The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-11
THE DAY At HOMES7EAD.
Quiet Prevails, hu: the STRIKERS Firm md
SiGtlnnt.


HOMESTEAD. July lot has been q night
and day Of rights. From midnight last night
uutil7 o'clock tonight there have been no less
than dozen despntchcs received from vari-
Gus points OF tho compass informing the
weary strikers that Pinkerton men are COM
Ing. From Wheeling Il man telcgraphed:
Six car leads lust PASSED through over the
baltimore and Ohio look OUT From Gin
cinn&ti: Nine car loads just passed through:
look out" From Fast Euffslo: e" Three car
loads and two car loaGs OF ammunition" and
SO Oh. There wasn't much attention paid to
then, at first. but when thoy began coming
from every direction the wild rumor spread
that the town was being surrounded by Pink
srton men. and that it would surely be cap
turcd.
The condition OF Affairs tonight is exactly
the same as it has boon ever since the Tinker
ton men werc captured and killed. The law
Is defled Ms 1t las been daily since the strikers
took possession. The Constitution Ia violated
daily as it has been, and the men and women
who are not Of tho strikers are deprived Of
their liberty: yet the State has made no move
to put down the rebellion. the county officers
have made no move. and the matter rests
there. 1t Is becoming more evident daily that
the policy OF the Steel Company Is to attempt
to starve then into submission. though tho
outetS Va Ho company usseit tHAt tney want
to open the mills. and that they will have
non-union latorers to do il. and none but
non-union laborers. That declaration. IL
mu'tefs remain as they do Mt pres
cit. means more blood in the opinion
Of the average citizen. There Is one
way that boodshed may BIO averted and that
IL by making n sufficient showing with the
militia to COW tho mon.
The probability OF the strike extending and
involving tho three Carnegie mills in Pitts
burgh. the Union Structural Iron and Steel
Works. and others was. next to the expected
arrival OF tho Pinkertons and another bloody
battle. tho chief thinG talked about to-day. It
was generally accepted as u fact that the men
in these mills would 60 out. yet there was no
definite information given upon which to base
this Lelief.
President Weihe OF tho AmalGRmnted Asso-
citation. In a talk with Sun reporter. said that
he supposed the men in tho other mills were
In sympathy with the Homestead men. and
that they would support them by striking II it
became necessary. This he said beiorc he
was asked II the men had taken any action.
HAS not meeting already been held. and
did not the men prepare an ultimatum for Mr..
Friek. md did they not decide to strike at
once In case tho ultimatum Was not favorably
received" ask cd tho reporter.
. Mr.. Weihe's face eolored, and lie said: THAT
In something cannot talk about. ! am not In
the position to talk. You must not ask me-
.-THs SUN reporter went around among tho
workers In the Union Structural Mills and
talked with them about the meeting and tho
rumored ultiInatum. Some OF thcm said the
story was true. more OF them said 1t was not
true. and all OF them Expressed sympathy
with the Homestead men. II tho meeting was
held and the ultmatum was prepared. 1t will
DO presented to-day to Manager Frick. 1t is
: sald that IL demands that Manager Prick take
back all that he has said that is detrimental
to union labor. and that he agree to submit
;. the Homestead troubles to arbitration. Tho
= iron and stsel which are made by the Union
structural Iron Conpan and the oth"r t'arns-
sic snills in Pittsburgh are used ~ hH'la'u: