Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-09

pleasing to all the strikers, and propo
sltions have been made to force them tc
leave town.
Many of the citizens are becoming
anxious to have the regularly con.
stituted authorities in charge once
more, instead of the present chaotic
condition, in which every man assumes
to be an officer, and the labor leaders
give orders as il they were the properly
constituted authorities.
1t is understood that the main pur-
pose, If possible, is to have the
question legally decided whether
Pinkertons have a right to bring
armed deputies here. Another attempt
by the Pinkertons is apprehended, and
come. Against such an attempt the
strikers will array all the power they
have. The railroad men are in hearty
sympathy with the men, and for this
reason it will be hard to surprise the
strikers with an adequate force. They
have plenty OF money and the best legal
counsel. Guards are on duty against
surprise at every point, and dynamite is
stored along the trestles to cut off COM
munication between the two shores Of
the river, if necessary.
The workmen are keeping mostly in
their homes, under orders from their
leaders. 1t is not believed this state of
affairs can last long.
AT a meeting in the opera house this
afternoon, two hundred mill work
ers were present. On the
stage were President Weihe, Pres
ident-elect Garland, Secretary Kill
mannon and Attorney Brennan. OF
the Amalgamated association. The
amalgamated officers addressed the
meeting in plain words. Attorney Bren-
nan said: "The owners have the law
on their side, and their hearts cannot
be touched. They have civil protection.
When the militia comes the mill will be
surrounded and new men put in, and
any man interfering with the civil au-
thorities will be shot down. If anyone
thinks for a moment that the militia
will stand around like hitching- posts he
is mistaken. When they do come, il
will not be for dress parade, but to
shoot"
Another speaker said: "The sheriff
and the men be will bring here will be
in sympathy with the people of Home
stead. He will not be foolhardy enough
to bring lot OF men here to shoot us
down. We have their sympathy aud
viii have it when they come. The
sheriff must do his duty and will do it
in no spirit Of animosity."
Another speaker said: "Our lawyer
has told us what the militia can do. Ii
we cannot believe him, whom are we to
believe? We all know that this strug-
gle, if the association does not win, will
not amount to row of pins in the fu-.
ture. The question is, will we permit
the sheriff to take possession of the
mill as our friend? Time will show
that the best thing for us to do il to let
the sheriff take possession. We all
know that the law is against u.s."
The locked out men say they have re-
ceived large number of offers Of assist
ance from various parts of the country,
and expressed confidence that they will
succeed in the end. They are still will
ing to have conference, but say Frick
will not meet them.
Late this evening the strikers made a
practical demonstration to the effect
that newspaper men are not wanted
here. Bob Herbert, OF the Pittsbure
Dispatch, was put on train and ser t
out OF town, and another newspaper
man, named Hall, was notified to leave
AT O'Clock this morning everything
is quiet, and there are no indications
of trouble in the near future.