The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-24

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/ Audrew Carnegie means var. Hl
Ihas made bic plans 70 1ght Organized
labor. and be evidentiy expects . LONG
and bitter caupaign. a Pittsb0rg die'
patch dated the l2lh inst, says:
/ .Andrew Carnegie's Iisutenants ars
preparing for great struggle with or.
GAINED labor ~ the Carnegie mills st
Homestead. where 5000 workmen ore
empioysd. chiefly in the manu- fscture Of
armor plates for the government The
men have given no sign OF accepting The
scale OF wages which MAS presented 70
them some time ago BY the Carnegie
frm- They hare until the slth iust- 10
decide. but IL b evident that the Carne-
igies do NOT expect The answer 20 b sat-
isfactosy, and - they propose 20 displace
the old employees with n0n-uniOn men
| Who viii work for the wages offered
| The great Homestsad plant, With its
Expansive yards and endless tracks, COW
lering nearly 900 Acres. has been enclosed
|by a almost alright board fence.
which is fully nine feet high. Along The
top OF this fence ienco arc stresc ched
three strands Of bsrbed wire, which,
when the war begiDs. will bo charged
with electricity. and cannot therefore b
touched. Inside Of THE fence are now
being constructed double rows Of gas
and water pipes At The main entrance
and Just inside the pond derous gates have
been erected two sUbstantlal water
ipiugs. Cook houses ars being built
within the inclesure Sleeping agFangs-
Iments have been made for the work.
linen, Who ere to be imported, and - 10.
Iclosed platform, extending from the
IraiIrosd station over The high fence and
Into The works. has been built
This covered platform. 1t i explained,
will enable the company to bring in
lworkmen. should the Threatened lock-
lout occur, without their being seen or
know 10 those whose places they will
take The large hreplugs q the main
With pressure OF 90 pounds
Ito the square inch. ere 20 Be used it y
IeIaimed. to protect The workmen agatnst
|sny assault that may b made from the
|outsids.
| The scale proposed to the workmen.
liz u claimed By the Carnegies, will moi
IIsssen the earning capacity O. sne oeu
lt0 whom IL 10 offered II u intended.
They ~, osly % eQualize wages and
give 10 he frm it, righfful share % the
|psofts that resuls from tmproved fAc1p'
leiea.
Ths workusn oaths olhsr hasd elaiu
|shas ~ now ocale Vim so6uee tnotI
.IUaGos fFo0 Is - - pog cooG 1hey ~
Imo0horp of ~ Analganotoo oooocto'
,Isiou. whose natf0nsl coovooetoo = 0ou
Iin session q Pienburg, snd ~ eheJ
IwiIl 6sht the nsW scale % The end.
4 The present acsine bod Of The Carne
eio interesss, H. q Friek. b known =
Len aggressive op ponent oftrades' ont0os
land ii = believed the new scAlo is 00og'
led as much with view 10 making thl
IIpians non-uni0n y 10 secure love-
.IwsgeaD
j Perhaps the part Of this dispatch mos
4 Ilsi9ni6csnt Of the fact that Carnegie !
.Iprepsring for wholesale bl0odseeo \
Inece~sarv u carry bis point b thae b
lhas employed H. G. frick 70 manage b!
Interests. On his hsed rests The blood
lof hundreds Of Pennsy lvsniA working
.lmeD. Who. iu times past. have been oho
down il the COuuellsvills coke segtonI
.lbv Pinkerton detectives In his employ
Blood hes flowed ill it nearly put cs
the 6res in bic coke furnaces, while y
''has gone on spparsntIy updisturbed b
the slsuRatsr. Ard this u the mal
Whom Carnegie. this petted product O
selects 10 manage bic cam
'lpafgn against the men who object 90 I
,!cus OF from 10 70 IS per cant. 10 theii
wages. Can any one fail 70 ses he sig
'|niicapcs
4 From ths dispatch heretofore quoted
'Iit appears that Carnegie proposes to IN
'ltrodnce some novelties In warfare ID
lint ends to use electricity - . killing
Iforce-a weapon which even the laws 9
'Icivilized var he's never yet recognized
'IIt matters not 20 him what the resul
so IL serve his purpose He has ~ up
.lfeudsl castle defiant Of alI laws, and b
proposes % maintain il purely By forc'
rl0f arms-
The prospect il fss from pleasant on
Ito contemplate II II one Of probabl
f|civiI var, and that 10 evidently whax thi
lbsr0uisl freebooter wants. He make
these preparations. well kno wing ths
: ,Ithey will excite the starved ex-empS0ye
of his beyond control u be sccomp
..lIishes this be feels that IN the genera
'Iouscry against violence and bloodsbe'
Ibis own responsibility for the hwiss1
mess will be lost sighs Of, and that b
: 'Iown sslfish ends can b reached withou
1.-The public notice. HE whole plan
..lsimply inhuman and diab0lical.-lnd
! Sentinel.