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Show QUIET. Eestcred at Homestead and a Recapitulation Re-capitulation of the Dead and Wounded Takes. PINKERTONS SENT AWAY. They Laave for New York on a Special Train Over the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Eoad. A Feeling of Belief that No Legal Gom-i Gom-i plications May Arise Ont of Yesterday's Eiot. SHERIFF'S CALL IGNORED. It is Eeceired With Good Natured Derision by the Strikers and Their Friends. AFTERNOON AND EVE OF TERROR Brnised and Bleeding Pinkertons Stagger Through tha Streets to ba Beaten by Howling Men. The Riot of '77 Pales Before the Horrors Which Hlackened the Pages of History Yesterday. them was onty too glad to get out of the neighborhood. STRIKERS FLUSHED WITH VICTORY There Will be a Conflict Between Work-, men and Militia if Brought Tog-ether. Pittsburg, July 7. A deputy who returned re-turned from Ilomstcad this morning, says the taking of militia to that place will surely bring about a conflict. The men are flushed with yesterday's success and are unreasonable. unreason-able. A double force of policemen is on duty in this city to provide for an emergency emer-gency in the way of turbulence among the idle crowds in the streets. The home of II. C. Frick was guarded by private detectives last night. Others are keeping personal guard over their homes. Lovejoy, secretary of the Carneeie Steel company, said this morning that the company could do nothing until the sheriff restored to its possession its property. - He added, the time for a conference con-ference with the men has gone by, but those who wished would be given work individually. individ-ually. A NIGHT OF TERROR. The Terrible Riots of '7 7 Pale Before the Awful Dolags of Yesterday. Homestead, Pa., July 7. After a lengthy conference of amalgamated leaders a meeting meet-ing of locked-out men was called at 4 o'clock yesterday. It was attended by 1000 men, many of whom carried muskets. The National Nat-ional officer of the amalgamation made a strong appeal to the men while cannons roared outside. President Weike pleaded with the men to withdraw and assured them that the barges containing the deputies would be immediately removed. P. H. Mc-Iver, Mc-Iver, vice-president of the Mahoning and Shenango valley district, said: "There has been an awful slaughter of human life here today, and by all means a further sacrifice should be avoided. I am a stranger in this'town, but from today's action I know full well if you continue doing as you are the militia will be ordered out before be-fore dark and you will be defeated." o' DOS X ell's appeal. K 4l;. ; . . . . . T . : .J . : house, says as soon as the men attempted to run out on the gangplank, a shot was fired from the shore. . olley after volley was fired. Wishart says ho became angry, and seizing a rifle himself began firing at the crowd on the shore. After the wounded had been taken to Port Perry the boat returned and Wishart 6ays that by that time the strikers strik-ers bad gained the vantage points in every direction and poured in shot in an uncomfortable uncom-fortable manner. A number of them were on tbe bridge roof. When the boat reached the wharf in this city this afternoon bun. dredsof people surrounded her and began taking chips and digging bullets out for relics. Of bullet there are great plenty, the sides of the vessel having been riterally riddled. rid-dled. WILL BE TRIED FOB MURDER. Pittsburg, July 7. A visit to the Union station revealed the fact that the Pinkerton detectives who arrived in this city at 2:30 this morning will not be taken from the city but will be held at the Pennsylvania yards under strong guard until they can be removed re-moved to the county jail to await trial for murder. DIED IX the jail. Pittsburo, July 7. Last evening a lengthy secret conference was held between C. L. McGee, II. C. Frick, Sheriff McCleary, W. J. Brennan and others. At its conclusion a special train and the party, excepting Frick, went to Homestead. The object of the mission is not known. A dispatch received re-ceived says that one of the Pinkertons died in the lockup from the effects of injuries received re-ceived on the march from the boat to tha jail. Another is expected to die. GOVERNOR PATTISON'S OPINION. Harrisrcrg, Penn., July 7. Governor Pattison said last evening that he did not contemplate any further action at present. Tbe feeling about the capital is that an attempt at-tempt is being made to shift the responsibility. responsi-bility. Adjutant-General Greenland is ia communication with General John A. Wiley, commander