Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09
FULL OF DETECTIVES.
Homestead Filled With Spys Eager
to Gain the $1,000 Reward
OFFERED FOR THE DYNAMITERs.
Jere Dougherty Addresses the Locked Cut
Men Yesterday.
he THINKS THEY ARE AHEAD THUS FAR

The offer by the Carnegie Steel Company
of 81 900 reward for the arrest and convic-
tion of the dynamite thrower at the resi-
dence OF Mrs Mary Moran has stimulated
detectives, deputy sherifs and coal and
iron policemen so that Homestead is filled
with detectives on the chase. There is ab-
solutelv no clew yet, and it seems lmprob-
able that the bomb thrower will be cap-
tured.
Over ESQ, 900 in wages was paid at the
mill yesterday, but very few of the nom
union men are in the borough spending
their money. Most of them went to Pitts
lodge received their strike benefits yester.
day also.
The meeting this afternoon was unusually
large in point of attendance, and was en-
thusiastic also. Chairman I. j. Crawford
presided and Harry Balm was secretary.
Jere Dougherty was the first speaker. He
said the occurrences of the past two weeks
had made him little timid about coming
to Homestead. He had expected to see
wila-eyed Anarchists on every street corner
ready to kill all they did not know. He
had expected to find pillories and stocks in
the public places, fit instruments for the
punishment of the old crimes, which the
Carnegie Steel Company had resurrected
from musty, unused statutes.
The Men Still in the Load.
'The treason charges" he said, ''had
satisfied those who we're in doubt as to the
status of the fight that so far the men have
the best of it. Never had there been such
a straining of every point to defeat an
opponent as the firm was doing Now it
had exhausted all its ammunition and was
on the defensive Defense meant defeat,
slow, possibly, but yet certain.
Commenting on the charges against
Homesteaders, Mr.. Dougherty referred to
the Cincinnati and New Orleans riots
which he said had been melted aud carried
out by wealthy, influential citizens
"Blood had been spilled plentifully," said
No. Why not? Because they were
wealthy, were men of position.
not members of Chamber
of Commerce and they were confronted now
with nearly 200 suits If the men were
guilty of treason there, nine-tenths Of the
people of the United States were also, they
having aided and abetted in giving support
to Homestead. He declared that the firm
had Itself blown up the boarding house with
dynamite and said that was the opinion
among most workingmen."
Judges No Better Than Citizens.
Speaking of the warning of . lawyer to
those who criticised the Supreme Court be-
cause of the treason charges, he said that it
seemed strange that one could talk about the
President, but if he questioned the gentle
men in mother hubbards he was liable to
punishment. He asked whether the JUS
tices were better than other citizens
George Hatfield said: $50 long as We re-
main out the strike is ours. What do you
think of it?" Cries Of "We shall standp'
"We've won" etc.
David Lynch said that as quickly as bail
is secured the persons wanted on the treason
charges would surrender themselves He
called for three cheers for Homestead, and
they were given standing.