The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-09
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SITUATION AT HOMESTEAD.


T""''-'-'- S~pss~pWVWs INV NAAM It2NMH N0
AbsoIut0 Control. Sl
HoMEsrEAD. July S.--1hs situation n
Homestead il absolutely unchanged, There
is nothing tonight indicating what thei
next stop will be. Perhaps troops viii s.
ordered hero. but no one can ssy. ThS
sheriff made another Intellectual effort w
obtain admission for deputy sheriRs ID tho
works. nnd to raise posse In Homestead.
A proposition has bean made "a The striksra
that they permit deputy shsritls psncofuIlv
to enter the works and assume charge, Tha
proposition was considered NJ So-dsy'S
there was a. general expression In favor ~
acceptinR the proposition. and Of submis.
sion TO law, and recognition OF regular con,
stituted authority. Tho men are intsnsely
suspicious and fear the intso-
duction Of deputies would bs but
that Pinkertons viii follow the dcputsess
and non-nnion msn the Pinkertona. both
these latter they will resist TO the utnost.
Cooler men are advising the strikers TO per-
init tho deputies to no In peaceabiy, but IL
it be granted the strikers insist that the
deputies shall be neither numerous nor
we'll armed, and shall not mako any move
to protect men whom tho firm may intyo-
duce. The move ID really but continua-
tion of forcibly preventing tho continuance
of mill work. with ground for legal con-
tention in the snit which 10 certain to fol-
low. that the county turned the works over
to the firm and 10 not liable for damages.
The unwillingness OF the mon to turn the
works over TO the sheriff is increased BY
their openly expressed distrust OF Sheriff
MoCleary, but the spectsr OF tho appsar,
ance Of long line of soldiers with no pur.
poses but TO sternly obey orders they may
receive is behind the sheriff's failure, and
M kns
CURED up to seven O'clock tonight and NO
false alarms gained currency.
Three more funerals, of tho last OF tks
victims among the strikers. have taken
place. A fruitleSs mass meeting OF looked.
out men was held and the shsrii's coming,
story Of the day. Another twenty -four
hours passed and Homestead continued In
the possession Of the locked-out
men. They are the :.utocrats of
the town.. and many beneath their
slouched hats wear the dignity and
maintained, and to the credit Of the locked
out men it can be said they have not com-s
mitted any act Of violence or plunder, and
beyond taking exceptional precautions
against the Pinkerton men gaining sntranoa
or obtaining valuable knowledge, they have
done none. The men are very. reticsnt.
They are intelligent. not Of the loud
mouthed, ignorant class. This factor Is IN
important element in the situation. There
are few workingmen on the streets and no
drunks are seen. At regular intervals
scouts and pickets are relieved and guards
maintained constantly. Z
Tonight Hugh ODonnell and othsYs rs-
turned from Harrisburg, bearing with them
a proposition from Sheriff McCleary asi-
ing that the works be turned ovsf to depu-
ties whom he would appoint to take charge
and hold them for the trm. Officers OF the
Amalgamated association are strongly In
favor Of the men giving the deputies "a
mission and 40 were the advisory commit
tee. At mass meeting President Weiha
presided. He urged that the Arm must b0
given possession Of the works. n not, re-
sort mugt be taken to troops. The attorney
OF the association next addressed the mest-
ing and advised to the sanie effect. Al
journment was taken after COMMITTEES
was appointed to 90 to PittsburR TO confer
with sheriff McCleary and learn his pur-
pose, II control is given him, and also 10
see the adjutant general of the state. 10
was understood another meeting would ~
held. but it has not taken place, and proba-
bly, will not until the committee il rsadyPto
element favor giving way, but great NUM-
ber Of tho younger and hot headed element
oppose any yielding. |s
The conference between the AmnlQamated
association and the iron aud steel manu-
facturers continued with little result. The
secretary said the work is progressing
nicely and hopes could now be indulged ID
of an earlv settlements. Three signatures
to the scale were received to-day, among
them Carnegie, Phipps u Co.'S beaver
Falls plant.