Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-18
STRIKING IRON WORKERS,
A Very Quiet Sunday on the
Monongahela.
No Change in the Situation at
Homestead.
An IMPORTANT Mass Meeting of Nom
Union Laborers.
They Resolve to Stand by the Anal
gamated Association = Sympathy
From All Sides for the
Strikers.
BY the Associated Press

BY tne Associated Press.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 17.--All is quiet
on the Monongahela, and it has been Q
most quiet Sunday. New men are con
idently expected before the forma
re-opening of the works Thursday, but
the strike leaders do not believe any ol
them will be introduced until after it ID
seen how many applications for work
are made by old men. That some will
return is quite certain.
A mass meeting of the men in the
mechanical department and day labor
ers was held this morning. The mer
are not members of the Amalgamated
association, but have been in sympathy
with it. At the meeting resolutioa
was adopted saying they are In sym
pathy with the Amalgamated associa-
tion, and pledging to support them to
the end; denouncing it as an
injustice and insult to ask
them to worksunder guard. This means
that the repair work which was to have
begun tomorrow will not be undertaken
by the old men, and new men will have
to be brought in if the company pro-
poses to reopen the works Thursday.
1t is impossible to untangle all the
contradictory stories being told about
new men. They are reported as coming
from many different points, but after
the rumors are sifted there is found to
be no truth in them. Some of the pill :
grims are expected tonight, but the
chances seem to be that they will not
come. At any rate the advisory COM
mittee is not particularly vigilant this
evening, although the patrols are con-
tinued.
Mr.. Shannon stated this evening that
he knew no men would be brought in
until Thursday, and that the whole
effort OF the company was to be directed
toward bringing back old men, not in
getting new ones.
1.-The company cannot make nickel
steel armor plates without us," said he,
."nor, except at greatly increased ex-
pense, do the ordinary work of the
mills. II will be q waiting fight, but i
believe we can stand it for i've years.
Considerable help has been sent us by
friends, this money will be used to pro-
vide for laborers not members of our
body, but who are affected by the con-
flict.
In the military camp today, Sabbath
stiffness reigns. Divine services were
held by some regiments, but not by all.
In the town pulpits the strike was re-
ferred to, but chiefly in the direction of
allaying the excitement.
Today's meeting Of the employees Of
Carnegie's non-union works at Duquesne
did nothing of sensational character.
The meeting was addressed by num-
Der of Homestead and other Carnegie
employees 1t is stated that some 100
men present signi6ed their intention of
joining the Amalgamated association.
Burgess McLuckie said after the meet
ing that all the men at Duquesne would
be in the ranks of the associationinside
of week.
Considerable curiosity has been
aroused by the departure of Hugh
O'Donnell on the fast line east. He re-
fused positively to give his destination
or mission. u
George w. Runner, a steel worker,
wounded in the riot on July 9th, died
today, as did Edward Speer, Pinker-
ton man from Chicago. This makes
eleven deaths resulting from the riot.