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of
P1NKERTON MEN BESIEGED.
himing Oil on the Kiver to De
stroy Their Barges.
Many Killed and Wounded on Buth Skies
A Cannon is Used ly Ihc
Locked Out Men.
Pittsburg, July 6 Tho great lockout
in the iion industry in this vicinity haa
borne its first fruit. Between a dozen
and twenty Pinkerton officers and,
locked-out iron and steel workeri are
either dying, dead, or more or less seri
ously wounded, as a result of an en
counter between them early this morn
ing. The battle is still in progress and
there is no telling what dreadful results
may come before the close of the day.
Following is the story of the battle and
its antecedents:
Early this morning SOO L'inkorton de
tectives arrived at Pittsburg from the
East and marched quietly to the Monon
eahela. boarded barges and started (or
the Homestead works, towed by the
Bteam tug Tide. At 2:15 this morning
the locked-out employes were notified
of this move and when the barges ar
rived at Homestead 5,000 people, in
cluding men, women and children were
waiting to meet them.
Day was just breaking when the lights
of the steamer with its barges on either
Bide flashed through the gray vapor over
the waters before the eyes of the people
on the bank. The crowd ran pell niell
toward the. works. Coining to the high
fence which surrounds the works the
men used thoir shoulders a9 battering
raniB and in a twinkling threw down the
barrier. Men, women and children
ruehtd pell-mell toward the pointon the
shore of the river for which the flotilla
was headed. They gathered m a mass
at the water's edge. Slowly the boat
edged toward the landing and when the
keels of the barges grate 1 on the sand
the grim faces of the invaders were
within a few feet of their opponents on
the shore. There was an instant of aw
Jul silence, then a bright flash and a
sharp report announced the commence
ment of the dreadful work. The firing
became general on both sides; tho strik
ers retreated ior a moment, but quickly
rallied a short distance from the boat
and held their own by sheer weig'it of
numbers comDellini the deputies to
proceed cautiously.
Suddenly forty or fifty detectives at
temnted to iuinp ashore. The strikers
responded with a sharp volley, driving
the invaders back to the semi-shelter of
the lower deck. Their cantain was car
ried to the pilot house of the steamer.
One of his men informed the associated
press that although the wound was seri
ous it was not fatal. A numbirof other
detectives were more or less seriously
wounded in this encounter. Tlmn there
was a lull iu the battle, the l'iukertons
gathering on the lower deck of the
steamer and the workmen on shore
sending a committee to scour Home
stead for ammunition.
The Pinkertons were armed with
Winchester rifles and the opposing
crowd chiefly with revovera. The
Piukertons fell back but continued fir
ing, and finally the crowd on the bank
retreated and climbed over a heap of
rubbish toward the big trestle leading
to Panicky railroad bridge. Three hun
dred armed workmen, however, stood
their ground and desultory firing was
kept up. Finally they, too, were com
pelled to fall back from the withering
fire of the Winchesters.
The first shot came from the barge.
The first man to fall was Martin Merry,
a heater in one of the mills. He was
shot in the side and fell face forward.
A biz Hungarian standing beside him
stooped over and was in the act of rais
ing the prostrate body when he, too, was
Struck by a bullet and fell beside his
comrade. Others rushed to the spot,
picked up the bodies and carried them
behind the trestle. One of the rescuers,
a VVelcliman, name unknown, was
wounded in the leg. Merry and the
Hungarian were taken to a physician's
oflice, who examined their wounds and
aid both would probably die. Five
more strikers were woun led, two seri
ously, but were spirited away, and their
names are not obtainable. Five of the
Pinkertons are reported wounded, four
dangerously, including their captain.
The following workmen were badly
wounded '
William Fry, probably fatally.
Michael Murray, dangerously.
Andrew Scurler, seriously.
John Kane, badly.
Harry Hughes, slightly.
Two unknown men badly. It is not
known just who were shot on the boat,
but the number is fully half a dozen.
One man dropped as if killed. The
men on shore fearing the detectives
would get inside the works tore down a
-hundred feet of the inclosure.
The fighting was renewed shortly after
7 a. m., and the battle continued half
an hour. The second conflict was pre
cipitated by another effort by the Pink
erton men to land. A number of work
men were injured iu the second en
counter, but their names cannot now be
.obtained. The wildest excitement pre
va Is. Thousands of workmen from all
the surrounding places are supposed to
,be marching to reinforce the strikers.
.William Fry, who was shot in the first
encounter, ie dead. Henry Btreigel was
killed and several others were wounded
jn the second engagement. The work
men have built fortifications of eteel
bars on the river bank and over 1,009
men are behind it. It is supposed sev
eral of the Pinkerton men were killed
on the boat
At 8 :30 the firing was resumed in a
desultory manner. A workman named
Wallace was fatally shot. The crowd on
shore is constantly increasing. All
trains are watched, and all means of en
trance to the works are guarded by the
men. All along the river and railroads
men are Btationed to give warning of
the approach of trains or boats. Before
the second attempt was made to laud,
the officer in charge announced to the
workmen on the bank that his men
would land if they had to mow down
everybody in sight. He then ordered
an advance. They were met by a shower
of lead from the rifles and pistols of the
scattered workmen. The officers fell
back for an instant, but rallied, march
ing eight abreast, and endeavored to get
ashore but were driven back again.
