Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-14
TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
Soldiers Surround Homestead and tho
Carnegie Works. -

Soldiers Surround Homestead and the
Carnegie Works. -
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 12.-At break
of day Tuesday the citizens of Home
stead were out of their beds and ready
to receive the national guard of the
state of Pennsylvania. The troops were
expected early, but they did not come,
and it was several hours before the delay
was explained.
The national guard began to arrive at
Munhall station about a. m. AS soon
as they formed in line, the Second brig
ade in advance, they took up their line Of
march toward the hillsides overlooking
Homestead. The Excelsior band, of
Homestead, played, and everything was
quiet, with no indication of an out
break.
The troops arrived Unexpectedly from
the east by special trains on the Pitts
burg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny
railroad, and left the cars at the station
close by the fence of the steel works.
Major General Snowden and Adjutant
Greenland were in command. The
Eighteenth regiment was the first to ar
rive. There were two trains containing
the Fifth, Tenth, Twelfth and
Eighteenth regiments.
A number of freight cars with sixty
horses and two gondola cars with three
Gatling guns and two cannons. Several
companies were at once placed on guard,
and Eighth avenue from City Farm lane
to Munhall is closed to civilians.
The advisory committee of the locked
out men met at once and decided to
wait upon the officers in charge of the
troops, in order to ascertain what re-
strictions will be placed upon citizens.
There were few people at the station
when the train arrived. They were
nearly all locked-out men. They
watched the soldiers sullenly while they
unloaded their arms and cannon. In q
few minutes the news spread, and thou
sands of people fiocked to the streets
around the station and remained there
while the troops moved into their
camp.
Most Of the residents of the town re-
tired before midnight, and aside from
the number of special policemen in the
streets and few men who hung about
ullo odlOOuo ualCAC was AO 1uoICdplOu Glldb
anything unusual was going on in the
borough. In order to keep people off
the streets Monday night, the burgess
ordered all electric lights on the streets
extinguished.
The Military Camp.
The camp of the national guard is on
a plateau at the top of high hill di-
rectly south of the Carnegie mill prop
erty and the City Farm mills and over
looks not only the Carnegie plant, but
the borough Of Homestead and many
miles Of surrounding country.
The camp is about 800 yards distant
from the celebrated high fence which
incloses the mills and the city farm.
Guards are stationed along Eighth
avenue, upon which street the mills
front.
The troops suffered considerably from
the heat as they marched from the rail-
road up the steep hill to their camp.
When the different regiments had
taken their positions the men threw
themselves upon the ground and stretch
ing their rubber blankets from the bayo-
nets Of four muskets formed q screen
for the rays Of the sun. The camp
ground is q meadow from which the
grass had not been cut, and it made a
very comfortable resting place for the
men, most of whom were tired out after
their all nights experience in the cars.
1t took several hours to unload the
mer and move them to their stations on