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WORKMEN AND PINKERTON
DETECTIVES
Meet aid Eosap ii a fearful and
Bloody Conflict.
Tbe Pinkertons Whipped and
Surrender in Humiliation.
ELEVEN WORKMEN AND NINE PINK¬
ERTON DEPUTIES KILLED.
i
Carnegie’s Home Plant at Pittsbui'g,
Pa., the Scene of Trouble.
HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF THE PRISON¬
ERS —A DAY LONG TO BE REMEM¬
BERED. ’ ‘ *•
Pittsburg, Pa., had another experience
with labor riots, and this time, as during
the fearful scenes which were witnessed
during the railroad riots of 1877, blood
has been shed, life jeopardized and valu
able property placed in danger. This
time there was no destruction of prop¬
erty, but the mob was thoroughly well
organized, well disciplined and had iffi
cient officers at their head to conduct
operations. The force embraced all the
men employed in the extensive plant of
the Carnegie Iron and Steel company, at
Homestead, some eight miles east of
Pittsburg. And a battle, which, for
bloodthirstiness and boldnesi of execu¬
tion, lias not been excelled in actual war¬
fare, was waged from 4 o’clock in the
morning of Tuesday until 5 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, and only ceased
when the force of Pinkertons brought to
the place to suppress the strike uncondi¬
tionally surrendered, leaving their arms
in the barges in which they had been
transported to the works.
CAU8E OF THE TROUBLE.
The riot was the culmination of
troubles which have been brewing at
Hotaestead for the past month. The
Carnegie company submitted a scale to
govern their workmen in the steel plants
and announced that it was their ultima¬
tum . The scale made a sweeping re¬
duction in the wages of Bkiltcd men aud
it was officially announced that unless
the terms were complied with bef >»e
July 1st the places of the workmen woul^d
be filled by others. This was followed
by the peremptory refusal on the part of
the company to recognizi the Atiwlgi
mated Association of Steel and Irop„
Workers as such, or to confer with any^
of workmen nhort of an ac¬
ceptance of the terms offered. The men
stated that they would never submit to
the proposed reduction and announced
their determination to resist any effort on
the part of the Camegies to start up
their plant with non-union men. AS
both sides were determined, both pro¬
ceeded to prepare for the contest which
in the deeds of violence and -
bloodshed that were witnessed Wednes¬
day in that big hive of indtritry on ther
Monongaheln.
LOCKOUT OF THE MEN.
The contest was precipitated by the
workmen at Homestead by hanging the in
effigy, H. C. Frick, president of
company, and in retaliation the company
ordered an immediate shut-down of the ■
big works two days before the time pro¬
vided by the contract under which the
men were working. The employes at
once proceeded to organize for defense,
and the company erected a high board;
fence them around the the entire of works, immense, giving
appearance sides being pierced an with
sto.ckade, the
portholes, and the top protectecT i$tfi "be
three strands of barbed wire ready to
charged with a deadly current of elec¬
tricity.
Tuesday morning the Carnegie com¬
pany announced their intention to pro
ieed to get ready to make repa rs and
be officials asked the sheriff to appoint
leputies to protect their property. The
heriff sent a small squad of assembled men up to
he works but the stri tiers in
orce and notified them to get out pf
town, as n» disorder was intended arid
that no damage would be done to any
property. Tney even offered to be
sworn in as deputies and to give bonds
for the faithful performance of their
duties as conservators of the peace.
When this offer was declin
ed the advisory committee rvhifch,
had been directing the action of tlje
workmen, and which had held turbulent
spirits among the workmen in check,
was immediately dissolved and all records
of the committee promptly destroyed.
