The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-07-07
Between Pinkerton's Men and
Desperate LabOring Men,
Turned Out to Starve.
Is There Any Place in a Free
Country
For Such Blood-Hounds as the
Pinkerton Detectives.
Protection, Plutocracy, ant
Pinkerton's Personifed.
scenes of Bloodshed at Home
stead.

That High Twelve Foot Fsnoe Torn
Down--How 10 This for the Glorious
Policy Of Protection to American Labor.
How About the Man Worth
$so,ooo,ooo All Robbed From Labor.
Who Hired the .Assassins.
HOMESTEAD, July 6.-lSpecial. civil
war at Homestead. Excitement intense.
Two men dead. Many others wounded.
What will the end be7 No one can tell.
Shall oresnized labor be crushed by Pink.
erton detectives armed with Winchester
rifles. This is a question to be set
tied.
Three hundred Pinkerton men attempt.
ed to land at the Steel works at 4:45 this
morning. The mills have landings for
boats within the enclosure OF the IL foot
fence. II was thought impossible to pre-
vent landing. As the boat approached
q crowd of 5000 could not be re-
strained. Soon 100 feet of the
fence went down. Pinkerton men
opened fire and two workmen
dropped dead. About 100 shots were ex.
changed. Several dozen Of workmen
are wounded, several thought fatally. 1.
is not known the number Of Pinkerton
men wounded. Pinkerton's men are
armed with wincbesters. Not one, how
ever, came ashore, the boat lying out in
river. Great excitement.
HOMESTEAD, July 6.--lSpeciaI. lat 4 80
this morning 800 Pinkerton detectives
landed from barges at the Homestead
Steel Works of Carnegie & Co. Immed.
lately 5000 strikers broke over the fences
and charged upon the invaders. The
men were heavily armed and firing began
at once. The Pinkertons were forced to
retreat to their boats. There was no
chance of telling how many were killed or
wounded, but the volleys from each side
were heavy and bodies of dead and
wounded were carried out of the enclosure
of the works into house near by. AT
first fire FIVE detectives were reported
killed and two strikers wounded. The
Pinkerton men were secured by the Arm
after the deputy sheriffs had been run
away Tuesday evening. They were loaded
into two model barges which were fitted
up with berths for the occupancy of the
detectives. The barges were towed by
the stea mer Tide and were started fol
Homestead at o'clock. Their approach
had been heralded and the steamer had
only rounded the bend below the towr
when general alarm was sounded ant
all of the strikers were called out. The
men congregated at the river front ant
about the stockade inclosing the works
The steamer swung in and reached the
bank. The watchers saw the lines made
fast and then the plank were run out ant
the Pinkerton's began to land. The mel
had been expecting this and were read,
to act. There was no organization bu
suddenly the cry arose, Charge on them.'
Instantly there was rush TO
the fence. In a second 1t wa
surmounted and the scaling party mad
access more easy by batteriDg open tn,
gates. On they rushed, and the army o
.. 5000 met the Pinkertons at the top of tn
bank. "Bire," no one knows who CAV
the word, but volley rang out and wa
returned. Fifty Pinkerton men fell, Will
two of the strikers were wounded. TIL
strikers had the advantage Of position ON,
poured fire down the bank into th
guards, who did their best to return
with their Winchesters, but bad to returl
TO the boats. The men soon after with
drew with their wounded, and at one
organized battalion OF 1000 men an
armed themselves with Winchesters
They said they would again attack tn
' works and drive the Pinkertons, who ha
gone ashore into the river. A second bal
tie took place shortly after 8. The capital
on the steamer, Little Bill, which carrie
the Pinkerton men to the works, wa
shot dead.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 6.-[Special.l
-Four Homestead iron workers have a
rived at Union Station, Pittsburg, and so
there are Ave dead on each side and thu
h several Pinkerton men fell over boar
and 1t is believed were drowned. 1t
70 alleged that one of the four men is in ii
u city TO secure dynamite with which the
4 will blow the steamboat out OF the rive
n The iron workers have just trained
q cannon upon the Pinkerton boat. Shou
ID any attempt be made to land, the cannc
: will be discharged at close range. In q
A. about dozen men were wounded In II
+ first battle, several OF whom are likely
Iy die. When the boats approached VI
ie landing the first man who came forwa
TO odisembark, advanced with Winchest
rifle ready to fire on the crowd. As
went to step oh' he discharged bis we1po
n This was the signal for fight. There W
~ a rapid exchange from both sides. VIII
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