Already four locked out men have
been killed. John Morris was killed in
the last effort of the officers to land.
Another man was kiiled, but carried
away before he could be identified. The
people seemed crazed by the bloody
work, men, women and children run
ning through the streets crying for re
venge and blood.
At 8:30 the men began rolling barrels
of oil to the river intending to set fire to
it on the water and bum the Pinkertons
out. Sheriff McCleary has wired Gov
ernor Pattison that he is unable to cope
with the mob. The situation is very
grave, live thousand workmen are on
the ground and unless something is
done promptly there will be great loss
o: life. It is now know n that six more
workmen were shot at tho second at
tempt to land. The captain of the tug
and one of the Pinkeunns is dead.
There are non-union men aboard the
barge9 as well as Pinkertons.
At 10:30 the battle continues. The
P.nkertons made two attempts to land
but were repulsed both times. The fol
lowing workmen were killed:
John Morris, married, shot through
the head.
Henry Striegel, unmarried, shot
through the neck.
Marco Wiskv, Hungarian, shot
through the breast.
Andrew Striegel, brother of Henry,
shot through the chest.
Martin Foy, leaves a wife and five
children.
The following are wounded as far as
learned :
Miles Loughran, dyin. shot through
the legs and hips.
Joe Sitta, shot through the legs.
It is reported the captain of the
Pinkertons is dead. He fell in the first
assauit and has not been seen since.
The men entrenched themselves in the
mill behind the machinery. They have
received guns and ammunition and
swear the Pinkertons shall never be al
lowed to land while a man remains in
Homestead. The situation becomes
more critical momentarily.
The Pinkertons seem about to make
another attempt to land. Their boat is
riddled with bullets.
11 a. m. The strikers fired a car of
oil standing near the works for the pur
pose, uf burning the boat in the river.
They expect to set the river on lire. The
mon have placed a cannon on a hill on
the North side of the river, and are firing
into the boat. Balls and scrap iron are
being used. At every shot the boat's
side is penetrated, and pieces are thrown
into the air. No move has been made to
stop the shooting. Not a soul can be
seen on the boat. No word can bo got
loorlromit. The strikers claim that
at least five men on the boat have been
killed or fatally hurt. One man says he
saw six fall. On every hand the men
are gathering ammunition, every possi
ble sort of fire-arms being collected.
Shotguns are being loaded with buck
shot. 11 :45 a. m. Tiie steamer Little Bill
came down the river at about II to take
off the Pinkertons iniprison-id on the
barg'S. There were a large number of
new men on the boat. The moment it
reached the shore a regular fusilade oc
curred. The workmen say it had as
sistance for the Pinkertons. In the
fight the strikers, the Pinkertons and
the persons on the Little Dill took part.
The cannoneers across the river fired
three shots at the Little Bill. Their aim
was bad, one bull entering the open
heartli department of the mill and took
off a man's head. The number of killed
now is 10 and 11 wounded.
At 1 p. ra. a flag of truce was display
ed by the Pinkertons and was shot
down. It war; hoisted a second and
third time with the same result. The
mill workers have heard that the militia
has been ordered here, and seem deter
mined to rid the place of every Pinker
ton before the troops get here. The
men are lying in wait on both sides
of the river opposite the barges for the
detectives to show themselves. Every
moving object on the barges is fired on
An occasional shot comes from the
barges. It is thought some of the Pink
ertons have been wounded during the
skirmishing. The car of oil to set fire
to the boat failed in its object. All sorts
of wild rumors are afloat. One says
the G. A. K. and Sons of Veterans turn
ed over their arms to the workmen and
that two carloads of ammunition have
gone to the strikers from this city. The
amalgamated officials deny this. The
rumor that the strikers are coming here
to take Captain Hein is not credited,
but the police authoritioB are prepared
for such an emergency. The conference
between the sherilf, the amalgamated
officials and the Carnegies was fru tleBS.
The outlook is far from encouraging.
At 1:10 this afternoon 18 men were
taken from the yard of the mill, three
dead, two of whom were Pinkertons. The
woundel men were taken home or sent
to the hospital here. The dead removed
to the undertaken. The flames are
now spreading along the river front and
the mills are threatened. Several ex
plosions have been heard, and the peo
ple are fleeing to the hills to escape the
fire.
At 2 p. m., one of the Pinkertons
raised his head above the edge of the
barge and w immediately shot in the
head. He fell backward.
J. W. Kline, a wounded Pinkerton
man, has just died in the hospital. The
superintendent of the poor farm near
Homestead, has just telephoned to the
moyor that the burning oil is coming
down the stream and surrounds the
pumping station, and unless assistance
is rendered the station will be destroyed.
