WORK.
The others Will come 10 US and We will
take proper care of TEN. II Will be a wait
lug fight, but as / told you Yesterday, be-
lievc IL all sincerity we can stand II for five
years. We are not paupers, drunkards nor
tramps, but American citizens ana tax
payers. We can pay our debts and have q
little surplus left The rainy day has come,
but our umbrellas are all up.
No Contributions Necessary.
II think the Amalgamated association will
go through this struggle without asking a
collar from the outside A great deal OF
help has been sent US by our friends VINO be-
lieye in the principle we represent, and this
we Will use 10 PROVIDE for the laOorers and
the others who are not members of our boiy,
but who are affected by this conflict. II the
outside helD should cease we can still! care
Tor them. In a word, %o are just in tnis po-
ution; we are asking no ODDS OF anybody,
but are making this fight on our own re-
sources. We want the sympathy Of our
friends and we court the enmily OF every
man who is hostile TO organized labor. Help
sent US WIN be used for the 1900 men not
IeinDC Ol OlT ahhNNlil4GL lllb On account
of tue difference, but If the help were not
sent, we woud still charge ourselves with
their support and go forward
Ia the camp today a sabbath stiffness
reigued. Divine services were held in some
Of the regiments ana the sermons were
listened 10 by the great crowd OF visitors
who hocked into the camp
Rev Mr.. Garhardt Of the Twelfth told his
hocK that as citizens they must obey Amerj-
can law and as soldiers they must enforce its
obedience. There was but one plain duty
for every national guardsmau and every
soldier in Amerlca and that was honestly,
heartily ana l0yaily TO OBEY the orders issued
by his superior officers.
In the town pulplts the strike was referred
10, but the efforts OF the cergymen were
chiefly directed TO aliayiug the excitement Of
the past two weeks aud uoue OF the clergy
took very strong grounds, save ia urging
Arbitration.
WANT THE PISKERToNs ARRESTED.
bhlcaEo Trades aud Labor Assemblies De
nouncc the Ho.arstcad Affair