New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-13
BULLETS AND BLOOD
Bloody Fight Between Striking Iron
Workers and Pinkertons at
Homestead.
Eleven Strikers and Nine Detectives
Killed and Many Seriously
Wounded.

u
Wounded.
Capital and labor have clashed at Home
stead, Pa.,..and the4toWn is red with blood.
Never IN the bloody history of riots in this
vicinity. save the great railroad riots of
1877. has there been such carnage and such
battle. The 300 Pinkertons who came in.
boat to Homestead early this morning
Dave desolated many 9 hearth and their
sIlots have aroused such desperation thatit
\ IS sa e to say that before the men would
now allow the mill to be operated by nom
union men +. ey would burn it over their
heads
The story Of the battle is hard to tell. In
the dark mist Of early morning, when the
town was quiet the rumor of tine arrival of
the boat load OF Pink rtons reached Horne
stead. The word was sent along the line
ana the streets in almost an,instant were
crowded with MEN, women and children,
5nurrylng IN the direction Of the works
LANDING. Some We're only half clad. On
the maddened mass rushed, some to return
without even tear in their eyes. Others to
part forever on the battle ground. Mothers
stood with babes in their arms wondering
what would be the result if the Pinkertons
made an attempt to land. The most horri-
Bile forebodings have been realized and
there are many homes i'll distress, many
mothers, fathers sisters, brothers and
sWeethearts with tears running down their
cheeks mourning the loss OF some one
who fell by the bullets from that boat.
The landing of that boat will ever be re-
nlembered at Homestead, and Tor some
generations to come the tail hers will tell their
children of the bloody battle ofthe Monon-
gahe!a. When the boat was sighted by the
multitude acknowledgment and their iani-5
lies, feeling such as was never felt before
4, a NJ nna jtnrcE Aci too "a
near, the feeling became more intense. The
crowd stood motionless until it became
known that they were going to land. As il
by an'unseen power.
THE SETTLING MASS
of humanity made rush AMI 100 feet Of
the high renee was seen to crumble like
paper Tho men rein the yard and close
{ behind them were their families.
Asmore determined body OF men never
entered battle. The sight OF their wives
and children seemed to give them courage.
sIhelr only thought was OF home, and no
class OF men would die for home sooner
than these workingmen. The men resem-
mob, as all lined the bank evenly. There
they stood TOR an instant, watching every
move of the Pinkertons. Suddenly form
was seen to break from the ranks of the
sWorkingmen and move toward the waters
edge. Almost instantly flash was seen on
the boat, followed by a report. and a form
was seen to roll down the bank. One man
had met his fate. The shot was the signal
for an attack, and opened one of the great
est wars between capital and labor that the
Keystone State ever witnessed.
What followed after the first shot can
only be realized by those who We're pres
ent. The air was filled with the
DEATH DEALING BULLETS
of both parties The battle was at its
height, and regardless of the rapid firing
the bowling of the workmen could be
heard above all. The sight Of their fell
lows falling at their sides gave them new
lie and courage, and although their fire.
arms We're not equal to the improved VIM.
chesters of their enemy, they drove them
back. The Workingmen had won the first
battle. The dead and wounded were car
ried to the rear and cared for by the women,
while the men TODD their ground and kept
up a constant attack upon the boat The
Pinkertons' firing dropped off alter they
were driven back, and all but few men
took refuge in the boats cabin. The Others
Were soon at their side. The cabin was a
rifles on the shore penetrated its frail side
and the Finkertons We're at the mercy OF
tilemen until the boat pulled into the mid
die OF the river. When at safe distance
rom the bullets Of the now maddened men,
they looked after
j III lJt FALLEN COMRADES.
The dead were laid on the cabin floor
while the wounded were placed on cots
and given such medica attention as was at
hand. The sight OF dozens of dead and
wounded seemed to make them more de-
termined to accomplish their purpose of
going into the mill. The captain of the
Pinkertons ordered the dead ana wounded
taken to Braddock, and the Little Bill
towed the barges to the river bank, where
they We're mo ored. The boat then with
drew and was soon on its way to Braddoek
with her load OF mntilated humanity.
5 No sooner had the boat left the barses
when the second attack was made. The
sbarges containing the Pinkertons proved a
valuable fort, and, with their bodies con-
cealed and their excellent guns, they had a
great advantage over their enemy. The
workingme were still lined along the river
bank within uli view of the men in the
barses. The firing was rapid Tor some
minutes, the Pinkertons getting the best of
the fight. When they saw several men fall
and many wounded retreat, they
8 RUSHED FOR THE LANDING.
They Jumped over the sides or the barees
and up the banks toward the mill. The
men seemed to expect this and the report
q their guns rang ont. The Pinkerton
men were scattered. and fell never to rise
again. When they saw their mistake,
after it had cost the lives OF some Of their,
party, q stampede occurred. When the
Pinkertons retreated 10 their barges, they
scrambled over the sides faster than they
lett it lew moments before. During this
attack at least three Pinkertons met death,
but how many were MORALLY wounded
could not be learned. The workingmen
lost but one man, a Slav. Several were
wounded, and were cared for by the women
III the rear. There was a lull Tor many
minutes after that. It was only to refill
cartridge belts, for the fighting blood could
not be cooled.
The sun rose glorionsly, and from dis
lance the day. in Braddock was as ssrene
and quiet as Sunday. Jack Morris stood
up at the pumping station and looked out
OF q window. It was 8:15 o'clock and not
shot had been exchanged for thirty-six
minutes. A moment later Pinkerton
ball
PIERCED HIS FOREHEAD
and he fell headiong out OF the window
and forty feet below his bones were broken
on the shore. Six men rushed down the
bank and dragged his body up James
Ryan was shot in the arm while doing it.
Then the fight reopened and continued in.
a desultory manner for an hour and half
Three men were killed and many slightly
wounded. The men shot often into the
hall sSfr.