Pittsburg, July 0 Captain F. II.
Hein, who bad charge of the Pinkertons
at Homestead, has been brought to the
hospital here with five wounded com
panions. The list is as follows :
J. W. Kline, shot in the head; will
die.
Captain Hein, shot in the leg; will
recover.
Russell Wells, shot in the shoulder.
J. C. Hoffman, shot iu the log.
David Lester, shot in the hand ; con
dition serious.
Another man, shot in the arm. He
has left the hospital and his name is
unknown.
Another wounded man will arrive
later. Captain Hein has been in the
employ of the Pinkertons many years,
has handled many lare strikes and was
always considered conservative. In an
interview this afternoon he said: "The
men were picked up in Chicago and
New York, and they are a very fair lot.
They numbered two hundred. I gave
them strict orders not to shoot until
fired on. When we prepared to land
the whiBtle blew and the strikers imme
diately commenced to shoot. To protect
ourselves we had to return the fire.
Seven or eight of our men were hurt.
I do no. know their names." Hein said
he had been ordered to protect the
property and did the best he could. He
regretted very much that any shooting
was done.
Charles Hoffman, a brother of J. G.
Hoffman, oneof the injured men, cor
roborated the statement of Captain Hein
that the strikers fired fiist. The sheriff,
representatives of the Amalgamated
Association and of the Carnegie steel
company held a long consultation, alter
which the sheriffs counsel went to con
sult with H. C. Frick. The hope is ex
pressed that the matter will be arranged
without further bloodshed.
Four workmen came from Homestead
this morning, and say that five Pinker
ton men and five workmen wore killed
and a number of others seriously injured.
It is reported there that four men are
here to buy dynamite and nitro-glycer-
ine to blow up the boats on which the
detectives are, but the story is not gen
erally credited.
The steamer Little Bill returned to
this city shortly alter noon. Captain
Rogers was very indignant at action of
strikers. He said: "I never saw such a
cowardly attack. The strikers had a
fortification ol pig iron, an 1 the minute
we arrived c;mmenced firing. Not a
shot was fired by the Pinkertons until
their comrades were shot down like
dogs.
At 3:45 this afternoon the cannon is
still roar ng and the rattle of musketry
continues.
The sullen explosion of dynamite adds
a new and terrible element to the con
flict. The men are throwing dvnamite
cartridges over the bank which alight
near the barges and explode. It looks
as if the imprisoned detectives, will
never escape. The workmen have an
other cannon which they are shooting
over the bank. They have not been
able to get the proper range yet.
The Pinkertons raised another white
flag at 2:30. The arm of the man who
raited it was hit with a bullet. This
afternoon the strikers captured n 000
' gallon oil t ink, set it on fire and let it
run into the river, but an adverse wind
blew it away from the barges. Another
man on a barge has been shot and has
fallen overboard. The men are attempt
ing to capture two other oil tanks.
Cannons are bombarding the barges
every few minutes, each shot carrying
away pieces of the vessels. The Pinker
tons seldom return the fire.
Workmen are now preparing to attach
a hose loan oil tank and spurt the oil on
the boat and set it on fire. The general
expectation is that the troops will be
called on very soon.
A statement to the associated press on
behalf of the Carnegie Steel Co. declares
that the Homestead works have been
in the possession of a mob since July 1.
Yesterday they called on the sheriff for
protection. He issued a proclamation
ordering the men to disperse. His
deputies were routed and his
proclamation torn down. The sheriff
then attempted to take three hundred
watchmen to the works by boat last
night. These men were met more than
a mile below the works by in armed
mob of amalgamated men who followed
along the river bank, firing rifles and
revolvers at the boat. This continued
25 minutes before a single shot was re
turned from the boat.
Two thousand workmen from the
South Side mills of Pittsburg have just
marched into Homestead with flags and
banners to assist the strikers.
The excitement is increasing. Sup
plies of arms and amunition
are being furnished the strikers by the
citizens of Homestead, and are arriving
from Pittsburg and McKeesport. It is
(eared that the trouble has only beun.
The men are laying natural gas pipe
toward the boat. They want to send
strong streams of gas that will envelope
the boat and then light it with a tor
pedo. The Pinkertons are huddled in
the rear end of the barge, terror
stricken. PfNKEllTONS St'BUENDEK.
5:30 o'clock. The Pinkerton men
have surrendered and the strikers have
permitted them to come ashore.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 6 Gov
ernor Pattison received a telegram from
the chairman of the labor committee of
strikers at Carnegie Steel Works at
Homeetead, Pa., early this morning,
urging him to come to the scene of
action at once and personally investi
gate the strike. The request was posi
tive and Governor Pattison lost no time
inputting himself in connection with
Attorney General Hensel.
The strikers claim that the manager
of the Carnegie mills had acted in a
manner contrary to the laws of Pennsyl
vania and they wished it, understood
that legal redress would be sought for
early and persistently. A half dozen
telegrams passed between the chief ex
ecutive and his attorney general and in
the end Governor Pattison telephoned to J
the station and asked that the fast ex
press, which was about to start out, be
held until he could uoard a.
