The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-29
FOREIGN NEWS.
Terrible conflict at Pitt; burg Be.
tween Armed Forces.
Home Rule For ireland Gets q
Set Back-Beet Sugar From
China, Etc, Etc
The Labor Riots.

burg has had another experience
with labor riots, and this time, as
during the fearful scenes witnessed
during the riots of 1887, blood has
been shed, life jeopardized and
valuable property placed in dan
ger. This time there was no des-
truction of property, but the mob
was thoroughly organized and we'll
disciplined and had sufficient Off
GERS at it's head to conduct the
operations. The force embraced
all the men employed in the ex-
tensive plants of the Carnegie Iron
and Steel Company at Homestead,
eight miles east Of Pittsburg, and
the battle, which for bloodthirsti-
ness and boldness of execution has
not been equalled except in actual
warfare, ragged from 4 o'clock in the
morning until 5 o'clock this after
noon, and ceased only when the
force of Pinkerton men taken to the
place to suppress the strike uncon-
ditionally surrendered, leaving
their arms in the barges in which
they had been transported to the
works.
Following is the story of the bat
tie and its antecedents Early
this morning 800 Pinkerton de-
tectives arrived at Pittsburg from
the East and marched quietly to
Monongahela, boarded barges and
started for the Homestead works,
lowed by the steam tug Tide. At
2:15 o'clock this morning the
locked-out employees were notified
of this move, and when the barges
arrived at Homestead 5000 people,
including men, women and chill
dren, were waiting to meet them.
AS soon as the Pinkertons at
tempted to land they were warned
off by the men and battle fol-
lowed.
The Causes which Produced all
the Trouble.
The riot was the elimination of
the troubles which have been brew
ing at Homestead for the past
month. The Carnegie Company
submitted a scale of wages, which
was to govern the workmen in the
steel plants, and announced that it
was their ultimatum. The scale
made a sweeping reduction in the
wages Of the skilled men, and it
was officially announced that I'M
less these terms are complied with
before July LIST the places of the
,workmen would be filled by others.
This was followed by peremptory
refusal on the part of the company
to recognize the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION of Ironworkers. The men
announced their determination to
resist any effort on the part of the
Carnegie Company to run the
plants with non-union men.
Killed, Wounded, and Injured.
The complete list of the killed
and wounded, as far as can be
ascertained, is eleven workmen and
nine detectives killed, and eighteen
workmen and twenty-one detect
ives injured in the battle. In ad-
dition to this at least a hundred
detectives were seriously injured
by the workmen.
HARRISBURG (Pa.l July Gov
ernor Pattison had a dozen tele-
grams from Homestead to-day, and
while keeping a close watch on the
labor war, he has no intention at
present of calling out the militia.
English Elections.
SAN Francisco, July g. Up to
l o'clock yesterday morning the
returns received from the English
election show the election of 12S
Conservatives, SO Liberals, 10 Lib
eral-Unionists and anti-Parnel-
lites. Up to that time the Govern
ment, that is the Conservative
party, maintained a majority of
45, but the total Liberal gains
showed % as against IA Conserva-
tives.
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