Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-21
END OF THE STRIKE
Men AZ Homestead Declare II
OF Yesterday
ATAaED HOT sEcRE! SESSION
Thts . the Death q ne Anaigsnassd
AssociAnan and Hsralds shs ss.s.
vssion a shs suiksr..

brought 10 "a end this morning ~
mseunR held In the rink. which Was
psssidsd over by Richard Hotchkiss.
tns new chairman of the strikers ad-
vlsory board. Secretary KiIlGslien.
Wee President Carney and Treasurer
Madden. national officers Of the ANAL
gamAted association. were present Tho
lockout had reached its oas hundred
aud forty fourth dsy. Its history u
known tns world over. The vote that
opsnad the Homestead stecl works to
Amalzsmated men stood lol ayes to
81 maya
The meeting was . red-hot one oil
the way through. and at one time il
looked - If Burgess Holliushead would
have 20 assert his Official authority to
prevent serious conflict. Charges and
countsrcharges were the order Of the
day. Newspaper reporters were ex-
eluded. bat the information 10 reliable
that those wishing TO declare the mill
open barely succeeded IN carrying their
point Now, that tho agony Is over,
the men are not backward about ex-
presslng their opinions OF the men who
have posed - their leaders, conficen-
tally promising . victory when they
knew for . certainty that the battle
was hopelessiy lost Ii ~ expected that
-. tue Arlaiganated nsen will join in the
vusb f1sr positlons tomorrow morning.
wnst. sa vsrsatsndent Wood says
According 10 Superintendent Wood
OF the Homestead WORKS, not more
than 500 of the total number of old
employees Will DO able 10 secure en-
ployment. Before the break of last
Thursday, there were left N Home
stead about 800 Of the original $500
men Who were locked out on juno 25;
os these $500 men. 1900 we're me-
cnanlcs and laborers and 600 hundred
Amalgamated association men. Up to
date. 100 men have applied for work,
and II is estimated that not more than
300 men have been supplied with en-
ploymeni.
The question of declaring the mill
open began to sgIsate the minds Of
certain Amalgs mated men as soon as it
became apparent that the mechanics
intended breaking away in . body. Not
only the rank and file, but many of the
leaders recognized that without the
numerical AID Of the mechanics and
laborers they could not hope 70 carry
the day. Money, or lacx OF Is, also
became IN important factor. The fail
u-o To receive promised money OF large
amounts followed but the bottom drop
ping out Of the promise OF victory for the
steel workers,in the event Of the demo-
cratic party coming into power together
With the uufulhiimsnt Of other prom
ises. ali came in for consideration.
They could not subeist on promises and
so told their leaders who. seeing 1t
would be useless to try to hold the men
a.
thar brethren upon equal footing with
ths mechanic In the grand rush for
w,r<.
Saturdays meeting was attended ex-
cIusively by Amalgamated association
members, much TO the chagrin and
disappointment OF the sympathetic me-
cnanIcs. who were turned ASIDE They
turned TO their homes in silence, hope
dead within them. Tho meeting was
not large oae and considerable sur
prise attended the announcement of
the resignation Of Chairman Crawford.
Dtsinsexrason oe the Union
When this resignation had been &C
cspted q striker arose aud moved that
the lockout be- declared at an end and
that tne men be allowed to seek en-
ploymsn. IN the Homestead mill. Dis
cussion OF this question continued un-
Gil ! O'Clock, wnen the meeting ad-
lourned without results. This morn
inx the same ques.loiI was taken up,
but those foT and against such a move
were afraid 20 force the question To q
vote. 80 evenly were they divided.
Only about 800 men attended today's
meeting. Those opposed To bringing
the fght 10 an end struggled hard to
prevent . bsIlos, pleading. arguing
aud predicting the dislntegrstion of
the Amzlgsmsted ASSOCIATION IN event
OF such action.
These patriotic steel workers. who re-
psasedIy stated that they would prefer
nax edasss and starvation rather than
acknowledge defeat. pleaded with their
bretnren 90 sand Arm. II for no other
reason than To show to the world that
tnev had not forgotten the men who
we're lying IN prison cells awaiting
trial. IL vas OF no avail.
The question was put. the vote was .
standing one. When Vice Presiden.
Carney announces ths result there WAS
no joyous outburst There was no
dsmoussration. suen ss that which fol-
lowed tse standing vote of the meehsu-
Ics declaring themselves independent
Of the Amsigsmsted association
Fsmtss Before Them
fcr trS minutes th9 men 9&r ana
stared At each other. Tnen followed
angry denunciats0ns. The men slowly
left the hall IN twos and thrses. They
seemed losth - teavs TIE building.
t1e vsry rsfters OF which have auiv
cred WITH the declarations. made q
thousand times. that victory was thsirs
AZ they would Only b patient
This afternoon and evening tha men
stood IN small zroups At the stars dis
cu~inx the lixht they found them
selves IN. with winter upon them
thsv zee nothing in store but struggle
FOR sx,stsucr. which may sssuins the
propartiens OF famine. fhe Off re-
resfof declarations OF TIE Carnegie
eeic.s.s that the noo-union men viii
not re dispiaced 10 give employment
- the ar kefs, rendsrs absolutely no
hopa in Homestead for 2,UV1 OF tha
defastsd .teei sorksKs. ASSISTANT
superintendent wcod sad ton.snt' u
do pot think more than 500 8r 100 men
Gao secure employment, sac not thst
r,znv nntil hu. ne-s bfixhtsns up 80 %
ersbi. a. - run oof plant 20 - AZ
most csp.e,tv. sslase yard improve
yosats ar su, eentsa, patel tnst ~iil
give temporary employment q ssits5e
II fh.e men. fhs enmeauy held out
no Hnsncement vhstsssf Tor tne nlru
- Fsturn. Tns nsen Fsslih@i tas' sns