The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-07-14
Said That Four Hundred Non
Union Men Will Come to
Homestead To-Day.
STRIKERS DECLARE THEY WILL NOT
ALLOW THEM TO WORK.
GENERAL sNowDEN is wRArHFUL

to Blow Up the Whole Town--TEe Com
mander Threatens to Court-MartiaI
Some of the Offending DIiiitiamen--The
Blowing Up Bridges.
HOMESTEAD, July 14.-A dispatch. re-
ceived at General Snowdens headquarters
late last evening stated that 400 non-union
men are TO be brought into the Carnegie
mill sometime to-day.
Nothing can be learned as to the direc-
tion from which the men will come and
where they have been engaged.
The National Guardsmen woke up in
the morning in the best of humor. They
felt that their trip would be a summer
picnic to a large extent. Not so the offi-
GERS General Snowden and staff had
scarcely messed when a man presented
himself who said he was one of the locked
out Homesteaders He told a story of
startling interest. 1t was that in GER
tain red building on side street of the
town was stored dynamite enough to not
only blow up the mills, but the entire
place.
Just what action the militia may take
in the matter, if any, it is impossible to
learn Thus far they are simply sheriff's
posse, and are careful not to make any
display that may subject them to the crit
icism of being unduly suspicious of the
people. Nevertheless it is highly probable
that the building will be most closely
watched, and in the event of any display
of hostility will be seized.
Of ha off ad IN
fact that many of the guardsmen had
been plainly asked by the Homesteaders
if they, who were mainly workingmen
themselves, would shoot down other
workingmen, and that a good many of
the troops had said they would not. In
quite few instances, too when the boys
had been mixing friendship and beers to-
gether. they had been asked by citizens
for cartridges as souvenirs of their visit,
and had given them up. In consequence
of these interesting little informal cere-
monies there are more cartridges and am
munition in Homestead than were paid
for, and they are in the hands Of the very
people to disarm whom and render power
less the militia came here.
The revelation of these things stirred
Gen Snowden into unwonted wrath. He
read the riot act in divers tongues, nlu-
minating it with allusions to the pic
tnreadrIe situation in which some can
taihs and priyates would fipd themselves
nv, 4 arenetition az the offenses He declared
tbat ifbe couid locate the men who had
been verdant enongh to give nm am1nirni.
tion ms souvenirs he would court martial
tban s71TA7 iff1T or ~ Fa t.i
Vl'ba townsneople declared that thew had
no ulterior motives in coaxing away the
oaftridQes that they meant TO use them as
ornaments for their mantels and memen-
toeI ~ the rIiardsnien But neyertheiess
tha air {s fil1ed with an expansiye smile at
ne ernense of the youthful soldiers. Al
conseouepce of this is that to-day there
are fewer troops let outside the camp, and
those who are have no cartridges with
them that NAV be lured away.
| The townspeople are not talking much
about the presence of the soldiers. They
show NO resentment in their manner and
personal conflicts are not likely to occur.
The friction between the military and
the citizens caused by the refusal of Gen.
Snowden to cooperate with the towns
/ people in maintaining order. and in de-
| clining a recention by them. will probably
amount to nothing. although the leaders
| are verv sore over their treatment.
| Sheriff McCleary has limited that he will
| arrest several of the leaders in the battle
against the Pinkertons. In such action as
this lies the greatest danger of bloodshed.
! The bulk of the workmen realize this,
Init there is no telling how radical will be
the change of feeling if half a dozen lead
ers are placed in durance.
Matters have quieted down to-day and
ths spirit of peace seems to be in the air.
No fear of trouble is entertained unless
Mr.. II. c. Frick places non-union men in
| his works.
| 1t is the general belief here that Mr..
Frick will man the mill with new work
men as soon as possible He has practi-
oally admitted that such was his inten-
ton
The news that the men employed in
the Carnegie's upper and lower Union
mills at Pittsburg had met and notified
the MANAGEMENT that unless negotiations
looking to the settlement of the trouble at
Homestead were opened by Thursday the
men in all departments would walk out
at the conclusion of that days work,