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Show BLOODY BUTTLE . Ill PROGRESS At Homestead, Pa., Where Carnegie's Milla are Situated, in Which Strikers and Pinkertons Are RUTHLESSLY SHOT DOWN. The Captain of the Hireling Mercenaries is Wounded and Six of His Men Killed Eighteen Strikers DEAD, DYING, WOUNDED. The Town on Fire A Flag of Truce Fired Upon The Strikers Use a Cannon With Deadly Effect. Outraged Workingmen Eavolt and Women and Children Cry Long and Loud for E9T3nge. THE MILITIA ARE ORDERED OUT. The Sickening' Story of Labor' Wrongs iu the Keystone State When Will It Cease? by the men. All along the river and railroads rail-roads men are stationed to give warning of 1 the approach of trains or boats. Before the second attempt was made to land the officer in charge announced to the workmen on the bank that his men were Pinkertons and would land if they had to MOW DOWN EVERYBODT IN SIGHT. He then ordered bis men to advance. They were met by a shower of lead from the rifles and pistols of the scattered workmen. work-men. The officers fell back for an instant but rallied, and marching eight abreast endeavored en-deavored to get ashore but were driven back again. Already four of the locked out men were killed. John Morris was killed in the last effort of the officers to land. Another man was killed but carried away before he could be identified. THE PEOPLE SEEMED CRAZED by the bloody workmen, women and children running through the streets crying for revenge and blood. At S:f0 the men began rolling barrels of oil to the river, intending to set fire to it on water and burn the Fiukertons out. Sheriff McCleary has wired Governor Pattirson that he is unable to cope with the mob. THE SITUATION 13 VERY GRAVE. Two thousand workmen are on the ground, and unless something is done prompily there will be a great lost of life. It is known that six more workmen were shot at the se.ond attempt to land. The captain of the tug and one of the Pinkerton men are dead. There were non union men aboard the barge as well as Pinkertons. THE BATTLE RAGES. Pittsburg, July 6. 2 p. m. The battle continues. The Pinkertons made two attempts to land but were repulsed both times. The following workmen were killed: JOHN MORRIS, married, shot through the head; HENRY STRIEGLE, unmarried, shot through the neck; . i t ii i i - , tt : -i object on the barges is fired on. An occasional oc-casional shot cornea from the barges. It is thought that some Pinkertons have been wounded during the skirmishing. A car of oil was set fire, to fire the boat but failed in its object. All sorts of rumors are afloat One says the G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans have turned over their arms to the workmen and that two cars of ammunitiou have gone to the strikers from this city. The Amalgamated Amalga-mated officials deny this. A rumor that the strikers are coming here to take Captain Hein is not credited, but police authorities are prepared for such an emergency. The conference between the sheriff, the amalgamated amalga-mated officials and the Carncgies was fruitless. fruit-less. The outlook is far from encouraging. At 1:10 this afternoon eighteen men were taken from the yard of the mill. Three died, two of whom were Pinkertons. The wounded mtn were taken home or sent to the hospital here. The dead were removed to the undertakers. under-takers. The flames are now spreading along the river front and the mills are threatened. Several explosions were heard and the people peo-ple arc fleeing to the bills to escape the fire. At 2 p. m. one of the Piukerton's who raised his head above the edge of the barge was Immediately shot in the head, and fell backward. back-ward. J. W. Kline, a Pinkerton man, has just died in the hospital. The superintendent of the city poor farm, near Homestead, has just telephoned the mayor, that the burning burn-ing oil is coming down stream, surrounds the pumping station, and unless assistance is rendered the station will be destroyed. A SERIOUS SITUATION. Pittsburg. July 6.