St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-02
PREPARING TO WAIT.
Carnegie's Locked-Out, Highly
Protected Workmen Acting
Wisely.
Guarding the River, Preserving
the Peace and Regulating
the Saloons.

PfTTSBGRG, Pa, July 1.-The adviS-
DRY committee of the Homestead strik-
ers met today and completed arrange
ments for the protection of their inter-
ests during the wage war. Their organ
tZatien Is thorough. and consists of sub
committees OIL the preservation of order,
regulation OF the sale of LIQUOR in sa.
looms and protection from outside labor.
The rivers will be patrolled and watched
day and night About forty skitfs and
the steam yacht Edna are in the service
OF the men, who guard. the bank care
fully on both sides of the river. The
river patrol is in charge of one man,
who has had considerable experience in
such matters, and he is assisted by
large number of others.
The headquarters of the men will be
1ltied up III manner to suit all pur-
poses of the association. Ineandescent
lights will be PIT i'll, and private teIe-
graph wire which will put the assoria-
tion i'll communication with every city,
tawn and hamlet in he United States
Will tie run into headquarters. Twenty
members of the Amalgamated assoeia-
ton are acting as special officers to
preserve the peace. Ali effigies have
/, made to prevent the hanging of Others
> The saloonkeepers lave been request
ed to Regulate their sales and keep all
m0bs out OF their places of business
and TO close up entirely If circumstances
make il necessary. The men are dis
posed 10 keep the peace, but If an at
tempt Is made 70 operate the mills with
.Hon-union Hen there will probably be
trouble. Ali employees were notified
today to call at the Office tomorrow aft
eernoon To receive Their pay and notices
s.ot discharge. 'l':3 ~
The iron scale conference of manu-
ifacturers and WORKERS which it was
hoped woutd result i'll settlement of
the great strike, was in session four
hours today ana finally adjourned with
but being any nearer an agreement than
Before. Contrary TO expectations both
sides refused to tnake any concessions,
and after a fruitlgsS= talk lasting from 2
O'Clock this afternoon until after 6
O'Clock this evening an adjournment
was taken until-next Wednesday.
ln all interview one of the most prom
inent manufacturers in the city gave
the position OF the employers as follows:
I'VE are confronted with conditions and
questions which never before menaced
Pittsburg. The conditions governing
luo tIauo HdVC pillfely cIldnSCQ.
We have competitors now we never
had before, and they are sell
Ing iron cheaper than it was
ever sold. How can we continue to pay
$3.50 for pudding when in the Eastern
mills the puldlerS work for $500 per
ton and pay their helpers? They also
pay their finishing men less than we do
by 25 per cent. 1t is simply out of the
question to pay the Amalgamated scale
and compete with the East"
''iiereafter the Homestead Steel
works will be operated as a non
union works. We shall rot recog-
nize the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers in our
deals with the men. The mill will
be an open mill where ali men may
work regardless of their afiiIiation to
labor organization" The above IS part
of statement made this afternoon by
the secretary of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany. limited. the new s25.0o0,00 Or
ganiZation.
ST. Louis, No., July 1.-The first day
of the Amalgamated scale was marked
here by shut down. that of the Helm
hacker Forge and Rolling mills. whose
proprietors refuse to sign the scale,
stating that they cannot at a profit that
is named in the scale, as their Eastern
competitors paying the same wages are
in such close proximity to the coal and
iron fields as to have large advantage.