Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-19
STONES AND CLUBS
Are Used to Prevent a Homesteader
Moving Into the Mill.
CRAWFORD DISPERSES THE MOB.
Militia and Strikers Differ About Wednes.
days ,hooting.
BISHOP FALL0WS TO BIZ C0RRECTEI

Isthrown from the quietude it had experienced
all Gay into short period of intense excite
! ment One of the non-union men, who
! lived in the town, started to move his
family into the mill yard. A squad OF nine
deputies were assisting him. When the
| procession started up Eighth avenue a
crowd collected. AS the cortege moved
toward Munhall, the mob increased. Cries
of "Scab" and 'Blackleg" filled the air.
| and many ugly threats were made. One
thousand people blackened the avenue by the
time the crowd was within two squares of
the Provost Marshal's quarters The men
in the rear were forcing the children to
the front and urging them to call the mov-
ing party vile names.
The deputies had about exhausted their
powers, and the provost guard was standing
in line to come down the hill when Chair
man Crawford put in an appearance.
Chairman Crawford Disperses the Crowd.
The crowd was then surging around the
wagon, which held the fitting and things
looked very serious for the non-unionists.
Crawford jumped in among the men. He
ordered them to disperse. They at once
obeyed his command and clubs and stones
we're dropped at his order. In this way a
most serious trouble was averted. Colonel
Gray expressed himself as very grateful to
Mr. Crawford.
The locked-out men on the streets
Yesterday had grievance 1t was concern
ing the shooting from the Pemickey train.
They deny that any shots were fired from
the tram, while the authorities insist that
there were. The stories of the two sides do
not run together well. The locked out men
say that it is the custom of the railroad men
to place torpedoes on the track at
that point. 1t was done Wednesday
night they say. Chairman Crawford SAYS:
: They In list That 1t Was Torpodoes.
st have talked with the Pennsylvania
Railroad men who were on the train We'd
nesday night. these men tell me that they
are willing so swear that there were no
pistol shots fred by members of the train
crew. They said the explosions were
caused by torpedoes being placed on the
track"
Superintendent Potter said that the shots
were undoubtedly fred from q gun or
pistol He says the same thing has hap
pened before In the future when a shot
is fired from the train Mr. Potter says the
train will be stopped and everyone on it
placed under arrest.
The military officials say the report as
given in yesterdays DISPATCH is correct.
Colonel Creps, who is in command in Gen.
erals Wiley's absence, said yesterday alter
noon: "We are gathering testimony about
Yesterdays shooting. Without doubt the
shots were fred from the train. We have
men who can testify that they saw the
shots fired. They came from some men on
the tender of the engine. Another thing
we have found out is that torpedoes are
never placed at that point on the bridge.
The railroad officials are also working on
the case. As yet I have received no report
from them"
Tho Mi itIa's Side OF the Shooting.
Lieutenant Colonel Meckling. of the pro-
vost guard, had this to say about the shoot
ing: II was not here Wednesday night, but
I firmly believe the shots came from the
train. This, is not the first time this oc-
CURED. Once before my men saw shots
fired from the train. They reported to me,
and told them that If they saw any shoot
ing in the future they were to return the
fire and shoot to hit"
Superintendent Potter yesterday received
a letter from one of the locked-out men in
the mechanical department. The writer said
he had been making effoIts to get the
mechanics to return to work, and that
many of them were willing to do so, the
only reason they gave for remaining out be-
ing that they feared they would meet with
violence at the hands of Amalgamated men
if they were seen going toward the mill.
The writer stated further that members of
the Advisory Board, learning of his efforts
to persuade the men to return to work had
called upon and threatened to make matters
very lively for him if he continued working
in the interest of the company. In closing,
the writer said he felt confident a number
of mechanics would return to their old
places within the next ten days.
Lamb the Man Who Wrote the Letter.
Mr.. Potter refused to give the mans name.
A call was made at the headquarters of the
mechanics and laborers. Chairman Hatfield
was asked about the letter. He said: "Do
you want to know the name of the man who
wrote that letter? 1 can give it to you. 1t
was T. G. Lamb. He was the first Chair
man the mechanical department had He
did not last long, however. Some weeks
ago he went down to Pittsburg end got a
position in Macintosh & HemphilPs ma
chiue shops. There he worked three days
Since that time he has not as
sociated with us to any great extent. A
couple of weeks ago he commenced work.
ing on the men trying to get them to go
back to work. Last week he quietly ar.
ranged for a meeting Saturday night. The
meeting time came and went and Mr.. Lamb
was the Chairman, Secretary and audience.
None of the men had answered his call.
This shows we are as firm to-day as ever.
As for Lamb we are forever through with
him. He may go to work as soon as he
pleases, but in the future the workmen of
Homestead will ignore him."
A Cowboy Calls the Turn.
One of the early trains up from Pittsburg