The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-07

which was Immediately thereafter or
ganized by the local representatives OF tne
AmalgamatedAssocai OF Iron ana 0Ceei
workers, and all our mechanics and mfii
men. and even foremen ana superlnUeuu
ents of departments were forcloIy ueuie9
admission thereto. We were also notIHeu
by self-styled advisory committee tnaO
no fires should be permitted at the worHs.
At last the men became excited TO furtner
unlawful acts. This continued untli yes.
terday. when we called upon the sherIff OF
Allegheny county for protection ana as
sistance in reRalnlng possession ol a o,li
property. Thetsherif went to HON estetd,
and on his return sent deputies to the
works and posted proclamation, order
ing the men TO dLSperse. His deputies were
routed and the proclamation torn down:
"The sheriff then, through his chiei
deputy, attempted to take 30o OF our
watchmen, who were seilt TO the WORKS
nv boats last night These men were met
more than mile below the works by an
armed mob OF Anal gamated men, VINO
followed along the river Dank anu HIeu
rifles and revolvers at the Do3ts. Inns
shooting was continued Tor twenty-five
minutes before one shot was returned
from the boat. which was not until the
boats were tied up at our landing On
the arrival of the boats the mob tore down
n large norton of the fence about tie
works, and filled the bluff above the land
ing keeping up continuous nre "ouhd,
ing three of our watchmen. linen, anu
not until then was the fire returned, result
ing. we are advised, in some loss OF lie.
The mob was so large as 10 prevent the
landing of the guards. who are at TINS
time in the boats awaiting orders from
the authorities. We are not taking any
active part in the matter at present, as we
can not interfere with the sheriff In the
discharge of his duty, and are now await
ing his further action"
Messrs. Knox & Reed are the lawyers
for the Carnegie interests. Judge Reed
declined 10 talk. and Mr.. Knox was 10th
TO say ANYTHING, but he finally made this
statement:
'ln time of great public excitement
like the present lawyer has no business
so express an opinion on either side. have
not the facts IN the case and cannot speak
intelligently. A man has a rlght
under the law to protect MS
own property with firearms If nee
essary. do not know whether
these Pinkerton men were sworn IN or not.
If they were not, then they had no more
authority than the average citizen. NO
BODY however, can deny their right TO sell
defense Certainly man has the right to
protect his own nome with rifle or to hire
men to do il for MIN. MIR. Carnegie could
not compel the employees to work for un-
satisfactory wages. any more than the
workmen can prevent othef men from Jofl-
dnp if they want to.
Secretary Loveioy of the Carnegie Steel
rcompanv, when informed of the surrender
lof the Pinkerton forces, said: We'll,
am glad no more lives were lost. Since
early this morning we have been more
Eanxious about the loss OF life than the loss
lof property"
When asked what the company was 60
ling to do. he said: Nothing The ques-
1ion is now one for the sheriff 10 settle,
and we look to him to do his duty"
! One of the most noticeable features OF
1.-THE trouble so far has been that not dol
BARS worth of property. of the company
has been destroyed by the strikers.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July The 300 Pink
,erton men taken to Homestead this morn
sng to protect the mills of the Carnegie
Steel company were not sworn in as depu-
ty sheriffs. They were accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Gray, who was supposed to
lave sworn in the detectives but he denied
baying done it. He said that he had no
authority himself to take such action, and
Sheriff McCleary had not authorized him
TO do so.
The conference held here today by the
representatives of the Amalgamated as
soclation and the iron and steel manufac-
turers transacted no business, and ad-
journed until tomorrow.
| This evening lengthy secret conference
was held by Chris. l.. Mayee, Ii. {. FrIck,
Sheriff McCleary, n. j. Brennan and
.others. At its conclusion special train
was made up and the party, excepting Mr.:
Frick, went to Homestead. The object OF
.the mission is unknown, but it is thought
that they intend to bring the Pinkerton
men TO this city. A dispatch received at
I1l o'clock says that one Of the detectives
died in the lookup this evening from the
effects of injuries received on the march
from the boat to the Jail. Another is ex-
pected to die before morning.