On the way to the depot Governor
Pattison said to a personal friend that
the situation was one of such gravity as
to require his immediate and personal
attention. Attorney General Hensel,
who is in Philadelphia, was directed by
the governor to meet him in time to tako
the first train to Harrisburg.
Hakiubburg, ra., July 6 In response
to the call for aid by the sheriff of Alle
gheny county on account of the Home
stead riot the governor sent the follow
ing: "The local authorities must ex
haust every means at their comn and."
Philadelphia, July 6 Colonel Bow
man, of the First regiment militia, has
just received orders from the adjntant
geueral to have the quartermaster report
at the brigade headquarters for in
structions. Washington, D. C, July 6 Camin
etti, oi California, has introduced in the
House a resolution authorizing the
speaker to appoint a committee of five
to invest gate and report on the case of
the strike at Homestead and the condi
tion producing the same.
Washington, D. C, July 6 Senator
Gallinger has introduced a resolution
calling for the Senate to investigate the
Homestead strike.
Homestead, Pa., July 7 Homestead
is strangely silent this morning. It is
quiet and sober after the fight. Its
leaders are wondering what will be the
next step. The men are bathing their
wounds and preparing to bury the dead.
The leaders propose to have the fence
around the Carnegie property rebuilt
and to repair all other damage by yes
terday's riot with a view to preventing
suits by the company. The guards to
look after the interests of the company
have been renewed. There is much sur
prise here over tho release by the
sheriff and the sending away of the
Pinkerton guards. When the workmen
agreed not to kill them it was under
stood the guards would be placed in jail
until information for murder could be
sworn out against them. The report of
their release excited much angry dis
cussion at first but it quited down when
the men remembered that if they ap
peared against them as witnesses they
themselves would be liable for prosecu
tion for riot. The feeling then become
one of relief that no legal complications
would arise out of yesterday's bloodshed.
The call of the sheriff for a posse was
received with good-natured derision, as
they are confident a posse could not be
collected. The men this mornin" re
moved the barricades and restored
things to their normal condition as far
as possible. The men are confident of
their uowcr and while determined to
preserve the peace locally will brook no
outside interference.
Somo excitement was occasioned at
5 o'clock this morning by the report
that another steamer was going up the
river with men. Investigation proved
it a false alarm. The boat getting up
steam was to tow barges down the river.
The funeral services over the remains
of John M. Morris, Anthony Wayne,
and Feter Farer, killed in yesterday's
fight, were held this afternoom The re
mains were followed to their graves by a
large concourse.
Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie
steel company, says a number of strikers
will be arrested and charged with mur
der. He declared the last outbreak
settled one thing, thai hereafter no
union men will be employed by the
Carnegie company, and that the other
mill owners will probably follow its
example.
Pittsburg, July 7 Sheriff McCleary
in addition to his proclamation last
evening calling on all good citizens to
appear armed at hiB office this morning
sent out a number of personal sum
monses to the same effect early this
morning. Neither the proclamation nor
the summonses had much effect. At 9
o'clock, the hour mentioned, only one
man appeared under the general procla
mation and of the 150 men personally
summoned only 12 responded. As it
was apparent a sufficiently large force
could not be got together the sheriff de
cided to postpone his trip to Home
stead until torn irrow. In the mean
time he will issue additional sum
monses. Much reluctance is shown by
citizens about going to Homestead,
where they know a fight would await
them.
In this city and Allegheny there are
three thousand members of the Amal
gamation Association who, of course,
would not march against their fellow
workmen. The figures at the sheriff's
office show sixteen killed and sixty-two
wounded, six of whom will die, making
the total larger than that in the riots of
'77. The names of the sixteen are given,
however, and it is believed that the list
is inaccurate. What is believed to be a
complete list of the dead makes the
total ten, of whom six were workmen
and four Pinkerton's, as follows:
Workmen: John Morris, Anthony
Wayne, Thomas Wolden, Henry
Striegal, John Fares, Joseph Soppo.
Pinkertons: J. W. Kline, Edward
Connors, two names unknown who were
shot and fell overboard.
A deputy who returned from Home
stead this morning says the taking of a
posse to that place win surely Dring
about a conflict. The men are flushed
with yesterday's success and unreason
able. A double force of policemen is on
duty in this city to provide for an
emergency in the way of turbulence
among the idle crowds in the streets.
The home of H. C. Fricke was guarded
by private detectives last night. Others
are keeping personal guard over Fricke.
Lovejoy, the secretary of the Carnegie
Steel Company, Baid this morning the
company could do nothing until the
sheriff restored to Its possession its
property. He added: "The time for a
conference with the men Is gone by, but
those w ho wish it will be given work
individually."
