Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-05
HUNS BREAK AWAY.
Strikers Fear They Will Return to
the Homestead Mills.
LIBORERS TIRED OF IDLENESS.
Ross and O'Donnell Have Quietly Dropped
Cut of Sight
CAPTAIN WINDSOR is REPRlMANDED

The strikers at Homestead are now facing
the possibility of the Huns and Slavs re-
turning to work in body. Last evening
several hundred of these men walked up to
the mill fence and earnestly viewed the in
terror of the mill. There is an uneasy
spirit among this toreign-speaking element,
but they refuse to talk. The return to the
mill of these men is now openly discussed
by the strikers.
Burgess McLuckie when questioned re-
garding the matter said 1t was optional
with the main body of the locked-out men
whether the foreigners went to work or
not, "Or for that matter it Is optional with
us who goes to work there" Later he
qualified the statement by saying he was
positive none of the really responsible
workmen would return to work
in the mills and that the others
made no great difference. eff the
company can make the steel we made" he
continued, moment later, ''they are at
perfect liberty to do so, but we know they
cannot. Our positions may be filled, but 1t
would be impossible for the Carnegie Com
pany to obtain workmen who could do the
work we have been doing. The work is of
a peculiar kind and cannot be properly done
by anyone not acquainted with it.
The Military VIII Be Prepared.
No special preparations have heen made
by the military in the possibility OF trouble
ensuing, but Colonel Meckling, of the Six
teenth Regiment, said preparations were
unnecessary until the time arrives. ''Then
we can and Will move. 1t would be in
discreet and arouse the people by any such
measure as making previous preparations
and would be so considered by the General" "
The first Hun to ask for work was man
who had, previous to the lockout, been la
Dor foreman, and the statement he is quoted
as having made, is that he could take large
number of his fellow countrymen with him.
Superintendent Potter said that he had
not heard of any large number of foreigners
proposing to return to work. "a great many
have come to me" he went on 'both of the
foreign and native element and have said
they would come back to work were 1t not
for their wives who were afraid their hus-
bands would be injured If they did return.
Blu. there is not much time left. The places
are being filed and before long there will be
No explanation has been given for the alb
sence of O'Donnell and Ross. A call was
made at the house Of O'DOnnell. Patrick
Bonner father of Hugh O'DonnelPs wife,
said he had neither seen nor heard of his
son-in-law since Friday morning. "My
daughter left home this morning" he went
on, "to visit her sister in Pfttsbrrg. She did
not know where ODonnen was, or if she
did, she did not tell me-"
Religious services were held in the mills
yesterday morning by the Rev. L. Mcclure,
were well attended by the militia and nom
union men.
Captain Windsor Is Reprimanded.
General Wiley yesterday reprimanded
Captain Windsor, of Company of the Six
teenth Regiment, for issuing the order to
stop the excursion boat City OF Pittsburg
Saturday night. Captain Windsor is located
with his company across the river from
Homestead and when the noisy excursion
lists hailed the Carnegie non-union men with
taunting remarks he issued an order to stop
the boat and arrest those who had used the
language they did. The arrested men were
all discharged at the military hearing ut the
camp. General Wiley said there was no oc-
casion for the order being issued as no vfo-
lenoe or aught else OF an exciting nature
took place.
The order of Saturday night from General
Wiley ordering reduction OF hVe men
from all companies was countermanded
did not meet with the approval OF either
the officers or the men. '1t would be apt to
give a bad impression when the boys re-
turned home alone" he said. The first or
der, reducing the commands to 40 men, was
all right, as there were great many who
found it necessary to go home, but now the
boys want to stay together or go home to-
gether, and the General showed much diplo-
macy in countermanding the order
The guards on duty at tho Pemfckey
tracks reported to Major Crawford THAT
there was great deal OF trouble in the
Hun community all Saturday night. The
foreigners were drinking and fought among
themselves with more or less broken heads
as a result. No attempt was made to quell
the disturbances, as it would but have pro-
more serious trouble.