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THE ' PITTSBTJBG DISPATCH, FRIDAY, JULY 8. 189a
STRONGWORDS DSE-D
By Seyeral Senators in a De-,
bate Oyer the Tragedy
at Eomestead.
MAIMER'S UNIQUE IDEAS
Cause Considerable Talk Among Leg-,
islators at the Capital.
VOORHEES' EMPHATIC EEJIAEKS
Teimed the Panting' of a Demagogue hj
Political Opponents.
FEW SENATORS UPHOLD PINKERTOXISK
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"VTashetoton, July T. Though the Sen
ate Committee to inrestlgate the tragedy at
Homestead Is not yet appointed,!! should say
there Is more to be hoped for from it in
this way of attempting to get at the root of
the labor problem than from the House
Committee. "While undoubtedly both com.
mitteea will denounce the Pinkerton sys
tem, and urge the immediate passage of a
measure which will abolish all armed
organizations not appointed and equipped
by State or local authority, many of the
great and experienced minds of the Senate
have giren much study to the phenomena
of the labor problem.
Leaving the Alliance Senators out of the
question there are Senators Jones and Stew
art, of Nevada, and Senator Palmer, of
Illinois, who may be classed among the
most advanced-thinkers on the subject of
all men in public life. Old John McAuley
Palmer is one of the grandest figures of that
most intensely of legislative bodies, the
United States Senate. His language is
simply wonderfully terse and expressive,
and no other Senator is blessed with so
charming a delivery as he.
In his eloquent, heartfelt remarks upon
the labor question to-day, so clean of all
demagogism and so lull of earnest warning,
he enchained the solemn attention of the
Senate and galleries, and his short speech
became all the more impressive when it
was followed by the ranting of Senator
"Voorhees, who indulged in a reallv dis
graceful political tirade, in which protec
tionism, Republicanism and Carnegieism
were jumbled together in the most gro
tesque way.
Palmer Talked About by Everybody.
Palmer's speech is much commented upon
this evening, and however it may be disa
greed with by some, all admit that it was
by far the most thoughtful and impartisan,
and one which must lead everyone who
reads to feel that it is time the highest
legislative body of the countrv should
cease to evade these questions which lie at
the root of all the trouble between capital
ists and those who labor for them, and that
the rise and existence of a Pinkerton svs
tem is but a mere phase of troubles whfch
will not cease even with the extlnguish
iienof every Pinkerton in the world.
oenaior vuay oeiongs tne credit or
To'
jesting the broadening of the resolution
include a general inquiry, not onlv into
xjuhcuuu urirHuizaiion, out into me
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u.i-..ii buvao it -ouuicsie&u aim innc
hem, Pa.
The resolutions were referred'to the Gom
raltte on Contingent Expenses and are sure
to be reported baok for action and perhaps
for further debate to-morrow.
A" Serious Blow to tw ana Order.
In the course of the discussion Mr. Stew
art (Eep.) remarked that It seemed beyond
controversy that the managers of the Car
negie'works had employed a murderous
gane. "Whatever mieht have nreceded the
trouble; whatever the laboring men might
have done, that did not mitigate the offense
of bringing into use an armed oand of as
sassins. That was a serious blow to law and
order. It endangered the life and property
of every citizen and encouraged anarchy.
It was the most audacious and outrageous
transaction that had occurred in many
years. That 300 armed men should have
been brought from diflerent cities prepared
for war, brought in durinc the night to
Trio lr a iam ?V..ui .Tsl. aAHt waa
a fact that must attract the attention of the
whole country and that could not be con
demned in too strong language.
Mr. Palmer fDem.) said that the pres
ence of the Pinkerton armed force at Home
stead was in contempt of the authority ot
the State of Pennsylvania. Its manner
was menacing and insulting. It was diffi
cult for American citizens (whether they
were in the right or in the wrong) to sub
mit to being driven by an armed force. He
confessed that every Impulse of his mind
tempted him to say that he should dislike
being driven (even thonch in the wrong)
by a power which might happen to be in
the right
Position of the Men Sustained.
