The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-05
TROUBLE AT DUQUESNE.
A Regiment Called Out to Aid tho
Deputy shoriffa
Mill OFFICIALS ARE ATTACKED
By tho strikers--A Deadly Conflict
Ayorted by tho Timely Arrival of
SIilitary..Ths Mil VIII Resume on
Moaday..The strikers Admit That
Their Fight in This AIlll is Now Lost.


Their Fight in This AIIll is Now Lost.
HoMrsrEAp, Pa, August 4.-The
moral suas!on OF clubs and stones was
adopted by a few desperate strikers to
prevent or delay stampede at Du-
quesno today. As result several per-
sons we're beaten, and the militia is in
Charge Of the steel works there. Yes
terdayit became evident that a break
was imminent A large number of the
strikers had become convinced that tho
fight was lost, and went to tho mill
office, where they inscribed their names
in tho application book.
There we're number Of departments
out Of order by reason Of the sudden
shut down, and Superintendent Nor
rison ordered William Mileslagcl, fore
man Of the mechanical departments, to
report with thirty mon in the morning
for work. Notice was given in the
night and this spread until about sixty
mon, who had led tho strike, hearing
Of it, determined to stop tho work.
Twenty Homestead men started for
Duouesne also about daylight to assist
the ringleaders in preventing any per-
sons entering tho works. They were in
charge of two brothers named Harris,
II is claimed, who arc not natura!ized
citizens, having only left England SIX
months ago.
IFS in charge Of Capt. Gray wore sta.
toned at tho mill gate, and q crowd
began to gather: BY seven o'clock 1t
numbered 800. About this time mem
bers OF mechanical department In obe-
dience to tho order Of Foreman Miles
laCel arrived with lunch pals. They
were halted by tho crowd which was
armed with clubs and boulders. Every
man was ordered home with such
threatening demonstrations that the
majority fled in terror
Foreman Milcslagel appeared at 0
o'clock and was about to enter the
works when number Of men ordered
him 10 leave. ~ wont go, your con-
duct is disgracciul," he exclaimed.
"Either you will leave ut once or We
shall kill you," somebody in the crowd
yelled.
At the same time hundred strikers
arraycd themselves in front Of the man.
Seeing resistance useless, Mileslagel
turned and started home by a road
skirting q rayine. Three mon, one OF
whom Is supposed to be Hon,esteader,
followed cursing him, and he hurled
back defiance. Immediately one man
struck at him with q club, which Miles
lagel lodged, as he did rock. which
was hurled by the second. The
third man, however, ran up
and struck tho foreman in
the back Of the neck, knocking
him over the embankment. He rolled
distance OF twenty feet and received
painful bruises. He was allowed to
arise and proceed unmolested. A fow
moments later Hugh Boyce, the boss
carpenter, arrived. He managed to slip
through the crowd unobserved until
within ten feet Of the mill gate. Then
he was discovered and savage rush
was made for him. The deputies made
q sortie and several used their maces;;
Boyce reached the gate unharmed, and
finally got safely inside.
The foiled strikers Immediately pro-
posed storming the works. Then tele-
gram was hastily dispatched by Capt.
GRAY to Brigadier General Wiley, com.
manding the battalion Of the second
brigade, stationed at Homestead. He
sent the Sixteenth Regiment to the
scene Of disorder on special train. II
arrived Just in time TO prevent the mill
cato being stormed. Tho regiment
reached the mill road without having
to use a single bayonet II
marched up company front and
instinctively tho 800 strikers fell
back before it, Details were
then stationed at tho gates,
railroad stations aud throughout the
town, The strikers congregated along
tho hillside and further violence was
ondod. None of the repairmen would
20 to work in the afternoon as they were
too frightened, The company expects
them to report in the morning. Colo
mel II ilings commanding the Sixteenth
regiment telegraphod General Wiley in
tu0 evening tllNb hU WA kbAhASAs wv
companies would be sufficient to assist
tho deputy sherlIs in preserving order.
The companies will likely roman at
Duquenso several days.
Treasurer II. NJ. Curry, OF the Car
negio Steol Company, who was at Du-
auesne, stated to the Associated Press
representative that $40 OF the old en-:
ployos had asked to return to work and
would bo taken back on Monday.
In Homestead it is generally con-
ceded that as far as Duquesne is con-
cerned tho strike is lost,
There was littlo change in the Home
stead light this evening. Manager Pot
tor said that on Monday the Bessemer
converting mill would be started and
then all departments would be partially
in operation.
During the past twodays the advisory
committee has been plastering the
works with notices to the non-union
men that tho stories OF violence are un-
true, and that il they desire to get away
they viii not be molested by the strik'
ors.