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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

boom, boom, boom OF a cannon was
heard over the roar Of the smaller arms.
The brass instrument had begun to
speak, and it's slugs chafcd the water
around the barges into foam or em-
bedded themselves in the sides OF the
vessels. One Of its deadly missiles
came with q kissing roar across the
barges and turned into a bleeding life
less mass Of flesh one Of the strikers
own men. From out q portfolio in the
side Of the Monongahela came a flash
and a bullet cut into the throat Of one Of
the workmen In the yard and he fell
lifeless in the dust. The storm Of bull
let's which swept down upon the bar0es
almost silenced their fire by 1880, and
from that time what had been q battle
became a determined. ferocious effort
on the part OF the mob to drown, burn,
shoot or in any way slaughter the help
less huddled crowd in the boats. One
way Of escape alone was left them, for
1t was now only a question Of escape.
The towboat Little Bill was on her way
down from Braddock, having left her
freight Of dead and dying behind her.
II she could make the landing she could
take them into Pittsburg in safety.
1t was IL o'clock when the big stern
paddle wheel of the towboat came flap
ping down by the Carrie blast furnace.
Capt. Charles Wishart. an old river
man, was in the pilot house. He saw
h puffs of smoke on the banks, heard
the crack OF musket and rifle and mimic
thunder of the double barreled shot
guns and the bullets rafting from the
sides Of tho bnrgcs, and saw the water
whipped into foam about them. Never
theless he headed toward the bank to
the rescue of the trapped Pinkertons.
a s~harpshooter drew Il bead from the
Pittsburg and Mckeesport bridge ON
Capt. Wishart. There was a puff Of
smoke from behind a pillar and the cap
tain's face disappeared from the wheel
house window. He fell wounded on the
floor of the pilot house, and his boat,
without a steersman, was drifting help
lessly down the stream, swaying from
side to side with the current. amid the
fiercest storm of balls which had vet
whipped the river.
Meantime the brass cannon had been
taken from the north to the south side
of the river, where it was mounted in
the gas house and brought to bear upon
the prows Of the two barges. A second
cannon was secured in Braddock and
with its mate poured slugs into the
vessels.
Burning oil and Dynamite.
When the workmen saw they could
not GUST the Pinkertons by shot or she'll
they tried to burn thom out. A flat car
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
Cunning Hunter.

Deservedly has Master Fox served
for ages as the representative Of craft
and guile. He evidently has a brain,
and means to use it in preserving his
life and stocking his lardcr. The
author of "Forty-tive Years of Sport"
says that a fox was one day seen COM
ing out of a pile of stones near the
water side.
He hid in the heather for a while,
and then pushed out something on.
the water, which proved to be a
bunch of moss. The wind took it
into the middle of the lake, and blew
1t past some ducks, sitting on the
surface.
Having watched his venture for
perhaps ten minutes, with apparent
satisfaction, and observed that It
neared the ducks without arousing
their suspicion, u friend began to
collect another and larger bunch OF
moss, which he allowed to float in the
same direction, but this time he
swan behind 1t, taking care to show
only his eyes and nose above water.
just as it was passing the group Of
ducks, he made a sudden dive, pulled!
down a bird, and swan back to shore
under water. Arriving there, he
carried the duck to the pile of stones,
where his wife and daughter were no
doubt waiting to enjoy the fruits Of
| his labors.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

Small AT first, it gradually grew larger
and darker, and then burst. The
Carnegie Steel Company, limited, with
Il capital of So, 900, OoO, could not,
they said, afford to pay the wage
to their employees in Homestead
which the latter had been receiving since
the middle of 1859. Conferences were
held between committees of the ANAL
gamatcd Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, tn which the Carnegie Home
stead employees belonged. ana the COM
pany, but no satisfactory basis of wages
could be determined on, and III. e..
Frick, President of the combined Car
nesie interests, put an end TO all con-
fcrnnces and locked out the employees.
declaring that henceforth they would
have no dealings with the mems organ
ization and employ onsy Iion-union men.
Comparative quiet followed for II few
days. The lnckcd-uut employees divided
themselves into watches and pa,rolled
the village and Vicinity To PR vent the
their places in the works. They were
we'll conducted. sober, determined, and
united.
Sheriff McCieary, of Allegheny Coun-
ty. on application of ii. g.. Frick. went
to Homestead L" make preparations for
TIL" guarding of the works. The steel
workers We're no.. damaging property.
They We're not OH the company $ grounds
and did not seek To scale the elcven-
foo: wooden palisade. surmountei hy
three strands of arhc,l Wire. which the
company had erected for their exclu-
sion. They asserted the c%ompany's
property was not in danger and offered
if ii We're 20 garrison it with 500 OF the
best citizens Of Homestead. plrdging
heavy bonds for the faithful performs
anre of duties. Nevertheless eleven
deputies We're sen To Homestead.
They Were met 10y Il crowd OF steel
Morkers AM! Wore nrnmltly sent back
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