He maintained, however, that those citi
zens were right. He maintained that, ac
cording to the principles of law which
should hereafter be applied to the solution
of those troubles, they had the right to be
there. That made it necessary for him to
assert that those men had a right to employ
ment there. They had earned the right to
live there. Those large manufacturing es
tablishments would have to be, hereafter,re
garded as political establishments in a mod
ified sense and their owners would have to
be regarded as holding their property sub
ject to the correlative rights of those with
out whose services thejr property would be
utterly valueless. That only conceded to
them a rieht to a reasonable profit on the
capital Invested in their enterprises.
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. ...aau.uiucu, lUikUCIiUUrC, IUM HIU8B
workingmen having spent their lives in that
peculiar line of service had the right to in
Bist on the permanency ot their employ
ment; and that they had a right to insist,
also, on a reasonable compensation for their
service He maintained that at the time
of the assault on those people at
Homestead they were whero they
had a right to be. They were
on the ground they had a right to defend.
Thcywere conducting themselves in line ot
theirrights. Manufacturing establishments
were public institutions, just as railroads
were. They were public because they
worked tor the public, because they em
ployed the public and because the men in
their service became unfit lor other service.
The Host Radical Claim Tet.
"While conceding the right of a capitalist
to the control of his property and to a re
sponsible retard tor his investment. Mr.
Palmer claimed the laborer had the right to
permanent employment during good be
havior. Of course the laborer was com
pelled to submit to the changes of business.
Where the profits were small the men
would have to divide the loss, and when
large they would have to be divided. That
was the law to-day, because law was the
perfection of reason,
Mr. Voorhees (Dem.) treated the trag
ical occurrences at Homestead as a prac
tical commentary on Mr. Hale's resolution
as to the effects of the two policies of "pro
tection" and "tariff for revenue only."
Labor riots were not, he said, the offspring
of the Democratic policy. They had come
under the Republican policy of protection.
These poor people at Homestead who had
THE GOVERNOR FIRM
He Still Eegards McCleary's
Efforts as a Farce and
a Pretense.
Burlington and Quinoy, and the troubles in
the coke regions.
Captain Caylor said he has received no
information from Homestead and did not
know anything about the situation there.
The residences of some 20 of the Pinkertona
who went from here were found this even
ing. Some of the men were ex-policemen
and firemen, one was a barber, another a
shoemaker, another an oyster man. No in
formation has been received at the home of
any of the men, and their families are in
great distress over their condition.
AIL ADVICES BECEIYED
At Harrisbnr Sbow That Quiet Now
Exists at Homestead.
THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL COMING.
If Troops Are Sent They Will Kot Be Tsed
to Assist Frick.
WORKERS TO CONFER WITH PATTISON
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le question of labor troubles. He said laid down their lives had been led to be-
suefc occurrences were not peculiar to "ee mat tne tarm was protecting tbem;
urg or to Pennsylvania, but that they
u DTer me wuoie country, ana tne
vorld. The resolution was remod-
accordance with hlrsuggestion. It
'erred t--ste Committee on Contin-
ixpcnses of the Seuate, which is com-
of Jones, of Nevada; Paddock, ot
iska. and Vance, of North Carolina,
ill doubtless be reported at once.
Important Committee to Be Named.
omtnittee of seven Senators will then
pointed to pursue the investigations,
their conclusions will be awaited with
interest than has attached to any
r legislative inquiry touching upon
trial affairs.
rthing sillier than the conduot of the
s in Its treatment to-dav of the resolu-
roviding for an Investigation of the
.t Homestead and, in a vague way, of
.ystcm ot Pinkerton supervision gener-
, could hardly be imagined of a legisla-
bidy. The war was transferred from
omestead to "Washington and was waged
ar three hours between the Committee on
Judiciary and the Committee on Labor.
