Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-09

plications You advise your friend. not 10
wander around the bystrsess st night"
That's . nice state Of aGairs 10 exist in . civi-
hzed country. In ~ effort which ID alleged 70
be in the interest Of liberty some Of these men
are trampling on the rights Of every honest
man Who comes 10 Homestead, have closed tho
mouth offree speech and now by crude but force
ful argument are seeking to throttle . free
presa
ooRRKsroSDKSTs roRcxD TO IrAvr
Hardly had concluded writing the fore
going when the news came in that Robert Her
bert and Harry Hail. both Of the Pittsburr
Dispatch, had been marked as the frss victims
of the strikers displessure. Herbert was ar
rested and taken 20 the Amalgamstion head
quarters. Prom thence he was escorted 10 and
across the river and placed on board Balti-
more and Ohio train for Pittsburg. Hall was
found later and was given 81, hours In which 10
make his exit The management Of the Dss-
patch telegraphed the mayor, whose name is
MeLuckie, asking him what he Was going 10 do
about it, McLuckie says he can do nothing.
he acknowledged his helplessness in my
presence.
Strikers Law is supreme in Homestead.
Residents Of Homestead are beginning. In Q
furtive sort of a way, TO sympa,hize with the
newspaper men who have been plagued by
strikers.
HOMESTEAD sMoLDERINa VOLCANO.
One Of the solid business men who visited
Pittsburg last night said. in response 70 a re-
mark about the peaceful condition OF this com
munity; "All is quiet at Homestead, 10 itp
Homestead is a smoldering volcano. about
I w A,r. A
known IL Is now being patroled by men
worked mp 20, the highest tension Of excite
ment- Some of them carry guns and nearly all
are armed with clubs. They make a man ex-
plain who he is, where he resides and insult
him with all sorts Of impertinent questions,
which is nobody's business. OF course we have
TO stand it. though il does not 60 down very
smoothly to have a man who speak. with q de-
cided foreign accent ply law-abidng citizen
with these sort Of questions within a stones
throw Of his own doorstep.
These men presume to and do exercise ali OF
the functions Of the legally constituted author
ities Of the law and the legally constituted au-
thorities have nothing whatever 10 say about IL.
The feeling Of distrust is SO strong that men are
afraid TO say word which might be construed
as criticism Of the present condition OF affairs.
To be above suspicion YOU are COM
PEELED to curse Prick and Carnegie and e,-
haust your vocabulary Of epithets on the de-
tested Pinkcrtons.
while am in favor OF the legally cons stituted
authorities of the county resumine charge OF
the execution Of the law I would rather not see
them put In an appearance FOR few dsys. But
the conservative people Of the town who really
sympathize with the workmsn are getting tired
OF mob rule. FOR il is nothing short Of that.
Everything is quiet at Homestead, because
people are compelled 90 agree with the most
extravagant and revolutionary sentiments. To
advocate the restoration Of the civil authorities
to full control and the abandonment Of the
present system Of self-constituted officers would
be worth a mans life. We are substantially all
in full sympathy with the workmen on the wage
question, but the best citizens, if they dare
express themselves, are down on anything
which assumes a superiority to the law. These
infuriated people. whose grievance NAV be Just.
should be persuaded to disarrn themselves and
submit to the supremacy Of the law, which II
lived up to is good enough for us all"
PLAYFUL STRIKER
Other testimony as to the mild and lambliks
feeling which prevails is found in the e,pe-
rience Of two Pittsburg newspaper men who
came in yesterday afternoon with sheriff
McCleary. They were required 10 establish
their identity, and when that had been done
one of the spoilers said: "All right, then You
can say to your paper that we are orderly law
abiding citizens, and that We intend 10 protect
the property Of the Carnegie Steel Company.
We have no objections to Sheriff McC1eary
coming up here, and will do all we can 10 help
him In keeping order. but II he brings any dep
uties with him well fix EN-"
And reaching down behind his coat tail the
man pulled out Of his pants leg q knife that had
ten-inch blade. He shook il plsyfully be-
meath the reporters noses as an evidence OF
good faith and in corroboration Of his state
ment. Little attentions like these prevent time
from hanging heavily on any strangers hands.
THREE MORE FUNERALS.
Three Of the dead results Of the big FIGHT
were buried here yesterday. and as on the
previous day at least one Of the officiating min
islers did more than little 70
foment the dissatisfaction which has grown
materially during the past twenty-four
hours. II is difficult to understand the policy
of some Of the clergy at this critical period.
When all other influential people are striving to
make peace the preachers make open avowal OF
their sympathy with the methods which are be-
ing employed.
think il is q reasonable statement that every
thinking man in town would like TO see the
strikers win in this struggle with Chairman
Prick. know that the newspaper men are all
with the workmen long a. there is q DISPOSE
ton to obey the law.
Perhaps the most dangerous Of the funeral
orations delivered-it would be unfair 10 call
them sermons-was that of the Rev. John
kovacs, pastor Of the Hungarian Methodist
Episcopal Church Of Pittsburg. The body over
which the address was delivered was that Of
Joseph So:ack, Hungarian, who was mortHlly
wounded by Pinkerton bullet while he was
attempting to carry wounded comrade 10 the
rear.
Pastor Kovacs talked in the Hungarian
tongue and spoke with great fervor and evident
eloquence. He based his stirring remarks
upon the doctrine that the world has
never moved forward except through
blood. All Advancement Was brought By
sacrifice and deprivation. Even the shedding of
blood was at times necessary TO the develop