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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1892
Page
1
Burgess McLuckie proclaims order in Homestead as 200 extra police sworn in to deter curios and potential violence. Salons closed, strangers warned away, and residents urged to maintain peace while securing the town from possible clashes with Pinkertons and union workers.
At Homestead, workers pledge peaceful greeting to arriving National Guard troops amid fears of scab recruitment by Carnegie Frick and Co. Pinkertons. A large procession, brass bands, and a friendly reception are planned, with no anticipated armed clashes and hopes of a calm transition during the mills’ lockout era.
Homestead residents saw forty two Bius coats pass through town on their way to enlistment in the new regiment. Local families lined the street to bid farewell as volunteers departed for training and service.
Burgess McLuckie leads Homestead gathering of workers and citizens to welcome the militia and denounce Pinkertons. Speakers urge calm, defend state law, and plan a grand reception while warning against violence and insults to troops.
A Homestead gathering urged restraint as Pinkerton men and militia faced possible bloodshed. Speakers pressed action yet urged sobriety and peace, warning to keep women and children off streets and to welcome authorities. Kilgallen and O’Donnell closed the meeting amid applause.
Homestead Citizens' Committee, formed by Burgess McLuckie, seeks Colonel Smith and Colonel Parchment in daylight to avoid night dangers from strangers. Captain Coon chairs a diverse group including Schuchman, McKee, Williams, Parry, Schooley, Crawford, Biddle, aiming to reassure residents and prevent unrest during militia encampment.
A rumor spread in Homestead that black sheep were found in the house of James Nesbit, assistant master mechanic. Nesbit met with mill leaders at headquarters and explained the matter, then returned home.
At 2 o'clock this morning Homestead was very quiet and the streets were practically deserted. The people did not expect troops until morning.
Report from Greensburg Pennsylvania describes trains of the Tenth, Eighteenth and Fourteenth Regiments along with Sheridan troops at Radebaugh Junction. Generals Snowden and Greenland meet with Sheriff McCleary while officers await orders about a dawn march into Homestead.
General Snowden weighs two routes for moving troops to Homestead with brigades marching over land to Brinton station then Port Perry bridge and crossing the Monongahela or via rail to Radstone Connellsville Penn tracks to Munhall. Regiments Tenth Eighteenth Fourteenth at Greensburg with 50 plus men each. hundreds more en route. The Sheridan Battery B and farmers from Tyrone made rapid, orderly time to Greensburg amid curious crowds.
The column advances toward Homestead with loud marching and upbeat mood among soldiers, while officers grimly note the uncertainty of routes. They suspect Blairsville as the next destination, though the plan remains unclear. It seems they aim to land at Homestead shortly after daylight.
A staff correspondent reports militia plans to pitch a race course near Braddock. Three carloads of a detail arrived at Braddock last night to prepare the site and set up temporary facilities.
Troops under General Robert P. Dechert arrived at Mt Gretna to find no tents or shelter as a drenching rain drenched the First Brigade. Third Regiment led by Lt Col Maginnis arrived at 2:30 p.m. and the First under Col Bowman followed at 3:15 p.m. Rations and tents expected tomorrow as soldiers sleep on the hillside with only rubber blankets.
At 9 o clock tonight Company D Connellsville Company I Greensburg E Mt Pleasant and C Uniontown were ordered to move to Clinton four miles from Homestead. Excitement rose as troops arrived with many Coke workers reluctant to fight Homestead mill staff. Saloons closed by captains order but speakeasies flourished and some soldiers were tipsy. A Glassblowers Union expects 6000 members to march to Homestead to defend locked-out mill workers.
Altoona July 11 report says Fifth Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments passed through the city amid hostility toward troops from Scranton to Northumberland. Thirteenth Regiment miners jeered and some men threaten not to guard non-union or soak workers, preferring to keep them from mills. Regiments report ample ammunition and expect rioting before returning.
An ex-officer of the National Guard from Greensburg arrived in Pittsburg at 12:30 this morning. He said Companies C D E and I were massed at Greensburg station awaiting orders to move west. He noted several train loads of soldiers sidetracked near Radebough's station.
Uniontown July 11. Company C N G P was mustered into the armory at 10 this morning. Many soldiers are mill men and members of Columbus Lodge A A S and S W and were slow to respond. A few have left town to dodge Homestead service. Onlookers jeered the troops as they paraded the street.
Washington Pa July 11 Special. The order to move troops here caused surprise as staff officers knew nothing until newspaper men informed them. Alarms rang after orders. Colonel Hawkins of Beallsville arrived with Company H of this place and Company K of Aynesburg to join the action.
From the Northwest Greenville July 11 Colonel W A Kreps and staff departed on a special Pittsburg Shenango Lake Erie Rail line for Home stead Erie Greenville Meadville and Sharon firms started from here and the rest of the regiment to be picked up at Bugler
Troops march to the field where Pinkertons suffered defeat as General Wylie arrives to assume command. The regiment from this city assembles at the armories, scenes unfold at the Union Depot, and Battery B departs for war, signaling a bold step toward conflict.
The city buzzed with a mass National Guard movement as the Tenth, Fourteenth, and Eighteenth regiments prepared to depart by Pennsylvania Railroad for Brinton station and Blairsville, amid tight orders, scattered leave, and rationed provisions. Officers hurried calls, and crowds gathered as troops assembled at Armories on Market and Diamond streets awaiting marching orders.
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