St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-07
M'CLEARY HELPLESS.
Gov. Pattison Appealed to an
Answers Promptly.

Gov. Pattison Appealed to and
Answers Promptly.
HARRI sBURG, July 6.-Gov. Pattison
telegraphed Sheriff McCleary at Pitts
burg this afternoon as follows:
How many deputies have you sworn in
and what measures have you taken to enforce
order and protect property? The county
authorities must exhaust every energy to
preserve peace"
Ad]t. Gen. Greenland is in Philadel-
phia, but will arrive in Harrisburg this
evening.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 6.-Upon the
receipt OF the governors telegram refus-
ing to interfere until all means had been
exhausted by the county officials, Sheriff
McCleary wired back the following dis
patch:
Hon. Robert E. Pattison, Governor Harris
burg, Pa.-After personal visit to the Home
stead works yesterday morning: and careful
inquiry as to the surroundings. endeavored
to gather force to guard the works, but was
unable to obtain them. l then sent twelve
deputies. almost my entire force. to Home
stead. but they were driven from the
grounds. The mill owners early this morning
sent an armed guard of 800 men by river.
Boats containing this guard were fired ON
while on their way up the river, and when
they attempted to land at the company's
had taken down the companys fences and
taken possession of the landing.
An encounter enSued in which a number
were wounded on both sides. Several are re-
ported dead. The coroner has just informed
me one of the guards has just died. The
guards have not been able to land, and the
works are in possession of the mob, who are
are armed with rifles and pistols, and are re-
ported to have one cannon. The guards re-
main i'll barges near the landing having
been abandoned by the steamer which lowed
them there. The civil authorities are power
less to meet The situation. An armed and
vent further loss Of life. 1 would therefore
urge immediate action on your part
WILLIAM Fl. MCCLEARY
Sheriff Allegheny County.
As no effort had been made by the
sheriff to secure force of deputies
after the failure of the twelve men sent
up yesterday, the governor, after con-
sultation with Adjutant General Green
land, sent the following message to
Sheriff McCleary:
Your kilograms indicate that you had not
made any attempt to execute the law TO en-
force order and must Insist upon you call
ing upon the citizens for an ADEQUATE nnm-
Der or deputies. -
On receipt Of this telegram, the sher-
if Immediately issued the following
proclamation:
All good citizens are hereby summoned to
appear at the sheriff's office tomorrow
Thursday at 9 o'clock a. m with arms and
subsistence to aid the sheriff i'll suppressing
the riot now in progress at Homestead.
III. W. MCCLEARY, Sheriff
In explanation of his failue to secure
additional deputies, Sheriff McCleary
said: II believe it would be suicide for
me to take my men there. Five hun
dred deputies could do nothing more
than a. dozen. l have been unable to
secure men. They all refuse"
The issuance of the proclamation
calling for citizens meeting tomorrow
morning caused good deal of comment
on the streets, and the opinion was fire.
quently advanced that the movement
was tardy one. It was claimed that
the meeting should have been called
early in the day, and the assertion was
made that the calling of a meeting for
tomorrow was very like locking the
stable door after the horse was gone.