Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-07-15
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
soao auIriA on DurY

f. Governor Pattison Of Pennsylvania has
b called ont the entire National Guard Of that
e State 10 perserve order aud uphold the law
81 at Homestead where the 900 iron workers
o are on strike and in possession Of the iron
Il mills
5. The soldiers turued ont almost to man
d under the excellent law which governs the
= National Guard Of Pennsyivauia. aud mobi-
i lied at Mt Gretna near Harrisburg. The
+ adiutant general went on special train TO
Homestead where lie opened field head
quarters and The soldiers are eneamped
Orders have been issued giving directions to
the commanding officers
a Paragraph ofthe general orders reads as
follows
] The movement Of the troops will only be
ID compact bodies No firing viii be per
mitted except by order ofthe officer in com
mand. When all other means Of dueiiiug
not aud restoring order have been exhausted
the officer commanding the troops shall notify
the rioters that they will be fired upon unless
they promptly dispense Should they not
dispense the order 10 FIRE will be deliberately
given. and every soldier will be expected to
FIRE with effect aud to continue firing until
the mob disappears
Tne First Brigade, General Dechert com
EaandiHgi viii be held at Mt Gretna as re-
serve force and if needed at Homestead will
at once be hurried forward,
The soldiers have several gatiiug guns J
capable offriug over one thousand shots per
minute and field battery. One troop oil i
cavalry is also in the field. The men had Z
taste of real campaign service on their FIRST a
day.
Tbs First Brigade General Robert
Deeheft commanding, was concentrated at o
Mount Gretna The first regiment to arrive Ii
was tue Third, which marched up the parade Il
grounds under tue command Of Colonel syI-
vester Bonaffou, Jr., and as the veterans held
a short drill they were vigorously appianded
by the crowd assembled near bv.
The First, under Colonel wendai P. Bow nj
man with go men, more than their full h,
quota was the next to arrive. coming in at a
3Is and the Second, Colonel o. c. Bosbv- {
shell, with 400 men. labout $50 short. came NJ
Id at y
The commands were all drilled for short Of
time until dreuehiug rain-storm SET in. ii
oblieing them TO seek shelter. Colonel IA
Decheu reached Mount Gretna. with the tn
State Feneibies and Gray Tnvincibles, and do
-he Sixth Regiment arrived later. bu
The men, who are without tents or shelter Isl
'f any kind, were obliged to lie down ON the
Hillside, covered only by the rubber blankets act
With the rain pouring down ia their faces Alto biz
fcloek the men had their evening meal. aid
onsisting Of coffee, fresh bread and hard acr
aek. Better rations, as wen as the neces. on,
airy tents, are expected to arrive 10 morrow to
aqrning mi.
The men slept on the ground in rough-and 4
lady fashion, but nearly ali were as comforta cial
le as possible. nan
me ioeked-out workmen held a meeting was
Ionday afternoon which was attended Nv rss,
oout 5000 men The whole tenor Of the froi
'eeehes that were made was that there cea.
lould no resistance made to the militia II
hen they arrive. The meeting was called Gee,
order BY Hugh O'Donneil, the recognized the
adef ofthe men, who introduced Burgess Tie
cIuckie who spoke to his feilow-work- IuIv
~ two
The burgess said that he wanted every ceiv
~ woman and child ia the town 10 tnri, Pari
to give the military a hearty reception min,
en- they arrived and 20 receive them with In
au arms. He said that every band in the the s
'n Should come Quito receive the soldiers. New
was informed that the bands had all Of he b
q tnslf services. al the suggestion Of New
burgess committee was named, whose he Il,
y il shall be to duck ia the river any one was
boots or jeers tile soldiers when they San
eh into the town. The burgess com For $
ided the action ofthe governor IL. order
out the National Guafds, and de said
Che governor bad acted judiciously re
per said the governor understood the Itn
atom senah
e burgess announced that ne would IS ruiss
proclamation inviting All persons not os'pm
ecsed with tie mills and hayinq 80 bust Pc
10 Che city other than earnestly to keep o. ene
while the militia should be there. sel9 e
staff correspondent "a s~tis baltimore i0nnq
$ bad long intervie - y,,;ovsrnor widen'
son on Sunday in lls from. Che sal
Homestead In the cours "a ills talk saefep.
oVeraor said. to Balti
ou VIII mud no disorder III Homestead. W.
'oiknen there are sixty per cent Ameri-
aga ere The most skilled and intelligent
eoNniry Plate steel workers earn S. -s =.
g q day and $500 81 them own their -.'..s9 :
ousea and lots in tlie little town they ecfs ' !,
xions that 40 dausee be done to their with III.
; the town or Che mills their means of were s
'ooq Hou VIII find that not SIS worth 81, 49, :,
laee has been done ia the whole town. Martind
ence that was torn down was iui. The nats
.ely rebuif By the workers ana ~ barge ret
LENGTH il nn,, bs;,,,. $500. The gov
.i<.. ...-..- ? ~ ''e'' =, afnlso appropri
's'a'ets men Of anarchistic when on
''es and others o. tie same Tx Who about sw
oas there haFs been hustled ont Of swamp (
most as soon as they arrived. You torn ~ Il,
g the town as pesceabie as Harris lively eal
i4is bright Sunday morning. en- she dc
'sw minutes past O'Clock the CIV sn''.k s',s
y went PC tae troops are romine Seesn & & (