-4 p. m. The situation at Homestead is one bf increasing gravity. The Pinkertons are in a dreadful position and exposed to a perilous fire of bullets, cannon and dynamite. Workman are now preparing to attach a hose to an oil tank to spurt oil on the boat and set her on fire. The general expectation is that troops will be called very soon. In a statement Jo the Associated Press an official in behalf of Carnegie Steel company declares the Homestead works have been riTTSBrRG, July o. ine great lockout in the iron industry in this vicinity has born its first bloody fruit. Between a dozen aud twenty Pinkerton officers and locked out men are either lying dead or more or less seriously wounded, as the result of an encounter botwecn them early this morning. The battle is still in progress and there is no telling what dreadful dread-ful results may come before the close of the day. The following is the story of the battle and its antecedent. Early this morning 300 Pinkerton detectives arrived in Pittsburg from the east and marched quietly to Moo-, Moo-, Ongahela, where they boarded barges and ; Started for the Homestead works towed by I the steam tug Tide. At 2:15 this morning the locked, out employes were notified of thia move, and when the barges arrived at Homestad. FIVE THOUSAND rF.OPr.E Including men women and children, were waiting to meet them. As soon as the Pinkertons attempted to land they were warned off by the men and the battle followed. fol-lowed. The Pinkertons were armed with Winchester Win-chester rifles aud the opposing crowd chiefly with revolvers. The Pinkertons opened fire and at the first volley TWO WORKINGMEN FELL. This enrnged tjie crowd and they bore down on the Pinkertons with resistless force. The Pinkertons fell back but continued firine m.-inv-v m iivi, a iiuugaiinu, diiui through the breast; ANDREW STRIEGLE, a brother of Henry, shot through the chest; MARTIN FOY, leaves a wife and five children. chil-dren. The following are the wounded as far as learned. Miles Loughran, dying, shot through legs and hips. Joe Sitta, shot through the leg. It is reported that the captain of the Pink-erton's Pink-erton's is dead. HE FELL IN THE FIRST ASSAULT and has not been seen since. The men entrenched themselves in the mill behind the machinery. They have received re-ceived guns and ammunition, and swear the Piukerton's will never be allowed to land while a man remains in Homestead. Tiie situation becomes more critical momentar-ily. momentar-ily. Reuben Forrest was shot through the heart at 9:30. Another Hungarian was taken to the temporary hospital dying. D. E. Wilder has just received two wounds, David Sutte is reported killed. Selks Waynes has just been carried down the street, dead. X Jie Pinkertons seem about to make another attempt to land. Their boat is almost riddled with bullets. FIRED A CAR OF OIL. Pittsburg, July 6. 2 p. m. At 11 a. m. the strikers tired a car of oil standing near the works for the purpose of burning the boat in the river. They expect to set the river on fire. The men placed a cannon on the hill on the north aide of the river and are firing into the boat. m possession or the a mob 6ince iuiy i. Yesterday he called on the sheriff for protection. pro-tection. 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 a boat last night. These men were met more than a miles below the works by an armed mob of amalgamated men, who followed along the river bank firing rifles and revolvers at the boat. This continued for twenty-five minutes before a single shot was returned from the boat. At 3:45 this afternoon the cannon is still roaring and the rattle of musketry continues. con-tinues. The sullen explosion of dynamite adds a new and terrible element to the conflict. con-flict. Men are throwing dynamite cartridges over the bank which alight near the barges and explode. It looks as if the imprisoned detectives will never escape. The workmen have another cannon which they are shootinar over the banks. They have not been able to get a proper range yet. The Pinkertons raised another white flag at 2:30. The arm of the man who raised it was hit with a bullet. bul-let. The strikers captured a 600-gallon oil tank this afternoon, set it on fire and let it run down into the river, but an adverse wind blew it away from the barges. Another man on the barge has been shot and Jhas fallen overboard. The men are attemDting to capture two other oil tanks. Caunons are bombarding the barges every few minutes. Each shot is carrying away pieces of the vessels. The Pinkertons seldom return the fire." MILITARY PREPARATION. Philadelphia, July 6. Colonel Bowman of the first regiment of militia, has just received re-ceived an order from the adjutant general to have the quarter-master report at brigade headquarters for instructions. REINFORCEMENTS COMING. Homestead, Pa., July 6. 