Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-13
No Change in the Situation at
Homestead.
CHAIRMAN FRICK has TIE KEY 10 IT.
Gen. Snowden Ignores the Local
Authorities.
THE INVE ESTIG TION.
FRArERNIzING WITH BLUE COATS.
The striker- at Homestead and Soldiers
Getting Along Together.

Getting Along Together.
Special Disp.sch From . star Correspondent
HOMESTEAD. PA, July ls.-Henry ClAy Frick,
chairman Of the Carnegie Steel Company. b
now in possession Of the key 70 the situa-
ton at Homestead. Today or tomorrow
he NAV insert il in the lock, and unless
the wards have been secretly lubricsted there
will be q squeaking and cresking which may
crate upon the public ear, and perhaps be -
noisy to disturb the public peace. Gen
Snowden and 1000 other members Of the Penn
sylvania National Guard are here 10 zee that no
one blows dust into the keyhole or in
any other way interferes with Mr. Fricks legiti-
mate but NJ. pulAr intentions, yet the posi-
bilities Of serious trouble can hardly be said 10
have decreased. The strikers are overawed by
the large military force, but another twenty
four hours OF such diplomatic endeavor ~ has
been operating since the troops came in viii
encourage the mill workers TO desperate deeds.
As soon as the soldiers arrived the advisory
committee Of the Amalgamstcd Association and
a number OF other strikers who do not hold Of
nee proceeded TO make things pleasant for .
large number OF the blue coats. They took
them into the saloons and restaurants, treated
them to cigars and in q hundred WAYS did their
utmost to create mutually friendly feeling.
large proportion Of the soldiers naturally
sympathize with the strikers. Hundreds Of
the men in uniform are mill workers and coal
miners and they are decidedly opposed to u.s.
sisting in any movement which could be con-
strued into favoring the Carnegie Company.
They have said 90. Within an hours limit
yesterday I overheard nineteen militiamen de-
clare they would desert rather than guard the
mills against the strikers or act as ee-
cort for non-u9ion hen. So thorough
has been the missionary work among
the troops that today the strikers
are feeling quite jubilant and the fictitious con-
fdence may lead some OF the more enthusiastic
and impressionable strikers TO premature DEM
onstration against the non-union workmen who
are expected here within a few hours.
Personally. however, feel certain that no
strikers will raise q hand against any one
while the army is on the hill One Of the
Amalgamation leaders, q man who came from
Scotland on a contract with Carnegie and who,
when at worn, earns SIS day assured me that the
entrance of scab workmen would not be re-
sented just now, and that even the introduc-
ton Of Pinkerton watchmen would cause
no present trouble IL the Amalgamation officials
could only manage to control the crowd
'we shall endeavor to preserve the best Of
order" said he, $50 long as all these soldiers
are here. Black sheep viii, Of course, be sent
in and the works to be opened up imme-
diately, but we shall remain quiet ~ possible.
II there are no disturbances here within
few days the militia will move out and then
God help the black Sheep II may cost M
many lives, but no Pinkerton man win be left
to tell the tale. As to the workmen who come in
to fill our places those who get away viii never
forget Homestead, not even IL they outrsnk ths
biblical patriarchs in point Of ago"
The man who talked thus il no fgnorant h
borer. He is a clever classical scholar; he b -
conversant with French, italian and German
as with his native tongue and in his line Of
work he excels. There are but few metallurgi-
cal experts who can teach him anything about
the rolling Of armor plates. There are dozens
of such men as he among the strikers and they
are the people to be feared. They know they
are morally right and legally wrong, but their
intelligence and their individual superiority
have led them to frame subtle sophistries with
which to meet argument and dull their con-
sciences to the fact that they are practically
revolutionists.
In less than Eve minutes two Of these brainy
strikers came within an inch Of convincing me
that their action was in perfect accord with the
provisions OF the Constitution Of the United
States. Such specious reasoning - they In
dulged in would win applause from any audi
ence not wholly composed OF capitalists.
WHAT THE SHERIFF WILL DO.
Sheriff McCleary told me yesterday that hs
would undoubtedly arrest q number Of the
prominent Amalgamation oficials, and he in
I tal &haS. H.,
For once the sheriff is probably going to do the
right thing, viewed from the standpoint Of the
law officer, but what viii be the effect on the
crowd?
But for these same oficinls blood would
still be flowing in the streets Of Home
stead and the sources Of the crimson stream
would populate Homestead's cemeteries with
the remains Of men who are row faithful husbands
and loving fathers. Never was the leaders
burden Of responsibility greater than il now in.
The exciting and eKasperating elements are
more numerous and irritating than they have
been for . week past. Take away such men ss
O'DoInell and Grim, Lynch and Crawford and
organization is gone, to be succeeded by mob;
an intelligent mob If you dissect its component
parts, but without the captains would be .
bowling rabble in an hour, ready and anxious
to engage in mortal combat with the army on
the hills or with any other force the law or the
Carnegie Company might send 10 subdue dis-
order and save lives and property.
WEEK AGO TODAY.
One week ago and there were but few
moments in Homestead that were not MARRIED
by the crack Of rides, the roar Of burning
oil, the crash Of exploding dynamite, the means
of wounded men, the yells Of terrified
Pinkertons and the fendish cheers Of the
victorious strikers. Today the only sounds
that intrude themselves emanate from the
wide-open saloons or from the great camp upon
the hill outwardly there is peace and insoxi-
cation IN Homestead. Inwardly there smol-
ders Q volcano, which, IL il should reach the
eruptive stage, would eclipse with its hor-
rors the blood-stained 9Th Of July; would bury
beneath its lava torrent the lives and hopes Of
more fragments Of humanity than any ons
cares TO calculate upon
Al I intimated yesterday there are no diplo-
matte relations between Gen Snovden and ths
strikers. A committee Of prominent local
labor leaders has been sss down on very bard
and the strikers are angry therest