Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-28
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The Locked-Out Men at Homestead De- !
spair and May Return to Work


The Locked-Out Men at Homestead De-
spair and May Return to Work.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 28.-There is
no doubt about Hugh O'Donnell's going
away. The strikers have not the conf
dence in him they once had. He leaves
Homestead never to return. 1t would
be folly for him to remain. Neither he
nor any of the other strike leaders or
members of the advisory committee can
ever again obtain employment in any of
the mills operated by the Carnegies.
This is why he is about to leave Home
stead This is why his example will
soon be followed by some of the most
prominent leaders of the strike and
members of the now powerless advisory
committee. Where O'Donnell is going
he will not say He will not can not,
remove himself from the jurisdiction Of
the Pittsburg court before which he
must appear to answer to the charge of
murder in the second degree. 1t is not
his desire so to do; he is willing to ap-
pear and face the music"
The indications are that the locked
out men will return to work and that
the Carnegie company has won the
fight. The refusal of the men in other
works to strike in sympathy has FASTENED
this result. The agreement which the
men will have to sign if they return to
work reads as follows:
Agreement-Entered into by and be-
tween the limited partnership association
of the Carnegie Steel company, limited,
and the workmen employed by it at the
Homestead steel works, Munhall.
First-This agreement shall go into
effect July 1, 1892 and shall remain in force
for the remainder of this year and during
the year 1893, and thereafter until notice
has been given as provided following:
Second-This association or it's employees
can give notice not later than Oct. l. 1898,
of desire to terminate this agreement, in
which event it shall cease Dec. 81, 1893. If
such notice be not given by either party by
Oct. 1, 1893, or by Oct. l in any later year,
then this agreement shall remain in force
for the following years until such notice be
given.
Third-Wages will be paid upon quar-
terly sliding scale, based upon the average
market price received for AKA Bessemer
steel billets, delivered ON cars at works
during the preceding quarter,
Fourth-The market price of billets shall
be established quarterly at a conference to
take place not later than the 25th day of
the last month of each quarter, between
a committee of six employees, to be chosen
by the workmen; one from the open
hearth department, one from the
Bessemer department, one from the plate
mill, one from the slabbing mill, one from
the twenty -eight-inch or tbirty-three-inch
mill and one from the forty-inch or thirty
ive-inch mill, and q committee of three
from the executive officers of the Carnegie
company, limited. The price of billets for
each quarter shall be the average between
the highest and the lowest cash quotations
given by the American manufacturer each
week during said quarter.
Fifth-We, the undersigned, having read
the above and examined the scale of wages
heretofore annexed and made part hereof
hereby apply for employment, under their
conditions; and for the valuable consider
ton of employment given by the associa-
ton, we, each one for himself, pledge our
selves hereby as citizens and men to
adhere faithfully thereto and to take
such position at said steel works as may be
assigned to us, to accept as full payment
for our service wages at the rates set forth
in the scale referred to, aud that we will
abide by and obey the rules and regulations
publicly posted at said steel works. copy
of which is hereto attached
By this agreement it will be seen the
men virtually renounce their allegiance
to any trades union that may interfere
with the relations between them and the
company. By signing it they will &C.
that the company has won. Most OF
this, it must be remembered, is,as yet a
secret to the body of the strikers. When
1t becomes known no one can tell what
will happen. All the men want to &c
back to work.