Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-06
SLAUGHTER At HOMESTEAD.
RIOT IN WHICH A SCORE OR MORE
LIVES ARE LOST.

800 PlnkertOns Armed With Winche0
ters Arrive on the Scene and Fire Upon
the strikers-The Men Declare They
VIII Blow Up the Carnegie Works.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, July GA bloody |
fight between Pinkerton men and the |
locked out employees at Homestead oc-
CURED at 4:30 this morning. Twelve men
were shot and a number will die. |
Among the number reported injured are
five of the PInkerton men.
At an early hour this morning 300
Pinkerton detectives arrived here from
the east and were quietly marched to
IMonongahela nriver and taken aboard
barges and shipped to Homestead arriv-
ing there at 1896. News of their arrival
spread with great rapidity and when the
tug boat Tide, having in tow the barges,
on which were the detectives, arrived,
crowd of 5000 persons were at the dock.
AS soon as the detectives made an at
tempt to land they were resisted by the
Istrikers and their friends and battle
ensued. The Pinkerton men at once
opened fire and the widest sort of
fight was precipitated.
| At the first volley two workmen fell.
This enraged the crowd beyond all rea-
son and they bore down on the Pinker-
ton men with resistless force. The de-
; tectives sought shelter behind the rails
of the barges and tug boat and opened
fire on the workmen with deadly effect.
The workers seeing that they were no
3 match for the detectives, owing to their
3 exposed position, fell back over a big
7 heap of rubbish to the trestle of the
4 Pemichy railroad. Here 300 workmen
D made a stand with revolvers against a
i desultory fire from the barges. Realiz-
l., ing that their shots were doing little or
} no damage the men again fell back be-
d fore the whitening fire from the Win
j, chesters.
y The first shot of the engagement came
g from the barge. 1t was aimed at big
i Hungarian workman who stood at the
IS waters edge. The bullet went wide OF
a the human target but was a signal fol-
g the rest of the detectives to open FIRE.
p The first man to fall was a workman
1t named Martin Merry, heater. He was
|. shot in the left side and fell face down
'r ward in pile of ashes. Close by his
1t side was another Hungarian workman
who bent over to assist his fallen com
rade. AS he was in the act of raising
him the second workman staggered anc
W fell by the side of the PROSTATE Merry
This bloody spectacle aroused the ire O
t. the crowd and with fierce shout they
re rushed for the barges. Merry and hi
D, companion, whose name is unknown
were removed to the office of DIR Pur
rs man on Dixon street. The doctor, afte
I'd a hasty examination, said that boil
as would probably die. Five more striker
G. are known to be desperately wounded.
Or The following workmen are known t.
IN have been injured: William Frey
n fatally; Michael Murray, dangerously
M Andrew Sourten, seriously; John Kane
er Harry Hughes and Martin Merry, proba
We bly, fatally. One of the Pinkerton me-
n was seen to drop one the boat a
IN though killed instantly, by a shot fron
y, the strikers.
yh Fighting was renewed shortly after
il o'clock and continued for half an hour
v. 1t was precipitated by the detective
w making another attempt to land. L
,r- the second engagement Engineer Henri
at Streagal was killed and others wer
d, | wounded.
be The barge Model, with a number {
srs detectives, on board took fire and wi
Ill probably be total loss. The creates
nd exertion on the part of the detectives
dy necessary to prevent the destruction {
the other barges by the workmen. tn
1vo widest excitement prevails in the towI
he Many people are fastening away an
Ter others are crowding from adjacer
gh places. The strikers are being reil
ISIS forced and unless the detectives al
in withdrawn another bloody fight
Mt looked for every minute.
ne At ? o'clock a conservative estima
places the number of killed and wounC
IN ed at forty.
he The tug Tide retreated into the rive
Id; and was fired to prevent pursuit. tt
es, strikers had loaded a cannon and. fire
oh upon the tug, doing great damage. tt
NJ steamer Little Bell came down the rive
lily to rescue the Pinkertons, but could nj
Pc stand the fire and retired.
an 1t is stated that Governor Pattisc
he has wired his refusal to send aid to tt
'as Pinkertons. The labor leaders desire
conference with President Frick of IL
he Carnegie Co, but their overtures hay
be been refused.
ate There are IS, 900 excited strikers an
he they claim that they will blow up tt
I've works before the day is done. Sheri
Dol McCleary with fifty deputies has a
rived upon the scene.
ew The latest report states that twent
gle five of the strikers have been killed.
oil.