Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-07

of the crowds by importing men for whom
there is so deep hate as is universally felt
for the employees of Pinkerton.
As the bulletins appeared one after an
other, the talk would change with the cur
rent of events at the scene of action, but it
always returned to a datribe against the
Encouragement which had fred the pas
sions of the workmen.
''Surely the trouble could have been
fixed before it came to this pass" said one
peaceable looking, we'll clad man.
"Of course it could" replied another
whose whole bearing breathed of labor,
"but the managers of the works didn't want
to settle it; what they wanted was to in
cite the men to riots and they did it too. -
"But," said the first speaker, "what OBJ
ject could they have in SO doing?
Laborcrs' View of the Action.
And the man of labor replied: "Can't
you see that they want to be independent
OF union labor once and for all? If that's
not what they want, I'd like to know why
they refused to accept the services of MEM
bers of the AIamagated Association as
deputy sheriffs with bonds filed as a guar
antee that they would properly discharge
their duties. If they didn't want to make
trouble, why did they choose men who are
the hated of the labor world to be the de-
Tenders of their property, and if they must
have Pinkerton men why didn't they take
'em right into the yard BY the railway?"
And this is only sample of many SINH
lar sayings Another opinion OF the tactics
of the Carnegie people was that they should
either have imported no men at all or have
made such show of strength as would have
been irresistible. Many we're the reminis-
cences of 1877 recalled and chatted over
during the day, and many were the COM
parsons drawn between then and now.
There was a strong inclination to
doubt the news sent from the front,
and as item after item was confirmed
and the absence of exaggeration
was definitely ascertained the bulletin read
ers were convinced and saddened the more
bv their convictions Yet there was no sug-
gestion of a panic, and, with characteristic
American nonchalance, laughter was in
dulged in whenever a spark of humor lit up
the situation, and there was general feel
ing that sit'll all come out right in the
end"
at The Dispatch Bulletin Board.
Talks in front of The DISPATCH window
were passed from mouth to mouth, and the
second received comment from the third
and SO on. Ali sorts and conditions of men
were represented in the crowds, and women
made remarks en- passant.
''This is terrible" said one. SIT hurts
both sides, remarked another. 'I'd give
anything" said quiet looking tradesman,
''if the men hadn't fired the first shot,
"well, now its started. I hope thev'll give
them Pinkertons such lesson as'll keep
'em out of this State for the future" went
on man who looked like clerk of some
Individual h,dH nsd ADDED rssg TSssy maS .S'kbs Ss
able to run the country round
Chicas 20 or Cleveland with Pinkertons,
but when they come into Pennsylvania
the sooner they find out their mistake the
better it'll be for their health" "Home-
stead amt going to run Pittsburg," said a
dapper, digni6ed little man. Homestead
doesn't want to-" replied brawny specimen
of athletic humanity, ''it wants to manage !.
its own affairs, and wants outsiders to leave
it alone, as 1t leaves them"
When the bulletin announced that the
Pinkerton ammunition was giving out, a
bystander whose outward appearance was
more that of man of fashion than
OF man of muscle, chuckled
as he remarked to his companion.
"It isn't our ammunition, ''and his neiphbor
replied: "You bet it isn't; we're going to
drive those Pinkertohs to the bottom Of the
river or off the face of the EARTH"
The Sentiment for the strikers.
And this use of pronouns of the first and
second persons was far conmoner than that
of the third, ard the pronoun used always
indicated an identity Of interest with the
strikers. Words of commiseration for the
Pinkerton men on account of their inferior
numbers and the violations of their flags of
truce and the conditions of their
were rarely made, and were mild
when heard, and yet were greeted with we'll
nigh unanimous disapproval. Even the