The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26

the river on tho Iittie Bill BY a coincidencs
several steamboats, on the river began to toot
some kind Of a .enarto them gathered in
grn2nns along the river, ,,,,
a crowd OF mon, on the upper. deck; The
strikers cursed them and shook their lists at
to sW S hs boa
was some distance above the fence that sepa-
rated the strikers from the works. and the
e,,h did not como within two hundred Sards
Tho Tide made two trips to Pittsburgh and
The strikers. could sec the black sheer, as
they called them. standing on the deck o. the
e Wren thsse no amy en
in the works tho SUPERINTENDENT decided to
start the l9.inch plate mill:
this mill and the heavy machinery began to
roar. The other two mills that arc now in
operation are the armor-plate mill and the
Eight forcmen. who are considered neither
nn9n nor non.nnion men; md who bad been
n srnns m ssSs hSF ths hs
William Topsiil james Hill. Michael Bradi;
gan, John Mcponough. Jucob Eeidle. and
ehanicai department john Schultz said to
, 1.-THE men in the peGhanica aepnrsmen1t
nt%atsd that vcH Hit 30 saier Il quit
NE S o M fck and
ourselves in danger. came out"
sama IN and said fna
Sa;. Fin Mt aHSioss ,Ss shot stabbed.
Association ,indig nantly deny these assertions.
doubts The Of Them snee the
fifteen deputy sherii!s were sworn In the
complaints were made to Col. .Greone. the
Provost p1rs s to-day. but he had to refer
who had been held up BY the strikers in de.
ed to roturn. to work and were frightened by
tho threats Of the strikers.
The law. does not allow the Sheriff to mako
the Sheriff was obliged to refer these peopleeto
Peace Burgess Ss puo oe ns'' o, of Homie 1e.
PATTY with them nursess Ne IHckie 3" worked SE"
the J"stces Pease and tI may as readily bs
imagined how com plants against the st rikers
would be received hy these officials; Tho re-
anccs Of any kind either left Homestead or
kept their mouths shut:
We're on guard outside the works to-day and
said that tho strikers had stopped HIM, and
held nlsto! at his head Tho man was all out
could tell n connected story.
Finally he told that he was walking along
the railroad track when four men rushed up
to him and one OF them said: You coon,
you're cooking for tho black sheep in the mills.
We're going to put a hole in you" The man
gave a yell and flew down tho track at tho top
OF his speed never looking behind him or
stopping until he reached the soldiers.
The Captain sent u corporal and a file OF
men with the coored man to the spot whore
he had met tho men. crowd Of strikers had
gathered around the soldiers during the re-
citli OF this story. and followed the handful OF
soldiers that started down tho road.
The crowd grew larger and larger until there
his tent on the hillside. saw the comm otion
and sent Capt. I.ohr with n company of m on to
see what the trou BILE was. This company
started on the doublc-quick after the strikers,
and on reaching them Cart. Lohr asked:
What are you people following those SOL
diers for?"
None Of your business" one OF the men
shouted. The crowd took up the cry. and
began to hurl abuse at the soldiers Cant.
Iohr gave the order to fix bayonets and drew
his men up in ono long line. In less than u
mi mute every striker was on u run toward the
other end OF the street.
At tho Union Mills everything is quiet
There are constant rumors that the mills ,
Will start again with non-union men. and tho
strikers are uneasy. 1t is understood that the
company has large number Of men ready
ard willing to work. and the mill: according to
within n week. There is no change in the
situation at Dunuesne. There is much talk
there OF the company shutting down the mills
altOpether for IL rOuDle of months.