The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-11
The Men Behind the BreastwOrks
Make Little Talk Of Fight,
BUT WOE TO THE NON-UNION MEN
WHEN THE SOLDIERS GO.

Few Hot Heads, of Course, Talk of a
Fight, but the Leaders Oppose 1.-THE
Men Fearful That Pinkerton Forces
May Now be Brought in and Left in
Possession of the Plant.
division of the National Guard, about
5000 men, has been ordered to Home
stead to support Sheriff McCleary in
suppressing the riots at that place. This
action of the governor was taken on re-
ceipt of the following despatch, sent to
him this evening by Sheriff McCleary:
''The situation at Homestead has not
improved. While all is quiet there, the
strikers are in control and openly ex-
press to me and to the public their de-
termination that the works shall not be
operated unless by themselves. After
making all efforts in my power, have
failed to secure a posse respectable
enough in numbers to accomplish any,
thing, and I am satisfied that no posse
raised by civil authority can do anything
to change the condition of affairs, and
that any attempt, by inadequate force,
to restore the right of the law will only
result in further armed resistance and
consequent loss of life. believe if such
a force is sent, the disorderly element
will be overawed and order will be re-
stored. I therefore call upon you to fur
nish me such assistance
Governor Pattison, as commander-in-
chief of the National Guard, at once is
sued the following order:
To George r. .S,aoacden, Major General Com
7,ad'aoir,g National Guard Of Pennsylvania:
Put division under arms and move at once,
with ammunition, to the support of the sheriff
of Allegheny county at Homestead. Maintain
peace and protect all persons in their rights un-
der the constitution and laws of the state. Com
municate with me.
Adjutant General Greenland returned
from Pittsburg at 500 this morning.
Soon after he called on Governor Patter-
son to report the situation as he observed
it at Homestead. He gave the Governor
the result of his interviews with all
classes of people and described the status
of affairs at the works. This afternoon
Major General Snowden arrived from
Philadelphia and had conference with
State officials. 1t is understood he came
here for the purpose of obtaining from
General Greenland clear statement of
the statistics and to talk over the proba-
BILE disposition of troops in the event
of their being called out. The
adjutant general was seen by an Associa-
ted Press representative. He said that,
while the sheriff had not done what he
could at the outset of the trouble, it was
beginning to be apparent that his power
to maintain the rights of the company
was gone. With 25 or 80 deputies, the
of the works but he questioned whether
a larger force would be allowed to enter.
Gen. Greenland admitted that this would
be giving the company control of the
plant in theory only. The situation, he
said, was most deplorable, but he
thought the national guard would not
meet with resistance in Homestead
To the sheriff the Governor sent the
following telegram: "Have ordered
Major General Snowden with division
of the national guard of Pennsylvania to
your support at once. Put yourself in
communication with him. CoIamuni-
cate to me further particulars
General Snowden, with the adjutant
general and quartermaster general, at
once proceeded to formulate orders for
mobilizing the guard. Some troops will
be under way early in the morning. Late
tonight General Snowden issued the fol-
lowing order to the brigadier general
commanding the first brigede: ''In COM
pliance with the orders of the comman-
der-in-chief, you will concentrate your
command in camp at McGretna by to-
morrow (Monday) afternoon and there
await further orders. Take with you
three days rations and all ammunition
on hand. The first troop mounted will
move on the first train available on the
Pennsylvania railroad bound West.
An order was issued to the second
brigade to concentrate at point which
General Snowden refused to make public
presumably Homestead. A third
brigade was ordered to con-
centrate at Lewiston and move west.