Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-15
VOL Xxx ISLAND POND VERMONT JULY l5, 1892.

them until worn out from abuse, they
seemed unable to walk, and they had almost
to be carried to the prison house.
At last, after long iine,it seemed an age,
! but IT was really iG minute. the last prisoner
| had passed through that nerNc->trainlng
ordeal aud was hurried down the avenue.
! Then with q shout the mob dissolved.
The Pinkeit"nS were temporarily cared
| for and on the following day were sent to
! Pittsburg, where many OF them nre now IN
| the hospitals of that city.
Since the fight the strikers have held
| possession Of the 'NVu, and the stu1tiou up
to Sunday may b s mmCd ups follows:
| After the Vict". ot the slHarrs, sheriff
| McCleary on Wednesday, the 9Th, decided to
| take possession of tho Carnegie mills with n
I posse, and issued 500 summOnses. Out Of
| this large number only % responded. Two
of tht So came on crutches and 10 Others were
armed with physicians certificates declaring
| their phySCal incapaCltv for service. The
sheriff, on looking over their credentials,
smi ingly dismissed the whole party.
Railroad men and telegraph operators are
| IN sympathy with the loekcd-out men, who
are kept informed Of the movements Of OIL
GERS II the law and no one is allowed to
eater Homestead until reasonable cXpIuna
ton is rendered for doing - \ strict sur
yeilamce i kept over all strangers, and re-
| poricrS and others are >ummarily marched
out Of town II they are suspected OF spying
The question i, now how IOng this state
Of affairs is going to Last. 1t is agreed among
the men that 1t cannot last long; they say
they will never give in. that they VIII never
permit nOu-u1iuu myI 10 work in the mil,
and that they viii fight to the d, alh.
With each hours delay the situation j.
becoming more serious. The men are not
and have not been il'v, and each hour they
are becoming b tier prepared to cope with
any force which may be sent when nt last
the officials determine that they must be put
down.
In paCc Of the dSor.auizcl mob which
met and vanquishcd the PmkcrtOn watch
men on Tuesday 1t will be found when a
force is sent, that while the men are not
trained soldiers, and are not acquainted with
military tactics 10 any extent, they Will he
organized and viii he under the command
and ready t. obey the order. OF one leader.
The benefit OF organization OF this Kind Is
being drilled into them now every hour OF
every day, aud the longer the fighting mrn
have Ia do this part Of preparatory work IT
stand, To reason that the letter prepared will
the force he to cope with the militia.
1t has been stated every day by their pick
cts that the steel works have been in charge
of the regularly employed watchmen
Of the company, aud that non"
Of the strikers have been in
side the walls Nobody has been permitted
INSIDE these wall, to see whether this state.
mcnt was true or not In fact the expires
sion 0f a desire 10 see the inside has been
sufficient in dozen or more instances 10
evoke the appointment of committee to
i AL the inQurcr- Of ont town with warn
ing to return at the peril Of their lives. The
works are overlooked ON two sides by high
hills
The i'll Oh the Homestead side of the
river has been guarded hy plrktts, and no
one has been permitted to 90 M on il.
Mi',imen have tried all sorts Of devices TO
get up on the hin, In order to see what
miSh he done from there with cannon bat,
80 far ~ is known, no one has got by the
lirkctS and their murd,rous looking VIM
chcsters.
Their have been pckctS on the mountain
on the other side OF the river, too, hut they
have not been so Nigilant about keeping
strangers who could give an account Of
themselves away Tue reason for this
proh1hly Is that the hill l. so far away that
with the naked eye il is not possible 10 dis
tinguiNh what i going on in the steel works.
This afternoon \ Reporter with field
class sIys he got by the picActs and up on
top of the hill. where lie saw all that was
inside ui thc yard. He found, he says, that
the Notifications, which were used by the
strikers during Tuesdays battle had been
moved about in such a manner rs to
strengthen tde weak points on the river
b1nk. aud that An almost imprcguablc fort
had been made of steel bars. piles of coke.
coal and nrick in the yard had been ar
ranged in form for excellent breaNtworks.
Bach of these the high stacks OF bridge iron
which had been Wing about ever since the
mill shut down we're pilrdupi such man
her as to form perfect back shield, and
woud olcc protection To several hundred
armed men.