The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-14

tentative and promptly accepted the
terms of the men, some OF the men
saying it was the first time they ever
submitted to such humiliating sur
render.
REMOVING THE DETECTIVES.
When an inspection of the boats
was made it was found that at least
seven Pinkertons had been killed and
twenty or thirty wounded, many so
badly that they will die. AS they
were brought from the boat they pre-
sented a terrible appearance. Many
of them were besmeared with blood
while all of them showed signs of ex-
haustion from their long confinement
in close quarters between decks.
| PINKERToNS ROUGHLY HANDLED.
The most shocking and dastardly
deeds, however, were committed while
the prisoners were being escorted
! through the streets and escorted by
guards appointed by the strikers. An
angry mob lined the streets on both
sides. AS the men passed by each in
charge of two deputies the mill men
and their friends kicked them and
threw some of them down. The I'M
fortunate detectives begged for mercy,
Some of them had pistol shot wounds
in their heads and three were seen
who had eyes shot out. Several were
shot in the shoulders, arms
and legs and could scarcely
limp along. Blood was running in
streams down their shirts and they
fairly yelled with pain. Fully thirty
injured men were taken to the town
hall. One of them had his eyes
punched out by an umbrella in the
hands of the women; sand was thrown
in their eyes and they were hit by
clubs and missiles. Manywere knocked
down with clubs, tramped and some
were too weak to walk to the town
hall The mill men used the stocks
of their rifles and struck the
detectives over the head and
shoulders, intlicting serious and in
some cases perhaps fatal wounds. AS
the procession reached the Amalga-
mated associations buildings they
had to remove their hats and salute
the flag. When they removed their
hats men and women hit them with
umbrellas and sticks and abused
them in every way Imaginable. There
seemed to be determination to kill
them, and it was with great difficulty
that the crowd was restrained. The
men were finally locked in the opera
house, where they were kept for the
night. Thousands, however, gather
ed around the building, and the
wounded men were kept in constant
terror.
THE BARGES FIRED.
After the prisoners had been re-
leased from the barges the rioters mad
revenge. They carried oil into the
holds a d poured it over the bedding
and furniture and then set it on
fire first securing them so they could
not float down the river and cause
damage at points below. When the
flames broke through the decks, the
cheers which rent,the air were eaten
ing and the noise could heard miles
away. The hills on either side of the
river were literally crowded with peo-
pile who could witness from these high |
points all that was transporting on the
battle field and this was out of range |
of the deadly bullets. The day was
one that will be remembered with |
horror by the people of the borough,
as we'll as the citizens of the entire
county, who for the second time will
be called upon to pay enormous
amounts of money entailed in the
shape of riot losses.
THE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
The steamer Little Bill that assist
ed in towing the barges to Homestead
arrived in this citv shortly after noon,
Capt. Rogers was indignant at the &C
ton of the strikers, which he termed
and blot on humanity.
He said, ~ never saw such a coward
ly act as those strikers made. They
had Notifications of pig iron and the
minute the boat arrived they COM
firing and not shot was
fired by the Pinkerton men until three
like dogs" The excitement in this
city over the riot is intense. Hun
dreds of people gathered around the
bulletin boards of the different news
papers and waited anxiously for the
latest news. While there were no
rabid expressions excitement ran high.
In the lower end of Allegheny where
there are numerous mills the feeling
is intense. Men in the mills said they
were ready to go to Homestead when
they got orders or request from their
fellow workmen there. The cool
headed men, however, outnumber
the hot headed ones and no trouble is
from that quarter.
STATEMENT FROM THE COMPANY.
The Carnegie Steel company, linn
tied, has given out the following state
ment: "Our Homestead steel works
on July l were taken possession of by
a mob which Immediately thereafter
by local representatives of
the amalgamated association of iron
and steel workers and all our
mill men and even foremen
and superintendent of departments
were torcibly denied admission
thereto. We were also notified by a
self styled advisory committee that
no fires would be permitted in the
works lest the men became melted
to further unlawful acts. This was
continued until yesterday when we
called upon the sheriff Of Allegheny
county for protection and assistance in
possession of our property.
The sheriff went to Homestead and