age upon the barge. Other sticks OF
dynamite were thrown in rapid success
sion, and holes were gradually formed
in the roof Of the Monongahela and in
its sides. While the dynamite bonn.
bardment was going on the lombard.
ment by shot and shell kept time with
It. Men ran through yards, counsel.
ing, advising. planning, while others
were at work with dynamite, pow.
der, shot and ball. President win.
lam Weihe, Of the Amalgamatet
Association. and others belonging
to the organization, arrived from Pitts.
burg and called a mass meeting OF the
steel workers in one of the company's
buildings. They deprecated further
violence and their words produced eff
feet, for when the Pinkertons again put
up the white flag of truce 1t was re.
ceived with cheers. although some Of
the more hot-headed still cried for blood.
Several Of the leaders. including Hugh
O'Dcnncll, a leading member of tho
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

times compound. IL score or nor
small whirls forming Il whir!ing circle
around Il common center. They are
very common in India. They some-
times carry up so much sand in the
Sahara and Arabia that those I'm
whom the sand falls are overwhelmed.
They occur also in the arid regions of
the United States. In the Masda-
lena Valley, across the mountains
westward from Socorro, i'm New Mex
leo, during Il hot day in summer,
they form at the head of the valley
in u long, slender. vertical column,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

that the switch was turned and that the
car would jump the track at a point
about opposite the harges and tOppie
over on to them. The car and its
freight. blazing furiously, rushed down
the incline at u rapid rate, but the
switch was not set as the workmen ex-
pected, and the burning car ran into
u bank Of earth and burned
there for two hours far away
from the barges. Oil was then
poured on the waters and fired,
but it refused to flow toward the barges,
and burned where 1t fell upon the river.
Before this time a white flag was sent
up from the barge Tennessee. This
signal that the Pinkertons were anxious
for a truce was disregarded, just as the
Pinkertons in the morning fired upon a
flag of truce that the wOrkmen had UNI
furled. Three times the beleagured
Pinkertons sent up the white signal and
as many times was 1t cut by bullets.
The steel workers were In no humor to
parley. They had tried small arms and
cannon and burning oil to exterminate
the Pinkertons; these had failed, and
now they had another and q fearful
resort. Dynamite sticks Of the deadly
compound, with short. lighted fuses.
wage hurled at the barges, but time and
again they fell short Of their work. At
length M lighted upon the roof Of the
MononRahela and lay there with smok-
ing fuse. Not . sound came from
within the barge; this awful method Of
attack was unknown to the Pinkertons.
But on the land its frightful possibili-
ties were delighted in, and cheers rent
the heavens as the spark crept nearer to
the deadly explosive. With d~eetsning
roar 1t exploded, but inflicted little dam
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

to PittsburS.
This was the first cloud that spread
itself over peaceful. industrial Home
stead. Dark though it was. it merely
prcluded another cloud of different hue
the nimbus OF war. Early on that
Wednesday morning the latter first
dashed in the sky, when 300 Pinkerton
men were sent from Pittsburg by the
Carnegie Company to their Homestead
works. Dreadful were the results, and
before the night fell the bank and waters
Of the Monongahcla We're crimson-
stained, the molgues of the village were
crowded with dead, private homes were
choked with the wounded. the barges Of
the Carnegie deputies" on the river
We're riddled with shot and she'll, the
decks were strewn with dead and dying,
while the country stood amazed!
Rushing I" fattlc.
Never i'll the bloody history of riots in
the State, except during the great rail-
toal war OF 1877, has there been such
carnage and such n battle as attended
the coming of the Finkerton men TO
Homestead. In the gray of early dawn
two barges, lowed by the steamboats,
Little Bill and the Tide, were discov-
cred by scouts o: steel workers bearing
down on the placid waters Of the
Monongahcla on Homestead. Horse
men spread the tidings through the
village. and the steam whistle of the
electric light works shriekcd out n gen
erai alarm. 1t was the signal for bat
tle-a battle remarkable for the means
employed in the human slaughter and
tor the cool determination of the CONF
batants.
There was no method of leadership
aprarent in. the response to the blast
..ro.i the ! e.: vo..s. 1t u the up-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
Beginning oi the Trouble.

