The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-22

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HoxEsrEAp, Pa, July 2l,-A secret
conference over an hour In length was
held this evening between the governor
of Pennsylvania, the president of the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers Of America, and the
chief legal adviser Of the 5000 striking
employees Of the Carnegie mills. From
almost every aspect the meeting OF the
trio was q remarkable one, tho results
Of which It Is believed will long form q
landmark In tho industrial, military
and political affairs OF the state,
Tho place Of meeting was directly un-
der the battery OF Gatling guns, planted
on Shanty hill, and Immediately in
front OF tho main gateway, through the
high board fence aud barbed wire enc
closing tho marvellous array ot. fur
naces, rolls and smokestacks known as
the Homestead works. Through the
alats Of the cato could be plainly seen
the SPOT Whaga the workmen and Pink
ertons slaughtered each other,
Governor Pattison did not hetray any
surprise on catching sight Of his two
visitors, and with lmpasslYe counte-
nance and usual swinging gait he came
forward, under the silken white and
yellow standard tapping near the door.
and threw himself into q camp chair
with nod and hand shake 70 each
Of the pair in waiting. Then en-
sued q minute OF painful
silence. Much to the relief Of every
body, including q score or more
of spectators, Mr.. A. ], Barr, proprietor
Of tho Pittsburgh Post who was stand-
inR at soma distance, also waiting, for
the governor, put an end TO tho evident
embarrassment on both sides by asking
private audience with the governor.
When it was over, Messrs, Welhe and,
Bremen we're invited TO the governors
room, The door was closed and no in-
tsrrupaon OF any sort was permitted;
Neither Governor Pattison, Mr. Weihe
or Mr.. Brennan would consent to be
quoted one syllable as to the nature Of
the discussion. u Is said, however,
that the removal OF the troops from
Homestead, and the bearings OF that
matter irom each possible stand point
were gono. into. The political effect OF
such action or Its refusal is said to have
been touched upon, as well as the con-
tingenoy in the latter case OF renewal
Of strikes In the coke region, with the
bloodshed that seems inevitable in such
an emergency.
After the conference Messrs. Weihe
and Brennan explicitly denied that
threats Of any kind had been made to
Governor Pattison, They said that the
conference was entirely satisfactory,
and arc reported 10 have stated pri-
vately TO friends that II 1t proved as
satisfactory as they hoped, the whole
trouble Of the Carnegie mills would
soon DO at an end. Both took the first
train out OF Homestead for Pittsburgh,
The best information obtainahle as to
Governor Pattison's views is that no
such roseate Wow Is justified and that
come what may, the troops will not be
moved till workmen, whether nom
union or not, can enter and leave the
mills at will unarmed and unharmed,
Tonight tho strikers were claiming.
and apparently with good reason, that
notwithstanding the presence Nof tho
militia, or how many Outsiders may
have been taken into the mills, tho
ranks OF tho Homestead mon were un.
broken. Not q single desertion, thoy
asserted, though this was announced TO
be the last day on which applications to
roturn to work could be- made amount
cd TO a triumph which they had scarce
~ ventured to expect. On the other
hand there seems no doubt but that the
force inside tho mills was materially in
creased to-day from ono source or an.
other, the arrivals amounting, according
to one conservative estimate, TO one
hundred and fifty men,
There has been friction between the
poople aud tho militia MI over the
town today. A picnic was given by
Lodge 24, OF the Amaigamated Assocta-
tion Of Iron and Steel workers, on the
hill Just south Of tho town, and party
OF thirty Hungarian woFkmen were
on their way to the grounds when, 1t is
said, they were somewhat rudely dis
persed and turned back by party OF
militia. Provost Marshal Green says
that he has heard nothing OF this cpl
sode, which Of course have been re.
ported to him, but at the advisory
headquarters It was reported that tho
men were not permitted to proceed
along the public road to the picnic
grounds. The picnic itspli was q very
tame affair.
Hugh o'Donnell's trip to New York
is the standard mystery Of Homestead
and everybody is worn out guessing
why he went and who he saw. Ono
theory that meets with favor is that he
held a conference with ex-President
Cleveland and the Democratic national
committee, and that Democratic help
Is to be expected Ia the Homestead
trouble, Mr. 0'Donnell to-day 10
understood to have stated fatty that his
visit east had no political complexion,
and he would have remained until his
work was finished had he not heard Of
the criminal proceedings instituted
against him, Another representative
OF the Amalgamated Association 10 go.
ing to New York to complete the work,
Whatever It may be, that g DonneH left
unfinished.
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
HoMEsTsGD, Pa, July 2l.-This was
Tho last day ot grace allowed by the
Carnegie management for the striking
steel makers aud other employees oi the
statomoat, Scores Of thS workmon
wOro putting in applications, but II
was not at tho Carnegie Offices. Work
was to ba had for the asking at tho
rooms OF tho Amatgamatod Association
advisory board and the headquarters OF
the mechanics and laboreFs further
down tho street. Dwyer & ipgoi, fTm
Of railroad contractors. had made .
| reotiisition Mt both nlaces for at least