Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-07

wailing. On the hill back of the work.
were 5000 people. From this eminence 1
view of the battle-ground could be obtain
ed without risk of being shot. The procla
nation of the burgess requiring all saloons
to close was religiously obeyed, but 1t wa,
impossible to keep many excited individuals
from gathering in the vicinity of tbs
works.
THE DETECTIVES CANE AS wATcBMEN.
They were mostly green men in labor
troubles and expected to be killed. In an
incredibly short time the leaders of the
strikers came on deck. Then began 6
strange scene. The strikers crowded the
boats, capturing the rifles and stealing and
looting everything. They were mad with
rage. The first man taken off the barge
was dying, shot through the side. Then
one by one the detectives followed in
charge of an alleged guard, each man car
rying a yalise. The guards car
ried Winchesters taken from the
Pinkertons. The guards took the
men mile to rink. There were 200 of
them, and probably two-thirds of them
were beaten brutally by the time they
reached the improvised jail. When they
AeoShoo tno FiIih mculcal atttHtiou Was
needed by a large number. They were
generally glad, however, that they were
not killed. They claim that they were
miserably misled, and that they came
from different towns, were strangers
to one another, and had been told
that they were wanted as watch
men. In proof of this each guard
wore badge with the inscription Watch
man, Carnegie Steel company" They
were huddled in the rink absolutely terror
stricken, fearing lynching from an i'm
mense crowd gathered outside. There
seems little danger of this, however, as they
are guarded by fifty of the locked out men
armed with Winchesters.
One Pinkerton man, as he reached the
river bank with his companions. in a
shower of stones and missiles of ali kinds,
separated himself from the others and
begged for bearing. In the silence
which followed he said: Fellow citizens
When came here I did not understand
the situation or would never have come.
was told L was to meet and deal with
foreigners. 1 had no idea that / was TO
fight Americans. / am a member of the
Junior Order, and appeal to you for per
mission to leave and get myself out of this
terrible affair" The crowd cheered him
and he proceeded unmolested.
Mr.. Loyejoy, secretary of the Carnegie
company, when informed of the surrender
of the Pinkerton forces said: "Since early
this morning we have been more anxious
about the loss of life than the loss of pro-
perty. We greatly regret the loss of life
and are glad it is not worse" When ask
ed what the company was going to do he
said: Nothing, The question is now one
for the sheriff to settle, and we look to
him to do his DUTY"
One of the most noticeable features of
the trouble, so far, has been that not q
dollars worth of property of the company
has been destroyed by the strikers. This
evening a lengthy secret conference was
held between Chris L. Magse, II. G. Frick,
Sheriff McCleary, w. ]. Brennan and
others. At its conclusion special train
was made up and the party, excepting Mr.
Frick, went to Homestead. 1t is thought
they intend to bring the Pinkerton men
to the city. One of the detectives died in
the lookup at Homestead this evening from
the effects of injuries received on the
march from the boat to the Jail. Another
is expected to die before morning.
STRIKERS FIRED FIRST.
The steamboat ''Little Bill" came down
from Homestead this afternoon. As che
steamed into the landing with a new Amer
lean flag flying at the Flagstaff she showed
the effects of the fusilade of bullets that
she has gone through. Many panes of
glass in the pilot-house and elsewhere
were shattered and the woodwork
was perforated in dozens of places.
Most of the bullet holes looked
as large as one from SO calibre revolver
Some went half through the boat. On
hoard xraG Iohp IT Morrrrt- rrbn hot
in the groin. A reporter interviewed the
wounded man as he lay on a couch on
the lower deck. McCurry said: II was
down at the foot of Beaver avenue, Ale
shany City. when Captain Rodgers en-
ployed me to go up the river on his boat,
the Little Bill. Our boat had in tow one
barge of Pinkerton men. While going up
the "Tide," towing the other barge, was
After landing our barge we
went back for the other. We made
landing at the Homestead mills about
o'clock. The shore was crowded with the
locked-out and their sympathizers. The
armed Pinkerton men commenced to
climb mp the banks. Then the work
The men shot first, and not until three
of the Pinkerton men had fallen did
they respond to the fire. Now, l
have my God to meet, and If 1 am to die
now, am willing to take an oath that the
workmen fired first. and that the Pinker-
ton men did not shoot until some of their
number had been wounded. The work
men were so strong in number that it was
useless for the $50 or 400 Pinkertons to OPP
pose them further, SO that they re
treated to the barges carrying their
dead and wounded. One Pinkerton
man was shot through the head
and instantly killed, and five were wound
ed. We backed out into the river, an
chored the barge, and then took the dead
and wounded men up to Port Perry, from
Ohio road to Pittsburg. We then went
down to Homestead again. We were 60
ing along peaceably and expecting no
When we reached the
mills the strikers opened fire on the
Little Bill from both sides. 1t
was then / was hit. The bullets broke the
glass and splintered the woodwork. Cap
tain Alexander McMichaels was at the
wheel The bullets crashed through the
glass pilot-house, and to save his life he
had to rush below. Captain Rogers was
on board and he displayed great bravery.
When the firing commenced we lay down
on the floor to escape the bullets, but l
wac not quick enough and WAS wounded.
Inere was cessation IN the nrlnR and the
pilot secured control of the boat before it
ran into the bank.
There was no one aboard at the time but
the crew and one Pinkerton man, ]. Fl.
Robinson Of Chicago. When we approach
ed Homestead from Port Perry we couId
see attempts to set fire to the barges. The
strikers had a carload of what appeared to
be oil and they were pouring it upon the
water and igni.ing it. The barges at this
time were out in the middle of the river"
McCurry was taken to the Allegheny
Central hospital, where he is reported rest
ing easy tonight.
GOVERNOR PATTIsoN's DISPATCH.
Governor Pattison this afternoon sent
this telegram to Sheriff McCleary at Pitts
burg: "Your telegram indicates that you
have not made any attempt to execute the
law to enforce order, and must insist on
your calling upon the citizens for an ade-
quate number of deputies"
After receiving Governor Pattison's dis
patch the sheriff issued the following
proclamation: can good citizens are
hereby summoned to appear at the sheriff 8
Office tomorrow Thursday at O'Clock a.
m. with arms and subsistence to aid the
sheriff in suppressing the riot now in pro-
gress at Homestead" In explanation of
his failure to secure additional deputies,
Sheriff McCleary said: 81 believe it would
be suicide for me to take my men there.
Five hundred deputies could do nothing
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