Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-27
MEN SENT BY STEAMER.
Evidence That the Carnegie Works VIII
Soon BE Started,

this morning for Homestead, with about
forty men on board. She will continue
to make trips all day, carrying men to
Homestead, in connection with
the Little Bill, which took up
load early this morning. The
boat was guarded by squad
of policemen to prevent trouble at
the wharf or at lock No. /. At the Oh
fee of the Tide it was learned that the
boats would be busy all day, and it is
evident that large number of men will
be sent up. All morning men with
satchels and bundles were going to
company, and it looks as if the
intention and making good their claim
that all the men needed could be OBJ
tanned. AS soon as the Tide left three
men, evidently watchers, went in the
Monongahela House and sent messages
by the Western Union, evidently to
Homestead, to notify the men there
that the Tide had left.
STRIKERS ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.
An address from the advisory board
of the strikers association, counselling
peace and good order, was made public
about the time Gov. Pattison's train was
disappearing in the distance. The state
ment is rs follows:
The most evident characteristic of our
time and country is the phenomenon OF in
dustrial civilization which is putting the
control of each of our great national H.
dustrles into the hands of one man or a
few men, and giving these men
the lives and fortunes of their
employees and subordinateS-the great mass
Of the people; a power which eviscerates
our national constitution and our common
law, and directly anti COMICS the spirit of
universal history in its worldwide strug
though expressed IN terms such as
the right of persons to manage
to suit themselves" is nothing
more or less than a right to
manage the country. The employees in the
mills of Messrs Carnegie. Phipps & Co..
at Homestead have built the town, With
its homes, its schools and churches, and
have been faithful co-workers with the
company in the business of the mill. IN
addition to the ordinary gifts and
advantages OF our government. the
national legislature has seen fit
by puOlic taxation the industry of their
mills. and the state of Pennsylvania is to-
day guarding it at great and extraordinary
expense. Therefore the committee desires
10 express 10 Uuc puDllc, Us us uTlll DSlIbl,
that both the public and employees afore-
said have equitable rights and inter-
ests in the SAID mill which cannot be mod
ified or diverted without due process of
law; that the employees have the right TO
continuous employment in the said mill
during efficiency and good behavior,
without regard to political or economic
opinions and associations; that it is
against public policy and the funda-
mental principles Of American lib
erty that a whole community of
workers shall be denied employment
or suffer any other detrlment on account
of membership IN church, a political
party, OF a trades union; that it is our duty
as American citizens to resist by every
legal and ordinary means the uncOnStitu-
tiOnal, anarchlStlc and reyolutlOnary policy
OF the Carnegie Company, which seems
to eyince contempt OF public and
private interests and diSdaln Of public
conscience by its refusal to submit to law
ful arbitration, and by the laWleSS impOr-
tatiOn of a band of armed men to fOrcibly
deprive the employees OF their equal rights
in advance of any legal adjudication
thereupOn, and without previous appeal
to the lawful processes OF Allegheny
County and the state of Pennsylvania.
The committee wishes it known that we
Will prosecute the said public and private
interests in the courts Of law and equity,
and that the state has duty to judge the
affairs OF such concerns when Oc-
caslon may require. Finally, we de-
sire to state emphatically that as
defenders Of and petitioners for law and
order, we pledge ourselves to refrain from
violence and laWleSSneSS, and that we rest
our cause with the people as the peoples
cause, as the cause OF American liberty as
against Anarchy on the one side and deS-
pOtlSm on the other.
NO CONFERENCES WITH STRIKERS.
The departure of Gov. Pattison from
Homestead at noontime was the event
to-day IN that place. His destination
was the state capital. Just before leav-
ing the seat of war, the Governor stated
emp hatic6lly that " no change had
been made in the orders to the
troops and that none was being contem-
plated. If there had been any 4hope
that the Governor would make a per-:
sonal investigation among the; strikers
during his stay here, the expectation.
WAS disappointed Up TO the time Of
taking the train for Harrisburg,
he confined his movements to
anaofficial farewell visit to ten. Snow
den. None Of the local leaders 81 the
strike were invited directly orindirert-
sly,I to lay their case before the Governor
and neither party sho wed an DISPOSE
ton to ask for his aid IN M
STRIKERS Still sTASn FIEs.
FoA LAC way W
quarters on "Shantv Hi; q q ttta is f4opsrn-
or passed directly in front Of the long:
row Of one-storied tenement4houses
known as company houses, 2, and
on the top of the hill he was almost
in stone throw of the one-story habita-
tons, from which the, 81, place
takes its name-"Shanty y Hill ny
On the doorsteps of nearly all these
shelters, people focked to the doors
lat the approach of stranger, expect
ing to be served with an eviction notice.
None of the dreaded strips of paper
were distributed At the strikers
headquarters the mems ranks were re-
ported solid rs stone, out the line OF
strikers waiting for admission to the
room Of the executive committe was
strung out to nearly double the length
of any day yet. s.Arocnd the main gate
of the mills the gossi p was that a lot of
fifty men had been taken within the
fence at shutdown last night 9Inithe
business portion of the town interest
conferred on what was claimed to be the.
bullying spirit being evinced bYlsome
of the militia officers and men. 1t was