of the Second brigade of .troops. If found necessary to restore order they will be concentrated at Homestead on short notice. ELEVEN IN THE HOSPITAL. Homestead, Penn., July 7. At midnighfr- Homestead, Pa., July 7. Homestead is strangely silent this morning. It is the quiet of sober afterthought. The leaders are wondering what will be . the next step. The men are bathing their wounds and preparing pre-paring for a pouring of lead. The leaders prorjose to have the fence around Carnegie's property rebuilt, and repair all other damage dam-age done by yesterday's riot, with the ; view of preventing: suits by the company. The guards to look after the interest of the company were renewed, much to the surprise sur-prise here, over the release by the sheriff and the sending away of the Pinkerton guards. Wheu the workmen agreed to not kill them it was understood that the guards would be placed in jail until an information for murder could be sworn out against them. The report of their release EXCITED MUCH ANGRY DISCUSSION at first, but it quieted down when the men remembered that if they appeared against the Pinkertons as witnesses they themselves would be liable to prosecution for riot. The feeling then became one of relief that no legal complications would arise out of yesterday's yes-terday's bloodshed. The call of the sheriff for a posse was received re-ceived with good-natured derision as they were confident a posse could not be collected. The men this morning removed tho barricades barri-cades and restored things to their noriaal attempted to address the crowd, but instantly in-stantly there was a loud report and with one accord every man rushed pell-mell to the scene. Even while appeals were being made men were endeavoring to pump oil on the barges. It was useless to continue the meeting. meet-ing. An hour later, while tho men were waitiDg for nightfall to burn the barges and the men in them, Hugh O'Donnell, a leader of the strikers, grasped the American flag and, mounting a pile of iron, made an impassioned im-passioned speech for mercy for the Pinkertons, Pinker-tons, who were lying like caged wolves in the barges. The extraordinary power of O'Donnell over the strikers was manifest at once. A few people demurred and cried out, "Let's burn them," but they were silenced. turn them over to the sheriff. "Let's turn them over to the sheriff and make an information for murder against them," said the leader. This was received with cheers and when the strikers waived their hats and asked the Pinkertons to surrender, sur-render, there was an immediate response from the boat In a short time the leader of the strikers came on deck. Then began a strange scene. The strikers crowded the boats, captured the rifles and looted every- thing. They were mad with rage. The first man taken off the barge was dying, having been shot through the side. Then one by one tbe strikers followed in charsre of an alleged al-leged guard, each man carrying a valise. The guards carried Winchesters, taken from the Pinkertons. Six Pinkertons were repeated re-peated kyied and many dangerously wounded. wound-ed. The guards took the men a mile to the rink. There were 200 of them, and prob- last night a special train came in from Pittsburg Pitts-burg in charge of Sheriff McCleary, and the Pinkerton men were sent to the county jail. President "Weike and Hugh O'Donnell counseled moderation and the strikers did not again meet the guards, most of whom were badly injured. Eleven were sent to the hospital on their arrival at Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. ADLAI SPEAKS. Chicago, July 7. Adai E. Stevenson, democratic candidate for vice-president, arrived ar-rived in the city last night. When the above dispatches about the Homestead trouble were shown him he declined to talk about it further than to say it demonstrates the fact that high tariff affords no protection to the laboring men and never bettors their condition. A BITTER FEFLIXG PREVAIL3. , Philadelphia, July 7. Among the different dif-ferent labor organizations a bitter feeling prevails over the introduction of Pinker-ton's Pinker-ton's at Homestead. From the headquarters headquart-ers of the American Federal Labor Union a card was issued last evening for an indignation indig-nation meeting Friday evening. powderly's mouth closed. Omaha, "July 7. Before leaving for the east yesterday morning General Master Workman Powderly was seen by an Associated Associ-ated Press representative, and speaking of the Homestead riot said he could not talk until he knew more about it, - - APPEALING TO THE GOVERNOR. ' " . . . v The Sheriff at Homestead I.eaTe tho Mat-, ter With Governor Pattison. - "' confident of their power and while they are determined to preserve the peace locally they will brook no outside interference. The funeral services over the remains of John M. Morris, Anthony Waynd and Peter Fares who were killed in yesterday's fight, were held this afternoon. The remains were followed to the graves by a large concocrse. strikers to be arrested. Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie Steel company, says a number of strikers will be arrested charged with murder. He declares that the last outbreak has settled one thing, and that is,, that hereafter no union men will be employed by the Carnegie company, and that other mill owners will probably follow its example. BATTERED, BRUISED AND BLEEDING The Awful Vengeance Wreaked on the Pinkertons by a Crazed Mob. Pittsburg, July 7. Sheriff McCleary, in addition to a proclamation last evening calling call-ing on all good citizens to appear armed at his office this morning, sent out a number of personal summonses to the same effect early today. Neither the proclamation nor the summonses had much effect. At 9 o'clock the hour mentioned, only one man had appeared under the general proclamation, proclama-tion, and of 105 men personally summoned only twelve responded. As it was apparent that a sufficiently large ally by the time they reached the improvised impro-vised jail. They claim that they were miserably miser-ably misled; that they came from different towns, were strangers to each other and had been told they were wanted as watchmen. They huddled in the rink, absolutely terror 6tricken, fearing lynching from the immense crowd of people gathered outside. ONE BRAVE PINKERTON MAN. Among the scenes and incidents attending the surrender and landing of the di?comtit-ted di?comtit-ted guards from the barges was one specially spe-cially worthy of note, as it shows the bravery brav-ery of one of the Pinkerton men. As he reached the river bank with his companions they were assailed from all sides by the ' angry crowd. In a shower of stones and missiles of all kinds the man separated himself him-self from the others and begged for a hearing. hear-ing. In the silence which followed he said: Fellow Citizen: When I came here I did not understand the situation or I would lever have come. I was told I was to meet and deal with foreigners. I had no idea I was to fight American citizens. I am a member mem-ber of the junior order and appeal to you for permission to leave and get myself out of this terrible affair. The crowd cheered him aud he proceeded unmolested. dynamite used freely. The scenes in the afternoon on the hills back of Homestead and as far as the eye could see were dotted with human beings. With every shot from the strikers they craned their necks, hoping only to see a ehastly result. The Pinkertons were hors Pitsburg, July 7. The sheriff again telegraphed tele-graphed 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 coudition, and death is expected at any moment, their names are William Foy, George Ritter and Richard Durham. The physician who examined the wounded Pinkertons says the hands of most of them bear evidence of hard work. Several told him that they were mill men who came here for the purpose of working and not fighting. There are now twenty-seven wounded Pinkertons Pink-ertons in the hospital. Michael Connas, one of the number, died of his wounds thia morning. He came from New York City. Ed Jacover, another, will also probably die. , To Strike at Carneicie'a Purse. Chicago, July 7. A committee of tha ' Amalgamated Iron and Steel associations ( from Pittsburgh, is here to confer with the workmen in the building trades with the view to boycotting all iron and steel from, the Carnegie works at Homestead if nonunion non-union men are put to work. They were wellj received and the course asked will probably- be complied with. Similar committees werori sent to other large cities and a general build- ing tie up is not improbable. j A False Alarm. Pittsburg, July 7. Some excitement was ', occasioned at 5 o'clock thia morning by the : report that another steamer was going up the river with men. Investigation provei it a false alarm. The boat was merely getting get-ting up steam to tow some coal barges-down barges-down the river. . . a iorce couia not De got togetner, tne Bnerin decided to postpone his trip to Homestead until tomorrow. In the meantime he will issue additional summonses. Much reluctance is shown by the citizens about going to Homestead