The record-union., 1892-07-18
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1ox.


HOMESTEAD, July 17.-All is quiet on
the Monongahela, and it has been the
most quiet Sunday since the shutdown.
New men are confidently expected be-
fore the formal opening OF the works
Thursday, but the strike leaders do not
believe any OF them viii be introduced
until after it is seen how many applica-
tlouS for work are made by the old men.
Inat some will return is quite certain.
n mass meeting of the mechanical de-
partment and day laborers was held this
morning. The men are not members of
the Amalganated Association, but have
been in sympathy with it. at the meet
ing resolution was adopted, saying that
they were in sympathy with the Amalga-
maied Association. and pledging to sup
port them to the end, denouncing it an
injustice and insult to ask them 10 work
under guard
This means that the repair work which
was to have begun tomorrow will not Ire
undertaken by the old men, and new
ones will have to be brought in if the
company proposes to reopen the works
Thursday.
1t is impossible to untangle all the con-
Trajectory stories being told about the
new men. They are reported as coming
from many different points, but after the
rumors are sifted there is found to be no
truth i'll them. Some of the pilgrims are
expected tonight, but the chances seem
to be that they viii not come. At any
rate the Advisory Committee is not par
ticularly vigilant this evening, although
the patrols were continued.
Shannon stated this evening that he
knew no men would be brought in until
Thursday, and that the whole effort of
the company was to be directed toward
bringing back the old men, and not in
getting new ones.
The company cannot make nickel
steel armOr-plates without u.s." said he,
'or except at greatly increased expense
Go the ordinary work at the mills. 1t
will be waiting fight, but 1 believe we
can stand it for five years. Considerable
help has been sent us by friends, and this
money will be used to provide for the
laborers, and not members of our body,
but who are affected by the conflict"
in the military camp to-day Sabbath
stiffness reigned. Divine service was
held by some regiments, but not all. In
the town pulpits the strike was referred
to, but chiefly in the direction of allaying
the excitement.
ASSUMING A SERIOUS PHASE.
PITTsBURG, July 17.-Affairs in the
neighborhood of the upper and lower
Union Mills are assuming serious
,,ho
ing to induce the workmen to quit and
in numerous cases the latter declared
they would.
4 secret conference of the Amalga-
mated worlmen and Iaboring men was
held in Union Hall this afternoon, but it
is impossible to learn the result. 1t is
safe 10 say that none of the strikers will
accept the company's invitation TO return
to work. The men hold that they will
remain firm to the last, and the mills
will never be operated by non-union
men. The men are confident of winning.
and claim that there are not enough
skilled men in the country to fill the va
cancies in the various plants that are now
idle.
There is an unconfirmed rumor to the
effect that the order of Railway Train
men will join in the fight, and meeting
will be called to decide whether they
would handle Carnegie's output if non
union men were employed.
COST OF 8IANUFACTURE OF STEEL.
PITTsBURG, July IA Sunday paper
says: when the Congressional Commit
tee held its investigation its chief object
was to discover the exact amount ex-
pended in the manufacture of a ton of
steel. Frlck' refused to answer. The
Homestead workmen did all possible to
obtain the figures, but without result.
The greatest caution is exercised to pre-
vent the publication of figures, but the
cost of making ton of basic hearth and
acid open hearth was secured They are
official figures, taken right from the
books of Carnegie, Phipps IL Company
for December Is, 1889" There follows a
lengthy itemiZed statement, which shows
the total cost Of acid open hearth per ton
to he S26 9S, and the total cost per ton of
basic open hearth S24 II.
The paper, analyZing the statement.
says at that time acid open-hearth steel
was selling at S1z5 per ton, and the cost
of production would be $26 9s. But. to
be Just, it is necessary TO enumerate the
expense attached to rolling ton of acid
ODen-hearth into plate, and also the cost
in the slabbing mill, and the total cost of
ore per ton reaches Sll, giving the Car
negle Company profit of Sl4 per ton
exactly. The figures of basic open-hearth
show that ton would net profit some
thing like SIC per ton.
Since December, 1889, the minimum
basis has dropped from $50 per ton to SIS.
The reductions in all departments were
accepted, and the cost of labor made
much lower.
President Weihe of the Amalgamated
Association being shown the figures. said
they were certainly very strong evidence,
and had they been in possession of the
men while the Investigating COMMITTEES
was here they would make strong argu-
mentS.
DEMAND ARREST OF THE PINKERToNs.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Trades and Ia
Dor Assembly held a meeting to-day TO
take action on the Homestead troubles,
The committee appointed week ago to
prepare resolutions on the subject pre-
sented report. The preamble recites
the existence of the Pinkerton agency
and its habit of sending armed assassins
into different States and Territories to
shoot American citizens and working
men,; state that Friek conspired with the
Plnkertons to send 'artned assassins.
called watchmen, TO Homestead, under
frick's instructions. His armed hire
Engs attacked, killed and manned citi-
Zens and workingmen, creating riot and
importing the welfare of the whole
United States. Such acts are anarchistic
and against the spirit Of our iberties.'