Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-02
SECURING THE TOWN.
Deputies Fail to Find the Bal
ance of the Men Charged
With Treason.
UNDER COVER AT PRESENT
Their Friends Promise They Will
Appear in Court To-Morrow.
ALL SOLDIERS TO BIZ WITHDRAWN.
Big Force Of officers Under Col. Kreps Will
Guard the Works
ALL SOLDIERS TOBE WITHDRAWN.
ROUsING MEETINGS HELD YESTERDAY

| to the household il the stone building from
the Monongahela village.
| The strange part about the disappearance
OF the Advisory Board is that the morning
trains were very carefully watched, in the
hope of finding the men as they left. but
not one was seen to leave Homestead
and certainly not one was to be
seen there At nightfall the deputies
and detectives were at their wits end and
chagrined that they had failed. Friends
of the missing leaders say that they are
only under cover until they ascertain when
| applications for bail will be heard, as none
relish incarceration. 1t is announced that
they will all surrender on Monday morn
ing.
The few soldiers remaining at Homestead
will be withdrawn some time DUR
! ing this week and a delegation
of deputy sheriffs to be selected with
care will be placed in charge of the Home
! stead mills. The deputies will be under the
direct charge of Colonel Kreps, of the
Fifteenth Regiment, whose command was
| withdrawn from Homestead two weeks ago
Will Enforce Strict Discipline.
Colonel. Kreps was formerly Sheriff of
Mercer county. He is said to be one of
the best soldiers in the Guard,
and at his home he is looked
upon as man rarely skilled In the hand
ling of men. His policy at Homestead will
be one of vigorous discipline, and the depu-
ties will be expected TO carry out his orders
as if they were guardsmen.
| The town was in feverish state all day
| -; %ba oh Tn he
morning there was some CONSERVATION,
but later in the day, upon repeated assur-
ances from members of the Amalgamated
Association that the charge could not stand,
the locked-out men became indignant and
denounced in round terms what they
termed persecution of their leaders
by the Carnegie Steel Company. This
feeling was given vent at meeting held
in the afternoon. when the widest en-
thusiasm followed every denunciation of
the treason suits. 1t was evident that if
the company expected the men to become
den3oralized by reason of the arrest of their
leaders it will be disappointed, for obscure
members took the lead, and showed sur
lprisi1g activity in holding the men together.
Lively Meeting in the Rink.
The chief event yesterday was the meet
ing in the rink. Usually those assemblages
are presided over by Chairman Crawford
and notices are posted the night previous
Owing to his arrest, however, and the SUBJ
sequent confusion 10 notices were given, and
it was noon to-day before there was
rally, and it was determined that meeting
be held at o'clock P. M. 1t was raining,
too, at the time, but this was no damper on
the spirits OF the Homestead citizens, and
they turned out in numbers which have not
been witnessed for weeks. Had the hall
been twice as large it would not have afford
ed seating capacity. In addition to mill
workers hundreds of business men were
there to protest against the new attack on
the leaders.
George Hatfield, of the machinists, pre-
sided, and Richard Hotchkiss was Secre-
tary. s. S. Conroy, ESQ.,, of Youngstown,
made the first address. He spoke in gen.
eral way of the strike, denounced the firm
and the Iams affair, and wound up by assur-
ing the men of the financial support of all
classes of people in the Ohio Valley iron
district.
Mr.. w. A. Carney, Vice President of the
AmaIgamated Association, made the ad-
dress which stirred up the greatest en-
thusiasm. He first congratulated the men
upon their manly stand, and then referring
to the treason suits, said:
Carney Promises a Stubborn Resistance.
81 wonder if there are any more crimes
in the calender possible. for the Carnegie
Steel Company to find out with which it
will be possible to charge you? If it is the
policy OF the company to exhaust your bail,
to make it impossible for you to secure
bondsmen or furnish guarantee in your
I IL. II Ill Al. -
| is laboring under mistake. The company
| can imprison the Advisory Board, but
others will take their places. If they arrest
| these others will come to the front, and if
necessary the members of the National
lodge of the Amalgamated Association
| will resign their positions, come to
Homestead to reside and carry on that Ad-
visory Board, and if the Carnegie Steel
Company incaroerates all the men there
| will be women enough in Homestead to
prosecute this fight to successful conclu-
sion. This may seem colored, but it is God
Almighty's truth.
''The Carnegie Steel Company has lost
| over 81, 600, 600 land you who are standing
out for your rights have not lost one meals
meat. I saw to-day at Jones & Laughl1n's,
| $4,000 collected, or one days pay from each
man for your support, and it was a goodly
| sight to see how cheerfully they came and
gave IL up. Ii III is question OF dollar
against dollar then you men will come out
ahead Is it better to be a serf or a white
man getting three meals a day without
| going into debt? That is your position
to-day.
| A Plea for Patience.
'Be patient; look forward and smile, and
the dav is not far distant when you can
laugh at your victory. 1t is impossible for
| the firm to stamp out unionism in Home
stoad. Stand together! If they place one
man behind prison bars, fill the gap Fight
on! The battle is with you; see that, you
win it. If you lose, such condition as
never confronted the slaves in the
| South will be yours. Treasonl You
| guilty of high treason? Who says so?
| The very accused would be the first to
shoulder muskets and march over hill and
dale in defense of this liberty-loving coun-
try. If it is high treason to build . town
| to resist the curtailment of incomes then I
don't know what treason is Here was an
| illegal body of men gathered from the
slums of cities and given muskets to fire on
you. Because they were opposed it is
| treason.
FINALLY let your motto be one for all;
all for none. Let no bringing creature Of
the firm come like a wasp among you seek
| ing whom he can sting. Stand together,
and remember that the firm has opened the
| last act of the drama"
F. l. Langley, Q newspsper man. wAs