The Portland daily press., 1892-07-30
SAND BAGS AS A WARNING.
Indications Of LaWlessness in the
Strikers Ranks.
PROSPECTS GLOOMY FOR THE
MEN AT HOMESTEAD.

The Troops Have Marched Away with the
Exception of a Union
Men Reported to Have Been Beaten
How Men Making $12 Day We're
Forced to Leave Work-Powderly on
the Pinkerton System.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 29.-The second
month of the great Homestead strike
opens rather discouragingly, so far as
the locked out men are concerned, though
they do not admit it and express as great
confidence in ultimate victory as ever.
On the 10Th of June 1000 men having
been locked out, 1900 others struck out
of sympathy, and only few watchmen
were left about the plant. Today there
are about 725 men in the mill, and the
firm is daily filling vacancies and train
ing new men for the work. Meanwhile
the effects of the lockout are being felt
in the town. Today constable closed
grocery store, the owner concluding to
go out of business owing to his inability
to carry on an extensive credit business.
A number of merchants, while in sympa-
thy with the locked out men, are decid-
ing upon plan whereby they will not
give cred it. but will sell at absolute cost
to all locked out men.
The relief committee, which has
charge of all poorer paid labor, meets all
demands upon it, though daily the long
list of persons asking assistance grows
larger. The non-union men are begin
ming to receive an astonishing number of
threatening letters. The folling is a
sample:
''HoMEsTEAD, July 20.
"Notice-All non-union men desiring to leave
Carnege's Works will be provided for by the
work will seek their God. All are being spotted.
Beware"
Forty-five non-union men were placed
in the Homestead works this morning.
The 23-inch mill was started today, and
men are being familiarized with the
workings of the cogging and new beam
mills preparatory to starting them.
1t is probable that as result of the ar
rests yesterday, a countercharge will be
made by one of the locked out men for
conspiracy against General Superinten-
dent John Potter of the steel works here.
Hearing that informations were out for
aggravated TlOL, buTS6SS JOlH nChuChlt,
Hugh Ross and Elmer Bailie went to
Pittsburg yesterday and surrendered
themselves to Alderman McMasters and
were bailed in $4,000. On their return to
Homestead Bailie stated that the suit
against him was purely spite work, and
that he would sue Mr.. Potter.
The great division encampment with
nearly 5000 soldiers established here Is
days ago is thing of the past today. In
stead, about 1000 soldiers, a battery and
small squadron of cavalry are the only
reminders.
The Carnegie Steel Company has noti-
fled it's former workmen that as they are
no longer in the employment of the COM
pany interest on money deposited by
them will stop, and the principal will be
paid upon application at the Office. The
deposits are said to aggregate $1S0,000.
The enormous fund which, according
to their statements, was to support the
members of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton for year, if necessary, is a myth.
They have some money, it is true, but
this is divided among the few hundred
members of the association alone, and
the 5000 mechanics and laborers who
gave up their positions to help them do
not receive any of it now.