The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-13

chango sh0uld DO maue, anu IL was stbo uoces-
sary. the General considered. that the public
and the strikers should not know where the
troops would gather. and from whence and al
what time they would proceed to Homestead.
SO carly yesterday afternoon he notified the
Colonols Of the rcgim cnts that he had changed
his piano and had selected Blairsville for the
rendezvous.
Dlairsviile is little station on the line Of the
Ponnsylvania railroad about ffty-two miles
east Of Pittsbureh. The General intended that
this second statement OF his should be given
to tho newspapers. because he had no inten-
tion OF making Blairsville q rendezvous. and
in view OF previous leaks he did not think 1t
best to lot his real intentions be known even
TO the Colonies OF the regiments. Tho state
ment was printed In the newspapers.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Company.
realizing that there would probably be crush
OF press matter from the CAMP sent q lot OF
extra operators to Blairsville. as 1t had pro-
viously done to Brinton. Many OF the corro-
spondents here started on the regular trains
and went to the town to wait for the troops.
Others received private tips that they might
70 along with either the Fourteenth or the
Eighteenth Regiments whom they started. and
they waited and won't out with the soldier
boys.
Tho Colonies OF the regiments, when they
started out were quito confident that their
destination was tho town 1fty miles
east OF Pittsburgh and Homestead. and
thoy could not for the life OF them
see why It had not been selected. Curl
ously enough. the train mon had orders TO pro-
coed to nrentol. and when that fact became
known almost everybody was satisfied that
the Blairsvills announcement had been .
hoax. and that Brenton really was to be the
rendezvous.
There was q crowd Of not less thaa 10000
persons at tho Brinton station. and out OF 1t.
bareheaded and excited. rushed Q telegraph
operator to tho engineer OF the special. He
waved sheet Of train orders over his head
They read. Run on extra time to Wall" Tho
operator also impaired tho information that
all tho operators along tho line had received
orders from headquarters that In view OF the
specials conveying troops that were out on tho
road the pre Of raHad bpssHss was
10 handled By the railroad operators west Of
Brinton. This unpleasant news was repeated
special. At Wall another bare headed opera.
S. wans saa 91dsrs sa
Iorimer", At; I3riner again there was
9rders, which read: Run on extra time to
in The minds H s' Of eVerybody on board that
really Ess as dGn Be- svsa IN
lump instead OF piecemeal was a mystery.
At Penn the conduct tor run into tho telegraph
office and found orders awaiting him thcre to
nette there we're orders to take the freight
tracks and run on extra time to Radebaugh.
and walt there for qtheT Grders
runs rrs' the % tower is MI John smith. farmer.
corn. and onioi!s. runs from one third to one
half OF a mile along either side Of the tracks;
The SfsTa Sa sh hi
boring people there are employed on the same
and ever since the battle in which the Plnker-
ton wntchmen were murdered. messages haye
ss seh leaders ssaI at aomestesd that in case Of
necessity there were thousand men who
would march nsE2ss the SridSe ana !, re,eniorce
though these 1000 men and their wives and
babies were all out. ~ The train ". went at by the
Tsy the ssdns t Ie sf
crowd ct Brenton was not OF the same char
aeter and on an average every ether person sr,
was crowd 81 mi ar to the crowd ut Rraddock.
and 1t was lust as liberal In expressing It's dis;
s his family stood BY Street erossins and
while the steel worker cheered. his wife. with
her baby in her, arms and her face expressing
Of tug slcy train: GO back. and let honest
Radcbaush. tie operator handed !the CON
dustor despatch instruetinS him to wait In
s Hinon that that ho
t was r light RisSs Sshlnd Tie Esh,centh's
Of tho Fourteenth Reg Intent and from tho
other direction a spcciG! bearing the mem oers
o; the Fifth Regiment.
hn IN IN
ceived orders similar to those received by the
conductor OF the Elshteen;h's special. It was
hs tn 81 tire s
% the P na fn al hs
movement was to be mada at once on, Home
stead and the town was to be taken at
nnyns to S''y 'fw n 9hs 1o e5a
snd that Mr.
cordingly suffered some. as well rs his fences.
which were torn down to maSe fires =; On SG, which
before ,midpieht. -...-'.'.
which WIS a Pullman sleering car. came hust.
ns in from the East If
another sreeiaI arrived with Big. .Gsn. Wylie
rtasr *ent through tho cars OF the Ave speclals.
consulted with the Colonels and the staff Of
each OF the regiments. and got acquainted
With great rem many q the soldier boys . When
would stay e9mpcd in the cars at Rndebnngh.
he answered: May DO half all hour: cor
tainly not more than week"
After the Brigsder- General had gone the
Colonels made beds on the seats OF the several
hendquarte5r eSar cars and turned in apparently for
Of tho various companies also settled down to
take maps. and then 1t was that the eyesight OF
At either end Of the cars became very poor.
Their orders had been to allow no one but
the commissioned officers to pass them. They
couldn't keep watch OF tho windows AS well as
tho door. And IT was not worry long before there
in any Of the ears. and the potato patch on Mr..
John Smiths farm swarm ed with tho soldiers
md bontlres;; and the smell OF roasting pota-
fee and raw onions didn't detract from tho 10y
OF the occasion. NJ r. Smith. OF course. WIS in
bed sleeping the sleep OF the Just.
The Thirteenth fcg,mont. from Scranton,
most of whom are sharlslIooters. got in about
midnight; That made Fix .spesial trains. be;
End the Brigadiefr,, nsral; The operator at
from the wires that there were seven more