New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
boarded her, The report from the lock was that they

boarded her, The report from the lock was that they
were laborers.
one Of the leading officials Of the Carnegie eteei
Company found at the general ONCE To-Day sor'
ing over a miscellaneous collection OF mail a"hohs
which were many letters making Applications lot
places in the Homestead mills. Others expressed
dissatisfaction with strike and were intended 10
square the writers with the firm when the trouble Is
over. Among the letters was the following, whicn
! the reporter was permitted to copy. omittlng the
| signature:
Homestead. July 15 1892
There are q good many for sympathy's SAKE
but Sympathy does not I'll hungry stomach ana thefe
Is for $500 stay out for 200 VINO MAKE
from s5 TO SIS day. They can stand IL to take o
II they saved money, but we mechanics 90
not receive a large amount. and think there are
the OF that would 90 back II proecuon WIS
| secured.
Homestead was visited by another heavy thunder
storm last night In which the lightning struck In
several places but no damage reported and little
rain fell. The front Of the mill nver bank was last
night guarded by soldiers that 1t really mpossipe
to enter the works from any side without being cha
lenGed by guards. The town is also thoroughly pohced
| by the militia, and squads every corner AS
result not the slightest disorder exists and the
borough consabes are practically supernumeraries
| Mr. Frick In his testimony before the Congressional
Committee stated that 296 men were employed In open
| hearth department No. q and about 100 men were
| affected by the re1ucuOn lne Ie-
ply has been prepared by the lockedout men Of that
department;
There are ll2 tonnage affected by the proposed
reduction They produce daily average Of twenty
four hours 336 OF steel ingos. In Shoenoergers
open hearth department number Of furnaces
| as in No. o tonnage required 10 prciuc's
1872 tons OF steel At particular place In the
two mills the Homestead man would receive sl4 10 per
ton in Shoenbergers he would receive 5lS In Home
any the heat OF the steel the
| forf VII ShOenbergers
! be paid by the day, be the steel good or bad.
This morning early the plant was perfectly quiet
and so was the town. It was the first pay day the
men have missed and it is curious to note Its ehect
| upon the day laboers. Many instncdvely started
carly toward the Office get in line, for IT is no easy
| matter 10 pay off 1900 men and several hundred
| boys and those who come first are first served Inc
| men remembered and turned back.
| The story that $50 families starving here has
no foundation The fact is that yet every one has
plenty in Homestead A number OF grocery and dry
goods stores were visited last evening, and at all OF
them it was stated that The wives and children who
shop for the locked-out paying cash and have
not begun to use credit As result OF dleness more
money is spent than when the mill working, and
between strikers and militia the storekeeper groweth
| wonderful in the sleekness OF prosperity
| So strongly was the circulated that a large
rainload Of non-union men be brought in last
night that several OF the correspondents stayed up
| all night watch their entry. which was not made
! There are quite a number OF men in the mills how
ever and they be plainly seen from the houses
that overlook the mill property moving about inside
the works. Provisions enough to subsist a couple OF
hundred men have been taken within the Carnegie
fence and cots and other evidences OF proposed occu
paOn are stacked near the main gateway. Tne
whole OF the 10th Regiment Is on patrol duty To-Day
and the men massed about the railroad gale.
Lines OF troops cover the tracks, and extend all the
Uov from the river front to Eighth-ave distance OF
rfix NJ tho SIR
gathered some distance away from the troops and
absolutely no talking between groups Is permitted Tie
only men who pass back and forth undue''lohed are he
CORRESPONDENTS. There is a large three-story frame
tenement about block from the river IN whlch a
large number OF Hungarian worknen 1--we. ana 1he
o,icers regard 1t the place from wmcn an a''ANA
on the soldiers II any is TO be made, VIII occur'
Next 10 this building is long row OF frame houeee
which also contain many families OF the iaooet'
The locality regarded perhaps the most oanserou
, Homestead IL Is watched with exceeding vigilance
by the soldiers. II shot should be nred lroh any
of the windows the house will undoubtedly be at once
wlped out An effort made TO discover why
this special spot should be regarded with so much S
picion but none OF the men or women tound III uIc
large building could speak either English or frehch'
save 80 impcrfectly that the only ntellgole uec"a
ton was that they were peaceaDle ana ProPo'ou !"
maize no fght the non-union men,
The people in the houses evidently mnch
alarmed as they see that the militia are watching
them closely and they fear that If hght does oohp
N they viii De right in the thick OF H. fa'rOis aio
all carrying loaded lihcs and most Of them nave 'he
bayonet, fixed aud the officers In command maniiestly
expect that something IS to happen soon, for the dse
| fine is nor. stringent than before. When n
striker approaches the guards he IS asked II he has
pass and on negative reply he IS requested 10 keep
away from the patrol. The soldiers themselves haVo
trct orders 10 hold communication whatever Win
ANYBODY save in the direct line OF duty and the magma
cent discipline OF the nnsylvansnS has asserted Itself
over and above all sympathy they have on personal
.lound, Tile troop, Obrying oides 70 the Ietter
and The stern and lcs9u!c manner IN wch tley ar ARE
1r's Ion upon Homestead
Each party has Intelligence department. Ihe
strikers vr copies OF the different Orders a. soon a.
they are issued and they know all that Is going on
| I'm The valou, camps General enowden on the o'heF
| hand I, constantly Informed Of all the movements
in the town and each side Is perfectly aware that
nueslon OF the captured Winchestcrs keeps cropping
in a, the most unexpected times. and this morning
IL was stated that number OF guns, no ono knows
whose thc, wclc taken across the river and
sent Braddock. a town about two miles away s +;
prepared to do all IN Its p power ng to 6 Sasr wGm anS 10
Tnn Of tbr widest reports which agated this
Community nmh CnS oVl Wth n cXcepcdng rnpdity The re,
port org gnatcd with the guards along the borough s'de
If The Mil fence and taken to camp by them when
90 thoroughly invested the mill that It Is impossible
for min men to gain entrance. they had begun a a
tunnel under the fence. which worked on all night
by hundred men. The only possible foundation for
tIc report is probably the digging Of sewer on n
.trect leading to the mill. The contractor was be.
| midland and worked his all night lie laughed
when informed Of the story. and said that all morning
he had seen curious crowds come down TO look at the
work -
The men have patterned after the soldcry and have
placed patrols acroS, the river to watch the river
| landing 10 the mill and signal II any men were taken
on tho Little Bil which plies between the two camps
The landing place of boats on the north sdS Is also
watched This morning several men got off Bal
timore and Ohio train at the salt works and rowed 70
the min. II Is thought they were foremen or mill
smncrintcndents and not nop-unon worlymen. The
nress shop of the ,r plate mill Is sill smoking.
! but no additional activity Is noticeable.