where they know a fight would await them. In this city and Alleghany there are three thousand members of the Amalgamated 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 of the riots of 1877. The names of the sixteen are not given, however, how-ever, and it is believed the statement is inaccurate. in-accurate. What is believed to be a complete list of the dead makes tho total ten, of whom six are workmen and four Pinkertons, as follows: workmen. JOHX MORRIS; ANTHONY WAYNE; THOMAS WELDIN; HENRY 8TRIEGEL; JOHN FARES; JOSEPH SOPPO. " pinkertons. J. W. KLINE; EDWARD CONNERS. Two names are unknown. The men were de combat and their warring purely passive. The strikers had a cannon, wtich they tried to train on tbe boats, but each shot flew wide of the mark. Finally, the cannon burst, and then they resorted to dynamite. Great chunks of it were thrown at the boat, most of which only splashed the water. Occasionally it struck the roof, but exploded upward and only left a white breath of smoke. One lucky shot struck the stern end of a barge and made a gapiug opening which served as an objective point for future fu-ture throws, but was always missed. Other shots ripped great sections of the open deck. Previous to this they had tried to fire the boats by pouring barrels of oil on the water and igniting it, but after wasting half a tank they gave this up as futile. They took a long section of hose and tried to pipe Carnegie Carne-gie & Co.'s gas to the boats to blow up the company's protectors. Time aud again they tried it, each attempt proving a failure, while the spectators and strikers awaited the result with bated breath. Meanwhile the Pinkertons WERE HUDDLED UNDER THE DECK dragging in the dead and caring for the wounded, waiting for what seemed certain doom, as all overtures of surrender had been refused. Late in the afternoon, down the Pemickey trestle, marched 1000 brawny sons of toil, waring at the head of the column col-umn the American flag. They were workmen work-men from Jones fc Laughlin's mill coming to tender sympathy and encouragement to their locked out brethren. Then William Weike, ex-president of the Amalgamated as- snoi auu ieii overuoaru. - THE INJURED. Eleven workmen are severely hurt, six of whom may -die and twenty-five others are slightly injured. Those in danger of dying are: George Retter, Kichari Durham, Wm. Foy, Henrt RrsiSKi, Andy Cudia, Chas. Daeska. Nearly every one or the Pinkertons are more or less hurt. Seventeen of them are suffering from many wounds. The remainder bear evidence in the way of cuts, bruises, swollen heads and faces of the rough treatment they received at tbe hands of - THE ENRAGED WORKMEN when they surrendered last evening and came out of ' the boats. The application of fists, clubs, stones and brickbats brick-bats a they passed through . the crowd left them in a horribly battcred-uo condition, but it is not believed that any of them will die from the effect of the' coaling they received. re-ceived. The men came mostly from Chicago, Chi-cago, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston. All of tbera except those in the hospital, who were unable to go, left foT New York this morning on a special train, on the Pennsylvania road. Every man of sociation came with a truce proposition from Sheriff McCleary, who offered to send the boat and two-barges away if the men would cease firing. AGREE UPON AN ARMISTICE. - Finally they agreed to and at 5:30, as told elsewhere, the Pinkertons were allowed to come ashore. Xo sooner had the guards reached the river's bank than the barges were charged on by the crowd of men, women and children. Cooking utensils, beddine, etc.," were handed over to the women and children, while the men seized on a large store' of rifles and ammunition. These rifles are all of the finest pattern and in perfect condition, and with a quantity of ammunition were a great acquisition to the strikers. After the barges had been thoroughly thor-oughly looted they were fired and soon burned to the 'water's edge. LITERALLY RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Pittsburg, Pa., July 7. CaDtain William Rogers who contracted to tow the two barges down to Homstead, and Captain William Wishart, commander of the tow boat "Little Bill," tell thrilling stories of their experience up tne river yesterday. Both agreed in the story already told by McMur-ray McMur-ray that the first shots were fired by the strikers and not returned by the Pinkertons until three of their number bad been j stretched on the deck of the vessel. Captain Wiehart, who wa la tho- pilot |