Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-08
Quiet Thursday Morning.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 8.-Homestead
Thursday morning was one Of the
quietest places in the United States.
The locked out men, many of whom had
not closed their eyes in sleep for forty
eight hours, retired early Wednesday
night and few of them put in an APP
pearance Thursday morning. Fearing
that perhaps another effort would be
made to land worlmen and deputies at
the works Wednesday night, the work
men detailed strong-armed squad to
guard every approach to the immense
plant.
The complete routing of the Pinker-
tons puts the men in high spirits, and
the more radical boldly declare that
should another attempt be made by the
company to obtain possession of its
property, the enemy will receive even
worse treatment than that accorded the
detectives brought here ON the bargcs.
Hugh O'Donnell and other conserva-
tive labor leaders denounce the action
of the mob after the surrender Of the
deputies, as having been brutal and
cowardly. To the credit of the great
majority of the men who are locked out
it can be said that they had no hand in
the assault upon the deienscless men.
They did all in their power to protect
the men who had thrown themselves
upon their mercy.
The Women Secmcd Insane.
But they were powerless to control the
angry mob of foreigners, especially the
female ported of it, Had it not been
for the wild demonstrations INDUCED in
by the women, who called upon their
h11u Il nd To A III
of the workmen who were shot by the
Pinkertons, it is probable the latter
would not have been so roughly ham
died.
When the second squad Of deputies,
many of them weak from the loss of
blood, neared the entrance to the rink;
the angry crowd, urged on by women Of
foreign BIRTH closed in. One man, evil
IDENTIFY Pole, grasped one of the prison
ers by the throat and struck him Il terri
BILE blow in the face with his fist, VIII le
a stoutly built woman began belab +
ing the unfortunate wretch with cl }.
One of the guards succeeded in raising
his gun to his shoulders, and with a look
indicating that he meant business
shouted: "Stand back and let these men
pass by, or by - I'll shoot the next man
or woman that raises a hand against
them. We have promised to protect
them, and we will do it even if we have
to use our guns
This declaration was greeted by a
howl of derision and cries Of Kill the
murderersw
Instantly a half dozen guns We're
brought to bear upon the mob, and had
not the ringleaders fallen back, the men
who had pledged themselves to protect
the vanquished enemies from violence
would have done so at the cost Of
human life. The situation was becom-
ing very serious when Burgess Ne
Gluckie appeared in the doorway Of the
rink. After commanding the crowd to
fall back, he said;
Fellow Citizens-I call upon you to
act in an orderly manner. We will not
permit any further demonstrations
All the men will be locked up and not
one of them will he allowed to escape
Each one of these buns and beats who
came here to shoot down honest work.
ingmen will be charged with murder.
1--WE will see if the poor people have
not equal rights with monopolists who
employ and send to their place a gang of
murderers and cut-throats'
As may well be imagined this address
was greeted with cheers. But it had
the desired effect and the mob became
more orderly.