Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-23
The End Of the War.

So far as the Butler Company is con
cerned the War at Homestead ended last
Monday. The 18th Regiment broke camp
that morning. and had ali their things on
board the special train provided for them
before noon, but the train moved slowly
and did not reach Butler until after Pm.
The Regiment disemharked here, horses
were provided for the officers, and the
regiment formed and marched up Main
Street-eight companies Of about fifty men
each, and they marched well and looked
well. General Wiley is quoted as saying
that this regiment from the highest officer
to the lowest private, have shown them
selves in point Of military discipline and
general department the finest body Of men
he has ever been called upon to command.
The town was decorated, the people
were out. and the soldiers were pleased
with their reception. After the parade the
regiment had lunch at the depot, furnished
| By the Butler Co., and then the seven COM
psnies went on up the road, while the But
Ter company repaired to its hall, aud was
| disbanded.
The 10th Regiment remains in camp and
is considered to be fully able to cope
| with what spirit OF outlawry remains in
| Homestead. The outbreak there was one
Of the most violent in the history Of the
state, and it was accompanied by deeds of
| cruelty that have not been told. A Pitts
burg newspaper reporter recently told a
friend what he saw at Homestead during
the riots. He got there on the day the
| strikers bombarded the barges on which
| the Pinkerton men were confined, and lie
saw things that have not, as yet, appeared
| in print Said he: II reached Homestead
on the afternoon Of the day the fighting
took place, and, Of course, was regarded
as a suspicious character. / had been
sent TO write up the strike, and l had my
credentials, so when the advisory commit
tee tackled me and put me through a
course of catechising / convinced them
that / was all right, and / was permitted
10 roam about in search OF news. / went
up to the river bank where the Pinkertons
were moored in their barge and saw the
strikers fire dynamite and things at them,
and then got up on converter with a
lot Of other newspaper men to watch the
outcome white flag was hoisted from
the boat, and in few minutes the nego-
tiations for surrender were completed. |
The Pinkerton men were marched up
steep incline to the top Of the bank. near
the edge Of which was a section of pipe |
about three feet in diameter. Planks had |
been placed against either side Of the pipe |
and up one side the top and down the
other to the ground the Pinkertons had to
walk. a dozen or so had walked over the |
pipe before there was any SHOW Of hostility.
Then woman reached down and gathered
up handful Of sand which she threw in a
mans face. That was the signal for the
attack. Every man as he stepped down
from the plank was struck or clubbed I'M
mercifully. | counted fifteen men on the
ing them in the face. 1t was sickenlng,
and, although had been sent there to re-
port it, turned my head away. ! could
not look at it. The bald headed men
seemed to be special objects Of the mob's
fury. Did / note any particular person
making an ASSAULT Yes. | remember
one big fellow who stood near the pipe.
and he hit every Pinkerton man after the
attack began. And every man he hit went
down like log. / have been subpGnaed
as a witness on the trials, and if that fel-
low is prisoner will know him."
Sam Jones gays that dude ia a boy
who went to seed instead Of growing to be
a man.
The next State Firemans Convention
will be held in Butler.
"A parlor meeting Of the W. G. T. q.
will be held at Mrs. d. b. Campbell on s.
Main St., Friday evening, the 23rd. All
are invited and arc requested to
bring friend with them as well as their
husband. An entertaining and instructive
program has been arranged, aud a good
time is expected, and it is hoped that not
one who can come will fail to be present.
A collection will be taken and devoted to
a special call for the work
PARLoR SUp'T.
Col. Geo. W. Balm, old kentucky
silver tongued orator, who is to lecture as
already announced, under the auspices Of
the Butler county W. G. II. U. the first
evening Of it's Annual Convention, Wed
nesday, September 28th, is so well known
that it seems almost superfiuous to add
anything to the mere announcement to in
sure for him a crowded house. The esti-
nation in which he il held as the finest
orator upon the temperance platform to-
day secures this everywhere, and Butler
will, of course, prove no exception. Come
early and thus procure good seat az well
~ avoid late hours by aiTording oppur
unity for an early beginning.
PRESS 5UP'T.
-Lottie Collins, the English song and
dance girl, who was quarantined on the
made her first appearance in
New York the other night, and got of
some new verses Of which the following
are samples;
Doctor jenkins, bright and gay,
Met us in the lower bay;
Said he, my friends, you'll have to stay,
To zee If you'll get the cholera.
Now I've landed on the shore,
On the Hamburg line III sail no more;
For putting us in such plight
! think I've said enough tonight
Rut there'a ono who Is 80 inat and grand.