The developments of Wednesnay showed
that the application sheriff made for the assist ¬ -
ance of the was merely for th®
purpose of covering what was intended
to Carnegie be a coup de main in on clandestinely the part of tHe^ in^
company
troducing a body of Pinkerton detectives
into the mill enclosure. The detectives,
too, had beeu in rendezvous some five or
six miles below the city on the Ohio river,
at which point two model barges had been
prepared for them. These barges were of
the best build, and were used in shipping
iron rails down the river from the Carnegie
mills at Braddock. The holds were fit¬
ted up with bunks, cooking arrange¬
ments and other accommodations and as
an extra precaution, as in preparation
for the siege which was expected, were
lined with heavy steel plates on the in¬
side, while the whole back deck was
protected in a similar manner. It was
the intention that the men should reach
the works about 3 o’clock Wednesday
morning, but the guards who were on
duty along the river got word of tbe
threatened invasion of the bated Pink¬
erton men and prepared to receive them.
The barges were towed up the river by
a tow-'boat, but long before the Pinker¬
ton men reached Homestead thousands
of strikers had gathered on the banks of
the river ready to give them a warm
welcome.
THE FIRST BATTLE.
When the boats attempted to land the
workmen broke through the fence sur
rounding the mill, and entrenching them¬
selves behind piles of steel billets, pre
pared to resist the landing of ihe detect
ives. By 4 o'clock in the morning an ef
fort was made to land the detectives, but
thegtrikers met them and a fierce battle
was heavy-volley precipitated, of shots. both sides exchanging
a The detectives
were' all armed with Winchester rifles,
but at the point where the attempt to land
was made was a steep embankment and
they were compelled to go in single file
and were soon driven back to tbe boat'
by the steady fire from the shore. The
Doi^e of the battle spread about tbe bor
ough like wild fire, and thousands of
men, womeD and children tin oage l io the
river bank to witness the fight. - in pro
gress. The Pinkerton men weredeter
mined to land and fired volley after volley
into the ranks of the strikers, many ot
whom were stricken down by bullets,
s'me of them being; fatally injured and
others killed outright. .. >
behii^dthe breastworks. '
As the battle pro’vre "behind sed the strikers
took up hastily a position the breast
works constructed of steel .rails
and billets and. from' this place of safe
refuge were a.ble to pick off the det< tKe Q
tives aa soon as they appeared on
decks-of the boats. Meanwhile. Captain
Hynd and Superintendent Kline, of the
Piukerton men, were disabled and the.
fire was so fierce that the crew of the
towboat hastily cut loose from the barge
and steamed ap.- the river, ca'rryfng as
many of the wounded as they could reach
to Braddock, from which point they were
sent down to hospitals for ireatmen't at
Pittsburg. Seven of the force were thus
cared for, while the strikers that: fell 1
wounded were carried to their homes, at
Homestead, the dead being taken to
the morgue and undertaking rooms in
town
When it was found that little impres¬
sion could be made by caunon on the
boats, an effort was made to fire the
barges, and thus compel the detectives
to leave the vessels or suffer tfhe terrible
fate of being burned alive. Hose was
procured and oil ra Spouted on the sides
and d^ecks of the barges.and while this was
being done barrel after b irrel of it was be¬
ing emptied into the river above the moor¬
ing place, the object being to allow it to
float against ihe boats and ignite it. This
terrible deed was attempted several times,
but the boats did not burn, and them-the
mob became infuriated and hurled dyna¬
mite bombs at the vessels with great
effect.
A FLAG OF TRUCE.
The situation of the detectives was
such as to appall the stoutest heart. The
rrien had been left cooped up - in; the
barges at the mercy of the infuriated
mob. The towboats had left - them, and
they were so encompassed by tb& mad :
dened army of strikers that rip 'succor
could reach them. Three tiiries they ran
up a flag of truce, but as many times it
was stricken down by bullets fired by tbe
strikers. Then it became evident 1hat
the ammunition of the besieged detec¬
tives was either exhausted or they were
tob much worn out to continue the fight,
and. for nearly two hours before the
end of the struggle was reached
not a shot was tired from the
bargee .Toward dusk efforts wire
again made to bum the boats with tueir
freight, and they would doubtless
have succeeded had it not been for tha
interposition of leadimr officers of the
tdie Amalgamated Association, who went to
scene ,. of war in the afternoon.
Through detectives ,their < fforts it was agreed to al¬
low the to surrender, but this
was not ssUtired without the greatest ob¬
jection on part oi the men, many of
whom had lost friends and acquaintan¬
ces during the day.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR THU MEN.
