Evening journal., 1892-07-18
A MISSION or MYSTERY.
Leader Hugh O'Donnell Secret
ly Slips Out Of Homestead.
HIS TRIP PRAUGHT WITH IMPORT.

HIS TRIP PRAUGHT WITH IMPORT.
It Is Connected with Possible Settle
ment of the Trouble. but whittier He
Goes No One win TeIi-The Troops
May Stay on Guard for a Year.
PITTsnuRG, July lS.-Important develop
meuis in the Homestead troubles are likely
10 be brought about within the next forty
eight hours Hugh O'Donnen, who is looked
up to by the strikers at that place as the
absolute and only leader, is en- route east
ward to fulfill mission which, as he him
self admitted, may have a vital effect upon
the present situation. O'Donnelrs depart
ure from Homestead was attended with
considerable secrecy. Less than a half hour
before leaving and in the presence of
number Of people on the street he told one
Of the milmen who wanted to have talk
with him that he would meet him at 8
O'Clock
The regular Sunday evening train leaves
Homestead for Pittsburg at 7:lO hut owing
TO the rush Of visitors to Camp Black it was
necessary to put on several extras, and the
first Of these left Munhall station, mile or
so above the mills, at G:20 One OF the first
passengers to get on board was Hugh
ODonnell, who, without "a solitary com
panion and burdened with a heavy valise,
had walked up the track so that his de-
parture might not be observed by the biz
crowd at the Homestead depot
He took a seat away from the window
in The forward car, and after the next sta
tiOn had been passed no found himself vis-
avis with representative OF the United
Press He was at first disinclnod to say
anything concerning the reasons for his
sudden departure from the town, but final
ly made the admission that he was bound
on a very important mission and did not
expect to return until Wednesday ut tho
earliest.
~ cannot say where ! am going or what
am going for,r he said. If am success
ful the facts win be known very quickly,
and II do not meet with success then the
least said about the matter the better"
III you gain the point you are after will
it have the effect Of bringing the strike To
an early closeT Mr. ODonnell was asked
~ certainly believe that it will have that
effect" was the ready response
When the train reached the Union depot
the leader of the strikers gave his name TO
. the clerk in the ticket Office and was handed
ont an envelope containing railroad and
sleeping car transportation, which had evil
IDENTIFY been ordered in advance He then
went aboard the first section of the Penn
+ sylyania fast express, which pulled out at
SEQ. As the train went around the curve
final effort was made to induce him to
state his destination, but without result.
and the agent in the ticket Office was
equally noncommunicative
Duqucsne Men Won't Strike.
Several prominent millmen from Home
stead declared themselves as entirely ig-
norant regarding what is in the wind
Some Of them were of the opinion that the
advisory committee (Which had a prolonged
conference at Homestead, had empowered
4 ODonnell TO submit some propositions or
Fl other TO Governor Pattison, looking to "a
withdrawal Of the troops
Others thought that he might be en- route
10 New York to meet with such members
Of the Republican national committee as
may be still in that city, and TO solicit their
good Offices in the direction of bringing the
trouble to an amicable ending Every man
admitted, however, that something vital
lay behind ODonnelps sudden journey.
The failure Of the mill workers at Du-
quesne to order a sympathetic strike at
" lutll injecting lau Il depressing erect unOu
the sympathetic strikers OF the Carnegie
Union mills at Lawrenceville, who had con-
iidentially expected that the men mt Du-
quesne would follow their example and
quit work instead of contenting themselves
with passing resolutions of sympathy. A
crisis IN the situation at Lawrencevile is
likely TO be reached today, when the limit
Of time given by the Carnegie company for
the return OF the men under a new agree.
ment will expire.
According TO the present programme the
mills win be started up this evening, and
Superintendent Dillon, who has charge of
this particular plant, has given it ont that
there will be no difficulty in securing com
petent workmen to take the places of those
that fail to respond to the fual notice. The
leaders Of the men say that the latter have
A plenty of backbone and will stay out until
\ The Homestead matter is settled. but a
good many OF the men do not talk so de-
family, and in private conversation admit
that grievous error has been committed
and that they would be glad to return TO
4 work il they dared TO-