Eleven workmen were severely hurt,
six of whom may die, and 25 others
were slightly injured. Those in danger
of dying are: George Iietter, Kichard
Durham, William Foy, Henry Rusiski,
Andy Cudahy, Charles Kaeska. Nearly
every one of the Pinkertons were more
or less hurt. Seventeen of them are
suffering from gunshot wounds and the
remainder bear evidence of cut, bruised
and swollen heads and faces, of the
rough treatment ihey received at the
hands of the workmen, when they Bur-
rendered last evening and came out of
the boats. The application of fists,
clubs, stones and brickba s, as they ran
the gauntlet of the crowd, left them in a
horribly battered up condition, but it is
not believed any of them will die from
the effects of the beating they received.
All of them, except those in the hos
pital who were unable to go, left for New
York on a special train on the Pennsyl
vania road. Every man of them was
only too ilad to get out of the neighbor
hood. The sheriff again telegraphed to the
governor at noon saying that all his
means were exhausted and he left the
matter in the hands of the governor.
Three of the injured workmen are
in a precarious condition and deatb
is expected at ny moment. Their
names are William Foy, George Ritter
and Richard Durham. A physician who
examined the wounded Pinkertons say
the hands of most of them bear evidence
of hard work. Several of them told
him they were mill men come here for
the purpose of working not fighting.
There are now 27 wounded Pinkertons in
the hospital.
Washington, July 7 In the Senate
the discussion of the labor troubles at
Homestead continues today by Senators
Palmer, Voorhees, Hale, Gallinger,
Stewart and Sanders. Palmer main
tained that the workingmen at Home
stead having spent their lives in
their line of work had a right to insist
on permanency oi employment ami
reasonable compensation. At the time
of the assault on them, they were where
they had a right to be. He urged that
some principle to solve the problem
should be sought. It capital was master
and the people were slaves the
country would be involved in
anarchy. Voorhees made a fiery
speech in which he attributed
labor difficulties to Republican policy,
high protection. Hale replied denying
that the Republican party was respons
ible for trouble, claiming the credit for
building up such industries as those at
Homestead and Bethlehem was due that
party. Finally the resolution for in
vestigation of the Homestead trouble
was referred to the committee on con
tingent expenses.
Washington, July 7 In the house
the judiciary committee has ordered a
favorable report to be made on Williams'
reso'.utioi providing for a congressional
investigation of the Homestead trouble.
Chicago, July 7 A committee of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association
from Pittsburg is here to con
fer with the workmen in the
building trades with a view to
boycotting all iron and steel from the
Carnegie works at Homestead, ii non
union men are put to work. They
were well received and the course
asked will probably be complied
with. Similar committees were sent to
the other large cilies and a general
building tie up is not improbable.
LIST OF THE CAPTURED.
Homestead, Pa., July 7 Following is
the list of the captured men who were
in the Homestead opera house at 8
o'clock last night. All wounds noted
except gunshot wounds, were received
from cluos, bricks, Btones and fist blows
from the crowd while the prisoners were
enroute to their temporary prison :
Henry Beal, William H. Leland,
George Glazier, Philadelphia; Robert
Y. hath, Paulsburg, N. J.; Thomas
Callahan. Chicago, fore finger and
thumb ot right hand split and badly
bruise i ; Albert Thomas, New York,
head bruised; ThomaB Mailley, Jersey
City, N. J., head and back bruised ;
Peter S. Fresh, Paulsburg, N. J., kicked
in the back and badly cut back of the
right ear; Dunsinan Gill, Chicago, head
hurt; Morton Bradbury, Boston, struck
on the head; Michael Connor, Philadel
phia, bad cut on the head; J. MeGum
sey, Chicago, struck on the head and
mouth; John Orr, New York, struck on
the head ; Henry Millin, Brooklyn,
shoulder badly bruise.d; William Dillon,
New York, struck on the head; Louis
Anderson, Chicago; Fied Fisher, Jersey
City, black eye and head cut; Thomas
Bennet, Jersey City, N. J., black eye
and upper iip badly cut; Frank Webb,
New York; Wm. Walker, Brooklyn;
John ReiBsiger, New York, black eye
and kick in the stomach ; S. Kirk
patrick, Chicago; S. Wood, Chicago,
struck in the face and head; C. J.
Morris, Chicago, struck on the nose and
mouth and kicked in the stomach ;
Charles Johnson, St. Paul; D. J. 15ag
ley, New Yolk; Joseph Clark, Brooklyn,
bad kick in arm ; A. Fiesasn, Chicago,
bruised about the body; W. Simpson,
Chicago, head cut; John Cassidy, Phila
delphia, head hurt; J. Emmet, New
York, shot in the body in three places
with buckshot and struck on the right
arm with a club, not dangerously in
jured; Patrick Walsh, Troy, N. Y.,
struck on the left lug and right eye,
badly hurt; J. Jordan, Brooklyn; W.
F. Hall, Chicago; George liurnB, New
York; P. Dolan, Brooklyn; Fred Wil
son, Chicago, struck in tho left eye; S.
Hodges, Chicago; N. L. Gardner, Phila
delphia; Edward Howard, Chicago,
ahot in lelt knee and right shoulder,
wounds not dangerous; William E.
