Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-31
|. STRIKERS TURNED OUT.
Workmen's Families Evicted
at Homestead.
Much Suffering Among the
UnfOrtunates.
The Mills Gradually Filling Up With
Non-UniOn Men.
Excitement in the Military Camp Over
Kumored Night Attack-A Prob A.
bility of the Strike Being
Declared OF.
BY the Associated Press. ]


3 HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 30.-The evic-
tions today end the attendant sufferings
due to storms, had depressing effect
upon the community tonight. A num-
Der OF evicted men are loud in their de-
nunciations of the firm, and at the same
time allege that they are not given the
assistance from ths strikers, which
they expected. : A large number
OF evicted families are tonight quar-
tered in other houses, by reason of their
own bedding being rnined. The relief
committee will take the matter in hand
Monday.
The company officials assert that over
nine hundred men are now in the mill.
A riot was narrowly averted tonight
in Lawrenceville. near the Union mills,
a crowd attacking non-union man
from Homestead. The police saved his
life with difficulty.
Sixty workmen's families, occupying
company houses, who were served with
eviction notices several days ago, moved
out today. The Carnegie people claim
they wantonly damaged the houses
since they were ordered out. The
houses will at once be put
in repair for non-union men, and addi-
tional houses built. MeaAsvhile ar
rangements have been made to accom-
modate 2000 men. There are S73 now
at work. The advisory committee OF
strikers say they will be able to induce
half of these to quit next week.
Considerable excitement was caueed
in the military camp last night, by a
rumor that an attack would be made
from the rear of the camp OF battery
A. There is a regular settle
ment of foreigners in a little valley back
of Battery BIS headquarters, nearly ell
OF them anarchists and pronounced enc
mics sof the guardsmen. The military
are exercising great vigilance.
There seems to be general feeling
among the townspeople that the strike
will soon be declared off. The, Carnegie
company is continually putting in nom
union men. ff-
PirTsPURG, July 3O.--Knold and
Bauer, the Allegheny anarchists, had
hearing today, at the conclusion of
which they were held for court in $4,000
each. Testimony was given by the po-
bee and other Witnesses to fncendiary
literature circulated by tha met;
their communication with Moat
Bergman, etc. Detectives told of
finding rifles, revolvers and large sup
ply OF ammunition in Bauer's residence.
Translations of one of the circulars were
read. 1t told how to make dynamite
bombs. The police say they have sew
eral other active anarchists on the list
and more arrests are likely.
The Carnegie officials are receiving
threatening letters, and the officials OF
the company are guarded by special DO.
lice. Emory Spiers was arrested on
complaint of John Bickson, clerk in
the Homestead mill, and an important
witness in the riot cases, who charges
Spiers and others with threatening his
life if he persists in testifying.
Secretary Lovejoy says the company
will have 1000 men at work in the Home-
stead mill Monday, and will be able to
start up all the departments and by the
end of the week be running full MANY
skilled men are at work, including fifty
old hands. AS soon as Homestead is
going full, the other mills will be
started,
The refusal OF Judge Magee to admit
Critchlow to bail has scared the other
rioters for whom warrants are out, and
they have nearly all left town.
Frick is now pronounced out of dan
ger.
Preparations are being made at the
Duquesne mills to resume with nom
union men at noon Monday. The
however, are confident the
firm will be unable to get men to start
the plant.
The Wayne iron company signed the
scale today.
ST. LOUIS, June 30.-The Belleville
mills have signed the Amalgamated
scale. Work will be resumed Monday.
PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-General
Snowden. returned from Homestead,
says that few people understand the
situation accurately as there has been
q practical press censorship, and cor
are prevented from describ-
ing the situation as it actually exists.
He says the trouble is by no means over.
The men are merely overawed by the
presence of the military. As long as
this state of affairs exists, a brigade of
troops will remain on the ground. The
strikers are full of threats, and declare
they will have the lives of the nom union
men as soon as the military leave. They
believe the works belong to them as
much as to the Carnegie company.
General Snowden says he ordered
that Iams be disgraced and drummed
out of camp, but declines to say what
his opinion is as to tying him up by the
thumbs, though he intimates that the
punishment was deserved, as his act
was treason in time of actual revolution.
LONDON. July 30.-The Anarchists had
a large meeting at Whitechapel tonight,
at which various phases of the Home
stead trouble were discussed. One OF
the leaders said an international An
strike must be brought about
to begin the universal social revolution.
Riverside Orange shipments.