Homestead. Ia. Correspondence
But II few weeks ago and Homestead
was the >ccne of busy industry. of hap
pincss and prosperity. The pondcrous
machinery OF the great steel plant of
Andrew Narnegic-tli. life of the village
shook the very earth. and scattered
t!iroa.h she works We're nearly l.OnO
msn brawily al arm and stout OF heart,
10 ling in ,hc heat of hundreds OF
furnaces tor the support of themselves
and families. Iu..t rcigncd in the
streets Laughter rolled from the coy
% . of the woriiinca, where Joyous
IN ldrrn Spor.cd and wives and da,igh-
tiers con,cntc,ily went through their do
mes,ic duties. Almost pastoral peace
sa ~. the bare h;llsidcs of the south
s.ir that locked down upon the indus
trial scene below. and on thu sylvan
hill To the north that lay reflected on the
shining ": ttrs OF the Mnnonyahcia.
Then a clp,i! appeared in the horizon.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

rising Of a population. In every house
along the steep side street running up
from the bank lights cleaned be-
fore the great blast was ended, and be-
fore its echoes died men were stumbling
out Of the doorways into the light OF the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

perhaps GOO feet high, and then travel
toward the village of Madalena, over
which they burst sometimes, bring
ing little putfs of contrary winds and
a shower of fine dust. In some places
a group of stationary wllirls Of the
same general character as the pre-.
cceding, are tied down to one point.
Such are the whirls which form some.
times over volcanoes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

writhing on tho landing with a ballet
through his body. The other shot flashed
from among the crowd on the bank, and
and the Pinkerton captain fell back into
the arms of his men. Then the slouched
hats behind the bulwarks Of the barges
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
Enllend'v Clilnato.

The lowest temperature ever:
registered by the thermometer in
England was ut Kclso in 1879, when
the mercury fell to l6 below zero.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

land, as such an attempt meant death to
many men He refused to move, there
was loud talking and then came the
awful fight.
Two shots rang out in answer to the
blow. One came from behind the Pink
crton captain. The Salvationist rolled,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
soME y g STORMS.

whlrlins Columns . Thousand Feet Hish
Sometimes Seen In India.
Sand and dust whirls occur in arid
regions in hot weather. They may
be anywhere from a rod to several
rods in diameter and from twenty to
! thousand feet high. They are someo
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02

a leaden fire was poured upon the men:
Then from behind every girder and
storm Of lead poured upon the barges.
For some time the Pinkertons returned
the fire steadily. and then from the
north side Of the Monongahela the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
THE HOMESTEAD FIGHT.
DETAILS OF THE DEADLY RIOT
IN PENNSYLVANIA.

r-acrfml Scenes Tran~formed Into Car
rage SpOts-Onc oi the Must Desperate
BATTLES In til: History of lstots-lSuilct
cil and Dynamite.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

