Evening journal., 1892-07-15
a eLow To THE coMPANY.
The Foremen, Superintendents and Boss
Mechanics Side with the Men.

DLOW ~ ! TE OOfiFRN1.
The Foremen, Superintendents and Boss
Mechanics Side with the Men.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July ia meeting Of
foremen, superintendents of the depart
ments and boss mechanics of the Carnegie
mill was held and action was taken which
will have an important bearing on the stu
alton. These men are not on strike, and
they have not heretofore taken any action
favorable to the workers At this meeting
however, they resolved that they would not
operate the works under an armed guard
This decision practically means that the
mills will not be run with nonunion labor
and the Carnegie company must settle with
its Homestead men before resuming opera
tions Several members Of the advisory
committee confirmed the report Of the ac-
tion by the heads of departments.
One prominent leader said that it would
be utterly impossible for work to be re-
sumed without the cooperation Of the fore
men, as no men can be found to take their
places even If nonunion steel workers are
obtained. He also said that there is little
probability Of any number of the latter be.
ing induced TO come to Homestead He
said that not a boarding house or hotel in
town will feed one of these men and skilled
mechanics cannot be induced to live in
tents or shanties inside of the mill His
conclusion is that the only alternative left
to the Carnegie people is a settlement with
their old men.
Compared with its condition for a week
past, Homestead is in a state Of stagnation
and good order has been maintained.
Major General Snowden took practical
control Of the town by issuing an order
directing the provost marshal to arrest any
town policeman or other persons supposed
to be in authority for interference with
strangers. While martial law was not de-
clarod, the town is practically under its
provisions. The streets are picketed by
squads of armed militiamen, and the state
troops have succeeded the town authorities
in maintaining order and dispensing justice,
except in cases Of actual transgression
against the borough laws and the criminal
code of the state.
viii Give Up the Rifles.
Two reports circulated caused the only
uneGsiness felt. One Of these proved to be
true; the other was erroneous. The rumor
that 400 nonunion men were to be brought
TO town caused quite gathering around
the railroad station and along the tracks,
but the expected "black sheep" as they are
called, did not appear The other report
and the true one-was that Hugh ODonnell
had wired Attorney General Heusel at Har-
risburg asking what disposition should be
made of such Winchesters captured from
the Pinkertons as might be recovered. This
action on Mr. ODonnell's part was very
pleasing 20 General Snowden, who antici-
pated somo trouble in this connection.
Many of tho workmen who participated
in the battle with the Pinkerton men have
already expressed a willingness to turn over
captured weapons to the proper authorities
This willingness is significant in showing
that there is little disposition toward an
other conflict at arms on the part of the
mill workmen. They do not fear another
invasion Of Pinkerton men, and it is almost
wholly against the Pinkertons that their
sanguinary instincts are directed.
The congressional investigation is be-
leved here to have settled forever the
power Of the great detective agency as an
armed band, and the workmen feel assured
that no further attempt to use the agency
employees viii be made by the Carnegie
company until after the matter has been
disposed Of in the house of representatives
and only then, Of course, if the report
adopted is against the use of armed bands
IN the suppression of labor troubles.
This know ledge has given the workmen a
chance to show their real feelings concern
ing conflicts at arms 20 settle their troubles,
and the fact that so many are willing to
give up the weapons in their possession is
looked on as evidence of their desire for
peace.
When the Pinkerton rifles are turned
over to the proper authorities il is probable
that some action will pe taken toward Sc
curing the explosives the workmen are
lleged TO have in their possession. 1t is
believed that the Pnkerton men who are
here are engaged in search for these sup
posed stores.
Want All Carnegie Men 70 strike.
Interest in the Homestead trouble has
been largely transferred to the congressional
investigation at Pittsburg and the Carnegie
mills there The Homestead people believe
that the house committee viii make re-
port against the use Of the Pinkerton men
at Homestead, and they are watching with
intense interest the movement on the part
OF the min workers ia the city in joining
the strike.
The leaders Of the strikers were very in
diguant at the publication of an alleged in
terview with one of their number in q
Pittshurg afternoon paper which stated
that the Homestead men did not want the
employ ses OF Carnegie's rhirtv-third and
rwenty-ninth street mills at Pittsburg L
20 out Their position is just the reverse
of this They want every employee OF I
mill in which Carnegie is interested to qui
work and TO remain out until the trouble a
Homestead is settled in a way satisfactory
TO the Amalgamated association.
As a matter Of fact the grand lodge o
the association advised all lodges in Carnegi
mills 10 20 our and in rcDlv To the clQrr