New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-03
WILL PROLONG THE FIGHT.
SENTIMENT OF A BIG MEETING OF The
HOMESTEAD EMPLOYEES.
THE MECHANICS AGREE TO STAND FIRM-WHAr
COMMITTEE OF THE LoCKED-oUT MEN
SAW IN THE MILLS-ABOUT 300
NEW MEN SET AT WORK
NEW MEN SET AT WORK.

SAW IN The MlbLS-hDONl wv
NEW MEN SET AT WORK.
Homestead. Penn, Aug. 2.-The thirty ninth DAY
Of the strike closed this evening with both sides claim
ing victory As a result Of strenuous endeavors OH
the part of the Amalgamated Association the Wave1hg
laborers were once again brought into line, and are
tonight more enthusiastic than the tonnage men, inc
entire strength Of the Amalgnmated Assocmuoh' was
brought 10 bear on the mechanical departments u
achieve that end and II appears to be succesSuior
the moment at any rate The head oiclas OF the loh
and steel workers organization and representatives rom
Carnegie mills engaged In the sympathy strike eX"rVea
the men, painting glowing pictures for the future, an"
left nothing undone to bind closer to them the l2oo
day wageearners who struck to help the tonnage men,
monster meeting was held In the opera HOUSE "cie'
at which all day labOrers were Induced TO be Pres'
On the stage were President wehe Vice President Will
lam A. Carney Secretary John c. killgulin, trustee
John Fierce and Jere Dougherty, OF the Amagamated
Association each OF whom made an address. IN al
ditlon to these officials representatives from the '
nede mills at Duquesne and Beaver fahS Wiu III"
much the men there were doing for ilomeS'@'a
T. W. Brown who presided, told the men that they
could expect some valuable support from u"nc'
unions not only in this country, but abroad ana ne
read letters Offering aid. not only from dihereh' p''
OF America, but from England and scotland
An important feature Of the meeting was the re-
port of a committee which had gone through the mill.
COMMITTEES OF eight Anal gamated Association men al
noon called upon superintendent Potter ana told MN
Of the meeting adding that they would Ike 10 see IL
the mill was really being operated, az was alleged DS
the firm They stated that they would report at the
meeting The committee really did not think the manage
ment would entertain its requests, but Mr. Potter cncer
fully agreed T. take four member, througi. III: NH ht
and 4, did. The committee reported tial tle rl id
large number Of men working win Jew eAPr,r
cnced rollers, who turned ont two or three P s d
the great T%mCcT 0 s dDS U cause for discourage
ment. The report really surprise to the mel
who would n)t accept press statement me hoavr
gamated officials rallied them Immediately, ho"esc,'
and the meeting adjourned with IL unanimous seun-
ment favor Of prolongng the struggle. Ihau Is .'no
strikers side, and while tbere Is plenty Of entlas
on their side, the Carnegie Company Is rapidly lille
It's plant with non union men. THIS evening SnPeiIl
men came in day and fourteen Homestead )rkeEs'
In all he asserts that he has 100 workInen tonlgnt'
Msnage M"2 Potiers report today Of his acquisi
tons OF men was rosy one ne sald We ptSi
pha and thirty two from Cincinnati: OF the former
a number are guaranteed steel w0rHmen IRON. spar par
rows Point and Coates 4 Co.'S MILL rhey are pre-
pared 10 operate machinery NJ once. and have come u
say. In addition seven of our old men applied Tor
their places and accommodated
Reports have been circulated that out OF sympathy
for the locked ont men, the tralnmen would refuse 10
haul freight Of any Kind into the yards. This morn,
Ing the runors were proved untrue by the arrival OF
the ynrd A committee at Munhal demonstrated with
the engineer lie rrplel that. while trainmen were
I'm sympathy with the men, they c0uld not leoPaul1e
,hoIr ntvn nloros and also render the railroad COM
pany liable 10 damages under the Common Carrier act
This was q disappointment to the men, but they az
ccped the situation and did not attempt TO interiors
with the trainmen. " - $500
ordered home this morning Three regiments reinnh
nitsburg Aug about 80 were working IN
the upper Union Mills today ana me cgi XII,
ton and twelve inch mills and the pate nii
were IN operation. Tomorrow. Slpenhtchnent ~
lon says. the second plate mill will be serId mnp
strikers deny the above statements Oh tlt ml,'
officials, They assert that no AmagaHa''d mel, ilen
have returned, and that, while Few insh ha A,i
gone back. none Of them are skilled an
the blncksmlths several engineers and the r,Nnh-
Ing filters left work to-day. In sympathy VT III.
o.keout men. large force Of me ny po,Co 1, ,;
thcr -cfvlc, were not needed. and with IN" exception
81 , few they 1cre recalled. several men were Hi
the vicinity ~ IN" mill all daN but were orderly ana
ohcyc~i the officers without Complaint Ine ',rh ~
tllly expect that more will soon be placed III te
mills, but they d"ny that successful oiraU'" ~" o'
4 party OF ten laborcrs who came here from en- IN
cinnaf with fortyfour others on special .fai iV vi
Homestead thi. morning but VINO frg "a nctbers
Of the Amalgamated. and VIII prObabs ~. go
nome by the The men asserted mat they
and th,t they did know their destination was
Homestead. \ halfdozen other men. they Nnid, lei,
ilc train at Newark ohio The remainder CON aHS,
To eo 10 work. and are now IN the mi,; lour su =,
,on,l deputy ,erirs sent up 10 Homestead 10
day sheriff Mcclcary !, in charge IN person Me- Il
Master. ONCE left here for Homestead tonight 10
ua,r more arrests on charges or riot ana aeerNWel
assault for participation In the rot with the fihher
n Is stated that NE borough solicitor nj Homestead
pr, parlng the papers for the arrest ~ several SOLDIERS
charged with insulting women Al iie mc.tlhg OF tne
Borough Council last night. burgess Nclcde ,nhre'u
,L,t nm. soldiers wer not particular whom they &C
c,,t,t and that the wives and daughters or me resi-
Of Homestead we're not sar IL was H ae,, No. ~
ncn,, The culprit, u McLuckc's assertions are sub
stantiacd