The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-11
AT THE UNION MILLS.

A Probability That Carnegie's Other
Workers Will Aid Homestead Men.
PITTsBURa, July 1.-THE prospects
now are that the fight between the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers aud the Carnegie Steel COM
pany at Homestead will extend to the
other union mills of the company un.
less the company agrees to reopen nego.
tiations with the Homestead steel work.
ers. 1t is probable that the Anal.
gamated men at their Twenty-ninth
and Thirty third street union mills and
ut their Beaver Falls rod and iron mills
will strike to support their brethren on
the Monongahela. An enthusiastic
meeting Of 900 Amalgamated Associa-
tion men, who were in dead earnest, was
held in Union hail. Those present rep
resented five lodges Of the ANAL
gamated Association at Carnegie's iron
mills. A number OF the leaders Of the
Homestead men were present. The
speeches We're short but pointed, and
were heartily applauded. To the re.
porters, waiting outside, "Pinkerton
thugs" "a fight to the end" amake q
stand together" were frequently aud
ible.
When the meeting adjourned the
chairman gave out the official statement
that committee of five bad been ap.
pointed to confer with II. G. Frick,
chairman of the Carnegie interests. The
object OF the proposed conference was
stated TO be request tp Mr.. Frick to
reopen negotiations with tAe Homestead
men. The request would be made, 1t is
stated, as coming from employees who
belonged to the same organization. It
was also stated that the question of
striking had not been discussed.
Later, however, it was learned that
the subject had been under considera-
tion at the meeting. A vote was taken
and 1t was decided unanimously to stand
by the Homestead men. A prominent
worker who was at the meeting, said:
at has not come to the point yet when
we will strike, but you can judge for
yourself us to the situation. If we are
whipped at Homestead this year, we
will be attacked at their Union mills
next year"
The Union mills started to work last
night as usual. They employed s,6oc
men.
leaders Fear a Revolt When the
Governors Action Is Known.
I1OMESIEADb rh.i July Ill ne ESpOTU
that Governor Pattlson had ordered the
entire National Gnard to Homestead
was received here about 11:2O o'clock
last n; 5ht, and it created intense excite
ment among the comparatively small
number who heard it. A score or more
vt the worlSingmen started out to inves-
tigate, and they ascertained that one
man, stranger, had told several others
of the report. He was questioned by
the men who called on him as to the
truth of the story, and lie satisfied them
that his information came direct from
Harrisburg.
The delegates, however, informed him
that he must not spread the report and
they gave him to understand that if he
did SO it might go hard with him. Meas
uares such as these Were taken to keep
the news from spreading, ltwas feared
that the town might become alarmed
and serious trouble result. Such q
rumor might precipitate any amount of
disorder in kthe present excited state
of feeling, and fear was expressed that
the great army of locked out men might
get beyond the control Of the leaders
and do serious damage tothe Carnegie
| property,