Show r o J P TWENTY FIVE WENTY-FI WENTY YE KILEn KILLED WAR IN PENNSYLVANIA and Force of or Between a R Foret Locked Lockel Out Iron Workers Worker at Homestead An awful tragedy was enacted at Homestead Home nom stead near Pittsburg PItsburg on the I The riot was the thc culmination of the troubles which hleb have bave been brewing at Homestead for forthe forthe forthe the past month The Carnegie company submitted sub sub- sub submitted a n scale to govern gover their in the steel plant and ond announced that it was wa their ultimatum The scale made a sweeping reduction re re- re- re ducton In w wages ages of skilled men and it i was wa officially announced that unless terms were complied w with before July 1 the places of the workmen would be filled fled by others The men stated staled they would woul never ne er sl submit to the proposed reduction and ond announced their determination to resist any effort efort on the part of the Carnegie company any to start up their plants with union non-union men The contest was precipitated by the workmen workmen workmen work work- men at Homestead by hanging II I. 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C Prick Frick presIdent of the company In effigy and In retaliation retaliation re re- re- re talaton the company ordered the Immediate shut down shutdown of the big works two days before the time provided by the c contract under which the men were working The nt at It once proceeded to t organize for or the defense and the company erected a a high board fence around the tho entire entre works giving them the tho appearance of an immense stockade the sides being pierced with portholes portholes port port- port holes and protected with wIh wires wires' which could be charged with electricity Inside the stockade stock stock- sole ade ne every preparation was was was' wa made not only to house bouse workmen but to carry carryon on a n defensive vv warfare On the the Carnegie company announced ed their Intention to proceed to make repairs and the officials asked aked the sheriff to appoint deputies deputes io to protect their property The sherif sheriff sher sher- if iff 1 sent a 0 small smal squad of men up to the works but the strikers assembled In force and notified not not- noti noti- fled fied fed them hem to get out of town as ns no disorder was wa intended and that no damage would woud be bedone bedone done to any property They even cven offered to tobe tobe tobe be sworn in as os deputies deputes and to give bonds bond for their faithful performance of their duties dutes as I conservators of the peace When this offer oler was teas va declined the advisory advisor committee which had been directing the action of the workmen workmen workmen work work- men and which had held the turbulent spirits spirIs among the workmen in check checkas was as Immediately Im irn- mediately dissolved d and all al the records record of the committee promptly destroyed destroyed ed The developments of the Gt showed that the applications made for assistance of the sheriff were merely for the purpose of coverIng covering covering cover cover- ing what was va intended to be bo a coup de dc main mainon on the part of the Carnegie company In the clandestine Introduction of a body boy of PInkerton Pinkerton Pinkerton Pinker- Pinker ton detectives into into the mill mm Inclosure The detectives had been rendezvoused some som five 1 0 or six miles mies below the city on the Ohio river at at which place two barges had been prepared for them tem The holds of the barges were filled fled with wIh bunks cooking arrangements and other accommodations and as a an extra precaution as if I In preparation for the siege to which they were subjected day to-day toay were Un lined cd with heavy steel plates on the inside while the whole back baek deck was protected in a 0 similar manner It It was wa the intention that the men should shoud reach the works about 3 o'clock in the morning morning morn morn- ing lug but the te guards gards which were on duty duly along the river got ot w word ord of the threatened Invasion of the hated Pinkerton men and prepared to receive them The barges were towed up the river by a a tow tw boat but long before the Pinkerton men reached Homestead thousands ands n s ha n Ithe the banks r er t aay-t laRg leI them a i a-i ye mtr m come When the boats attempted to land land the workmen broke through the fence surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the mill mm and entrenching themselves behind piled pied up steel billets blet prepared to t resist resit the landing of the detectives By 4 o'clock in I the morning an effort efort was made mode to land laud the detectives but the strikers strIker met them and a fierce batie battle was wa precipitated both sides exchanging a a heavy beavy volley voley of shots shot The detectives were all 01 armed with Winchesters Winches Winches- Winches Winchesters but at the point where the attempt to toland toland land was made there was wa a steep step embankment and they were compelled to t go in single file band and were soon driven back to t the boats by the steady stady fire fre from the shore The noise of the battle batte spread prea about bout the borough like wild fire fre freand and thousands of men women and children thronged to t the river bank to t witness the fight in progress The Pinkerton men were determined to t land and they poured volley voley after volley voley into int the ranks of the strikers whom were stricken down by the tho bullets bullets bullets bul bul- lets some of them being fatally Injured and others other killed kled outright As the battle batte progressed the strikers took tok up a position behind a a breastworks hastily constructed of steel stcl rails rais and billets biet and from this place of safe sae refuge were able to t pick off of I the detectives es as a soon son appeared on the te deck of the boats In the meantime Captain Heln Hem and Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Super Super- Kline KUne of the were disabled dis dis disabled and the thc fire fre became so fierce that the crew of the tow-boat tow hastily cut loose from the barges and steamed up the river as o many of the wounded as they could cud reach to Braddock from which place they were sent down dow to t the hospitals at Pittsburg Seven of the force were thus cared for for while the strikers that fell fel wounded were carried to t their homes at Homestead the dead being carried to t the undertaking establishments Inthe in inthe inthe the town As soen soon as a day broke the strikers secured se so- se cured cued a a small smal brass bras ten cannon and planted it within the te steel built steel steel-buU so soa as a to t command the barges which were moored mored at ot the river bonk bank bak At the same sae time the force of 1000 men took tok up a position on the opposite side of the river and planted a cannon cannon can can- non which they protected with a 0 breastwork of railroad ties tics tes The fire fre from both bolh sides was wa kept up the barges bages having been pierced Shortly Shorty be before ore 9 0 o'clock the te cannon were turned on the te boats boat and for several severa hours an awful bombardment was wa kept up The stout oaken timbers forming foring the sides of the te boat were splintered but the heavy steel plates on onte the te inside prevented the balls bals from penetrating ing lag the Interior Many of the strikers however however however how how- ever were expert marksmen and they sent shot after shot Into int the portholes of the barge and Inflicted terrible Injury on the Imprisoned men When It was found that tat little Impression impression sion could be made by the tho te cannon connon on the boats an effort efort was wa made to t fire lre the barges bages and thus compel the detectives to leave the vessel or suffer the terrible fate of being burned alive alve Hose lose was wa procured and oil 01 sprayed on the te decks and sides of the barges bages While this was wa being done barrel alter after ater barrel harrel of oil 01 was wa emptied empted into the river above e b the mooring place the te object hem g to allow alow It to t float foat against the boats boat and then ignite them This terrible deed deed was wa attempted several times but the boats boat did not burn and then ten the mob became Infuriated and burled dynamite dyne dyna dyna mite mie booms boms against the boats boits with terrible trIble effect effect ef ef- ef- ef feet The Te situation of the detectives was such as a to pall pal the stoutest heart beat The men had bad hadnot hadnot not left let the barges bages and were cooped coped up at the mercy of the Infuriated mob The Te tow tw boats had left lef them and they tey were so encompassed by the maddened army of strikers strIker that tat no succor sue suc suc cor cr could reach them Three Tee times tIes they Uey ran up a flag fag of truce but as many Dany times Umes it was stricken down by bullets bulet fired fred by the strikers Then It became evident that the ammunition of the besieged detectives W was either exhausted exhaust exhaust- ed cd or they tey were too t much worn out to continue continue con con- cn- cn the fight and ad for nearly nealy two hours hour before before be be- be fore the end of the struggle was wi rea reached h d not nota a waa wa I T r 5 51 1 3 i S S J again made made to t Towards dusk efforts elors were Toward and wIth their living freight burn the boats wih have succeeded had bad it they doubtless would interposition of the leading for the not been AssocIation who officers of the Amalgamated Through the afternoon Though the scene in to went t allow the their efforts it I was agreed but this was alow i not te l secured tives to t surrender wa of ofte objection on the P part t the greatest without have lost friends ad and anden the men many of whom have friend te relatives during the day o'clock the Pinkerton men en hun hung out it was respected re- re another white flag fag and this time wI went and a commIttee Th They y capitulation f of terms aboard to t prepare prepare sate safe conduct for the provided guaranteed they left lef their arms ars and ond ammunition under behind and agreed to leave the pl place ee t had no alternative an and ond detectives guard cuard The hid promptly promptly gard accepted the terms of the men some time they first It was the of the men saying wa fr had bad ever eyer submitted to such a humiliating sur- sur su- su render When an inspection of the boats was wa made the Pinkertons Pinkertons Pinkertons Pinker- Pinker it was found that at least seven of te tons had bad been killed and twenty Or thirty that they wounded wounded- many of them so 50 badly badly will die The condition of all al of them was than it was much better wa terrible but it was the inhuman inhuman Inhuman the gauntlet of pf after they tey had ha run ron man crowd on shore them each in charge of ol As the men passed two deputies deputes te the mill mi men and their friends frIend kicked them and threw some of them down The unfortunate detect detectives cs begged for mercy Te their heir Some of them had bad shot pistol-shot wounds In heads and three were seen that had lied their eyes shot out Several were shot in the shoulders arms and legs and ond could scarcely limp along in streams trems down their Blood was vas running Bood shirts and they fairly fairy j with pain Fully thirty injured men were taken to the Town TownHalL Hall lal One of them had his eyes punched out by an umbrella in the hands of a woman Sand was thrown in their eyes and they were hit bit by clubs and other missiles missies Many were knocked down with wih clubs tramped upon and some were too weak to walk when they were started stared for the Town Hall IaU The Te mill mm men used the stocks of their rifles rHes and struck the detectives over the head and shoulders Inflicting inflicting in in- serious and in some cases caes perhaps fatal wounds S As the procession reached the Amalgamated Amalgamated ed Association hall hal the detectives had to remove re ye- re remove When move their hats and salute the flag fag they removed their hats men and women hit them with wih umbrellas and sticks and abused them in every way imaginable There seemed to t be a a determination to t kill kiI the prisoners a and aid d it was with wih great difficulty that the demon like demon crowd could be restrain restrain restrain- ed The men were finally lock locked d in the opera opera house where here they were to be kept for the night Great crowds er bowe gathered around the building and the wounded men w were ere kept in a a constant state of terror terror and it was wa long before their wounds wound could be dressed The mill mm men immediately raided the two barges notwithstanding the promises of their leaders to protect this thi property Everything portable Including the rifles was wa carried away and the barges bages were burned During Dung the te afternoon the officers of the Amalgamated Association urged their men to toI have mercy on the Pinkertons but it was a aI along along a long time before they tIey could gain their point I It I is claimed that mos- mos most of the PInkerton I force was as composed of green green men who had bad been peen brought together er from different points and had been told tI tirey y rere to act as M w watch men r rIt I It I Is not certainly wn yet which force orce wI I opened fire fre first During Durn the day Sheriff Sheril McCleary MeI Mc- Mc Mc Cleary Ceary telegraphed the Dun Gov Gm Governor Pattison for milia mi- mi I litla litia lia governor him to t swear I in inks posse poise and ciha exhaust t his own resources t. t f r- r I posse to meet e ne at 9 0 o'clock at after r the trouble was wa a an lover over I An effort efort was made a aN Pittsburg during the I day to patch up a 0 truce Between the owners and workmen but no result was secured |