The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-10

company's trade may be diverted to other
works never to be regained. Aclause com.
in the coal, coke. iron, steel and
other industries is that the contracting
parties shall not be liable fog
any deiass IN ~ iudnamens h OF con.racas nne
bilities for delays Ia furnishing material.
Orders are not usually received q great
ways ahead. There is a considerable guam
tity of finished products now In the works,
but it is highly probable that. notwith-
standing the nominal control asserted to
be vested IN the company. by virtue Of the
presence of the companys watchmen, it ID
highly probable that any attempt to re-
move this material would meet with vigor-
Gus opposition from the locked-out men.
How long the strike can last Is therefore
questionable, and in Homestead another
sharp fight is anticipated by many persons
fight to put Its works In operation. Sue
cess in this respect would doubtless lead
to several subsequent riots, but the firm
would have the upper hand. Meanwhile
TO force the company 10 agree to some mode
of settlement. When the company 10 pre-
pared it will probably send men here. and
on opposition being made to them troops
will be asked.
The town to-day has been quiet and is in
control of the leaders. and they realize
q mistake was made by unauthorized per-
sons attempting TO establish a Dictatorship
over every one here. They will continue to
exercise the right to oust out of town all
persons they suspect of being here to spy
on their movements or who cannot salts
factorily explain their business. So far al
newspaper men are concerned, arrange
ments have been perfected by which
badges, with the approval of the advisory
committee of the strikers, will be issued 20
all persons who can establish their identity.
The advisory committee has practically
been nonentity Tor several days but an
organization was effected this afternoon.
and it has kept the men under better dis
cipline than yesterday. The saloons were
open to-day, but there was little drinking
except by q few Foreigners
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
The men are considerably agitated over
the publication of reports stating that
they were making preparations for warfare.
They deny absolutely that they have any
intention to use dynamite to blow MP
property on the approach of . hostile force.
The report that two cannons were on their
way to them. they also deny as absolutely
false. as they did statement that they
were fortifying the mills and property
there to resist attacks. The milI-works
afford, in their natural state, many good
opportunities for resistance, but 90
far asI casual observance from the
OutelQo goes, BOtDlDB uds Dcon oOno 10 lu~
crense these opportunities. Admission to
the mill itself is refused by the watchmen.
George w. Carr. one of the committee
which visited Harrisburg. Clifford. ODon-
nell and other strikers are authority for
the statement that no Notifications have
been attempted, and assert that not one Of
their men have been admitted to the
works. They say they have cautioned
their men against going there. They said
that they could not get pass for the re-
porters to personally inspect the works,
and an intimation was conveyed that they
did not wish TO attempt anything OF the
sort for the reason that it might interfere
with their contention that the works are in
the company's possession.
AS nothing could be learned from tho
Amalgamated Association men in charge Of
the Carnegie works and admission was
ent procured O tield-glass and took an OBJ
servation from the top of the hill on the
north side Of the river Nothing of start
ling nature was observed although it
was discovered that the men who have
been there for the last two days have been
busy. The buildings damaged in the battle
of Wednesday have been repaired, and the
wrecks OF the Plnkerton barges have been
cleared away. The Notifications used by
the strikers have been moved about In
such manner as to strengthen the weak
points on the river bank. If equal pre-
cautions have been taken on the other
side of the works the strikers have almost
large force of men TO dislodge them. The
piles of coke, coal and brick In the yard
form excellent breast-works around the
outside of the plant Back of these, the
bridge iron, which has been lying there
ever since the mill shut down. has been
piled up and arranged in rows. in such q
manner that several hundred men can fire
from behind them. The breast-works are
so arranged that If the men in possession
are driven from one point they can
get behind another shelter by re-
treating few steps, and can con.
tinue ,n; in the same coSrse until
the converting mills is pile of pie-iron
about fifteen feet high, on the outerside OF
which is q deep ditch. Any party in-
trenched in this fertilization can easily
hold it against three times it's number.
the defenses are SO erected as TO be barriers
in the way of a charging party. Should an
attempt be made TO carry the works by
force, there will undoubtedly be much
bloodshad, as the men are we'll armed and
amply supplied with ammunition.
NO SOLDIERS FOR THE PRESENT
The committee that visited Harrisburg
and conferred with Governor Pattison re-
turned to-day. 1--WE were received very
nicely and the result Is fully satisfactory"
was Hugh ODonnelps comment: Gov.
Pattison treated rs we'll" said Mr.. Carvar.
They would not 90 into details, and there
are many persons who yet look to see the
spectacle of militia in the streets
of Homestead. The assurance that
troops are not yet to 60 are for
the present only. Subsequently O'Dop-
nell said: unless there are some
overt acts of violence on the part of the
workmen. which cannot be avoided by tho
civil authorities or By the men themselves,
the militia will not be called out. The
policy of this administration 10 to use the
military only as q last resort, and only for
execution. They will not be used TO take
possession of the works TO permit others "a
work in the Carnegie mills Now. under
stand me. am not saying this on the au-
thority of the Governor. but j have ar
rived at that conclusion from what have
seen. Heretofore, whenever manufect-
uring corporation or firm has seen f1t to TO
duce the wages Of It's men, IL has forced en-
issue with them. inciting them to some
trifiing, overt act of violence and then
called in the military and used them to op.
crate the works under protection. In 9th
or words the manufacturers have been
able to call out the militia 20 accomplish
their personal ends regardless OF others
In the case. But that era 70 at On
end. The militia, if called out at ell, will
perform their proper function-that Of
suppressing insurrectiOn."
Mr.. ODonnell said he sincerely hoped
that there would be no further trouble,
and said he would do all In his power 20
avert ii. Any ything done lswfully by the
officers will be respected, and the men will