The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-15
CONFERENCE OF STRIKERS
Carnegie's Ex-Employes Considering
Whether to Give Up the Battle.
Investigation Committees Appointed on Whose
Reports Definite Action Will Be Taken
More Trouble at Homestead

PITTsBURG, Nov. lit is highly prob
able that within the next twenty-four
hours a decided change will take place in
the strike now on at the Carnegie Steel
Company's mills. at Homestead. Lawrence
vile and Beaver Falls. What the exact
character of this change will be Is hard to
foreshadow, but its solution will likely be
known ere many hours pass by. There is
now IN session ct the Pittsburg office of
the Amalgainated Association a meeting of
the leading men comprising the
advisory boards at Homestead, Beaver
Falls ana Lawrenceyille This meeting
is one which will determine whether or
not the strikes at the places named Will
continue. The meeting was in session all
day, and when It adjourned tonight the
members OF the advisory committee
fused TO say any thing of the proceedings.
Another meeting will be held tomorrow.
The prolonged strikes at the big Carnegie
plants. together with the heavy expenses
incurred through supporting the idle men
and yesterdays trouble, which capped the
climax, has rendered it absolutely neces-
sary for the leaders to meet
and act upon the serious condition in
which the men have been placed. Perhaps
the leading event which called forth TO-
days assem- blage was the partial resump-
ton of work at Beaver Falls and the
prospect OF the firm meeting with as mt Oh
success at that place as they had IN Home
stead and Lawrenceville. According to
the statement of President Garland. of the
AmaIgamated Association. the strike will
be continued as long as the present state of
affairs continues at the Carnegie mills. In
vestigatlon committees were appointed,
and their ranOrta fn- morrow the nneAflOn
Will be definitely settled.
More Encounters at Homestead.
HoMEsTEAB. Pa, Nov. 14-Homestead 10
yet quIvering under yesterdays battle.
The excitement was intense all day. This
evening when the colored men who did the
shooting were being taken from the lock-
up to the tram large crowd assembled
and booted and jeered so that the deputies
thought that an attack would be made
upon the prisoners. but the latter
were permitted to get on the train
without injury. In the early morn
ing Mike Sullivan. O striker. was arrested
for anticipating in the fight yesterday. As
he was being taken down two strikers
named Condor and Wall entered the head
quarters and began vigorous protest
against the characterization of many
strikers as disorderly. Thoy then left and
three minutes later a woman ran into tho
deputies headquarters and said that two
non- unionlsts were being assaulted
Dickson street, The deputies ran down
and there found Condor and Wall attack
ing two mill-workers. The former were
instantly arrested. Captain Clark reports
that three women tried to quarrel with
two colored men on City Farm lane hurl-
ing all manner of insulting epithets at
them. The colored men did not reply.
The bearing of the eight coiored men and
four strikers implicated in Sundays fight
come OFT at o'clock IN the lookup, aud
they were ali held for court in $500 bail
each. McAllister and Jones secured bail.
but the colored men and Sullivan were
taken to PIttsburg and lodged In Jail Dur
ing the hearing there was o large crowd
outside the jail, bur they conducted them
selves in q perfectly orderly manner Sheriff
McCleary spent the day here. and decided
that il would not be necessary to increase
his force of deputies.
At 1890 o'clock tonight q quarrel took
place between q number of colored non
unionists and Homestead colored men Just
outside the Ninth-avenue NJ. h. Church.
The non-unionists drew their revolvers,
and eighteen or twenty shots were fired.
but no one was hit. During the fight two
white men came ont and one of them cut
negro with knife. The wound. however.
was slight. The deputies arrived by this
time ana arrested the white men aud two
negroes. The crowd then dispersed. At /
o'clock this morning everything Is quiet.