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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1892
Page
6
Sheridan troopers at Homestead receive orders to break camp and return home. Many left grain uncut as they depart, with only a few remaining to guard mill operations. A platoon with a gatling gun and a 12 pounder will stay indefinately, while others depart despite the personal cost and uncertain prospects.
Pittsburgh police announce Henry Bauer, Frederick Mollish, and Julian Most are suspected in the Frick assault. Authorities search anarchist headquarters to prove a conspiracy linked to the Homestead strike, with ongoing arrests planned as investigations unfold.
Sunday morning at 11 o clock Chaplain Clarence A Adams of the Sixteenth Regiment spoke to about 900 men inside the Carnegie beam mill at Homestead. The service, a rare scene among towering girders and skylights, featured singing and prayer, followed by an afternoon concert free of bar service. Over 900 workers were at the mill Monday, with bunk houses expanding to house the growing force as Carnegie plans additional temporary dwellings and new houses. Chairman Frick, recovering from injuries, was able to sit up and walk Sunday and expects to return to work soon.
On the eleventh day of the Duquesne strike, officials promised a one week timeline to restart the mill in all departments. Supt Morrison warned former workers who do not return within that period may be deemed terminated. Strikers say non union workers may be hired with only moral persuasion.
Henry Bauer and Charles Nold, anarchists arrested in Pittsburgh, were given hearings before Police Magistrate Gripp. They face conspiracy and being accessory before the fact to the attempted murder of H. Frick. Held for trial in $2 on the first charge and committed without bail on the second.
Constable Mortis from Alderman McMaster's office led arrest warrants for 36 men in Homestead on aggravated riot charges. Six men were seized. others to be found. Sylvester Critchlow surrendered on a murder charge and was jailed without bail awaiting September court. Judge Magee contrasted cases of shooting at barricades with O Douffeti’s, arguing for stricter bail and accountability.
Ex Private Iams files suits in Pittsburg against Colonel Hawkins Lieutenant Colonel Streator and Assistant Surgeon Grim. Two informations allege aggravated assault and battery on July 24 when Jaws was restrained by the thumb and hair and mustache were shorn by order of the commanding officer. Warrants issued for immediate arrest the officers named.
The Carnegie Steel lockout at Homestead on June 28 triggered a costly sensational labor dispute rivaling the 1877 railroad strike. It drew national attention, spurred government action, and led to Pinkerton clashes, a deadly battle, martial law, and huge costs in wages, costs, and investigations across multiple states and levels of government.
In a sweeping clash unseen in local labor history, the board of walking delegates of the Building drivers and Handlers union leads a general strike that has idled perhaps 15 000 to 18 000 workers. The fight began when Iron league backed Housesmiths’ union was locked out, prompting aid from the Federated Building trades and a boycott of iron firms J B. & J M Cornell and Jackson Architectural iron works. Carriers and material dealers joined, triggering a citywide standstill as yards supplying any boycotted project were ordered shut and operations ground to a halt.
A lengthy granite strike in the New England States enters its fourteenth week with no settlement in sight. Unions report over 3000000 in wages lost and 5000000 in strike pay, while employers face mounting losses and near bankruptcy. Despite heavy hardship and wage loss, no violence has occurred as the fight drags on. Some blocks of paving have grown scarce, risking earlier production.
Cholera has appeared in Moscow and the town of Riazan, with 1,055 new cases and 447 deaths in Rostoff's Don territory in one day. July fatalities in the Russian Caucasus exceed 30,009, while Meshed and related regions report thousands more deaths and heavy district tolls around Yedz.
A Big Four switch engine moved from a siding to pass an excursion train from Niagara Falls at Cincinnati, Eaton, and Dayton line. The two engines collided near Evans street crossing, fatally injuring engineer Lowns and badly injuring fireman Powers. Several passengers suffered minor injuries.
In Pittsburgh officials and Pinkerton detectives faced murder charges arising from the Homestead unrest. Hugh Ross swore to the information naming Frick Lovejoy Leishman Curry and others. Bail set at 10000 each for Frick Leishman Curry Lovejoy, with Mellons as sureties.
The Empress of India brought new reports of the Great Sangier Island eruption. On June 7 the Guyong Area volcano erupted without warning, devastating the prosperous region within a day. Eyewitness estimates of deaths reach up to 10,000.
Treasury figures show a July net public debt drop of 1 197 815 and a July receipts gain of 250 000 with a 2 500 000 drop in expenditures. Surplus cash rose by 357 909, bringing total surplus to 127 050 286 including the 100 million gold redemption fund. The total debt minus surplus stands at 40 228 648. Railroad Wreck at Minocqua Wis injures ten with one fatality after a collision between two sections of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul trains due to a switch misunderstanding.
A storm off Hyde Park near Chicago sank a tug after colliding with the City of Concord, drowning two crew members. Four missing Medford children were found dead in a closet under a sink. A wedding feast ended in death from blood poisoning after lobster. A destructive hailstorm devastated Farmington Minnesota while Florida and New Jersey report lightning and fires.
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