Cranston, Philadelphia; Joseph
Rounds, Chicago, shoulder and head
hurt; R. G. Albright, Chicago, mouth
badlv cut and bruised; John Wright,
Chicago, back and shoulders badly
bruised; Reuben Evans, Chicago, back
and shoulders badly bruised; Reuben
Evans, Chicago, right eye badly hurt;
W. F. Bailey, Newburg, N. Y., bruised;
Mike Grannan, Chicago, badly hurt;
Felix O' Hare, New York ; John Julian,
Chicago; George L. Camp, Chicago,
bruised ; J. Meluces, Chicago; Joseph
May, Chicago, shot in right leg near
thigh, not serious ; Thomas Dolan, New
York; Michael Goine, Chicago, lace ter
riblv bruised; George Wall, Chicago,
riglit arm shot and fingers of right hand
shot oil ; A. B. Howard, Chicago, bruised ;
John Brown, Chicago, bruised; Martin
Grimes, Philadelphia, cut in mouth;
John Manning, Kentland, lnd., left eye,
shoulder and leg badly bruised; James
S. Stevens, Chicago; W. II. Marnbly,
Chicago; Pat Fleming, Philadelphia,
bruised; William Hodges, Chicago,
right shoulder hurt and left eye bruised ;
Thomas O'Reilly, New York, badly
cut under left eye; M. MorriB, New
York; George Perry, Chicago, bruised ;
William Mack, Chicago, head cut; Jo
seph Fee, Brooklyn, bruised ; Thomas
Fitzgerald, New York, left eye bruised
and head cut; Mathew Wnite, Chicago;
Neil Markley, Chicago; Edward Mil
stead, Chicago, mouth terribly bruised
and lacerated ; John W. Marshall, New
York; M.J.Morris, Chicago, bruised;
H. C. Annan, Philadelphia, mouth
badly cut; Frederick Dolen, Chicago,
face and mouth cut and bruised; J. M.
Randall, Philadelphia, head cut; Will
iam Wendell, Chicago, shot in the left
shoulder, flesh wound; Peter Goodrich,
Chicago, little finger of right band off ;
Nicholas Reimet, Philadelphia, cut on
hand; Frederick Marsh, Chicago, head
grazed by bullet; W. H. Johnson, Chi
cago, ankle put out ol joint in
the melee; James H. Pugh, Brook
lyn, face cut and left finger hurt;
F. Gebhart, New York, face hurt; H.
Hiukle, New York, head hurt; 11. W.
Gregory, Philadelphia, nose broken and
head an J mouth badly cut; v. &eigler,
Philadelphia, bruised; Louis Toombs,
Ch cago, shot in calf of leg and bruised;
E. luce, leg bruised by bullet; E. liall,
Chicago, right leg hurt; Alexander
Walsh, Chicago, bruised ; Frank Blas
tein, Chicago, bulle. in right leg, slight
wound; J aiiies F. Young, Philadelphia,
bruised; T. O. O'Leary, New Y'ork,
bruised; H. P. Kollv, Brooklyn, bruised;
Richard Kane, Brooklyn, bruised;
James Herrick, Philadelphia, bruised
Emil Oisen, Chicago, bruised; Dan
Mangin, Brooklyn, shot in right leg;
James S. O'Neill, two slight gun shot
wounds on the scalp; Frank Martin,
Chicago, bruised; C. J. Collins, On
tario, bruised; Michael Mahoney,
New Y'ork, bruised; John Lynch,
New York, head cut; I'ntr.ck Ma
guire, Chicago, gun shot wound in
left arm; Joan F. Breen, New York,
bruised; Frank Mead, Brooklyn,
bruised; William Cornell, Brooklyn,
bruised; Fred P. Rymer, Philadelphia,
badly cut on the forehead; Frank
rrancis, Philadelphia, bruised; Thomas
Wilson, New York, bruised ; Joseph
Cooley, Chicago, bruised; Charles
Vaughan, Philadelphia, bad cut on
head; John McGunnin, Burlington,
N. J., bruised ; Charles Hiram, Chicago,
bad cut on the head; Westley Still well,
Philadelphia, bruised; Jacob Bernstein,
Chicago, shot through leit ear; E. C.
Thiel, Chicago, bruised; J. Alalley,
Chicago, cut on the head; Ed Mann,
New York, right thumb shot; John C.
Gaffney, Brooklyn, bruised; R. 11.
Henrv, Brooklyn, bruised; P. E.
Mooney, Chicago, bruised; William
Ricker, Phi adolpliia, eye badly hurt:
H. D. Henry, Chicago, head hurt; A. D.
Hughes, New York, badly bruised ; Pat
Noleu, Brooklyn, bruised; John Dun
levy, New York, bruised; Joseph Ham
lin, Chicago, gun shot wound in the left
knee.
CAUSE OF THE TROILLE.
