The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11
TEARING DOWN THE FENCE.


Homestead, Pa, October 5.--About 25C
feet Of the mill fence Or az It is known here
yesterday afternoon by workmen from the firm
and last evening the outer mill yard from the
restaurant to the company's store was open
avenue, was removed today and the company
houses in the side yard opened out to the
road The company's officials say THAI the
reason for tearing down the fence is that
80 far as they are concerned, the strike Is
practically over and they desire operations
to continue just as they did in May. There
among the locked out men over this new
move on the part of the firm, and a crowd
numbering several hundred gathered TO watch
the operation. AT first they heard that the
strike was to be declared OFF, but when the
real object was learned, much disappointment
ensued, but they rallied soon and professed
to look upon it as tacit invitation to return
to work.
In Homestead proper, much interest is felt
over the suits against the Carnegie Steel
Company, Qimited,) which are now before the
grand jury. A number Of locked out men
and other witnesses appeared before the grand
jury yesterday ana today, Attorney Cox said
last evening he thought all the evidence would
be in before tonight. The men satisfied
the c@ $. There were no further arrests
mere OF the treason charge yesterday although
a close lookout was being kept for the ac-
cuSed. 1t is currently reported that the Car
neGie Steel Company. proposes to take inn
mediate steps to extradite burgess John Nc
Luckie, who is in Youngstown.
WORK OF towards.
Homestead, October IA dastardly at
tempt was made To murder In their beds,
about forty nOn-unlon men. Dynamite
was the agency resorted to and that it failed
was due to the force of the explosion be-
ing extended downward. The explosion was
so severe that it was felt in the camp and
the front part of the Mansion house was
wrecked
Mrs. Marion keeps a boarding establish
ment frequented by non-union men, located
at Amity avenue and Fifth street. 1t be-
longs to the Cox estate and is known as
the Mansion house. Shortly after o'clock
this morning when the mill workers were
asleep, they We're suddenly awakened by
an explosion, which overturned the beds,
scattered the furniture around the room and
broke window panes ana crockeryWare.
They were all shocked and frightened.
The house was filed with dust from plaster
and the peculiar odor of the explosion con-
veyed the impression that the house was on
fire. The men huddled in their
rooms and then rushed panic-strcken down
the stairs. They reached the sitting room
and found they could walk into the street.
The front of the room had been blown out.
One man stumbled and nearly broke his
leg He had fallen into Il huge hole in the
floor. 1t was where dynamite cartridge
had fallen and exploded.
The street was deserted at the time, but
the explosion aroused the people for squares
around and they soon Hooked to the scene.
Deputy sherffs were soon there and secured
what evidence they could
1t appears that a window in front had been
broken and through this n stick of dyna-
mite was thrown. There are forty large
window glasses in front, as the room was
once used as a store These pancs were
shattered into fragments. The door was
broken, several chairs battered and the
room was Il complete wreck. The hard ex-
plosion exerted it's force downward instead of
upward or probably all the inmates of the
house would have been killed. AS it is
mill workers are terrorized and the com
pany will have to put Waterman in a
boarding house before they will go back
again.