4:30 p. m. Two thousand workmen from the south side mills of Pittsbure have just marched into Homestead Home-stead with flags aud banners to assist the strikers. The excitement is increasing. Supplies of arms and ammunition are being furnished the strikers bv the citizens of Homestead and are arriving from Pittsburg and McKeesport. It is feared the carnage is only begun. LAYING GAS PIPES. Pittsburg, July 6 (4:35 p. m.) The men are laying natural gas pipes toward the boat They want to end 6tronir srteams of gas that will envelop the boat, then ligrht it with a torpedo. The Pinkerton' s are huddled hud-dled in the rear end of the barge terror stricken. A cannon ball carried away part of the first barge- The men are still throwing throw-ing dynamite. Some sticks hit the boats aud splintered them. Pattiiion Declines to Interfere. Harrisburg, Pa., July 6. In response to a call for aid by the sheriff of Allegheny county, on account of the Homestead riol, the governor sent the following: "Locat .authorities must exhaust every means at their command. nud finally the crowd on the bank retreated and climhed over a heap of. ..rub-etii- toward the . big tre6tle leading to the Penicky railroad bridge. Three hundred armed workmen, however, stood their ground and a desultory tiring kept up. Finally, Fin-ally, thi-y, too, were compelled to fall back before the withering fire of the Winchesters. The first shot came from the barge. THE FIRST MAN TO FALL was Mir'in Merry, a beater in one of the mills. He whs shot in the side and fell face forward. A big Hungarian standing beside him stood over and whs iu the act, of raising the prostrate bod- when tie, too, was struck by a bullet aud fell beside his comrade. Others Oth-ers rushed to the spot anl picked up the bodies and carried Ilium behi.irl the trestle. One of the rescuer, n Welshman, name unknown, un-known, was wounded in the leg. Mer. y and the Hungarian were t.iken to a physician's ollice, who examined their wounds and said both would probab:y die. FIVE MO'.SE STRIKER) WEK! WOUNDED, two seriously, but they were spirited away, and their names are not obtainable. Five Pinkertons are reported wounded, four dangerously, dan-gerously, including their captain, Patrick Foley. THe day was just breaking when the lights of the steamer with iu bargC3 on either side, flashed thr;ugli the gray vjp r ov. r the waters before the eyes of the people on the ban!,. The crowd ran pell moll toward th works, and coining to a high fence which surrounds the works, the men used their shoulders as battering rants and iu a twiuk-liug twiuk-liug TIIHEW DOWN THE B VRUIER Men, women and children rushed pell-mell toward the point on the shore of the river for which the Flotilla was headed, and gathered gath-ered in mass at the water's edge. Slowly the boat edged toward the landing and when the keels of the barge grated on the BALLS AND SCRAPS OF IRON are being used. At every shot, the boats 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 and no word can be gotten to or from it. The strikers cleaim that at least five men on board are killed or fatally hurt One man says he saw six fall. On every hand the men are gathering ammunition and every possible sort of fire arms are being be-ing collected. Shotguns are being loaded with buckshot. The fteanicr Little Bill came down the river about 11 o'clock to take off the Pinkertons Pin-kertons imprisoned on their barges. There were a large number of new men on the boat. The moment it reached the shore a regular fusilade occurred. The workmen say it had assistance for the Pinkertons. In the tight the striker, Pinkertons nnd persons per-sons on ttie Little Bill took part The can-noners can-noners across the river FIRED THREE SHOTS AT LITTLE BILL. Their aim was bad, one shot entering the open hearth depnrtmcut of the mill and took off a min's head. The number killed is now ten, nnd the wounded eleven. The strikers claim that b.'-sides the captain and lieutenant, four oilier men wer.- shot and fe'l from the barge. One o Piukerton's men jumped off the barge and wa drowned. Pae pilot of the Little Bill was killed. The boat was driven off and proceed down the river. The workmen telegraphed to have it stopped at the locks. THE PINKERTON WOUNDED. Pittsburg, July . 