Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-21

MS hWeRlance 10 tne cause, anu lney were
confident nothing could possibly occur to
bring about a break in their ranks.
BRADpocR WORKS SHUT DOWN.
The Homestead steel works strike has
indirectly caused the indefinite suspension
of the Braddock wire works plant at
Rankin Station, and some GOO more men are
out of work. The mills, nail, rod, barbed-
wire and wiredrawing departments have
all closed down, owing to n lack of steel
billets to make wire rods and in time rails,
&c. The company will take the present
opportunity to make important improve
ments at the plant and eight new barbed-
wire machines will he put in, which means
30 additional mon when the plant starts
up. The company does not know when
the mills will start.
A stakeholder of the Pittsburg Copper
Wire Company's works, along the Monon-
Gahela river at Braddoch stated to the re-
porter that unless some change for the
better was made by the mills making the
billcts and using wire rods this week they
will have to shut down their plant next
Saturday, us they have no stock of ma
terial to run on longer. lie said, however,
that if the Beaver Falls mills stops they
would use the steel billets from the course
that the former got them from, and there
fore be able to continue operations. About
$50 men are employed there.
If the mill does not have TO close down
the new WITHDRAWING mill will be started
this week, employing 800 more men. The
circular received by the Central Labor
Union of New York, calling for aid for the
lockedout men at Homestead, was genuine.
President Weihe of the Amalgamated
Association said this afternoon that the
sub-lodges had failed to notify them until
to-day of the action. The appeal is issued
on behalf of the men at Homestead who
A a
Association. The association men are re-
ceiying their allowances of 81 per week
from the general association. Mr.. Weihe
explained his denial of the story this morn
ing by stating that they had not known
officially of the action at the time he made
the denias The appeal for aid is already
receiving replies. Many private citizens
in lhesetwo cities have responded literally.
HOMESTEAD, July 19.-The wretched-
ness in Homestead was at its heighth
to-day, when Governor Pattison, whose
coming has been anXiously awaited on
all sides in the little borough, arrived
here. A drcnching rain was falling,
mud was everywhere, and the strikers
had each individually before them the
dishcartening prospect of being served
at any moment with a warrant that
might eventually land them in the peni-
tertiary or on the gallows.
Up the steep, yellow road from the
railway station near the Carnegie works,
to the top of the hill where General
Snowdcn, commanding the militia, has
| his headquarters, tho governor was
slowly conveyed by an escort of several
hundred cayalrymcn. From the heightil
| every few seconds bright red flash
could be seen against the leaden sky,
then Il huge pun of white smoke, and
Immediately u thunderous explosion
that ratified and echoed down the
valleys, startling the people at Home
stead into the streets, barcheaded in the
rain. The first intimation the strikers
and their families had of the
| governors presence was the firing
Of artillery, supposed by many to mean
that another riot has broken out and
that another day of bloodshcd already
begun.
The arrival of the governor was
watched from afar through the down.
pour OF water by u few Of the strikers
leaders, who peered out of the upper
windows Of the headquarters Of the
Amalgamated Association. The infant.
rymen were seen rushing out of theil
tents, alert at the booming of the can.
non as the women and children in the
town; then the halt of che cavalrymen
on the crown of the hill, and finally
over and above the line of the can.
nonading was heard the cheer after
cheer Of the troops who greeted Gov.
ernur PattisOn.
THE MOVE 10 ISDICr PISKERToN.
CHICAGO, July 19.--The committee
appointed Sunday by the Trade and
Labor Assembly to draw up charges Of
murder against w. A. Pinkerton fol
sending men to Homestead, and present
them to States Attorney Longneckel
will meet this week, draw up forma
charges and hand them TO the stat,
attorney, with the request to lay then
before the grand jury. II is stated tina
Pinkerton will cndcavor to have til,
officers of the Trade and Labor Assem-
bly, arraisncd for criminal libel, witt
reference to the adoption of the resolrl
tons of Sunday.
M'LUcKIE's CASE GOES OVER.
PITTsBURG, July l0.--lt was expected
that Burgess John McLuckie of Home
stead would have Il hearing this morn
luE pll no hllilllCullpll lbI Dill, Dul III
attorney, w. j, Brennan, had failed +
notify the prosecution Of his intention
and his case therefore goes over unit
; tomorrow, The burgess waived Il hear
ing before the magistrate and was re
manded to Jail until tomorrow, whcD
his application for bail will be heard be
fore Judge Magee. 1t is expected tina
} others of the men for whom warrant
have been issued will be arrested to-day
; The officials of the Carnegie Stct
= Company here are not worried over an
: information to be made against them.
: THEY HAVE NO FEAR.
Secretary Lovejoy smiled when aske
If he had arranged for bail, ind said
I'VE have no fears of any arrests q
c informations, and do not believe the
I can be so i'll advised us to take this steI
They were the trcspassers and aggrGs
+ Sors, and are in no position to charg
5 any crime on the company or its agent
1t is, OF course, possible that some Of u
0 may be arrested. Yes, sir; We have I'll
names Of many others against whom il
Z formations Will be MADE, and we wi
= make them from day to day us fast u
they can be prepared and arrests wi
+ from now on he OF daily occurrence.
G The stories about our getting me
+ from England or any foreign countr
/ are nonsense. We have no such inter
0 tons, for two reasons: First, bccuus
! there is no need to go out of this couI
!" try to
II GET ALI. THE MEN WE NEED;
! and secondly, we have no desire OF il
" tention to do any illegal acts such
that would be. We already have appl
cations from enough, and we do il,
= even accept all who have applied hei
" in nerSnn To snN nn1hiuy of thn MIMI