Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04

10 NlnclnHAll.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. With q
ponderous mill for church. protected
by 1850 watGhmen, q strong fence and
1000 soldiers within easy reach, the non.
union men Of the great Homestead steel
plant worshiped God yesterday. The
services were indeed unusual, and under
sach circumstances as made them singu-
larly impressive. In tho immense new
beam mill were gathered about 400 of
the new men; few occupied rough
| benches, the rest stood around in re-
| spectfnl attitudes or were seated on huge
| steel beams, on cranes and rolls, weigh
ing many tons.
In lieu of an organ strlnged orchcs-
tra from Pittsburg rendered sacred
music, and In front Ms commanding
military form arrayed in blue and
| white, while the sunbeams glistened
from his epaulettes, the chaplain Of the
sixteenth regiment, Clarence A. Adams,
earnestly and tenderly told the story of
y working man for Christ, Saul of
Tnrsus. There were 400 working men,
but in that huge mill they seemed I;
handful, and listened in strained silence
as though they expected the chaplain TO
decide for them the ethics of their posi-.
ton, which held out on one hand the
promise Of steady employment and on
the other sure hatred of the men whose
positions they had taken.
The services opened with the singing
of "Nearer, My God, to Thee" in which
the men joined. Chaplain Adams text
was Il am ready to preach the gospel
to you also, for am not afraid of the
gospel of Christ"
In substance he said Brethren,
am going to preach to you to-day just
as ii | preached to my own congrega
ton in my own church. shall preach
no special sermon to working men. The
gospel of Jesus Christ knows no class
no caste, no color. dow or GENTLE We
are all one IN Christ Jesus. But ! will
take for my subject the life of work
ing man, Saul of 'rarsus.
A the conclusion the workmen sang
america"
The day was almost featureless so faI
as any change in the labor struggle /.
concerned Another man left the mil
in the evening, and was assisted L
Pittsburg by the locked-out men. Mos
of these latter left town for the day anG
picnickcd in the woods.
James Close, one of the men who wa.
arrested, came back to Homestead thl.
morning. lie said; "lhey tried to &c
me to make admissions in Jail by al
sorts of articles, but | would not tel
any one. II my attorneys had net be
traycd me | should have been Liberated
Friday morning. The bail was ready
but they left me alone in jail"
THE ANARCHISTS HELD FOR CONSPIRACY
Knold anti Bauer, the Allegheny
Anarchists, were given u hearing befor,
Judge Gripp, at Pittsburg police sta
tions, this afternoon, and were held 60
court in $4,000 bail each, on the charg,
of conspiracy. The men were una6l
TO furnish bail and were committed t.
Jail,
The frs: witness was Paul Eckert
who lived in :he same house will
Knold, and acknowledges to being al
Anarchist.
lie said: clergyman told me he cam,
here for work. He said his trade wa
that of printer. There is printing
press in the house, which belongs L
the International Workmen's Associa
ton"
A circular was produced, which Ii
said was one of the circu. Nrs printed
lie said that the circulars dis, ibuted a
Homestead were printed on thu press il
that house. IN
Bauer called often" said Ecker
"and he talked with Knold about tn
strike and about the press. | don
know how many circulars were printc
and don't know who distributed, then
Knold is II locksmith and Bauer is u
agent for labor literature"
i. w. Hill testified that q man re
scmblimg Bauer greatly was in front c
the chronicle 1Gitg,wph building after tn
shooting of Mr.. Prick. He was yer
much excited and was making man
, gesticulations Detective Steele said Ii
, found lot of incendiary literature i
! Knobs house, and also visited Bauer
residence, where he found about &c
/ cartridges, q gun and large bull-do
revolver.
The commonwealth then closed. A
, torney Friedman asked for the discharg
vi the prisoners as no case had bee
> made out. Junge Gripp refused the a,
peal and held the defendants for cour
: stating that he thought good prinl
/ faCia case had been made. Frederic
Mollick, the Long Branch Socialist, WI
, completes the trio Of Bergmun's a.
) legged fellow. conspirators, was not give
r a hearing, but will likely have chanc
To tell what he knows of the plot nea
y week,
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