Mr. Oates, Chairman of the sub-committee
of the Committe on Judiciary, oomposed
of himself, Boatner, of Louisiana, and
Broderick, of Kansas, wh had charge of
the Pinkerton resolution of investigation
introduced borne time ago by "Watson, of
Georgia, assumed that his 'sub-committee
would have charge of the investigation.
Mr. Tarsnet-, of Missouri. Chairman of the
Committee on Labor, suddenly made a mo
tion to recommit the resolution to'his com
mittee, and the House voted so to do. Then
an hour of rambling and heated speech
making on the subject was indulged, in
which most of the speakers took occasion to'
denounce the Pinkerton system, the Penn
sylvania members keeping'very quiet, how
ever. The Pennsylvania!)! In Conference.
As the speechmaking was about to close
a little knot of Pennsylvanians, among
them Stone, of Allegheny; Stone, ot
"Warren; "Wright, of Susquehanna; Huff, of
"Westmoreland; and Datzell, of Pittsburg,
war soon ..nn.nliinfl, tnn.Ait.av Mml .1
last speechmakers sat down, "Wright moved.
to reconsider me voie oy union tne resolu
tion had been recommitted to the Commit
tee on Labor.
Tarsney was on his feet in a moment, pale
with excitement, and moved to lay that
motion on the table. As none of these .
motions were debatable, Tarsney's motion
to table was put at once, ana a viva voce
Tote Bhowed that a great revulsion of feeling
bad taken place durincr the debate. Arising
vote was followed'by the yeas and nays, and
the motion was lost by a large majority.
The motion to reconsider was adopted, as
was the original motion, and so the investi
gation, after having been taken from the
Judiciary sub-committee, was given back to
It.
CONGRESSMEN EXCITED.
Senators -and B (preventatives Dlscnts the
Homestead Trared j Senators Palmer,
Voorhees and stewart Use Some Pretty
Vigorous Language The Illinois Man's
Jladlcal Remarks.
"WASHnfOToy, July 7. The speech of
Mr. Palmer in the Senate to-day on the
resolutions for inquiry into the battle at
Homestead. Pa., between the Pinkerton
forces and the loeked-out workmen was re
markable for the advanced position taken
by the Illinois Senator in maintaining the
right of factory and railroad employes to
continuous employment at reasonably fair
rates of compensation.
Mr. Voorhees" speech on the same sub
jeot was made up principally of an attack
on the Bepublican party and its polloy of
high protection, to which he ascribed the
crop of labor riots all over the country. He
was replied to by Mr. Hale, who criticised
him for converting suoh a grave matter as
the Homestead conflict Into a question of
partisan polities; defended the .Republican
nartv from all responsibility for that eon-
party ana its
.a assumed for'
of protection
- such r
4ttof ther"
but there never had been a ereater lie
worked and woven into the legislation of a
country." The Bepublican party had said
'that the great barons had to be protected
against foreign, competition so that thev
might be able to pay higher voces. Had
they done so? Mr. Carnegie had got a pro
tection of 55 per cent on iron and more than
70 per cent on steel; and instead of paying
his workmen higher wages, he had notified
them of a reduction of from 12 to 40 per
cent. The beneficiary of the tariff system
had responded with the employment of an
armed mob for the Pinkerton men were a
mob. They were the meanest mercenaries on
earth.
Sorry That Carnegie Is In Scotland,
The Plnkertons, said Mr. Voorhees, had
taken their lives in their hands, and those
of them who were killed had been killed by
the workmen in self-defense. His onlr re
gret was that Carnegie himself had not been
atthe'headof that squad instead of skulk
ing in his castle in Scotland.
Mr. Hale (Rep.) replied to Mr. Voorhees,
denyinz that the Bepublican party was re
sponsible for the troubles at Homestead,
and claimed that the credit of building up
such industries as these at Homestead and
Bethlehem was due to that party. There
was one other thing for which the Republi
can party was not responsible and that was
the employment of the Pinkertons. The
mercenary had no lodging in the heart of
American people except iu detestation. He
characterized the attack made on the Be
publican party by the Senator from Indiana
as inopportune and intrusive.
