The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-02
The STRIKERS BEATEN.
Homestead Men are Almost Ready
to Say So.
IAMS PRESSES HIS SUIT.
New York Anarchists rraise Bergman
and say That I'm Their Ranks are
Plenty Like Him-The Anarch Was In
Willimantic Last Winter.
ESPECIAL TO THE SEws.i

I1OMESlEAD, Auk. "a hiciibct VI VIZ
of the advisory committee, who spoke, he
said, without the authorization OF his
fellow committeeman, acknowledged that
the strikers were beaten. we feel" he
said, "that we have lost the fight. We
are not yet ready to surrender, however.
We know that the company cannot get
along without us, and we are in no hurry
to %s SS back. s1s ,tsvinr ont now ,imDlv to pro-
tect the carpenters and blacksmiths and
other mechanics who struck on account
of their sympathy with us. Just as soon
as the men at the head of their organiza-
tion make the arrangements for taking
them back we shall go back too. ! can
not let you use my name as authority Tor
this interview, but you may depend upon
il that the facts are as / tell YOU"
Work was carried on to-day with in
creased success. A fine quality of steel
is being turned out and the management
seem we'll satisfied with present condi-
tions. The dissatisfaction in the ranks
of the Amalgamated Association men
could be observed in every street corner
group The denunciations of the deser-
tions were bitter, but a brave front WAS
kept up by all, and none would admit
that the break meant defeat. The Lead
ers lost no time in whipping into line all
the weakened laborers and mechanics.
The questions growing out Of the relief
measures require much OF the attention
of the leaders One dispute was as to
whether or not the Homestead men would
be entitled to strike benefits. II was al
legged that, being locked-out men, they
were barred out from their share in the
hands of the association and that men
out on strike elsewhere would reap the
benefit of the Amalgamated treasury.
Trustee William Roberts. to allay the
fears OF the men on this subject, issued q
statement declaring that they will receive
strike benefits as soon as they need them.
Patrick Rodgers,s Homestead mau,
shaved his moustache and engaged as an
engineer at the company's Office in
Pittsburg Saturday afternoon, slept in
the mill all Saturday night. and was not
detected until Sunday afternoon. when
he was politely asked to go out. He told
his adventures all over town, throwing
shafts of bright Irish wit at the novices
inside the mill, but his story didn't cheer
the men much.
Three or four others smuggled themselves
in to-day, but, stripped of all enthusiasm,
their words could not be construed other
wise than that the company's forces were
getting stronger and stronger
At the very juncture when O'Donnell is
most needed he is absent. and it Is ques-
|. tion ,wh.t ~. Ihere- are fonr men in town
who Know where he IS "A hint was given
tO-uul tDftb hC 40 Nv -hohhe SltAChSi
Mich. suffering from nervousness and
exhaustion.
His absence, however, brings forcibly
to tho front the question as to who is re.
sponsible for the absolute suppression OF
frea speech here for a month back. Many
people might think it is Gen. Snowden,
but as matter of fact no order was
issued by the general on the subject.
The military dispersed all crowds on
the streets. but the right to assemble
quietly in hall from day TO day was
never prohibited. In place of that the ad-
visory committee did all the work with
closed doors. Since the day of the lock-
out the mass Of the men have not had an
opportunity to speak.
The wonder is that long before now
there was not q general revolt among the
men against the autocratic control of the
Advisory Committee, for there has been
no means for thirty days of feeling the
pulse of the whole body of locked out
men.
Bergman Known In Willimantic.
wILLIMANTIC, Aug 2.-It is now known
for certainty that Alexander Bergman
the Anarchist who attempted the life OF
II. G. Frick, is the shambling printer who
was employed in this town for a short
period last winter.
Bergman insisted, while here in Will
mantle, to be callei count" After mis-
departure number of dynamite bombs
In, his Ha