New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-18
A QUIET DAY HOMESTEAD.
REPAIR MIN RESOLVE NOT TO GO BACK TO
WORK TO-DAY
STRIKERS ANXIoUsLY AWAITING TIE INTRO
DUCTIoN OF NEW MEN INTO THE WORKS.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE CAMP OF
THE STATE TRoOPs-TALK WITH
A STRIKE LEADEH

hJSLirlOlS SGh'4NL~o ~ AHES NANE VI
THE STATE TRooPs-TALK WITH
STRIKE LEADER.
| Homestead. Penn, July l7.-All is quiet on the
Monongahela to-day. Stories about men having
been placed in the mill, rumors about the des-
perae purposes of the strikers, and reports about
the preparations of the military 10 quiet refrac-
tories. are extant but the fact remains that il
has been most quiet Sunday. Up to o'clock
this evening no new men had been introduced
through the Carnegie gates, and although every
thing has been expected, nothing has been done
The new men are confidently expected before the
formal opening of the works on Thursday, but
the strike leaders do not believe that any of them
will be introduced until after it is seen how
many applications for work have been made by
the old man. That some Of these will be made, is
quite certain. Some of the old employees have
already interviewed the military about the pro-
tectton which will be afforded to men going TO
work and while the number of those asking the
question has been small, the Carnegie company
sees In IL o symptom Of disintegration among the
locked-out men which it halls with genuine re-
lief on course these visits 70 headquarters have
been secret, as the great majority of the men are
strongly with the Anna lgamated Association
A mass meeting was held at the Rink this morn
ing at which about 400 men were present VINO
represent the mechanical department and the day
aborers These not members or the
Amalgamated Association, but they have been In
sympathy with it. Some half a dozen speeches
were made. as to the poster put up by Mr. Frick,
inviting the old men back to work, and after some
| consideration. the following resolution was pro-
posed and passed unanimously:
Whereas We the employees of the mechanical depart
rnents and day OF the Carnegie Steel Works OF
assembled do Opr the following
regard the labor troubles existing at pres
| Resolved, That In sympathy with the Amaaa-
Association and pledge ourselves to stand with them
| TO the end.
Resolved That we consider IL Injustice to the me-
chanica department and day lsborers and insult 20
their manhood ask them 10 work under guard a. We
believe this land OF the free. oil should be free
NEW MEN WILL RE NEEDED.
Iais means that the repair work, which was
u have been begun tomorrow, will not now be
undertaken by the old men, who will not go back
70 work and that new men will have TO be
brought in II the company proposes TO open the
works on Thursday next, as all the furnaces are
cold and much rebuilding will have TO he done.
II II impossible u untangle all the contradictory
stories Which are being told about these new men,
| For instance n number Of negroes it Is said, are
expected from the West Virginia and Alabama
! furnaces draft Of eighty men is sad TO be
coming from Ohio The Advisory Committee has
beard Of efforts to enrol mechanics In Chicago
| and - Louis, supposed 10 be for the Carnegie
! Company. but after all the rumors are slfted
! down there is no truth to he found at the bot
tom Of them and those correspondents who are
trying 10 send ont the real state of the case in
homestead, are forced 10 depend only upon what
they zee with their own eyes A case in point
is furnished by the rumor started this morning
that three boatloads Of nOn-union men had been
disembarl<cd into thc works One man saw these
men going into the mills ard reported, and yet
the men are not there, and did not 90 in as
stated Some Of the pilgrims expected before
tomorrow morning, but the chances s6Gm to he
that they will not come.
At any rate. the Advisory Committee is not
partcnlarly vicant this evening. The patrols
are of course continued. but Mr.. Shannon stated
| that he knew that NJ would be brought in
until Thursday. He sad: We are not talking
wildly when say that w know exactly what l. tt
be the programme Of the Carnegie Company.
Their whole effort is 10 be directed toward bring
ing back the old men. not 10 getting new ones {;
and they will exhaust all their methods Of per-
suason before they go OF for the black sheep
We know this and know that 10 win this
! Gaht all we have 10 do is 10 keep our lines firm
and LET the company do what they will. They
cannot make nickel steel armor plates without
us They cannot, except at greatly increased eN-
pense do any of the ordinary work of the mills
| This l. not an idle boast on Our part We have
| in the Amagamated Association the skilled steel
workers of America. II they can import labor
they will have 10 be exceedingly smooth. don't
mind saving that tie Advisory Committee believes
that its patrols should be at the scaboard instead
Of at Homestead. OF the locked-out men w
| 1 fN mill fn
will come to us and we will take all the proper
care of them. 1t will he waiting fight. be-
lieve in sincerity we can stand it for five years
We arc not paupcrs, nor drunkards, nor tramps,
but American citizens and Taxpayers. We can
nay our debts and have little surplus left. The
| rainy dav has come but umbrellas are all
nm I think the Amalgamated Association VIII
20 through this struggle without asking dollar
| from the outside. great deal of help has been
scnr "a lis by our friends who believe in the prln-
cipe we represent and this we Will use 10
| proyidc for the labolers ard the others who are
NOT mcmbers of our body, but who are Affected
by this conflict If the outside help should cease
| we can still care for them In WOfd, We are
| lust in this position: we are asking no Ouus @ VI
| onvbodv but are making this fight on our own
resources We want the sympathy OF our lrlchuSS -
| and we court the cnmlty or every man VIM ~ ~
hostile 10 Organized labor. Hep sent 10 uS WI
| be used for the 1000 men not inrmncrs Oi pu.
ASSOCIATION idle on account of this difference, out
| if the helm were not sent, we would SUI cn0iEc
ourselves with their support and go forward
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN TIE CAMP
| In in the Camp to-day Sabbath stiffness
reigned Religious services were held in some oi
| the regiments. and the sermons were listened 10
by the great crowd of visitors who Hooked into tne
camp. The Rev. Mr. Gerhard. of the 18TH told
his flock that as citizens they must obey Anerl IL
can law. and as soldiers they must enforce ras rs
| obedience When called TO the colors there was
| bnt one nlain dnty for every National Guardsman
and every soldier in America and tL,at was non
esty, heartily and Loyalty TO obey the oruers ID
| sued by his superior officers .....os 90
In the town pulpits the strike was reierreu 10 10
but the efforts of the clcrGymen were chehy oi,
rected to aaying the cAcitement OF tile I lMo 10
| weeks, and none of the clergy tooN o''us e'0""'
Ever since the beginning of the labor troubles
/ IL ~ rnk Inns hepn recclpt OIL uldnN