Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-13

but one or 'em plugged a bullet into me
during the coke strike, and respect their
ability to do their duty" The sentiment
of the man who was plugged was the serl..i-
ment of the multitude, and that SEMI
ment will prevail while General Snowden
and Sheriff McCleary are dictators of
Homestead.
Snubbed by Gen. Snowden.
One of the most interesting incidents of
the day WAS the interview between Gen.
eral Snowden and Hugh O'Donnell, at the
head of committee sent to ask the gen
e. al to appoint a time for reception to
be rendered him, at which time he would
be asked to permit the workmen and
bands to pass in review before him. The
general was told that the people of Home.
stead rendered their support to the state
to preserve the peace, and desired an op-
portunity TO show their gratitude at the
presence of the soldiers. Snowden told
the committee that receptions and reviews
was not his business here; that if they
wanted to assist him they could do it best
by staying off the streets and attend ing to
their own business; that he did not rec
osnize the \. A. |. S. w.
O'Donnen and the Sheriff.
He closed by referring the committee to
Sheriff McCleary, saying that the only
reason he was here was because the Home
stead people had refused to submit to the
law, and then O'Donnell appealed to the
sheriff to say whether this was true. The
sheriff had a lively recollection of how he
had been required to get pass before he
was permitted to go into the mills and
been accompanied there by "body guard"
of strikers; also how when his deputies
had demanded admittance to the mills
they had been refused and later escorted
out of town. He promptly replied that
ODonnen was mistaken and instanced
these facts. O'Donnell said that the A.
A. l. ). w. was not responsible, but was
evidently discOncerted by the sheriff 8
reply.
Snowdcn Takes a Hand Again.
The sheriff added that he did not know
about the a. \. l. S. w but the people of
Homestead were certainly responsible
Then General Snowden said: "You people
have created disorder here which the
sheriff cannot control. The governor has
sent the state troops here to do so, and /
will tell you frankly that every effort will
be employed to accomplish that end.
want no assistance from either the Anal
gamated association or the citizens beyond
an obedience to the law, which | shall en-
force to the best' of my power. | believe
there is nothing more to say. The sheriff
Is IN charge here and his orders will pre-
vail. Good morning"
strikers Families Destitute.
Men, women and children are starving
in Homestead as a result of the lockout.
All of them are Hungarians. Not so thrift
ty as their fellow workmen of other ma
tionalities they paid little attention to the
warnings of rainy day until too late
The wages paid Hungarians are not prince
ly; their weekly stipends were eaten away
IN the purchase of the necessities of life
When the lockout began the great
majority of them found themselves with
out means of subsistence while it took
little time to make the savings Of the few
thrifty ones disappear.
Well Housed, But Without Food.
Most of the Hungarians have habita-
tions in houses built by the Carnegie COM
pany near the idle mill. They are well
housed, but food is not to be had. The
refusal of the leaders to accept outside
contributions of money to carry on the
fight practically m axes the condition of
the hungry Huns hopeless