2:30 p.m. Captain F. II. Ilciu. who had charge of the Pinkerton men at Homestead, hns been brought to the hospital here, with five -ounded companions. compan-ions. Tnc list is a follows: J. W. Kline, shot iu the head, will die. injured: sand the grim faces of the invaders were with a few feet of their opponents on the shore. There was AN INSTANT OF AWFUL SILENCE and then a bright flash and a sharp report announced the commencement of the dreadful dread-ful work. The firing became general on both sides, and the strikefs retreated for a moment but quickly rallied at a short distance from the boat and hetd their own by sheer weight of numbers and compelled tho deputies to proceed pro-ceed cautiously. Suddenly forty or fifty detectives attempted. attempt-ed. to- jump ashore. The strikers responded with a sharp volley, driving the invaders back to the semt shelter of the lower deck. Their captain was carried to the pilot house of the steamer. One of his men informed the Associated Press man that although the wound was serious, it was not fatal. A number of others of the detectives are more or less seriously wounded in this encounter. x THERE WAS A LULL In tVi ViH1a thp. Pinkprtnns truth A-inir on th. Captain Hein, t-hot in the leg, will recover; re-cover; Russell Wells, shot in the shoulder; J. C. Hoffm an, shot in the leg. David Lester, shot in hand, condition serious. Another man who was shot in the arm and left the hospital. His name is unknown. Another wounded man will arrive later. Captaiu Hein has been in the employ of the Pinkertons for many years. He has handled several large strikes aud was always considered con-sidered conservative. Iu an interview this afternoon, he said. The men were picked up in Chicago and New York. They were a very fair lot and numbered 200. I gave them strict orders not to shoot until tired on. When we proceeded to land a whistle blew and the strikers immediately commenced to shoot. To protect ourselves we had to return the fire. Seven or eight of our men are hurt. I do not 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. lower deck of the steamer and the workmen on shore sending a committee to scour Homestead for ammunition. The following workmen were wounded: William Fry, probably fatally; Michael Murray, dangerously; Andrew Scurler, seriously; John Kane, badly; Harry Hughes, slightly. Two unknown men were badly shot. It is not known just who are 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 in-side the works, tore down a hundred feet of the enclosure. THE FIGHTING WAS RENEWED shortly after 7 a. m. and the battle continued half an hour. The second conflict win precipitated pre-cipitated by another effort by the Pinkertons Pinker-tons to land. A number of workmen were injured in the second encounter, but the names cannot now be obtained. The wild, est excitement prevails. Thousands of workmen from surrounding places are supposed sup-posed to be marching to reinforce the strikers. WILLIAM FRY WHO WAS SHOT in the first engagement is dead. Henry Streigel was also killed. Several others were wounded in the second engagement - The workmen built fortifications of steel bars on the river banks and ever a thousand men are behind it. It is supposed that several sev-eral Pinkertons were killed on the boat. At 8:80 the firing was resumed in a desultory desul-tory manner and a workman named Wallace was fatally shot. The crowd . on the s li or ft is constantly increasing. - All trains are watched and all means of entrance" to the works are guarded - - - ' . ' .'; ..-.- - . - - Charles Hoffman, brother of J. G. Hoffman, Hoff-man, one of the injured men, corroborated the statement of Captain Hein that the strikers fired first. The sheriff and representatives of the Amalgamated association and of the Carnegie Carne-gie Steel company held a long consultation after which the sheriff's counsel went to consult with H. C. Frick. It is hoped that the matter can be arranged without further bloodshed. Four workmen came from Homestead this morning and say five Pinkerton men and five workmen were killed and a number of others seriously injured. It is reported that there are four men here. TO BUT DYNAMITE and nitro-glycerine to blow up the boats on which the detectives are, but the story is not generally credited. The steamer, Little Bill, returned to this city shortly after noon. Captain Rogers was very Indignant at the action of the strikers. He said: "I never saw such a cowardly attack. The strikers had fortifications fortifica-tions of pig-iron, and the moment we arrived ar-rived commenced firing. Not a shot was fired by the Pinkerton's were shot down like dogs. FLAG OF TRUCK SHOT DOWN. 2:45 p.m. A flag of truce was displayed by the Pinkertons and was phot down. It was hoisted the second and third time with the same results. The Mill workers have heard that the militia have been ordered here and seem determine d to rid the place of every Pinkerton before the troops arrive here. Meu are lying in wait on both sides of the river opposite barges for the detectives detect-ives to show themselves. Every moving |