The Columbus journal., 1892-07-13
QUIET AT HOMESTEAD
THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT or
DER our THE MfLlfiA7
Strikers stiii n Possession Of the Works
-Csrneeie's Managers Expected to
Make = Move To-Dsv-Pittsbufs May
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HOMESTEAD. Pa. July 11|Gov. Patti
son will not interfere in the struggle
between the strikers Of the Carnegis
steel works and the owners The
sheriff Of Allegheny county canhot in
terfere for two reasons: He's afraid to
in the first place, and he does not
know how i'm the second. Gov. Patti
son informed a committee of business
men Of Homestead, who went down to
Harrisburg and INDUCED in a midnight
conference with his excelleney. that he
would not permit the militia Of Penn
sylvania 10 be used for police duty. II
il is necessary 10 send state troops to
Homestead, he said. 10 will be because
state interests demand IL and not be-
cause the owners of II private business
concern wish to use the machinery of
the State government to protect its own
private employees. According TO Hugh
OBonnell, the leader Of the strikers,
Gov. Pattison received the delegation
from Homestead royalty and assured
its members that under no eircum-
stances would he send troops to Home
stead until the safety Of the citizens
demanded it. The strikers are very
jubilant over the result of the confer
enee and an air of confidence pervades
Homestead to-day. The town is as
uuiet as a country village and is per
haps the dullest city of 10, 900 people
on the face OF the earth.
The men employed I'm the mill are
liberal spenderS when at work, but at
present they have none to spend, ex
cept for the bare necessities Of life.
The claims uf The strikers of possess
ING sufficient money for all einereen-
ries is not based upon facts, IL would
seem, as some of the work
men are already urging that
financial aid be solicited from sym
pathi2ers. The financial managers OF
the strike are huarding the few thou
sands they have on hand for such ext
g~encies as may arise, and the strikers
have been cautioned 10 exercise care I'm
handling their own money. If outside
all is asked for, II is probable that the
appeal will elicit substantial aid from
the workingmen throughout the
country. Messages of encouragement
continue 10 POM i'm upon the strikers
from all sections and they are
saneuine hat every branch of or
eanized labor will assist them i'm their
fight. Certain IL is hat the labofing
men ot PENNSYLVANIA are with them
and probably thousand Of the iron
and steel workers about Pittsbure
would lend material assistance, even
10 fighting. The Carnegie managers
relize this fact and while they DENY
" intention of opening and operat-
ing the mill with non-union hands the
%wurkmen believe that an attempt
would be made 10 open the mills next
week.
The strikers look for some movement
on Monday and are concentrating
their energies for II. The Carnegie of
6cials to-day are reticent. I'm view Of
their previous willingness 10 talk this
is taken as an indication of impending
action Of some sort. Several very large
contracts are TO be filed within the
next two or three months, and more
time has already beer lost in working
upon them than is favorable 10 their
completion. As many hundreds Of
thousands ~ dollars are involved in
these contracts IL is but natural ~ as
sumo that Carnegie, Fhipps n Co will
make an effort 10 finish this work. At
the office OF the Carnegie company
limited) in Pittsburg to-day a CORE
spondent was informed that the com
pany had nothing To say. The situa-
ton as viewed by the officers Of the
company is substantially the same as
IL was Yesterday. The only point that
evoked any discussion was con
cerninp the governors intentions.
The Carnegie company has not asked
the governor 10 send troops TO Home
stead, according TO IN official of the
company, aud did not intend to do So.
The sheriff Of Allegheny county had
been asked to protect its interests. He
had attempted 10 comply but had not
succeeded. Why he had failed the Of
fcials did not know. The sheriff of the
county, when appealed to, admitted
that he had failed. He also admitted
that he did not know what he wonld
DO in the future.
The strikers TODAY received ,eports
from New York, Boston and philsdal-
phia that the Carnegies were already
enlisting men 10 take their places and
they expect that a movement will be
made early next week to place the n
union men in the mill, which effort
will. of course, he resisted Ey them.
The P~ennsylvania Railroad company
handles all OF nearly all OF the mater
ial haNled I'm and out of the immense
plant of the Carnegie company here.
They have a contract by which they
get nearly every pound of freight The
amo=nt is enormous, and to those who
have never seen the bis plant, or who
know lutte on nothing of its capacity,
IL viii appear ~stupendous. When the
works are in full operation the Pennsvl-
vania hauls in and out of the plant
no less than $50 CARLOADS of freight
each day. This represents on a basis
of twenty tons to a ear, certainly a
conservative estimate, $500 tons. or
5000, 900 pounds of freight daily. The
greater part of this tonnage is that
which is hauled into the works. con
sistins OF ore, cake, coal, etc, the fin
ished steel material, which is shipped
to points all over the world, beng less
in bulk. Should the present condition
OF affairs continue the P~ennsylvan MIA
Railway company will be a heavy
loser through the dimunition of The
freight revenue derived from handling
the imports and products of the plant.
VIII Not Order Out the Militia.
PITrsBuRe, Pa. July 1.-THE Home.
stead committee that went to cont fer
with Gov. Pattison At Harrisburg re
tprped this morpinO The nomnfttes