Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-21


property armed with kodaks. Snap shots
of many of the strikers were taken and
especially the men who were the leaders
and those who had arms.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July l5.-There was a
quiet, unsupported partial resumption at
the Carnegie steel works here to-day.
Fifty or sixty non-union men were at
work in the mills.
Chairman IL, g. Frick of the Carnegie
Steel Company, is elated, and has prepared
great posters To be put up at the mills to-
morrow, inviting former employees to re-
sumo work at once and take their pick of
suitable positions. They will have until
Thursday evening next to do this.
Garnegie's Beaver Falls men violated
their scale to-day and voted to strike on
Monday.
The Mattresses and all the female help at
Major-general Snowden's hotel struck to-
day.
Secretary Loyeioy, of the Carnegie COM
pany, says the Pittsburg and,3eaver Falls
strikers can only return as non unionists,
at the company's terms.
Chairman Oats. of the congressional in
vestigating committee, says there will be
bloodshed at Homestead yet.
SMOKE FROM THE MILLS.
Today, for the first time since the
strike at the Carnegie mills began, smoke
and steam arose from the huge stacks of
the mills, and there was evidence of life
in the great yard. Peace and quietness at
tended the beginning again of work. The
strikers themselves did not know, and do
not know at this writing, that for 10 hours
to-day from so to 60 non-union men
worked in the machine shop. making
necessary repairs and preparing things for
| the large force that II. G. Frick SAYS he
will put to work tomorrow.
EASILY AND QUIETLY DONE.
The doubling of the military guards
| about the works and about the town and
the stopping of the lawless act of holding
up citizens and finding out the business of
| every man, enabled the non-union men to
reach the works without being noticed
| They came to town slngly or i'll pairs and
walked directly TO the mill and to the office
of Superintendent Potter. Mr.. Potter as
| signed them to duty at once. In the even
ing they left the mill as they had come,
with none of the strikers the wiser.
| When a reporter called on Mr.. Frick in
| the afternoon, the manager was elated at
his success in having work begun even in
so small way. He felt, he said, that this
| was the beginning of the end.
How soon will larger force be intro
| duced, " the reporter asked.
Tomorrow" was the emphatic answer.
can invitation to the strikers who may
wish to return to our employment will he
issued tomorrow.
| RESUMPTION BuLLETINED.
A circular has been written and will be
posted up on ali the entrances of the mills
| tomorrow morning before many OF the
strikers are out of their beds.
The circular is in poster type. The body
of the circular reads:
THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, (LINITED),
PITTsBURG, Pa, July l6, 1892.
NOTICE!
| "lndividual applications for employment at
| the Homestead steel works will be received by
the general superintendent either in person or
by letter, until p. m, Thursday, July 81, 1892.
| 1t is our desire to retain in our service all of
| our old employees whose past record is salts
! factory, aud who did not take part in the at
tempts which have been made to interiors with
our right TO manage our business. such of our
old employees as do not apply by tho time
above named will be considered as having no
desire to re-enter our employment, and the
positions which they have held will be given
TO other men. and those first applying will
| have the choice OF unified positions for which
they are suitable"
THE CARrGIE STEEL COMPANY, GMrrEp.)
II. G. FRIcG. Chairman.
AN uLTIMATUM IN EARNEST.
The circular is an utimatum-just such
an ultimatum as Mr.. Frick issued when he
told the men before the strike that June
25th was possibly the last day on which
they might confer with him on the adjust
ment of the wage scale. He kept his word
on that occasion, TO their sorrow.
THE BEAVER FALLS STRIKERS.
II. G. Frick sent the following telegram
to Superintendent Wrigley of the Beaver
Falls mills this afternoon
81 am iust in receipt of the following
telegram from Beaver Falls ."..|
We, the Amalgnmated Association of Beaver
Falls, the rod mill, wire mill aud nail mill
have come to the conclusion that we will re.
fuse 10 work until such time as IL. {. Frick,
chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company,
limited, is willing 10 confer with the Anal.
Eamated Association in order 10 settle the
Homestead affair.
(Signed) ARTHUR THORNTON,
Chairman Of Committee
You will please say To Mr.. Thornton, chair.
man Of the committee, and ask him to sc
notify the men thHt II they, composing the
Amalgamated Association at Beaver Falls
mills, and who signed an agreement with US
for one year do not so to work on Monday
next. or when you are ready To start, we viii
consider their failure 10 do so as n cancellation
Of the agreement existing between us, and
when those works do resume 1t will be as non
union. and former employees, satisfactory tC
us, who desire to work there will have to apply
as individuals, You can say that under nc
circumstances will we confer with the men a
Homestead as members OF the Amalsamated
Association. (Signedl
The CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, Limited.
Ey H. c. FRicK, Chairman.
The action OF the employees of the Iar
negie mills in going out yesterday Is com
mented on generally. Capitalists as well ai
workingmen consider the affair the sur
prise in labor circles of the decade.
AcALM THAT Is oMINous.
HoMEsTEAp, July l6.--There has been
change in the situation in Homestead sine,
yesteday morning, and the chances of
pacific solution Of the trouble have grown
more slender.
While to the casual observer there is al
exterior appearance of good nature, it il
all tissue on the surface. The effort ot
good nature among the striking iron
workers in Homestead is forced. Beneatl
there is feeling of chagrln and shoulder
ing hatred.
The presence of the soldery, while they
affect to welcome them, is a constant irri
tation. They feel the binding menace o
AN armed power holding them in check
Its presence is constantly with them
Every glance at the hillside brings i
plainly into view. Up there are thu
armed soldiers of the state marching ant
drilling and patrolling their beats as sen
tries. There are mnskets and bayonet
/ | that shan, xuitb hauc.c and hla0d