Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-31
NONE OF THEM ARRESTED,
But Several of the Most Prominent
Give Themselves Up.
MUNHALL HOLLOW SEARCHED.
Not One of the Captured Pinkerton Rifle
We're Found.
THE CAMP OF THE PROVISIONAL GUARD

Members of the Homestead Advisor
Committee were invisible people yester
day. One could walk from one end of tn
town to the other and not see man VIII
was prominent in the strike. This ca
only be accounted for in one wa
and that is the presence of thre.
I constables in the town. They were ther
armed with warrants for strikers, big an,
small, but up until late hour last nigh
none of them had passed into the law
hands, save those who yesterday gave them
selves up on the charge of conspiracy ant
aggravated riot
Yesterday was another day of search TO
the Pinkerton guns. Munhall Hollow wa
the objective point All day long the con
stables visited the little houses up tn,
ravine and ransacked them for guns, but th'
search was not productive of success. Thei
movements are guarded and to follow then
is hard task. These men have been spotted
by a part of the populace. Threat.
were many yesterday against the constables
but it is hard to tell whether they were Sc
rious, for there are many idle threats made
these days.
| Il
Constable Weber, of McMaster's office
yesterday afternoon arrested Police
man James Wall, of Homestead. L
was on an information swor1
out by Captain F. E. Windsor's cook, of
Company 1, Sixteenth Regiment Wall
was charged with accessory to a riot and
disturbance. He was brought to Pittsburg
and gave bail in the sum of 81 900 for q
| hearing.
There were two other arrests in Home
stead yesterday. They were made by
deputy sheriffs. Shortly after dinner Thomas
F. Ackerman and William Bonser, two
strikers, held up several colored men just
| outside the mill gate. They told the men
| that Abraham Lincoln had freed their peo-
| pie and for that reason the race had no
right to scab in the mill. The colored men
| were not OF that opinion and a rather loud
| argument followed. The deputies told the
strikers to move off and they re.
fused to do it, and were placed under ar
der arrest. The pair spent the afternoon in
the guardhouse, and were last night re-
leased by Colonel Gray.
Deputy Sheriff Heitz, who was arrested
on Friday by Policeman Wall, yesterday
took an appeal from the decision of Squire
Oeffner, and the case will come up in court
Saturday.
First Wedding Since the Strike.
The first wedding since the commence
ment of the strike was performed last night
For some reason neither a Homestead man
or woman has taken out a marriage license
until yesterday. The Homestead party to
this union is NJ. P. Schooley, editor of the
Local NerS. Last night Miss Jennie Hope,
of East End, Pittsbufg, and Mr.. Schooley
were married by Rev. E. +. Krause, OF St
Johns Lutheran Church, of Homestead, at
the brides home.
In the hurry of battle nothing has ever
been said about Camp Thomas R. Cowell,
the quarters of the provisional guard, on
the hill back of Swissrale, overlooking the
works Companies 1 and D of the Six
teenth Regiment are quartered there.
They have been stationed there ever since
Colonel Hawkins and his men were
sent home. The camp gets its name
from the late Colonel of the Sixteenth Regi-
ment The troops are kept there to guard
the works from an attack from the opposite
hillside and to patrol the water fronts The
camp is high above the talIest stack in the
great steel plant and splendid view of the
Monongahela can be had. The hill is SO
high that the cars on the Baltime and Ohio,
away down below, look many sizes smaller
than they are.
Rolling Stones on the Enemy.
The ascent is so straight that there need
be no fear from attack in the front The
militia are prepared for an enemy, however.
All along the edge of the precipice large,
round stones are piled. They are to be
rolled down on the foe in case of attack.
Captain Fred f. Windsor, of Warren, is
in command of the camp. He Is the Cap
tain OF Company of the Sixteenth Com
pany d is captained by j. Spencer, of Erie,
and the camp is composed Of 109 men all
told. The other officers are Lieutenants
Leon Windsor, d. +. Wheelock, Willard
Scheide and Kirk James.
Both these companies are prominent in
Static militia circles. Company has held
the trophy of the regiment, large picture
OF Colonel Hulings, for several years. Each
year they get their trophy they are
given $50 by the citizens of the Oil country.
The Adjtuant Generals report for the last
five Inspections has placed 1 at the head of
the regiment. At the last spring inspec-
tion the company secured second place in the
brigade There are 4S companies in the
brigade. This point was made without
counting ANYTHING for rifle practice.
Through a mistake the regiment did not
get credit for its rifle practice.
Company Loses First Place.
Ifit had gotten this, CompanyI would have
had first place in the brigade. company
D is officered by new men, but it is fast get
ting high place in the regiment. The
boys composing this company are nearly all
athletes. They have wrestlers, sprinters
and sportsmep of all kinds. Just now they
are trying to make match with one of the
Company 1 men and Reilly, of Pittsburg.
They also have challenges out for sprinting
and long-distance diving and broad Jump
ing.
Adjutant General Greenland is expected
at Homestead to-day. He comes to give the
men 20 days pay. He was seen at Harris
burg last night and said: "Under the
present circumstances the troops will have
to remain at Homestead. The uncertainty
of the strike may change the situation in a
few hours. The troops may remain three
months and may be withdrawn in IS hours.
General Wiley is emphatic in his opinion
that the troops should remain for some time,
and many of the most prominent
citizens of Pittsburg and Allegheny
have told me that they were positive that
if the troops were withdrawn now, the
force inside the walls would be driven out
by the strikers within 48 hours. l under
stand that there are about 1000 men working
in the mill, and that the company is increas-
Ing its force daily.
1.-THE trouble at Homestead will cost the
State about 1926. 900. had already paid out
S21S, 900 for transportation, and subsistence
for troops and cavalry. 1 think that it " ill
cost the State at least 500, 900 yet before
the trouble is definitely settled. This does
not include the wear and tear of the equip
ments, tents, etc. :"
Guards Withdrawn From the Armory.