News of the riot reached Pittsburg as
early as C o’clock in the morning and
thousands of mil! hands, all of whom are
now idle, pending conference on the
scale, congregated in the streets, while
hundreds of others, armed with guns and
revolvers and well supplied with ammu¬
nition, 'took" up the line of march to rein¬
force the strikers. As soon as day broke
the strikers secured a small brass ten
pounder cannon apd planted it within
the steel billet embrasure so as to com¬
mand the barges* which were moor¬
ed at the bank of the river. At the same
time a force of more than a thousand
took up a position on the opposite
side of the river and also planted a can¬
non, which they protected with a breast
J srork of railroad iron. A fire from both
sides was kept up, the barges having
been pierced alongsides. Shortly before
9 o’clock tbe cannon was trained on the
boats and for several hours an awful b .in¬
Naardment was kept up. Tbe stout oaken
timbers forming the sides of the boat
were inside splintered, prevented bnt steel plates on the
balls from penetrating
the interior. Many of tbe strikers, how¬
ever, were expect marksmen and they
sent shot After shot into portholes in the
bows and inflioted terrible injury to the
imprisoned men.
SURRENDER OF THE PINKERTONS.
At 6 o’clock in the afternoon the Pink- .
erton men hung out another white flag,
and this time it was respected and a com
mittee of the strikers went aboard to pro
pose terms of capitulation. They guar-
anteed safe conduct for the Pinkertons
provided they left their arms and ammu¬
nition behind and agreed to leave the
place under guard. The detectives had
no. alternative’ and promptly accepted
the terms, some of men saying
that it was the first time that
they had ever submitted to such a hu¬
miliating surrender. When an inspec¬
tion of the boats was made it was tound
that seven of the Pinkerton men had
been killed and twenty or thirty wound¬
ed, many of them so badly that they will
die. As they were brought from the
boat they presented a terrible appearance.
Many were besmeared with blood, while -
all of them showed signs of exhaustion
from the long confinement in close quar¬
ters between the desk.
BEATING THE PRISONERS.
While the prisoners were being escort
ed through tbe streets by the escort of
guards appointed by the strikers an angry
mob lined the streets on both sides. As
the men passed by, each in charge of two
deputies, .the mill men and their friends
kicked them and threw i some of them
down. The unfor!unate detectives beg
ged for mercy. Some of them had pistol
shot wounds in their heads and three
were seen that had their eyes shot out.
Several were shot in the shoulders,
arm g an d legs and could- scarce
ji m p^ along. Blood was running
in streamed own their shirts and they
f a i r !y yelled with pain. Fully thirty
injured-men were taken to the town hall.
Oue of them hrfd bis- eye punched out
by an unihexeila in the hands of a woman,
Sand were thrown into their eyes and
they were struck with clubs and other
misil.es.'- Jdany were knocked down
with clubs arid trampled upon, and some
wt-re too/weafc to yvalk when they were
started for the town hall. The mill men.
used-the-stocks of theif rifl.es and strdek
the detectives over the head and. s h°blT ■
ders, irtfiicting serious, and in some cases,
perhaps, fatal injuries. \
.. . As the processionTeachea the-Amalga
mated Association buildin^ the detectives
;bad to remove their, hats^ and salute the.
flag. Whep they, removed their hats men
and women hit them with umbrellas and
sticks and. abused them , in every way
imegittable. There seemed to be a de
.termination to kid the prisoners, and,it
was with the greatest difficulty that the
crowd could be restrained. The men
were finally lodged in the opera house,
where they were 1 to be kept for the night.
Thousands, however, gathered around
the building and the wounded men were
Kept m a constant state of terror, and it
was long before their wounds eouid be
dressed,
' BURNING THE BOATS.