here.n
There was a knock and the door wa,
gently opened. the clerk came first; then
the lawyer. with old-fashIoned courtesy,
FASTENED forward to intercept the visitor.
He took her hand and led her over the
threshold.
Miss Kate Perry" he said; "aud this.
my dear young lady, is Mr.. George Neal y
All the blood that was in Meals body
rushed to his face. He stood grasping at
the back of his chair, unable 70 utter a
word.
Then the little hand that the lawyer held
started trembling so violently that it at
tracted Mr.. Furness' attention, and he
hastily led her TO chair. Next he slyly ex-
amined the pair OF them.
1T is possible. he said, "that my intro
duction comes trifie late. Am l wrong in
this surmisep
"I-I,n stammered Kate. "Mr. Smith, II
then she stopped, blushing deeply.
"Smithp' said the lawyer. mysti6ed
"Smith2 1t is well-known name, but /
cannot say that up to the present have
heard 10 lii connection with this case"
At last George Meals tongue was united.
and he fastened 20 the rescue.
II have met this young lady before, he
said, under very singular circumstances;
we now meet under circumstances stranger
still. An explanation is due her, and, il
you will give me little time to ex-
plain"
Certainly, certainly" said Mr.. Furness,
rubbing his hands. Take all the time YOU
require. am quite content to let Cupid
take my place as mediator" and, with a
beaming face, he bowed himself out.
II the old lawyers clerk bad any desire to
look into that room after his master had
left it, he was disappointed. Mr.. Furness'
eye never left him for a moment
When it seemed to the despairing clerk
that the best part of the day had gone Mr..
Furness went back to his strangely met
visitors. His eyes fell first on the dropping
figure of Kate.
May hope" said he gently, that the
explanation has not been tiresome oneW
NO" said George, with a glowing face
ito me il hasn't. Now, old friend, listen TO
me. have offered my dear Kate the prop
erty without incumbrance but she has
refused to accept it on any such terms.
What are we to dom
my advice" said the old lawyer, sis tc
go into partnership. And if the wishes of a
dry old bit of legal parchment, who had a
love dream once, can follow you far, they
will repeat good luck and much happiness ="
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM.
Everything Done by the Motor Except
the Lifting Of the Mortgage.

4oNOIS IAAuS OOhO ny Ills AOLOT bACSpC
the Lifting of the Mortgage.
From, the st. Louis Republic.
A vast field for electricity is opening up
in its practical application to farm work,
and the discussions of this subject in vari-
Gus engineering journals has created con-
siderable interest. The Electrical World
has begun the publication of a series of
articles upon the practical application Of
electricity to the various farm operations
and implements, with illustrations of a
plant which is situated in one of the finest
agricultural states of the west, and which
shows in detail how the electric motor can
be made to perform most of the work which
the horse or the steam engine Is now called
upon to do.
There al four clas ses Of teamwork to which
electricity is applicable: First, for power
purposes; second, lighting, third, heating,
and fourth, for the operation of telephones,
signals, alarms, etc. Examples under these
various heads are numerous. For instance,
hay, grain. and other products can be
noisted by electric power, which can be also
applied TO ordinary elevators. An electric
motor may run pumping apparatus, which
will furnish water for the drinking troughs
for fire purposes or for watering the garden,
use in dairy houses, ETC.
All such miscellaneous machines as thresh-
ers, grinders, shelters, hay presses, grind
stones, etc., can be readily operated by
electr C motors. 1t is very probable that in
time electric railway lines may exist over
the best agricultural regions, furnishing
communication between the different farms,
as well as small tramways on separate
farms connecting the different buildings,
while electric plowo and vehicl Of all
sorts are among the possibilities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
Life. Health and Strength.

APALAcHICoLA. FLA, Feb. II, 1889.
Messrs LtpDmdn Bros, Savannah, Ga:
DEAR SIRs-I will write to inform you that
was afflicted with Blood Disease. l tried one
bottle OF and it gave me no relief was
in bed seven months. l tried prominent
physicians. and they could not do me any good.
saw your advertisement of P. 7. P. ia the
Apalachicola Times and thought | would try it.
The bottle got tonight makes seven or eight
and, o, how good feel have been up ever
since and at my business. lumber inspector
You may publish this if you desire. have in
formed my friends that P P. P. Is life, health
and strength. NJ. z. BoLDEN
Sold by all druggists and general stores.
Lippmau Bros, Proprietors and Druggists,
Savannah, Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
NOT HIS SW EETHEART.
From the Ne.o York Advertiser.


