Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-16


upion man or detective through yonr
lines These troops viii not interfere
with you. They are here to support
the Sheriff, not to settle the strike.
The committee, greatly crsstfalIen, re-
turned TO the headquarters, where a dis
cussiou of the situation followed. Al
waiting campaign was decided upon as
being the only policy which could be
pursued. A patrol Of strikers outside the
town and at railroad dep0ts viii be con-
tlnued and every effort made to keep
Plnkcrton watChmen and non
union wOrkingman out of the tow n
Troops will be here for about ten days,
1t Is said They are maintained at an
expense of $4,000 a day How long will
the tax payers stand that, and when the
troops 90 away, as eventually they must,
how will the situation be changedP
0'Donnell and other members of the
advisory committee are Of the opinion that
the works viii be at once filled up with
non union men, but they decline to dis
Cuss how they will meet and solve the
pre- bleu. eve will not be beaten,
0 Dounell remarked coufdentialy, and
the result will urove it. Now we will take
a much neeced rest and wait for the next
chapter in the story.
No rations are provided for the soldiers
and accordingly they are permitted TO 20
into the town to get meals. As a result
every body, soldiers and strikers, did too
much drinking. Every saloon was crowd
ed to its full capacity and every body
crowded himself to his fullest capacity.
There are more drunken men TO be seen
than were visible altogether in the past
week. Some of the soldiers loudly de-
clared obey would stack their arms if call.
ed upon to protect Pinkert0ns or non
union men, and this spirit is by no means
confined TO a few sporadic cases. Talk is
common on the streets and as a conse-
quence there is great increase
Of friendliness between the troops and the
strikers. From 30C to 400 troops
are now at Homestead, all that will be or
dered directly TO the scene of the labor
troubles. The remainder Of the national
guard wilt encamp at Mount Gretna and
various other points. In this way the
health OF the 5000 troops will be pre-
served by half the time being spent in the
mountain atmosphere.
The militia will be no disturbance to
the peace, and Che only reason for or Ter.
ing out the entire national guard Is be-
lieved to be intended 10 combine the an
nu3l enClmpment with the preserva-
ton Of the public peace at Homestead.
The impression is therefore prevalent that
the militia il here to stay three or four
/ weeks at least aud the battle between the
strikers and mil owners Is now one of en-
dLranCe
An evident feeling of detection has taken
possession of a majority of the men since
the appearance of the militia.
A story was put IN circulation that the
sheriff proposed to arrest Hugh O'DoDnell
and hai a dozen other leaders. There is
no authority for tharumor The friends
at the sheriff ay 1t Is not true 1t Is also
said that tomorrow morning movement
will be made toward manning the mil
Ar. ChIids and Manager Potter had a long
conference with the sheriff his afternoon,
but neither of the three will talk about the
reason for or result of toe Deliberations
II is Intimated, however, that a
vigorous line of action is determined
Ile saloons did thriving business all day,
Many wOEkiugmen for the first time
since TIE battle Of Wednesday are drink
( ing heavily. There were two or three
fights ,mo great deal Of will talk.
4 When 10 became evident that the soldiers
( were drinking, patrols were detailed TO
arrest them end in snort time alt The
militia men were back in camp. The
evening closed more quietly than any one
= baa any right TO expect
Al 8 O'Clock the crowd is drifting home
ward, General Snowden ordered that
/ whole battalion shall be assigned patrol
( duty tomorrow and consequently the
I town will be very thoroughly poiced.
/ Tns strikers believe this order is issued to
cover the sheriff in introducing non.
union men into the works, but this Is mere
conjecture
PITTsBURG, July 12.-Tne cougression.
al investigating committee began in
quiry this evening with Mr.. FrIck on the
stand. The examination brought out
many new features, notably plans by which
Pmkerton men were employed aud ar
engagements made for their transportation
Wages paid under the sliding scale and
the proposed reduction all were brought
out. FrlCk was put un der severe
cross examination which proved to be
most interesting lie said the company
Is a corporation but it formed under the
limited partnership laws of Pennsylvania
strikers Already Starving.
1 HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 1s.-Men wo-
men and children are starving in Home
stead as a result Of the lockout. All
Of the sufferers are Hungarions. Not
So thrifty as their fellow worllmen o
other naUoualiGes they paid little at
tentlon to the warnings Of the coming
rainy day and basked in the sunshin,
Of procrastination until too lat,
The wages paid Iluugarians are no.
princely; their weekly stipend
were eaten away in the purchase o
the necessities Of life. When the lock
ont began the majority Of them fouug
themselves without means of suhsi~
teuce, while It took little time to me l
the savings of the few thrifty ones di,
appear Most # the Hungarians have
habitalons in houses built by the ar
negie company near tine idle mills
They are Wen housed, but food is NO
to be had.
over 100000 Day.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 12-Seudn,