The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-07-14
4 DRAMATIC SCENE.
STRIKERS GET LITTLE CONSOLATION
FROM GENERAL SNOWDEN.

Stand Toward o'DonneIi aud the Rest
Pinkertons Relieved to he Under Com
observation-disclosures from Homestead.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July l3-Iaw and or
der has been once more established in
Homestead. 1t is martial law, and Ma or
General Snowden Is dictator Armed
men. in blue coats adorned with brass
buttons, have succeeded other men who
had no authority of law.
As soon AS General Snowden had eStab-
lshed his headquarters in the school
house on the hill over the iron works he
WAS waited upon by committee consist
ing of o Donnell, Coon, Crawford, Schuck-
man and Clifford, representing the Anal
ganated association, the advisory com
mittee and the citizens Coon was the
spokesman and stated that he represented
the association and the citizens: that on
their part he welcomed the troops to the
town. and he offered the cooperation of
the citizens in preserving order.
General Snowden Said: Il thank you
for your welcome, but do not need your
o.operatlon The only WY that good
citzeis can cooperate with rs Is TO 90
peacefully about their business
Coon said: The citizens wish to know
at what time they may give YOU public
reception"
Snowden replied: II can accept no re.
ccptiun sir it would be most improper /
thank you for Your courtesy. but "A formal
welcome is not needed II would be An
amazing thing if the National Guard Of
PennsN lyania WAS not welcome in any
part Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. ODounell here took up the CONVEX
sation and began: "On the part of the
Amalsamatcd association | wish TO say
that after suffering an attack from illegal
authority, we are glad to have the legal
authority of the state here. -
Il do not recognize your association,
sir, General Snowden replied Il recog
nle no one but the citizcus of this city.
We have come here to restore law and or
der; and they are already restored
But we wish to submit - o Donnell
began, when the general cut him short,
saying: Then sir, submit to the gentle
man behind you.p O'Dnnel wheeled
around and saw sheriff McCleary stand
ing in the group Il do submit to him."
he said I'VE have never questioned the
sheriff 5 order"
The general smiled rather sarcastical "
and said 81 am glad to hear it. But you
must understand our position. We are
here to preserve peace. We represent the
executive arm of the state Of Pennsyl-
vanla, and | have nothing to say to you
further than that the sheriff must be
obeved.
But we have obeyed the sheriff.
O'Donnel said. Haven't we, Mr.. Me.
Cleary?o
NO. you have not" said the sheriff,
you refused to let my deputies enter the
works"
There was some further talk of this
sort, in which General Snowdeu took no
part, and the conference ended in awk
ward silence, which was finally broken by
O'Donnell, who said: "Wel, | believe
that we have nothing further to say"
The general bowed in silence, and the
committee departed for the headquarters,
where u very stormy discussion followed
on the ground taken by the authorities.
General Snowden said, after the com
mttee had left, that there WAS to be no
such thing AS taking formal possession of
the works or the town.
A Bitter Pill.
The strikers committee, after their in
terview with General Snowden, returned
to headquarters where an acrid discussion
of he situation followed. General Snow.
den's reception Of the gentlemen was a
bitter pill. That the general meant bust
hess, however, was now thoroughly un-
derstood. A waiting campaign was de-
cided upon.
Mr., O'Donnell SAID: ''rhe troops will
be heSe for about ten days, It'll said. They
are maintained at an expense of s22, 900 IA
II 1
thatf And when the troops go away, how f
will the situation be changed"
The advisory COMMITTEES are of the opin-
ion that the works will be at once filled
up with non-union men and watchmen,
but they decline to discuss how they will +
meet and solve the problem
Tn. Feeling of the strikers
is very bitter against General Snowden.
He was denounced in unmeasured terms f
when the result of his interview with the +
committee became known The men CON
fdentiy look for large importation of
Pnkerton watchmen today or tomorrow,
and, while they seem to be decidedly in
Inundated by the troops, there are some of
them who swear they will resist the land t
ing of detectives at all cost. 1t is believed F
that the Carnegie company has over 1000
lOu-uillbA Hlcu IttuN 10 Fuu lHbo but
works as soon as their safety is assured.
and that "A large force of Pinkertons will T
be first brought in to renew she defense.
These P1nkertons are said to be scattered
about Pittsburg waiting for the call to as /
semble at Homestead. This statement
comes from the strikers committee, but
cannot be verified here. The trikers'
guards have been withdrawn from about
the mill Their places are being taken by
the provost patrol, which guards all the
streets leading to the mill and about it.
The representatives of the company, led
by Otis Childs, took possession at about
10 o'clock, so quietly that their presence
was not suspected until the afternoon.
The soldiers were permitted to go into
town as they pleased to get their meals
The result was that soldiers and strikers
Did a Great Deal Too Much Drinking,
and more drunken men were seen on the
streets than were visible altogether in the
past week. The crowds and soldiers
fraternized.
A great many wOrkingmen, for the first
time since the battle, are drinking heav
lily. There have been two or three fights,
ONE of them serious, and great deal of
wi Id talk The leaders seem, to some ex-
tent, to have lost control. When it be
came evident that the soldiers were drink
ing patrols arrested them, and soon nearly
all the militiamen were back in camp.
The evening closed more quietly than any
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