Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-11
By TELEGRAPH.
lConsinued from ii pase-l

started 10 walk rapidly to the telegraph
station. Two men carrying Winchester
rifles stoppGk him, holding him fast BY the
arm. and q Of them said Not SO fast,
my friend. Where are YOU going:"
None of your business the reporter
exclaimed.
Were the committee to watch strangers. :"
one of the men said s.ansi you've got to
give an account of yourself.
.sl'm a reporter, and | came to get the
news
well, you want to see that you tell the
truth, see. Tell your paper that we're or
DERBY, law abiding citizens, and that we're
not \ lot Of rowdies.
Eyes" broke in the other man, lingering
his rife suggestively, 1--WE live mp to the
law here"
So far the only ones to suffer from the
tyranny of these people here have been the
newspaper correspondents. There are no
other strangers here, as the climate just
now is too unhealthy, but the reporters are
harassed the live long day by all who see
fit to iuterrogate them and ask for their ere
dentiaIs.
As rule newspaper men travel about
without credentials. and many of them here
find it exceedingly difficult to convince
everybody that they are the legitimate repre-
sentatives of a newspaper. The two cor
respondents of Piusburg paper who were
asked to leave town last night had an I'M
pleasant experience. Their paper had pub
ished accounts of the strike which the
strikers did not approve of and when these
two correspondents were overheard discus
sion the merits of the situation it was de-
cided that they were enemies of the men,
and had better leave town.
The first to receive his charge was for
tHnately a big, strong man with good legs.
4 committee called on him at midnight and
requested him to accompany them. Two
men walked on either side of him rs far as
the river skiff was there in waiting,
and he was told to get in.
Where am going:" he asked.
You are going home" the men said.
..All right" he said as cheerfully as he
could, for he knew that resistance would
be of no avail. They rowed across the
river and escorted him as far as the rail-
road track.
If you come back to Homestead you'll
do it ut your peril, they said.
The correspondent then set out to count
the railroad ties in the stretch of eight
miles to Pittsburg, and arrived at the Office
of his newspaper at o'clock in the morn
ing. which his conferees jokingly remarked
was very good time. The other man was
more fortunate. They gave him time to
order carriage, hearty lunch and some
good cigars and then one of the strikers
seated on the drivers seat. accompanied
him as far as the outmost picket post.
All day long strikers are patrolling the
streets with big clubs, looking suspiciously
at every newspaper man who passes. The
moment correspondent stops to ask a
striker a question crowd gathers around
10 listen. Some of the strikers have taken
20 carrying swords, or foils with sharp
points, and they swing these about in
blood curdling fashion. None of the
strikers remained in their homes during the
day.
They are here on picket duty at the
works or at some post outside the town, or
else are walking up and down the streets or
sitting in doorways. The saloons were
opened. and few of the men were drunk
TO-DAY. SO far the men have all been re-
markably orderly. but the leaders have
gave fears for the next few days. 1t is
very interesting to note the effect of a dis
tant locomotives whistle on this crowd.
The moment they hear it they imagine il is
the alarm TO assemble, and springing to
their feet, they listen intently until they
become assured that it is not the whistle at
the Gle sic light plant. Then they resume
their idleness.
The conversation of these men is con-
fined to three subjects. They recount their
experience in the fight with the Pnkertons,
or they discuss the probabilities of another