Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-14

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tically been under arms since last night
and there were many rumors afoat this
morning. A committee passed along the
street, one exclaiming in a loud voice,
1--WE are all armed to-day and will not
allow any one to enter the works, be lie
white or black leg"
A rumor has reached here, and is caus-
ing much comment, that 40 to GO freight
cars are being equipped at Cincinnati and
Lima, in which Pinkerton men will be
sent to Homestead, The rumor may not
be true but as a leader remarked "Wed
not believe the barge story until they came
up, and we will certainly not discrcdit this
story until IL is proven false
The mill was quiet this morning, but in
expectancy of another attack during the
day. An unusually large number of
armed men have congregated near the
works, and ut the first movement they
will enter and take possession. 1t is re-
ported that there are 100 armed workmen
from Pittsburg concealed near Homestead
and ready to march into the town at the
first sign Of their being needed to reinforce
Z the strikers.
WHY TEE MILITIA SHOULD NOT BF CALLED
OUT.
PrTTsBuRa, July Acknowledgement w.
w. Greenland arrived in this city at |
o'clock this morning, When informed that
the Homestead workmen had replaced the
Carnegie Steel Company's watChmen in
possession of the mills and asked for his
views on the present phases of the situa-
ton, said:
THAT ought to settle the matter. The
National Guard of Pennsylvania was not
organized, and does not exist simply to do
police duty. To compel it to do such work
four or five weeks every year would de.
moralize it. There is no danger that it
will be called ont at present, and the gov
ernor is not coming to Pittsburg or Home
stead.
These people at Homestead are not the
kind that ran rampant in the coke region
little over year ago when the troops
were called out Over GO per cent of the
Homestead workers are intelligent Ameri.
cans,
WHO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES
and are good citizens except under great
provocation. In the coke region seventy
y odd Per cent of the workers were ignorant
foreigners, and the troops We're not sent
among them until the sheriff of the county
! had made q strenuous effort to preserve
the peace and had been unsuccessful. liz
deputized the members of the militiI
companies, to which am opposed; but
presume a sheriff might compel them tC
serve until they should be called upon by
the governor.
1T is u notable fact that not a Judge Of
the county has sent q message either for o.
against calling out the National Guard
Inls Is Dig country Win population %
over half million people, and il will be ;
curious thing if it cannot handle d dis
turbance like the present one 1t has no
become riot like that of 1917"
"Do you intend to visit HomestcadY
~ may go up tomorrow afternoon. NJ,
visit to Pttsburg is strictly OH privat
business and has no connection with th
present trouble. | was in Harrisburg al
Of last week. as believed there might b
some trouble and wanted to DE near head
quarters. Saturday | came 10 Pittsbur
and looked over the ground. This tall
about Philadelphia troops being likely t.
be ordered out is without foundation
Should men be needed there are enough il
the Second Brigade in the western part q
the state"
To CONFER WITH THE GoyERSoR.
HARRIsBURG, July S.--Govcrnor Pattiso
received this telegram this morning:
Could you meet committee of liomC
stead citizens on arrival of mail express 4
10o'clock tonight Wire at once.
JOWS PuRMAH,
j. II. WILLIAMS.
HrGH ODoNSELL,
GEORGE SARRAE,
-r Committee
n The governor replied that he would h
at the executive department at 10 o'CloC
tonight.