After the prisoners had been removed
from the barges the rioters had. their
revenge. holds, .They carried ojl into the,
furniture poured it over the bedding and
and then set it on fire, first se¬
curing the barges so that they could not
float down the river and cause damage at
points below.' When the flames broke
through . the decks ... the, cheers
which rent the air were deafen¬
ing, and the noise could be heard miles
away. The hills on the other side of the
river were literally crowded with people
who could witnesi from this high point
all .that tyas transpiring on the battlefield
arid be out of range of the deadly bul¬
lets.
THE KTLLED ASD bounded.
j The list of killed aud injured as near
a ® could be ascertained at midnight
Wednesday Martin night is as fallows: Killed,
key, Foy, John Morris, Jules Markes
Davis, Henry Streigel, Peter Heise, David
Robert Foster, William Johnston,
J. H. Klein, two unknown Hungarians
and nine Pirikettown deputies, whose
names have not been learned, as most of
them were known by numbers.
Wounded—David Lester, a detective,
shot in the head; Fred H. Hind, chief of
G. detectives; Russell Wells, a detective; J.
Rutter, Housman, a detective; George W.
a Homestead steel worker, dan¬
steelworker; gerously wounded; Lawrence Laughlin, a
an unknown Pole, shot in
the knee, unconscious frpin loss of blood;
John McCurry, watchman of the steamer
Little Bill, shot in the groin, dangerous¬
ly; Andrew Sutler; Joseph Zoido; Wall¬
ace Michael Murray; John Kane Hud An¬
drew Scuyler.
The imprisoned Pinkertons say seven
of their men were killed outright and
eleven wounded. They believe several
of their men were thrown off the Little
Bell into the river. The number of
Pinkertons now in the lockup and rink
is 234.
One of the most noticeable features of
the trouble so far has been that not a
dollar’s worth of the property of the
company has been destroyed by the
strikers, and no attempt has been made
to do so.
KANSAS DEMOCRATS
Serionsly Considering a Fusion With
the People’s Party.
The question of paramount importance
to the democrats of Kansas and which
confronts the democratic state conven¬
tion which met at Topeka, Wednesday
was “Shall we fuse with the people’s
party?” adopted denouncing A resolution was unanimously
the employment of
Pinkerton detectives .by capitalists as a
heinous crime for the purpose of destroy¬
ing organized labor,' and expressing
sympathy with the widows and orphans
of those who fell in the riot at Hi ome
stead, in defense of what they believed
to be the rights of American laborers.
The platform endorses the work of the
Chicago convention; declared prohibi¬
tion to be a fraud and failure, and deals
with many state issues. The fusion ques
tion came up on a motion to endorse the
electoral ticket nominated by the people’s
party . The motion whs debated it great
leogth( , nd was finaUy adopted. An
other motioQ to endorse tbe state ticket
produced another debate.
mWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
The ship Peter Stewart struck off Che
boync Point, N. S,;. Monday, and 'drown¬
ed three, per sons.
The national convention of representa¬
tives of the colored race assembled at -
Cincinnati Monday morning at 11 o’clock.
In a balloon ascension in Boston, Mon¬
day, the elements were un propitious.
Theballoou fell into the bay. Two men
were killed and one is dying.
A telegram from Lima, O., says: A
tornado passed through this sec¬
tion at 1 o’clock Saturday morning. At
Foraker several houses were blown over
and three barns were unroofed. The
cyclone did $50,000 damage near Bluff-,
ton.
A London cablegram of .Tuesday says:
The hull of the City of Chicago has been
further damaged, by is'sealed. pounding, and it is
feared that her.fate Four tugs
attempted to haul her off at high water,
but they failed. Her cargo is being taken
out as rapidly as possible,
A St. Louis dispatch Amalgamated of Saturday says:
The first day of the asse¬
ciation scale was marked here by a shut
down of the Helmbacker forge androll
ing mill, whose proprietors refuse to sign
the scale, stating that they cannot run at
a profit at. the prices named in tbe scale,
.The. Sealers’-Association of British. Cp
lajahia, - received Sunday a lengthy dis
patch from Ottawa, reporting Obquillon the at,Post- seizure
of the British steamer
Etches. The matter has been placed in
the governor general’s hands and imme
diate steps will be taken to have the ves
se i released.
