The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-15


the length OF declaring martial law.
Upon the request OF q committee repre-
senting practically all the correspond
ents in Homestead, who were unwil!-
ing that martial law should follow tho
assault upon one Of their members, 1t is
understood that General Snowden de.
cided to defer for the present formal
proceedings. But the informal work
was quite as effective. Tho Fifteenth
regiment was early drafted down the
hill, taking up positions about the
provost marshal's tent, fronting Eighth
avenue. Two companies OF about 90
men were then sent into the city under
tho command OF Major Crawford, and
squads were placed i'll front OF the ad-
visory committees rooms Mt the rail-
road station and at eight other places
about the town, where heretofore the
men have been in the habit OF congre-
eating. Their orders were explicit.
In the case Of any arrest by gthe spe-
cial police for a manifest breach of the
peace, drunkenness, or any otuer like
ofiense, tho provost patrol will not in-
terfere, but in any arrest not for such
cause the patrol will at once take charge
OF both the arrested person and the
man arresting him and bring them both
before the provost marshal, or his rep.
resentative. II the arrest is an illegal
one, the policeman will be properly
punished. The patrol Is armed with
bayonets on their rifles and with twen-
ty rounds of ball cartridge each, aud IN
officer is with each squad. General
Snowden was seen very shortly after the
new order OF things went into effect.
He said: "There has been no change
whatever In tho situation save that the
provost patrols have been somewhat in-
creased in strength and the preserya-
ton OF peace can now be somewhat
more certainly assured. Yes. the pa.
trolls will prevent any further illegal
arrests. They will cooperate with the
civil authorities TO that end, hut further
than that nothing will b. done"
General Snowden is still Investigating
the arrests made by the specials" yes!
terdav, and tho chances are that tho po-
lcemen in i'll each case will be brought
before the provost marshal and made to
explain their conduct. Colonel Green,
the provost marshal. had little to add to
what General Snowden had said. "The
town is most distinctly not under mar
tial law" he said. "but there has been
so much decentralization that it has be-
come necessary for US to cooperate
with the civil authorities in preserving
order
The story that the town had been de-
clared under martial law travelled rap
idly to the strikers headquarters,
where there was naturally much excite
ment over the news.
Mr.. 0'Donnell said that it was step
which under tho circumstances was to
have been expected.
Mr.. Cummings, another of the strike
leaders, said:
"The next step will be tho bringing
in OF non-union men to the mills, which
may be done to-day but will certainly
be effected before the end OF the week.
/ do not believe they have anything
like the 400 claimed, however, and |
shall be greatly surprised II anything
like that number turns Zip"
"Will there be any effort made to
prevent the mon going to the NH 9n =
ave will certainly ask them not to
go in, and we will use every argument
we can to persuade them not to take
part in the war which is being made
upon US. l think great many Of
them will turn back when they under
stand the merits OF tho case. Those
who do come are being brought here
deceived. am sure"
"And ii pacific measures fail?"
"That would bc all I would be in
favor of using, If there was not q bayo-
net within hundred miles OF Home
stead"
Beyond the turning out OF tho unex-
pectedly large provost guard this morn
ing, there was little OF interest in tho
camp. General Snowden denied the
report to-day that he had received a
despatch that 400 non.union men were
on their way 10 Homestead.