The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-13

and said: II atm glad to hear 1t; but you
must understand our position. We are here
to preserve the peace; we represent the ex-
eoutive arm Of the state Of Pennsylvania,
and I have nothing TO say 30 you further
than that the sheriff must be obeysd.'
"But we have obeyed the sheriff. Mr..
O'Donnel said "ha ven'e we, MIR. McClsaryW
mo, you have not." said the sheriff.
''You refused to let my deputies enter the
works"
Thers was some further talk OF this sort,
in which Gen. Snowden took no part, and
the conference ended in an awkward silence,
which was finally broken by Mr.. O'Donnell,
who said
"Well, believe that we have nothing
further to say"
Gen. Snowden bowed in silence and the
committee departed for headquarters, where
a worry stormy discussion followed on the
ground taken by the authorities
Gen. Snowden said after the committee
had left that there was to be no such thing
as taking formal possession OF the works or
the town. "As soon as we came into town
we we're in possession, and law and order
are restored. That is all there is OF it
am not going to have any reception or any
ia already In the hands Of the
| Carnegie company. understand
Mr.. Childs is now In the works
but with all that we have nothing to do.
We ara here to support the sheriff in the
execution of his duties, and the presence of
the troops was enough to settle the whole
question. We will be here for several days
and will take advantage Of the occasion bo
have the annual inspection"
STRENGTH OF THE MILITARY.
chow many troops have you here7"
"Ftve thousand two hundred and fifty at
the present time. We will have some more
| before night, but we have plenty as it Is"
The guards of the strikers have been
Withdrawn from about the mill; their places
are being taken by the provost patrol,
| which guards all streets leading to the mill
| and about it. The representative of the
| company led by Otis Childs, took posses
sion about 10 O'Clock, but SO quietly was this
| done that their presence was not suspected
until after noon.
TOO MUCH DRINKING.
No rations had been provided for the
| soldiers, and accordingly they were allowed
to 60 into town as they pleased to get their
| meals The result was that everybody,
soldiers and strikers, did great deal too
| much drinking. Every saloon was crowded
TO it's full capacity and everybody was pro-
viding himself to his full capacity. The
! result was that more drunken men were to
be seen on the streets than were visible alt3-
| gether in the past week.
When it became evident that the soldiers
| DRINKING
| rest them and in a short time nearly all the
militiamsu were back In camp. The even
| ing has closed more quietly than any one
| had any right to expect, and while the
streets were full at 10 o'clock the crowd was
| drifting homeward.
1t appears that the 5000 or 1000 troops
| that are now at Homestead are all that will
! be ordered directly TO the scene Of the labor
| troubles. The remaining 900 or 1000 of
| the national guard will enoamp at Mount
| Gretna and various other places and from
time to time will relisve by detAohments
| the military now stationed at Homestead.
| In this way the health of the 5000 troops
will be preserved by half of the time being
| spent in the mountain atmosphere, which is
much more salubrious than the air of Home
| stead.
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
The congressional committee, under the
| leadership Of Chairman Oates arrived In
Homestead In the middle Of the excitement
over the reception Of the troops The party
came in special car. which was sidetracked
| at Munhali, just above the Carnegie mill.
AS soon as 1t was known that tho party Was
in the city, which was not until they had
been here for sore time delegation from
| the lOcked-out wor kmen visited them and
rendered the hospitslities of the city.
Mr. Oates and the other members
OF the committee had an informal
talk with Hugh O'Donnsll, who was
| specially requested to be present at the In
vesigatiou in Pittsburg. Several of the
other strikers were questioned and in
| rough way the Gaze of the men, particu-
larly in regard to the battle with the
Pinkertons. was blocked out. Mr.. Childs
also had an informal talk with the con-
gressmen, but he pleaded to them, as to the
newspaper men. that he had no informa-
tion to give and that the officers Of the
county at Pittsburg would give every
! facility to the committee. No real at
tempt to examine any witness was made.
After giving a history OF the events that
led up TO the disagreement between the
steel company and its workmen Mr.. Frick
read his inter view, given to George N. Nc
Kain the day following the Homestead riot,
| which was admitted as evidence.
NO APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
Mr.. Oatss-You state that after the sher-
if failed you employed detectives. Did
you appeal TO the governor!
Mr.. Frick-No, sir. The experience Of
past years was that the sheriff was power
less We concluded to employ our own
watchnlen, put them on our own prop
erty. and have them stay
them and agreed TO pay them IS per day.
We secured 800 of them. We concluded
that it was necessary to guard our property
and employ new men.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures menu
Mr.. Frick-We did not not care whether
they were nuion or non-union. In June
we wrote the following letter to the Pink
erton agency at New York:
DEAR SRI am in receipt of your favor of
June %. We will need 800 guards for service
| at our Homestead mills as a measure Of pre-
caution against Interference with our plau to
start operation Of the works July 6.
1882 The only trouble anticipate
I Is that an attempt will be
made 20 prevent such of men with whom.
by that time, we have made satisfactory ar
rangements, from going to work. and possibly
some demonstration Of violence on the part of
those wnose places have been filed, or most
! likely by an element which usually
! is attracted by such scenes for the purpose Of
stirring up trouble. We are not desirous that
the men YOU send shall be armed unless oc-
| casion calls for such n measure later on for the
| protection OF our employees. We will wish
| these guards to be placed on our property and
there to remain unless called into other seryice
by the civil authority to meet an emergency
that is likely to arise. These guards
| should be assembled at Asntabula, o., not later
| than the morning of July g. when they can be
( taken bv train to McKee's Rocks or some other
pIace on the Ohio river below Pttsourg where
| thew car be transferred to boats and be landed
within our premises at Honest lad We think
absolute secrecy essential in the movement OF
| the men so that no demonstration can be made
! H. rat1Ia fn6tFuHtFOnE