The following special dispatch, dated
June 30, to the New York Herald is re
printed here as it gives clearly and con
cisely the position of both sides in the
controversy. :
PiTTSiiUHG, Pa., Juno ;:0, 1892 This
has been a dark day at Homestead.
The sky has been overcast and at inter
vals there have bsen heavy showers.
But the gloom caused bv the climatic
conditions was not half bo great as that
visible on the faces and felt in the
hearts of the 12,000 inhabitants of tho
town.
From the day the foundation for the
first house was laid 15 years ago they
have, boasted year after year of pros
perity. The heads of lamilies had steady
employment at good wages. They
built homos, lived well and were baimv.
Today they were brought face to lace
with a great change. The gates of the
Carnegie steel (works, in which 4 .00 J
men were employed, were barred against
them and each man received notice dur
ing last night that there would be no
work lor him unless he agreed to return
promptly at a reduction of from 20 to
bO per cent, iu his wages and agreed to
give up his membership in the Amalga
mate 1 Association, the trado union to
which nearly all skilled iron and steel
workers belong.
The crisis has been expected for
mouths, but the fact that it was looked
for did not lessen the shock. It mead
a change from assured comfort to un
certainty and perhaps the breaking upoi
homes. It would have been wondenu
under the circumstances if laces had not
been as cloudy as the sky.
the sliding scale plan.
The first indications ol the storm
7.'hich broke today came lour months
ago. The men at Homestead had been
working under a three years' sliding
scale of wages, w hich was to expire to
day. This provided that Wages should
be adjusted every three mom lis on the
basis of the selling price of steel, and
that the minimum i ate should be If -'ft
psr tun that is, lor every dollar above
$25 pur ton at which steel billets were
Bold the workmen should receive a pro
portionate advance, but that if steel
billets were sold for less than $25 per
ton wages should not fall below the
minimum rate agreed upon.
During the three years wages wore
several times advanced and reduced, ac
cording as the price of steal billets rose
and fell, and the arrangement was con
sidered satisfactory. But four months
ago the Carncgies notified the workmen
that after June 30 there would bo a re
adjustment of wages. A number of con
ferunces were held. Finally tho firm
presented as its ultimatum a scale based
on $22 as the minimum rate lor steel
billets and for similar changes in all de
partments of tho mill. It was also pro
posed that the new scale should expire
on December 31 instead of June 30.
The last condition was objectionable
because if the firm desired another read
justment at the expiration of the scale
presented it wuuld come in the dean ol
winter when workmen do not feel so
well prepared to Btand up for what they
consider their rights as in the summer.
This might have been accepted, but the
proposition to reduce the rate from $25
to $22 per ton, the workmen contended,
was entirely without reason. They
claimed that it meant a reduction of
from 20 to 0!) por cent, in wages and
this was not demanded by the con
ditions of trade. The reply of the firm
was that improved appliances which
hail been introduced since the last ad
justment had increased the earning
capacity ol trie employes and mat ttie
new scale would cause only a moderate
reduction in wages. The men were given
until the 24lh inst, to accept or reject
the firm's proposition.
PREPARED FOR A HTnlKE.
Attempts have been made by the
leaders ol the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers to secure a
modification of the ultimatum, but
without success. It is doiibtiul whether
at any eriod Carnegie expected the
workmen to accept the new scale, as for
two months past large forces of men
have been engaged in putting the mills
in a condition to stand a siege. A tight
board fence 12 feet high, with portholes
at close intervals, was built all around
the m il yard. Three strands of barbed
wire, which can be charged with elec
tricity, were run along the top of this.
A covered bridge was built from a rail
road station near one of the gates.
Double lines of pipe, one for cold and
the other lor hot water, were laid clear
around the mill inclosure. The hot
water pipe has been connected nil six
large boilers, and a terrific stream of
scalding water can be thrown from the
inclosure.
At each of the portholes along the
railroad tracks the hoi water pipe is
fixed with plugs, to which hose can be
attached. The cold water will be used
in case of fire, while the hot water is to
be used for something else, probably.
It is also stated that cameras have been
attached to many of the points of look
out and that pictures can be taken of
any intruders by means of flash lights.
Search lights have been placed in the
lofty gable at the end of the plate mill
at the laboratory building on the look
out and still another light on a scaffold
erected on a crane on the river bank.
These preparations so clearly indicated
to the workmen that the Carnegies ex
pec ted a fight and that they proposed to
till the places oi those who refused to ac
cept the new scale with non-union men,
that they were in a measure prepared
tor the semi-official announcement of
two days ago, that all men who did not
accept the terms oi the firm by today
would be discharged.
LOCKED THE MEN OUT.
The effect was to cause them to lose
their temper, and yesterday there was
much disorder, including the shooting
of Buspicious strangers and the hanging
in effigy of officials oi the Carnegies'
company. This angered the Carnegies,
and without warning they decided last
night to suspend work at once in every
department of the mills. If they had
naued till 12 o'clock tonight the scale
would have expired aud the men would
have been on strike. As it is, the work
men are locked out Whatever may be
ttie proper name fur the condition that
prevails, it is certain that one of the
greate-t contests between capital and
labor in the history ot this State has
been inaugurated. What will be the
outcome no man can tell.
