Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-20
RATTIGAN WAS THERE
And Four Other Homestead Council
men Left the Meeting.
THEY MAY LOSE THEIR SEATS,
A False Alarm Calls Out the Entire Pro-
visional Guard.
DoINGs OF THE BUSY LABOR WORLD

| The Homestead strike has gotten into the
Borough Councils. Last night was the
semi-monthly meeting of that body. There
were number of important matters to be
decided and many Homestead citizens were
present Just before it was time for the
meeting to come to order J. j. Rattigan, one
| of the members came in. Mr.. Rattigan
was one of the locked-out men. Last week
he went back to the mill and has since had
| the enmity of the strikera
When Mr.. Battigan walked into the
room David Lynch, William Lloyd, John
K. Lowry and John Dierken. al so members
left the meeting. The first three
are prominent among the strikers.
The last man is a saddler
Their action was plain. 1t was evident that
they did not want to set in the same meet
ing with Mr.. Rsttigan. When these men
left there were not enough for a quorum
and the meeting adjourned. No comment
was made at all on the proceeding. After
ward Mr.. Rattigan was seen. He said that
he intended to be present at every meeting
of Councils, regular and special, that he
knew of during his term of Office. He is
determined about the matter and will see
that he has his rights.
They May Lose Their Seats.
Councilman Fred Schuchman said con-
cerning last nights Councilmanic occurrence:
81 think the action was very childish. 1t
was baby play for those men to leave the
meeting The Homestead Council has no
part in the strike and it is not going to
have There is constantly being an effort
made to drag the body into it, but it
must not be allowed. To nights
action is the best way know of to injure
the business interests of the borough. Mr..
Rattigan will only be the more determined
in the future. If the members who ab-
sented themselves do not attend the next
three regular meetings of Council their
seats will be declared vacant We will
then ask the courts TO appoint men to fill
out the unexpired terms OF these men,"
Yesterday afternoon the Homestead
people along the river front were thrown in
a state of excitement The Little Bill was
anchored over by the City Farm station
and about 4 o'clock number of men ap-
peared on the deck and commenced firing
into the river. First came q volley from
revolvers, followed by heavier firing from
rifles There were about 100 shots fired
altogether and the balls were skipping over
the water in every direction.
The firing was heard by the two COM
panies on the hill above and they
were hurried down to the
river The Volunteer was going up the
river and it stopped down near the salt
works until the firing ceased. The men on
the Little Bill gave as an explanation that
they were cleaning their firearms
The Fifteenth Breaks Camp.
The Fifteenth Regiment broke camp YES
terday morning at 9 o'clock. Is marched to
Munhall station and there boarded
the train. The entire Sixteenth turned
out as an escort The Fifteenth
went to Butler. There it disem-
barked and paraded in honor of
Lieutenant Colonel Mechling, who lives
there. There were many expressions of
regret yesterday over the regiments going.
friends. Major Crawford and Lieutenant
Colonel Mechling were especially the
friends of the newspaper reporters, and
often inconvenienced themselves to serve
them. The time for the removal of the Six
teenth has not been fixed upon yet and
is not likely to occur for some
time. General Wiley will remove
his headquarters to some place other than
Homestead during the present week. Major |
Richards, of the Sixteenth, is now provos |
marshal The Fifteenth was on duty II |
days.
The news of Berkman's sentence was re- |
ceived with considerable surprise in Home |
stead. A number of men thought it made |
the outlook for the Homestead men very |
blue. One man when told of the news said: |
''This makes it look very blue for O'Don-
nell, Ross, McLuckie and Critchlow."
There are "a cases of typhoid fever in ,
Homestead now. The physicians have Just |
made their reports, and this is the number I
given. The greater number of the cases are |
not considered dangerous, but there are
several persons whose recovery is doubtful.