On summer morning a young man
turned down Yarmouth row. 1t was a
long, narrow row. and the sun that cleaned
at the quay end made its shade even less
enviable.
He was a tine, handsome young fellow,
somewhat shabbily dressed, and as he
walked he carelessly took stock Of his sur
roundings.
Near the bottom of the row q window was
open, and, by Reranium that bloomed In
pot, the first and only flower he had seen,
a girl was leaning lightly on her elbow. Her
soft. hazel eyes were fixed on the opposite
doorway.
Here a woman with q red face and brand
ishing broom in her hand was barring the
entrance against herculean man in a
glistenIng oily frock.
II ak you agin', John Wade" shouted be
of the oily, IF you're a.goin' TO seal"
AN tell you agin, skipper" replied
logged voice from the interior. 81 amt
a-goin' to sea-"
Then" cried the giant wildly, "what
am TO dol Here's the vessel ready to sail
an you a-skulkin'. But, as sure as my
name is Bill Thompson, Pll police ye."
He looked so big and helpless in his mud
-
used 20 such scenes, smiled.
Looking up at her and seeing for the first
time that she was in deep mourning, the
young man smiled also. Then a thought
appeared to strike him.
"Am l of any useP he said 10 the wearer
of the oily. 81 want job"
The skipper looked at him doubtfully; he
thought he was joking
IF you're ready an willin'. my lad" he
said, you're Of use. But if you amt, you
amt. Dye want berthP'
~ want everything" answered the young
man in low tone. "Pm homeless and PEN
niless. But Pm landsman."
THAT amt bit o. consequence. What
dye sayi Will ye goa IT'S for eight
weeks"
81 don't care if it's for eight years.
There's nothing to stop me here"
"Come on, then, '" cried the delighted fish,
erman. but stop; who's goin' TO take your
pay cardl What's your name, my ladp
John Smith," was the answer, and his
hesitation escaped the skipper.
well. Smity. for fear o accidents. some
one had better take your money. Who'll
ye leave it with"
The young man again looked up at the
window at the sweet pure face above him.
The gaze of the rough sea giant beside him
followed his glance
80. see p he exclaimed; you're going to
take it, miss. Well, you know where to go,
Old Tom Price Is the owner, an the name
Of the vessel the Saucy Lass.
Come on, Smith, no more hankyin';
your sweetheart 'ull take your money" and
he seized the newly shipped by the arm.
At the word ''sweetheartn the cheeks Of
the girl at the window grew as red as the
geranium by ner elbow. lin a startled man
ner she stretched over the sill.
mo, no." she cried In confusion, 81 do
not know the gentleman. IL"
But aleady Smith, with the hand Of the
skipper on his arm, had been hurried out of
earshot, and before she could reach the door
the two had vanished down The row.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
GEORGIA POLITICS.

The election for mayor and council of
Lexington comes off on the second Thursday
in January.
Rev. Thad Pickett Of the Ninth congress
sional district has moved over into the
Seventh. Gordon county will in future
claim him as citizen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

Messrs. Lippmdn Bros, SdUdnnGh, Ga:
GEYTLEMEN-While in San Antonio, Tex. last
spring saw your advertisement of P. 2. p.
CPrickiy Ash, Poke Root and Potassium in the
paper for the cure of rheumatism aud thought
would try q bottle Finding such great relief
from il, on my return home had my druggist,
John Mcclellan, to order me supply. After
taking, think ten bottles, l have not had pain
or ache since, previous to that suffered for
twenty-five le5) years aud / could not get the
least benefit until tried z. 2. P, and, there
fore, take pleasure in recommending 1t to all
Yours truly. j y RosAMoND.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

HENRY she said, disconsolately; you
didn't get me a birthday gift.
"By Jove, that's So" said Henry. But, you
see, i can't realize that you ever have birth
days.
subtle smile OF a man who has saved money
Washington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

,Then Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris
When she was a Child, she cried for Castori1
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, abe gave them Castoeis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

EssENTIAL-St. Peter-Woa't you walk In ?
Boston Spinster-Is Browning here!-K0fe
fieCd's Washington,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
III.

Before you continue" said Mr.. Furness
hurriedly, ''allow the 70 say a word. l have
confidence in you as gentleman, George,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-05-13
The New Ballot Law,

The Secretary OF State has addressed
letter to the County Commissioners
of the State requesting that they call
the particular attention of the Chair
men of County Committees, and OF
others who may be in position to
give information upon the subject, to
the importance Of exercising great care
in the matter of certifying nominations
to County Commissioners and town
ship auditors. The letter states that
the certihcations of some nominations
of Legislative candidates already made,
discloses the fact that sufficient care
has not been taken by those whose du-
ty it has been to certify such nomina-
tions. If errors in certificates are not
avoided. confusion and trouble will
ensue. Instructions sent by the County
Commissioners to the chairmen OF
county committees, and others con-
nected with political organizations,
will be Of great benefit in preventing
errors in certhcations.