Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-14
MEETING or WoRKMEN.
They Discuss tho situation and State
What They Will Do.

HOMESTEAD, July S.-A meeting of
lOcked-out wOrkmCn of the Carnegie mills
was called nj noon in the Opera House. Oh
Fifth avenue to consider the situation.
About 200 mill::workers were present. On
the stngc were President Wiche, President
elect NJ. NJ. Garland, Secretary John Kill
cannon and Attorney W. j. Brennan of
the AmalgamatGd Association. The ANAL
gamated officers addressed the men in
plain words and showed them what would
occur in case affairs continued as they
were. The meeting was open only to the
| mlll-workers and citizens.
w. j. brennan, attorney for the Anal
gamated Association, said:
The owners know the law is OH their
| side and their hearts cannot be touched
| They have civil protection. When the
militia comes to Homestead the mill will
be surrounded and new men put in, and
any man interfering with the civil
authorities will be shot down. If any one
thinks for moment that the militia will
stand around like hitehing posts he is
| badly mistaken When they do come it
will not be for dress parade, but to shoot"
| He was loudly applauded ut the close Of
| his address,
Another speaker said sThc sheriff and
the men he will bring here will be in
| sympathy with the people Of Homestead
lie will not be Goolhardy enough to bring
| a lot of men here To shoot us down We
| have their sympathy now and will have it
when they come The sheriff must do his
duty and will do it with his men, not in a
| spirit of animosity.h
The third speaker said "Thc amalrn-
mated lawyer has told us what the militia
can do, and If we can't believe him who
are we to believer We all know this is a
great struggle, and If the Amalgamalud
Association does not win at Homestead it
VII not amount to row Of pins in the
future. The question is, will we permit
| the sheriff to take possession of the mill AS
our friend ? We will not be compelled to
go to oar homes and remain there and we
| will know we have some friends among
the sheritf's deputies. Time will show that
the best thing for lis to do is to let the
sheriff take possession OF the mill. We all
know the law is against las -
After another lender OF the wOrllmcn
had followed in the same vein and strongly
urged q settlement Of the wage difficulty
by arbitration il was agreed that NlessrS,
! Weihe, Garland, Brennan O'Dounell and
other officials should go to Itttsburg to
confer with the sheriff on the situation
and ascertain from him what he intended
to do. The meeting then adjourned until
later in the day to give the committee an
opportunity to do this.
The following is official information of
the exact terms on which the work iucu
are willing to allow the deputies to enter
the works: II they can prevent il no
armed deputies, either county or Pinkcr,
tons Will be alluwe,i to take possession
They propose that well-known busiues,
men OF Homestead aud Plttsburg. of lUut
reputation and known to the wurkmru, b,
appointed To do guard duty at the stce
works unarmed.
riE SHERIFF IN HOMESTEAD
Sheriff McC.lcary, who had been inviicf
To- meet committee OF prominent citizen
of Homestead to confer as to some ar
rangement Tor the prevention of furthe
trouble, arrived IN Homestead late tll
afternoon ana met thGGomuittCc. IwcnG
men lad promised to be III the mcrtIll,
place, but less than half that number wcr
present when the sheriff Put in al appear
ance.
Dr. Stadden, . prominent citizen, uctc,
, Us spokesman, He told the sheriff that h
w0uld agree to put Il sufficient number q
reputable citizens in the Carnegie work
Us 4 guarantee for thelr protection from
violence if Mr., FriCl and other person
interested would also 90 there. The sherii
gave no promises and went back to Pitts
burg.
' THE SHERIFF. uypEcIpEp.
n PGTTsDrRG, July S.-Sheriff McCleary re
. turned at 7.3J O'Clock this evening withuu
having accomplished anything. I'll
. Sheriff had bccn furnished with the malut
! Of 20 reputable citizens of Homestead wht
it was said, would act as deputies. OF tn
: 70 people named, only siX called ON lin
! and they positively refused To serve.
Not having succeeded, the sheriff said I
+ a reporter: II think the best plan is To !,
= matters alone until the excitement sui
sides. All the means at my disposal
I have exhausted. | do not know whclht
> shall make another call on tie goycrno
/. 1t is impossible to agree 10 let the striker
a guard the works The company woul
!. never get possession OF them in that cas-
i ! anl not prepared to say ii | will place m
:. own deputies in the mill"