Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
SOME SUBSTANTIAL AID.

County Committee and Trades Coun-
ellis Pass Resolutions on Homestead.
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers
and Machinists of Pittsburg, held meet
ing in Lafayette Hall last night. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Amalgamated Society
Of Engineers extend to the Homestead
strikers the moral and financial support Of
Its q, 600 members, and congratulate them on
their determined and gallant fight in behalf +
Of their righteous cause on Wednesday last;
we heartily sympathize with them for the
loss of their co-workers who died fighting.
and those otherwise injured; also.
Resolved, That we do assess our ", 900
members so cents each on behalf Of the
Homestead strikers.
Pattison Highly Commended.
Resolved, That we do highly commend
Governor Pattison for his wise and just de-
cision in not ordering military interference
during the disgraceful scenes caused by the
appearance of armed men for the Carnegie
Company at Homestead on Wednesday, and
that this society views with great alarm any
interference by the civil or military author
tiles between the Carnegie Steel Company
and its employees, and would consider such
interference prostitution of those duties
for which these bodies are formed.
h6SOlVou, 1ndG we nave T0hU WlIQ great
satisfaction the remarks OF Senator Palmer
on the tragedy at Homestead and wish to
emphasize that same language as correctly
representing the rights and claims Of the
workers in all communities.
They Do Not Want the Library.
Resolved, That the Society of Amalga-
mated Engineers, Machinists, ETC., request
Pittsburg Council to return to Andrew Car
negie the money donated by him for free
library to Pittsburg, that this organization
it should be most humiliating to the people
of Pittsburg to accept this monument Of
vain autocrat.
The Building Trades Council of Allie
gheny county last night adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
WHEREAS, That we, the Building Trades
Council of Allegheny County, do indorse the
action taken by the Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron and Steel Workers of Home
stead; and
Whereas Andrew Carnegie and H. C.
Frick. his accomplice, having seen fit to en-
ploy the services of the Pinkerton thugs
1.-THE ofscouring Of the world) to protect and
assist in operating their plant at Home
stead; and
whereas, We do most heartily condemn
the action OF the Carnegie Steel Company
Resolved, That we indorse the action
taken by the Knights of Labor in repudiat-
ing the gift Of the Carnegie free library in
Resolved, That we indorse the action OF
Governor Pattison in refusing to aid said
highly protected capitalists in carrying out
their designs in defeating organized labor;
Resolved. That we give our moral and
financial support to the oppressed and down.
trodden of Homestead.
Tho Democratic Committees Action.
The Democratic County Committee yes
terday unanimously adopted these resolu-
tions:
Resolved, That we sympathize with the
loceed-out steel workers of Homestead in
their efforts to maintain American and re-
sist European pauper wages. And we condole
with the friends OF those shot down by tho
hirelings Of q greedy and arbitrary combina-
ton Of capital which has been one OF the
principal benehctarfes OF special class leg
islation.
Resolved, That we condemn as undemo-
cratic and illegal, the leading OF bands Of
the slums of cities of sister States, under the
pretense of being used as peace officers,
these men being unknown and irresponsible
to the civil authorities.
Resolved, That we recommend to the par
ties to this controversy speedy and honor
able settlement in the interest OF law and
good order.
Governor Pattison in refraining from order
ing out the militia until the civil power has
been exhausted.
The Trades Assembly of Western Penn
sylvania held a meeting last night and
Joseph L. Evans, John G. Schlicker and
Levi j. Regan we're appointed committee
on the Homestead troubles They pre-
sented the following resolutions:
Trades Assembly Resolves.
WHEREAs, The Trades Assembly of West
ern Pennsylvania learns of the deplorable
condition of affairs OF Homestead, and the
shooting down of our citizens by hired
Pinkerton assassins. imported into the
Commonwealth by orders of the Carnegie
Steel Company through their heartless
agent, H. C. Frick; and
negie works at Homestead were, at the
time of this invasion, acting in an Or
derby and peaceable manner; and
Whereas, The said employment of Pink
srton thugs was contracted be fore the power
of the law in Allegheny county was in
voked; and
Whereas, The protective policy of this
Government has made 1t possible that such
gigantic enterprises as the Homestead Steel
Works can be created and sustained in this
country, employing about 1000 men; and
Whereas, The employees are encouraged to
form family ties and have dependent on
them wives, little children and aged parents,
making q community Of some 10000 souls,
relying wholly on their daily labor for the
necessaries of life. which the Carnegie Steel
Company now intends to deprive them of
because of their refusal to work for wages
verging closely on that of the pauper labor
of Europe and desert their labor organiza-
tfon, thus making this community outcasts
and forcing them to abandon their homes
and fresides in search Of work: there ore,
be it
Tho Firm Denounced
Resolved, That We denounce the late lille
gal act of this nrm in importing Pinkerton
thugs, outcasts and criminals for the pur
pose of shooting down our citizens in cold
blood, an act which would not have been
tolerated in the most barbarc country in
past ages.
Resolved. That we demand of the National
and State Governments such legislation rs
will efectually prevent the employment Of
and protect the lives and property of our
citizens, except such as are provided by the
laws of our State and country.
Resolved, That we demand of the Con-
gress of the United States such legislation
as will secure to our working people the
benefits intended to be derived from the
ment and thereby secure to them reasonable
security for the means OF livelihood.
al Organic sd Labcr Called On.
Resolved, That we call upon members of
organized labor,not only in Pittsburg but in
Allegheny county, to take emphatic action
in calling upon our city officers and members
of Councils and urge them to rescind their
former action in accepting from Andrew
Carnegie his gift OF so-called IL
brary for the benefit of workingmen;
that in view of the recent deplorable
events we cannot stultify ourselves by &C.
cepting, even by proxy, gilt, which like all
its predecessors, was followed by q reduc-
ton of the wages of his employees; which is
dyed in the blood Of his workingmen; which
has ever been followed by the exodus Of the
giver to the crumbltng castles Of effete and
obsolete monarchies chat he might ape the
manners Of the titled GLASSES and dispors