Evening journal., 1892-07-13
MAR TIAL LAW IN FORCE.
General Snowden Dictator at
Homestead and Quiet Reigns.
THE MILL APPROACHES GUARDED.


Cannon and Calling Guns Unshippod ami
Placed ia Position eneral snowden
snubs the strikers-The Soldiers Drink
ing With the NIen-Tricls Determined.
HOMESTEAD Pa, July ls.-Law and or
der have been once more established in
Homestead. It is martial law and Major
General Snowden is dictator. Armed men
in blue coats adorned with brass buttons
have succeeded other armed men who mad
no authority Of law. Men under oath to
obey their superiors have taken the place
Of men who have been bound by no higher
law than individual feeling. The Home
stead trouble is in a state Of statu quo.
The Carnegie company is once more in
secure possession of its works The borough
authority has been suhordinated. The
workmen's tribunal has become null and
void. Persons and property are secure aud
no fear of trouble while the troops are here
is anticipated
The quiet and orderly reception Of the
militia shows that the people either well
come their coming or else are too discreet
to talk derogatory sentiments A few only
We're foolish enough to make uncompli-
mentary remarks. As one regiment was
marching TO camp man in the crowd
made sneering reference to its members.
"Ihey are all boys,n he said.
Il know they are boys said fellow
townsman, "but one of them plugged a
bullet into me during the coke riots and l
respect their ability to do their duty"
snubbed by General snowden.
General Snowden has assumed complete
control Of affairs and as he told the COM
mittee Of the Amalgamated association and
the ctitizens' delegation who waited on
him, he did not want the cooperation Of
anybody; that he did not recognize the
Amalgamated association or any other
authority except that Of the governor Of
Pennsylvania and the sheriff of Allegheny
county. The people Of Homestead, he said
could best cooperate with the state troops
by behaving themselves.
A review of the events of the momentous
day would show a change so radical thar
few who have been here since the bloody
repulse of the Pnkertons can scarcely real
i2e its full meaning With the first tap OF
the Pioneer Drum corps came the death
knell OK the authority of the advisory com
mittee of the workmen. Regiment after
regiment marched along the dusty roads
and impressed people by their solid ranks
their superb discipline All day long they
continued to arrive-infantry, cavalry and
artillery-until the town became fairly
flooded with blue uniforms
Up the hill overlooking the town and ad-
jacent to the Carnegie plant the wearied
tired militiamen toiled in the broiling sun
TO the places assigned them. Regiment af-
b o.. n. Il Al.
playing and flags flying But there was no
cheering. Lines Of pickets guarded the ap-
proaches TO the mills. A provost guard took
possession of the borough itself The pick
cts Of the workingmen had disappeared and
recognized law and order reigned.
Cannon and Gatiing Guns.
The fat cars with cannon and Gatling
guns were run down the tracks to the main
street and the guns were unloaded in full
view OF the citizens. Several box cars CON
tanning ammunition and commissary sup
plies were also unloaded. The soldiers We're
placed on duty where the supplies were be-
ing unloaded.
At no time while the troops were assem-
bling was there any attempt at resentment
ON the part Of the workingmen Some Of
them objected to being stopped by guards
on the road leading to the Carnegie works
1t was the country road, they said, and no
damned soldiers could block it. Their friends
drew them away and disturbance was
averted.
Such is Homestead today. Strangers par.
ade the streets feeling secure in the presence
Of the troops Those outsiders who knew
the danger that threatened them during
the uncertain days of last week breathe
freer. The workingmen did not express
ment as to the militia. but on one point
they are frm-if more Pinkerton men are
brought to watch the Carnegie works there
will be bloodshed.
Soldiers Drinking with the Strikers.
Passes were issued to the militiamen with
very little discretion as to the numbers and
within an hour of their arrival at the camp.
ing ground the streets of Homestead were
filled with a dusty, tired lot Of soldiers
They mingled with the locked out Carnegie
millmen and drowned all differences in
beer at the many saloons which were wide
open.
The militiamen became quite boisterou.
and rows with strikers were narrowly
avoided. One man in the uniform Of the
state, after drinking freely, expressed him
self in uncomplimentary terms in regard tC
the strikers. Two men broke for him. but
number Of militiamen closed in around
him and he made q hurried return to camp
The delegation representing the Amalga
mated association and the citizens of Home
stead did not expect the setback it received
from General Snowden when IL called or
him to tender good wishes aud ask that the
worlunen be allowed TO pass in review be
fore the state troops, request which he
curtly refused
General Snowden's curt refusal is various
" commented upon, but level headed mel
think he could not have done otherwise.
FRlcK is DETERMINED.