Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-09
CHECKED THE STAMPEDE.
No Further Desertions From the Homesteat
Mills.


Mills.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug 9-The Carnegie
Company seems to have checked the retreat Of
its non-union men which began at such lively
rate yesterday morning as to threaten to depop-
ulate the mill in a week. No further desertions
are reported this morning and several OF those
who left Saturday night returned TODAY. The
flr'n claims that no inconvenience resulted from
the leaving of the men yesterday and that the
mill Is operating as smoothly as before.
The number Of applications for positions
from old men, according to an official at the
mill, continues TO increase, but he said the men
were afraid 10 report at this time.
On the other hand the leaders of the strikers
are making as much as possible Of the deser-
tions as an offset TO Duquesne and to such an
effect that the people here seem to have for
gotten the upper mill altogether and today are
bending new energies to instill dissatisfaction
among the non-unionists confined in the mill
To that end workers who leave the mill are
treated royalty and sent back in condition to
glowingly depict the hospitality of the Home
steaders and the improperly of taking their
places.
The success of the relief committees which
have gone east has proven very gratifying to
the men here, especially the work of Hugh
ODonnell. who has telegraphed that he secured
$4,000 In Boston alone. Ii is the sentiment of
the adv isory committee, however, that no time
should be lost in canvassing every section Of
the country to secure aid before public interest
and sympathy begin TO wane. The committee
there proposes at once to dispatch committees
west and south.
4 dispatch from Duquesne this morning
state that the mill was working smoothly and
goes on double turn at once. Several of the
workers there tried to extract a promise yester-
day from the men that they refuse to work ma
terial for Homestead. The steel workers. how
ever, did not give encouraging assurances, and
II is probable that they are too badly beaten.
The strikers are exceedingly jubilant over the
continued desertions of the new men from the
Carnegie mill.
committee said this morning: There is no
longer any doubt that we have the strike al
most won. From information received
from the inside thus early the
firm is greatly Handicapped by the deser-
tions, and it is believed that fully nine-tenths
of the men now at work inside the mill will
come out within the next week. They are rap
idly tiring of their prisonlke life and restricted
liberty. Contributions to the relief fund con-
tlnue IN satisfactory manner, and our solicit
ing committee have been very successful"
The fifth regiment left for home this morn
ing. The tenth regiment will leave this even
Ing or tomorrow. Part of Gen. Wylie's staff
went home today.
Everything is quiet in the vicinity Of Carne-
gle Union mills in Pittsburg today. The ls-
inch and 20-inch mills were run this morning
by shifting the crews from other departments.
The firm is offering $3.50 ton, with a contract
running sixteen months for puddlers, but SO
far have received no applications
1t is stated that eight non-union men left the
33d street works this morning. The strikers
say they have information that the mill is fast
going to rack on account of the incompetency
of the present worknen. They say that yester-
day the company suffered great loss Of money
on account OF caving furnaces and badly burned
iron.