PLEDGED TO RESIST.
Having arranged thoir picket lines
this morning the locked-out workmen
held a general mass meeting, at which
they pledged each other to remain in
Homestead and resist to the last the
terms ottered by the Carnegie firm.
There was more or less wild talk at this
meeting, but it was evident that the
men are united and determined. They
are the more so because they are fully
convinced that if the Carnegies win the
tight at Homestead the same tactics will
be employed at the other Carnegie
plants.
beginning tomorrow the uarnegie
Steel Company, Limited, whose capital
stock is $25,01)0,000, will take the place
of the old Carnegie organization. The
officers are: Chairman, H. C. Frick;
vice chairman, J. G. O. Leishman; sec
retary, F. T. F. Lovejoy ; treasurer, H.
M. Curry ; assistant treasurer, O. H.
Childs ; general sales agent, W. P. Pal
mer. Andrew Carnegie holds a controll
ing interest. 11. C. Frick holds the next
largest interest and really has control of
the company, as Mr. Carnegie will not
take any active part in the business.
The different plants controlled by the
Carnegie Hteol Company, Limited, em
ploy more than twenty thousand work
men. The majority ol these are skilled
workers and are members of the Amal
gamated Association ot Steel and iron
Workers. Mr. frick is Known as an un
compromising opponent ol trade unions,
and there is prouably good reason for
the claim that a victory lor the Uarne-
gies at Homestead will be followed by
reductions in wages and the breaking up
ol the workmen's organization at other
plants.
FAVORABLE KOR THE FIRM.
It is too early to attempt a prediction
on the outcome of the struggle, but, not
withstanding the determination of the
workmen, tho general opinion is that
the chances lavor the Carnegies. They
have unlimited resources, and in previ
ous contests have always won. The ex
citement over the Homestead battle is
so great that the iact that the wage
agreement in ail the iron mills ol the
West expiied today and that no new
agreement has been made in a majority
of the mills creates little comment. The
sheet iron a id tinned pmlo nianuiac
turers und the tube manuiacturers, em
ploying altogether about twenty thou
sand men, have agr. ed to pay the rate
ot wages which has ruied during the
past twelve inontns for another year.
The other manuiaciurers, employing
eignty thou and workmen, demand re
ductions in wages ranging Horn 20 to
40 per cent. At midnight tins great
army of workers were lucked out, but
conierences will be held iu all sections
ol Pittsburg and tne West tomorrow,
and a protracted struggle is not ex
pected. Nowhere, except at Homestead,
is disorder expected.
Ten firms engaged in the general
manumciure of iron in I'ittsburg and
the western district, agreed today to
pay for the next year the same wages
that have ruled during the past 12
months. This indicates a general back
down on the part of the manufacturers
of this class. They employ the great
body of iron workers. 11 they all back
down in a week or two the locked out
men at Homestead will be able to hold
out lor a time and give them a fighting
chance to win.
Aiiiurtom Veil ,
Uu.okly Utilfttte It.
New Orleans, La., July 8 The
steamer Joseph Ateri, Jr., was seized by
the Hoiidurian insurgents under Colonel
Nuiln, and arrived at Quarantine station
yesterday. She reports that the north
coast is completely in the hands of the
revolutionists and the merchants and
people generally being in sympathy
with the revolutionists, business is pro
gressing as usual.
Her officers confirm the reported cap
ture of Truxillo, and the commandant,
General Munozo, Secretary Partello and
several others wore killed. One of the
attacking party was also killed. An
attempt was also made to take Ruatan,
which was frustrated, with the loss of
many ot the ship's boats.
The vessel returned to Truxillo,
whence she proceeded to Cuba with
troops and Colonel Nuila still on board.
Hie steamer was then released. She
then sailed for Livingston, where she
entered a protest before the American
consul and on the .iOth, Bailed for home.
Ihe revolutionists are led by the best
men ol the republic, forced taxea
levied by General Monozon on the prin
cipal merchants have been returned by
Colonel Nuila, which has had the effect
ol increasing his popularity with the
people. The officers and crew of the
Ateri state that they were treated with
every consideration and thutnoindig-
naties were ottered to them.
Uut MuroilflUK liaiHciivu Arretted llira
For Irulii Kobbtsry.
Boulder, Mont., July 7 United
States Marshal Frycke, of Texas, ar
rested near this place yesterday a man
known as John Thompson, but who
Frycke says is Bud Powell, one of the
gang ot i-evon who held up a train in
Texas five years ago and secured $4J,
000, besides diamonds, watches and
jewelry. Thompson has been around
here two or three years doing farm work
generally, lie attended the Commer
cial college in Helena, where it is sup
posed some one from Texas recognized
him and set the officers on his irack.
He had joined the church and Good
Templars and was paying attention to a
prominent wealthy bocieiy iu w wh
town.