The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-22
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
The Amalsamated Association Declare The
Homestead Strike OH.
THE GREAT STRUGGLE COST MILLIONS.
Five Months Of Labor War Ends without
Profit TO the Men-Many VIII Not
Get Their Places Back.


OF the Amalgamated Association Of
Iron and Steel Workers directly inter
ested.
This action was taken at meeting
of the lodges Of the Amalgamated Asso-
c,o,io, o., Homestead yesterday afternoon,
,he vote standing 1Ol in favor Of declar-
,,, to strike off and 81 against IT.
Among .hose present at the meeting
-. ico-President Carney, Secretary
1lilvallon. Treasurer Madden and David
1,.rcb OF the advisory board. The ofli-
ctels addressed the members. and In plain
words told them the strike was lost and
advised them to take steps 70 better their
condition.
The remarks met with considerable op-
position. but when the vote was taken
Il showed a majority Of ten In favor Of
declaring the strike off.
Those who were in favor Of calling the
strike off were jubilant. while those who
were against IL were badly put out. Most
Of the latter were men who were Obsti-
nate and many of them had either APP
Piled for positions in the mill and had
been turned down or felt sure that their
names were on the cOmpanys black list
and could not get positions. A member of
the advisory board said that he had been
trying TO get the strike declared off for
some weeks, as he knew it was lost,
and il would have been better for the
men, as a great many of them could have
got their places back Those who cannot
get back are in a bad fix, as the relief
funds will be stopped and many hundreds
OF them have nothing to live on. The
people i'm Homestead, especially the busi-
ness men, are highly elatcd over the de-
claration to call the strike off, for if
A. had continued much longer it would
have ruined the town Many business
houses have fallen into the hands of
the sheriff since the strike has been on.
Business is expected 10 resume its nor
nal condition soon.
Assistant superintendent Woods of the
Carnegie steel Company, says about
nine hundred Of the old men will be taken
back.
The official action was precipitated by
the application of a majority of the old
workers for reinstatement on Saturday.
This practically ended the strike.
The DeCuniary loss to the State, Ale
gheny county. Carnegie Steel Company
and the workngmen is estimated at be-
tween 100000 and 100000. which
amount is considered by those in posi-
tion to know a very conservative esti-
mate.
The lockout went into effect June 80,
1892. owing TO the inability of the officials
Of the Carnegie Company and the officials
OF the AmalRamated Association to arrive
at an amica5le basis for the new scale Of
wages due TO go into effect on July 1st
At that time there were employed in the
Homestead Mills nearly 1000 men. OF
this army Of workmen the Carnegie Of
fcials aVerTed that the wages Of only
1S2 men would be adversely effected by
the new scale Of wages proposed by the
firm. The workmen declared that ii was
not so much the reduction of the wages
OF these few men AS II was the principles
Of the Amalgamated Association that
were al stake At that time the Carne-
gie Company was employing union men
f. all Of its big iron and steel plants, with
the exception Of the Edgar Thompson
plant, at Braddock
Chairman Frick after numerous con-
situations with the representatives Of
the Amalgamated Association, found that
a wage battle was inevitable and with
this conviction in mind ne gave his ulti-
matum. which Immediately brought on
the strike
The building Of fences laying Of steam
pipes about the Homestead front, the
strnging Of electric barb wires around
the plant and the general preparations
Tor trouble so enraged the men that when
on July 9Th the two barges loaded with
flnkertOn detectives attempted TO make
landing, the serious trouble ensued, in
which the loss of score or more Of
the burning of the barges and the calling
ont Of the National Guard Of Pennsyl-
vania are now matters Of history.
For the first time since the civil war
the complete guard Of Pennsylvania
Damberng more than eight thousand
men, nearly all Of whom responded, was
called out. The order was issued by the
Governor on Sunday evening. July 10th.
ana hy o'clock the next morning the
troops were on their way TO Homestead.
Ile militia guarded the works until the
middle Of October Since then the cost
o. tae state for this protection has been
otca.ly estimated at $625 600
Ihe town was completely under the
control Of the militia. but with the ex-
cepl0n Of few cases Of disorderly con-
Duct no further trouble developed. The
works Of the company are now under the |
care of several hundred sheriff's deputies.
A number Of the nOn-unionists put into
the works by the Carnegie Company dur
Ing the time of the militia protection were
attacked on Sunday the 18th. ~ some of
the strikers, and it again looked as G
the militia would have to be summoned
In anticipation Of such orders the Four
teenth regiment was put under marching
orders. which order was not recalled un-
I'll last night.
The costs put upon Allegheny county by
the strike is fixed at S2Oo,OOO the bulk Of
which will be needed to pay for the
sheriffs deputies and the prosecution of
the strikers, now under way.
The loss to the Carnegie Steel Company
is Nariously estimated at from $1,000 900
TO $2J0O.OO0. This sum covers the direct
loss sustained by incapacitating the |
Homestead plant and cancelling of the |
Government contracts for armor plate |
which il Is believed, has been DONE al |
though the Carnegie officials decline to |
give the facts
The losses by the strikes, through sym |
pathy of the men employed at the lower |
ana upper Union mills, the Beaver Falls |
ana the Duquesne mill VIII easily swell |
vie 'olh loss TO the company TO 50 100000. |
me loss 10 the old employees has aver
80 NA'JO per month, making the total
Ip' hFe months S62J. .000 This loss is ex-
,,"SNe or the wages affected by the trou-
- "'e olher Carnegie plants. The
S1 49, az tne Beaver Falls mill was not
1oO'ni ca OH until Saturday and the losses
" '''c unemployed at those works were
severe Inc merchants of flat cifv were.
IN number OF instances. 6nan,iaIlv ep
barIassed by the shutting down cf tho
mllL Al least four assipnments ,yera at
uIouted 10 that cause. similar state of
analrs rs reported from Homestead bnt
the arrival or the nOn-union men cho,otrod
the downward drift Of the nercantslo g.
forests OF that place. "
AZ least thirty-five deaths v,era st....,..
or indirectly caused by the strike ne.
sides those killed In the battle Of Tuly