Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18

to-day was received BY the advisory COM
mittee OF that bouy; -, A..
ita,uu.1t s.a.iuet ~ ~
cn,,ncil ,y;ii rot,,rn 10 ni,tsbnrg md thcn
prepare n statement for tho public. So far
rs he could learn, the outlook for victory
for the men is good
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Leaders Of the Labor Organizations send
omi Plain Statement OF tho Home
stead rronhies'
PlTTsbuRG, Aug: ID Inc conference
between inc Amalgamateu Association
amt the Executive Councii OF inc Amcrl-
can Fcderatioh ended ms evening:
PRESIDENT ttompefs ana INC others OF
tle fodcratloh have gone east. Before
their departure the conference Issued the
following statement;
70 nc american pH6hc Seldom IN
the history OF our country nave we WIT
messed the lines OF battle SO clearly
drawn upon nc held Of labor as Is now
witnessed at Homestead. Ihe Carnegie
steel Company, one oil the most gigantic
mohopOlles OF the age, has undertaken
TO reduce the wages OF Their employees
from ~ to 40 per cent. In Their
desperation and avarice they hired
and brought 800 armed mcrce'
naries, Phkerton detectives to Home.
| stead TO invade the homes OF
the men who created the millions That
| the CArnegies now possess. Under
cover of the Pinkertons, the company
| underworld to Introduce a pauperlled
and degraded set Of lahorers TO supplant
our fellow American workncn. The
|
| suits are well known. 50 many
erroneous and false statements have
| been published as to the cause Tor
| which the men arc SO nobly contend
| ing, their conduct during the struggle,
the present situation and Their
| prospects Tor victory, that we feel
called upon 10 issue TINS statement 10
the American public. 1t is not true that
men are receiving the high wages gen
orally supposed, nor do u large number
own their homes. We have made a care
ful investigation and find that just be-
fore the lockout there were 3,lsl en-
| ploycd in the mills. OF this number
there We're IL whose wages averaged
about $3.50 day, Az averaged between
50 and 81 per day, 81 averaged from "a
to 50 per day, l,lT averaged from Sl.6s
cents per hour OF less. And further we
find eight to per cent own their homes
and about Is per cent more have their
homes under mortgage; the remainder
pay rent and n number Of these have
been evicted by the Carncgios. II is not
true that the men are only defending
the wages of the higher priced work
men. 1t is in defence OF the IA cents
NOR IN . M n q NJ MT
the Homestead wortmen are making
their gallant fight The cunning calcu-
lating company proposed that the scale
should terminate when the cold blasts
Of winter penetrate with biting severity.
The company desired 10 place tho men
in the Instantaneous position Oi nego-
tiatlng with them upon n new scale in
January instead Of as formerly in July.
Notwithstanding the military forces of
the state of Pennsylvania have been
under arms at Homestead for nearly
five weeks, and the entire country has
been ransacked to find beings so low as
TO hire themselves to the company,
there are less than 800 persons in
the mills and less than a dozen
work required. The situation is such
we tOHHuentlN assert tIlHJ NJ no Time
during the struggle were the prospects
Of victory as bright as they are now.
What the men in this contest need is
your substantial support as well as your
sympathy. The poorer paid men in
Homestead and other Carnegie mills
where the men are now out to help
their brothers at Homestead are the ones
who need your immediate help, and
, money Is required to maintain their
manhood, honor and interests. Every
. worker and liberty loving citizen should
= contribute to the financial support OF
: the brave men who to-day occupy tho
, position of the advance guard Of the
/, labor movement Of America. The
struggle at Homestead represents the
/ issue between freedom and slavery