Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-29
SHOTS FIRED FROM A TRAIN
At a Crowd of Mill Men Standing
at the City Farm Station.
POTTER WILL INVESTIGATE 1T
A Non-Union Man Beat Into !nsensibility
and Then Robbed.
THE ROUGHERs CANNOT COME TO TERMS

| Lie Dredcn between tne military anu civil
authorities at Homestead is rapidly widening.
Last night there was a clash between the
two arms of the government at City Farm
station, which for q time looked as though
it would have a bloody ending.
About 7:S0 non-union man went to the
ferry and presented pass, to the mills,
to the Deputy Sheriffs on duty, good
on the Tide or Little Bill The dep
uty tore it into several pieces and
threw it on the ground. He them
| placed the man under arrest. The fellow
was turned over to the military guard with
the order that he be taken over to General
Wiley and locked up for the night. The
deputy said he had been watching this
fellow for some time and he had been act
ing in q suspicious manner The guards
took him and upon questioning him they
were of the opinion the man had no right
to be arrested. The corporal in charge of
the squad said they would take the man up
| to Captain Windsor and let him explain
matters
stopped by the Deputy Sheriffs.
They started to the steps leading to the
Captains quarters Not more than two
steps of the ascent had been made when the
two deputies jumped iE front of them. In
stantly war of words was in progress be-
tween the two parties and the deputy ex-
claimed that the prisoner would not 60 up
the hill; that he was sent there by the
High Sheriff of Allegheny County and he
wanted the guards to understand that they
were under his orders. The troopers took
exceptions to his remarks and insisted that
they would go up to their camp.
The corporal in charge was a very cool
fellow, and he tried to reason with the
deputies, but it was no use Finally, when
he saw he could not go past the civil author
titles without trouble, he decided on another
plan. The prisoner was marched down to
the river and put on skift The guards
took him over to the mill and the man had
no trouble in establishing his identity. He
was then allowed his freedom.
Later corporal was sent as a messenger
by Captain Windsor to the Little Bill
When he came down to the ferry he pro-
ceeded to loosen one of the skifs moored
there. The deputies stopped him and said
that the militia had no rights to the skiff
and if he tried to take it there would be
trouble. He had to get the use of private
skiff that happened to be there.
Fired Into the Crowd.
Saturday night when the 1890 train on
the Baltimore and Ohio road stopped at the
City Farm station about so people alighted,
most of them being mill men. As the train
pulled out someone on the rear platform of
the train fired two shots into the crowd, but
no one was injured. Deputy Sheriff Nc
Elhany asked one of the brakemen to stop
the train if it occurred again. That en-
ploye answered the deputy by saying: $50
to -"
When the militia heard the shooting they
ran up the track, but as they are not
allowed to fire at passenger trains they
could do nothing. Colonel Gray yesterday
notified Superintendent Potter of the affair
To-day he will call on the superintendent
of the Baltimore and Ohio and try to have
the matter investigated
The midnight train up on the Pittsburg
Virginia and Charleston road Saturday night
brought William Welsh, mill worker,
from Pittsburg. He alighted at Munhall
and started toward the mill. But little of
the distance had been covered when he was
attacked by several men and dragged back
into "Munhall Hollow" There he was
Finally, when he had been pounded into |
inconsistencies and made to suffer num-
Der OF other indignities, his assailants
finished their work by robbing him of |
S12 80 and part of his clothing.
Not Found Until the Morning.
Welsh was then left alone and was not |
discovered until this morning. He had to |
be taken to the mill hospital in wagon. |
He did not recover full possession of his |
senses until noon. Mr.. Welsh does not |
know any of the men who attacked him. |
John Brashear, of Allegheny, yesterday
morning addressed the men in the mill |
He talked on astronomical subjects and |
duelt principally on Mars. His words were
very interesting to the men and were highly
appreciated.
Yesterday General Wiley, his staff and
Colonels Hulings and Kreps inspected all |
the camps. III the afternoon they went up
to Duquesne Everything was found to be /
in good shape. The men will be kept at
Duquesne indefinitely.
Lieutenant j, L. Caldwell, Inspector of
Rifle Practice for the Fifteenth Regiment,
left yesterday afternoon for Mt Gretna to
attend the anual shoot. He took the regi-
mental team with him. 1t is composed of
Corporal j. Bacon, Sergeant Wade, Sergeant
c. Mccoy and Private Love.
The matron and nurses from the City