. fTit, na t-r-li of Wednesday from
T 0O ® . anSTKjrt; t q( j S avs- A. P. Sheerin
t ^ national democratic com
m j Uee ’ issued the following notice:
tj ”:n f national democratic
comm j ttee u e at t ^ e pjfth avfe
Que hot ^ in ^ ew y ork QT1 j u j y ^ 2 q ’ 189 2 -.
'
at q.oa oViook
The large furniture „ manufacturing
establishment of the P. Hanson Hess
Manufacturing company at Baltimore,
was completely gutted by fire Saturday
Right- Loss on the stock is estimated at
$150,000; insurance $100,000. The
building, whiph is badly damaged, is
valued at $450,000 and is fully insured.
. A London cablegram of Monday says:
The null of the City of Chicago has been
examined by a diver, who reports that
the steamer is firmly caught on the jagged
rocks, a n d is in a much damaged condi¬
tion. The steamers sent by the Inman
line from Liverpool ate preparing for an
attempt to piill the Chicago into deep
water.
A Pitcsburg, Pa., dispatch says: The
United States Express Company has re¬
covered $44,1SS of the $45,000 stolen by
Edwin J. Ryan, ; a Washington employe,
three weeks ago. When arresied in
Denver he had in his possession $43,433
and had spent $187, leaving $41,380,
which, a9 stated he had placed in the
vault of the State Deposit Company in
Pittsburg.
An Omaha dispatch says: The national
committee of the peoples’ party met Tues¬
day afternoon and organized by electing
the following executive committee: B.E.
Taubeneck, of Illinois, chairman; J. H.
Turner, of Georgia, secretary; J. H.
Davis, of Texas, George Washburn, of
Massachusetts, V. O. Strickler, of Ne
.braska, I. Donnelly, of Minnesota, G. F.
Geither, of Alabama, and M. C.
Rankin, of Indiana.
Having jwon their suit against New
York parties who offered a forty years
old reprint of Webster’s Unabridge 1
Dictionary as premium for subscribers to
a paper, G, & C. Merriam Co. are push¬
ing other suits of a like nature—a Kansas
concern will being one of the latest. They
prosecute in every case where mis¬
leading announcements are made, and
claim they are taking such action in jus¬
tice alike to themselves and the public.
Dispatches from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
states that tbe forty-five stockmen ami
hired Texans who raided Joliuson coun¬
ty in April were, on Wednesday, taken
from Fort Russell, where they have been
in ed charge of United States troops,and turn¬
over to the civil authorities of John¬
son county at Laramie. They immedi¬
ately went before Judge Blake, of Lara¬
mie, and applied for a change of venue,
asking that their cases be tried at Chey¬
enne. No decision was reached in the
application.
A letter from Grover Cleveland was
received Monday by Norman E. Mack,
chairman of the sub-committee appointed
by Hon. A. L. Wilson, chairman of the
committee to notify Cleveland and Ste¬
venson of their nomination, stating that
the 20th instant would be a good day.
Mr, Mack will call his committee to¬
gether a day or two before that date in
New York for the purpose of conferring
with William C. Whitney and Mayor
Hugh Grant, in whose hands the matter
of tion making has arrangements for tbe notifica¬
been placed.
Ohio, Dispatches of Tuesday from L'ma,
state that reports from last Satur¬
day night’s storm, which have been de¬
layed by prostrated wires, show that it
Nancy was cyclonic in force. The dead are:
Mrs. Glearings, killed near Van Wert;
John Gloam, Otterville, Ohio, aad
John Wilkly, Allen county. Fifty-one
houses and barns were destroyed. For
miles within the belt there is neither
tree, ing. fence, house, barn nor crop stand¬
The total list of injured is large.
There are several inland towns in the
been path of the cyclone that have not yet
beard from.
