Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-09
Gen. Greenland Says That Troops
Are Not Needed.
LAST NIGHT AT THE WORKS.


McCleary to cope with the situation. Person
ally he is q most excellent gentleman, and his
reputation as . practical politician bears no fy
stains, but he has succeeded in doing himself Q
great deal Of harm in this matter without hav-
ing Influenced single movement which would
aid in bringing this troublesome affair to q
close. He was here yesterday in company with
his legal adviser, Mr.. Petty.
They came to see il some Of the Homestead
folks would not like to act ss deputies. Twenty
of the more prominent citizens were sum-
moned to service. Seven Of them went to the
stated meeting place and with charming
unanimity informed the sheriff that such old
birds a. they could not be captured with chaff.
The other fourteen men ignored the summons
entirely. From hypothetical standpoint the
posse comitatus idea is all right, but practically
it will not work in this instance. Perhaps some
other sheriff might have succeeded in gathering
together force sufficient to uphold the Law, but
there is no other sheriff in this county, SO that
lays the operation Of civil law out "cold." Ac-
cording to the eleventh census there are 28s, ,6l7
persons in Pittsburg, but McCleary has only
found twenty-five Of them who would obey his
mandate. OF course there are many thousand of
men who are available, but not just now
The sheriff has now exhausted his resources.
do not think he would do any more even II he
could The strikers love him not for he told
them he would never have anything to do with
the importation Of Pinkerton police. When the
Pinkertons did come in the sheriff denied any
knowledge or completely. Yesterday Chairman
Frick in an interview told the public that Sheriff
McCleary knew all about the move and that the
sheriff sent an assistant along with the expedi-
ton 80 that If necessary he might swear them in
as deputies.
CHANCE IN THE MANNER OF THE sTRIKHRs.
Yesterday afternoon brought with il q change
In the demeanor Of the men. They were un-
occupied and restless. DR.. Watts remarked
several years ego that Satan ran an employment
agency for idle hands, and il seemed 10 me that
quite . number Of the applicants for such .
job as his majesty would provide were anxious
to begin work. II may be that the new phase
Of affairs resulted from the fact that most of
the saloons were running openly. Since
Wednesday they have been closed and on the
surface there was absolute prohibition, but the
side doors worked as though the hinges had
been oiled and the number Of thirsty men was
not distressingly large. It was undoubtedly
wrong to sell intoxicants at such time The
authorities hnd ordered every bar to shut up,
because every one realized the danger which an
unlimited liquor supply might bring with it,
but the opportunities Of many and the business
like natures of the saloon keepers completely
upset the precautionary measure.
There has been only little intoxication, but
Of what may be termed moderate drinking
there was no end. Yesterday enough had been
ivnhi had 10 ~ t-zx
really the most dangerous period since We'd
nesday-the saloons were, for the most part,
wide open.
THE RINK MASS MEETING.
An effort to make the rink mass meeting de-
clare itself in favor Of any line Of policy was
not a success. The workers want a peaceful
settlement, but they will not permit any men
to come to Homestead to operate the mills
There is very general willingness to have the
militia put in an appearance, but the strikers
with whom have conversed say that not even
the military can protect ''scabs' who may de-
sire to I'LL the strikers places. II the troops
take possession Of the property, and, after
turning it over to the Carnegie Steel Company
60 rightaway. there will be tremendous out
break unless the company is satisfied to allow
the works to remain idle. Now. there are &25,-
600 900 invested in that plant and the investors
will not see the machinery rust. As soon as
they get possession they will engage workmen,
and those workmen will be attacked BY the
strikers. Then the troops will have to come
again, for Sheriff McCleary will be just as help
less as he is now.
SUPERIOR TO THE Law.
There is one little speck on the map of the
United States-a very little speck, it is true,
but nevertheless it ID part Of the great geo
graphical area over which the stars and stripes
foat-where the law is powerless and where the
rights Of the uninterested individual receive
but scant consideration That speck repre-
sents the town of Homestead. No autocrat
ever assumed such powers a. are freely exer-
cised here every hour Of the day; no wearer Of
the regal purple dares 60 to the extremes Of
governmental repression which now are COM
mon in this disturbed community. The voice
of law ia hushed at the hoarse peremptory COM
mand Of men who, flushed With victory and
eager for further bloody contention (unless
their demands are complied WITH, may within
few hours proceed TO greater lengths and thus
make 1t impossible for any one who refuses TO
swallow all their doctrines to remain in the
totp. I have already referred to the picket
system in operation here. II il an unbroken
cham.
Heretofore thos Hcksts have been content
to watch tho movements Of al persons not
known to thsm personally, but today thsy
broadsned thsir design and undsrtook 70 con-
troll the movements Of many of the nsvspaper
corzespondsnts whom dnty sent hsrs. A nsvi-
gable river (the Monougshsla) 4. open 10 ths
Amssiapn psopls only BY ceurtsy, and when
that courtsy b absent - know Il has bean,
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