Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-07-22
THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE.

| The great strike OF the employees
of the iron mills of the Carnegie
Company at Homestead, Penpsylva-
MIA, is still on. Mr.. Frick, the mana
ger of the company, says that never,
under any circumstances, will he rec
ogpize union men. The strikers are
equally emphatic in saying that they
will never return to work except as
members of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation.
The military is still encamped at
Homestead, and the presence OF the
great body of soldiers has been SUI
ficient to prevent any disturbance on
the part of the strikers A rather
ugly feeling has been engendered,
however, between the men and the
soldiers, as the latter are not at all
gentle in their manner of moving
on" the former. 1t will not, APP
parently, take much to precipitate
collision.
1t is hard to say which side has the
best of the fight up to the present
time, but the odds seem to be slightly
in favor of the strickers. The Carne-
gle Company, through Mr.. Prick, has
been Boosting that there would be no
trouble in filling the mills with non
union workmen, but up to this date
they have only succeeded in getting
about 10 men altogether. These men
are making some sort of an effort to
work, but they are practically lost IN
the great establishment that requires
1000 men 10 operate it. The non-un-
| ion workmen have been slipped into
| the mill under the cover of darkness,
guarded by the military, and are fed
and housed in the mills, accommoda-
tions having been fitted up for them
by the company.
This slight advantage of the com
pany is more than Offset by the fact
| that its employees in the mills at Pitts
burg and other points in that neigh
borhood have struck through sympa
thy with the Homestead men, thus
causing almost a complete suspension
of the Carnegie Company's immense
business. The Homestead men are
highly elated over these accessions to
their ranks, while Mr.. Prick is more
bitter than ever against his workmen.
There are indicate too, that the
company will be further annoyed by
system of boycotting, as the various
unions throughout the country are
taking steps looking to a boycott of
the product OF the Carnegie mills.
The most serious feature of the
strike, and one that is likely to cause
trouble, is the arrest of the leaders of
the strikers an the charge of murder.
Secretary Lovejoy, Of the Carnegie
Company, has sworn out warrants
against Hugh O'Donnell, Burgess
McLuckie and about twenty other
prominent sti ikers, charging them
with lie murder of the Pinkerton de-
1 Iectlyes, and 1t Is SAID tnat not less
than a thousand others are to be ar
rested. This has made the strikers
wild with rage, and may lead to des-
perate acts. The strikers say they
intend to have Frick and the officials
of the company and the Pinkerton
brothers arrested on similar charges.
1t is feared, however, that the men
will not be satisfied with legal pro-
ceedings if wholesale arrests Of the
strikers are made.
OF course, it is impossible to keep
standing army at Homestead to pro
tect the mills, and the probability is
that one regiment will be stationed
there until the trouble is supposed to
be over. When that will be, no one
can tell. With no soldiers to protect
them, more than likely the non-union
workmen will have extremely rough
treatment in Homestead for some
| time to come.