DON’S TRADE
™wiSr S (
R. a. V
trade says: B 8
throughout u . couL in ^ “^ ^ o£
number the T '^fiag
for the Unit ,i
c-a., Tief W’
country,-in never matched the in’the voW^WrJ wl , tl
guctiqn, exchhbges, in or the in magS&S^ forei/i of <k
about closed. $ 833 . Imports Sh -^W * ^ C
York , 000 , 000 ; the
in June over last yea/if^
the aggregate ior * qJ* ce tt
any year thus' far, and I
have. ^avc been. ueeu 5 o, ; 503 0 U 3 , against g 071 ^
smallest,for five years Me abl »
• In spite: of lory prices, addition.’
are gdmg into operation %
manufacture, and v e t more ’ cveni, i
and cotton. Moreover, _ th a 4
year promise to be ve ® crops satisfj of]
and the hew half r J
cellent prospects.' year , , begi 08 ,;
.
have again set back grain to l
extent, principally i„ ’
but- the wheat t he
points have receipts J
ern been i
bushels in three days, showing^! and auS
ports 039,000 sbushels,
are old one-eighth supplies are lower not exhausted than wee/ j/5
Corn is higher a theil
a cent in spite of
receipts and very light exports tk
being that a part of the coramav.be
stroyed frost by wet weather or so delayed!
will catch it before m&turitj o
are also a cent higher. Speculation
been have advanced light in grain, sharply; but pork, pork IjL. pJ
rel; lard, 42c per 100 pounds, andh
33c.
Speculation in cotton has bees*
with sales of 420,000 bales hereread
in a decline of a sixteenth, thoafi
reoeipts are getting light, but the (
prospects are good and the stockios
is enormous. The hardware taj,
large, though at low prices, auditm
branches of business is fair for u> s
son. At Baltimore good en-J oitnfl
clothing are noted and an
for shoes expected, though the* |9
season is expected to be light. gaii*
shipments of boots and shoes
week on all the past records, and ior ■
year'are nearly 6 per cent .: ahead tkal oil
year and only 1 mills J>er cent, below motel
1890. Woolen are father
tive than usual for the season, and era
manufacture has rarely been in bel
shape as to stocks unsold.
Speculation in stocks has been tod
for holders expected a great pubba]
maud for investment of unpreceded
dividends and interest payments on Ji
1st, but it has not yet appeared. Moi
is abundant at all financial centers w
but moderate demand, and collectii
generally good, except where wet wea
er and bad roads check distrioution i
settlements. Barely has the country!
gan a new fiscal year with more satisf
tory commercial prospects, and there
Lss financial apprehension than is uii
in a presidential public debt year. statement issued F
The interest
day, shows during June the a
non-interest bearing debt increased $
140,412; certificates and treasury noi
offset by an equal amount of cash m t
treasury decrea-ed 813 , 836 , 413 ; w
cash in the treasury July 1 st,
984; net cash balance in the treed
$28,682,377,increased certificates outstanding, during themonj
$686,490; $ 331 614 3 #!; i
$146,598,929; silver, , , WI
rency, $30,320,000; treasury
1870. $108,712,071.
THE PRESIDENT DISTURB
Over the Situation at Pittsburg-4
eral Schofield Talks.
A Washington dispatch of Wedns
says: The president has receive
quent press bulletins during the'“I?
the white house wire from Ytm
.boat the riot. He f«U —«
interest in the state of affairs, I
said is seriously concerned at th M
turu which the situation has ass J
ganization, matter to concentrate and that it. a wou leg ^
oughly reliable Pittsburg and ^« or Ild »”? f£ r gi ,
troops at d {hut
point at shoit notice. , , K jj
government could not ^ gj
matter unless the governo> president -.M
should inform the the
was beyond the control ot
municipal authorities.
AN IRISHSTEW.
Dr. is Mobbed While ^
Tanner Speech
ing to Make a I-**,
Advices from Dublin, ,?
that on Thursday, Dr. Tanne ^
by 100 policemen, atte ™P The f
a political meeting at 1 u * '
neliites seized the speaker the s p ^
fore the arrival of tig*
Tanner made determined en ^
the platform, but each tim ^ ^9
down. Finally the
down and Tanner was cau ^
Then a free fight, and fun **
furious. that The the situation’ police eCom p«!ld
Sh-rge gerous the mob with the®
This had the desired effect
dispersed.