After some routine business the Senate
took up the sundry civil appropriation bill
and disposed of about half of it. Then,
aiter a snon executive session, adjourned.
The Homestead Affair In the Home.
In the House nearly the entire day wss
consumed in the consideration of a resolu
tion directing the Committee on Judiciary
(already authorized to investigate the
Pinkerton system in its relation to inter
State commerce) to investigate the recent
occurences at Homestead. Though there
was ho objection to the investigation there
was some jealonsy among the members of
the Committee on the Judiciary and the
Committee of Labor as to which body should
conduct the investigation, and some bad
blood was rranifested. The Labor Com
mittee, under the lead of Mr. Tarsney, of
Missouri, won the first victory by securing
the reference of the resolution to that com
mittee. But the victory was short lived,
and by a gallant fight the Judiciary men re
gained their lost ground and finally routed
the eoemy.
During the discussion Mr. Buchanan said
there was a constitutional authority charged
with the execution of the law and with
punishment for its infraction. This au
thority was responsible to the people. The
Pinkerton force was a private organization,
held lor hire. The force was under the con
trol of no Government officers. It consti
tuted a private and unauthorized militia
force. It was well armed: it was well
drilled. Large bodies of these armed ana
drilled men had been hired by corporations
engaged in interstate commerce and transpor
tation of the malls. Such a body of men was'
an anomaly to law and order. Never had
the countrv a better equipped and better
drilled militia force than it bad at present.
It was amply able to cope with any (dis
turbance that was likely to arise.
Stroncent Oljectlon tn the Plnkertons.
Mr. Watson, of Georgia, criticized, the
committee for having been derelict in its
duty in not proceeding with the investiga
ionlongao. It seemed, he said, that the
approach of a Presidental election quick-'
ened some political movements. The strong
objection to the Pinkertons was that' they
are an unauthorized public body, organised
tin a military plan in violation of the Con
stitution, and put out to hire to private'
parties by private parties. He was In favor
of any sort of an Investigation by any com
mittee. The work ought to be done, and
Congress ought not to adjourn until it had
performed Its duty.
Mr. Oates denied the Committee on Ju
diciary had failed in its'duty.
Mr. Beilly, ot Pennsylvania, referring to
the occurrences of yesterday at Homestead,
denounced the employment of the Pinker
ton mei, and eald that the local authorV'es
-tiave been araplr able t pr'
Dances at uomeueaa.
rSFECIAl. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.l
Harrisbubo, July 7. Governor Patti-
son received no information to-day from
Pittsburg that be did not regard justifying
his course in refusing to call out the mil
itary to suppress the outbreak resulting
from the lockout of the employes' of the
Homestead works. On the other hand he
received several dispatches commending
him for the cautions polloy he had adopted,
and assuring him that no necessity existed
for military interference because the civil
power was adequate to the preservation ot
peace if properly invoked.
One of the telegrams sent to the Gover
nor was written by the Burgess of Home
stead, who said that quiet reigned in that
town, and intimated that troops were not
needed. Another message stated that Gen
eral Guthrie, who had been at Homestead
this morning, declared that the situation
was peaceful and a strong posse oomitatus
would be sufficient to preserve the peace.
The Sheriff's Work a Sham.
Still another dispatch declared that Sher
iff McCleary's move to secure d up u ties to
assist him in the protection ot property
was a sham. At 2:15 the Governor received
a telegram from the Sheriff in which it was
announced that the strikers had possession
of the Homestead works and that any at
tempt to dispossess them would be met with
resistance.
It further declared that he bad succeeded
in procuring the assistance of only 32 per
sons up to noon; that be was satisfied that he
would be unable to obtain any considerable
force; that the force thus gathered, without
discipline and arms, wonld be of no use
whatever, and that an effort to take posses
sion of the property in control of the strik
ers would be followed by another outbreak.
The Governor read this dispatch with
evident interest if not with satisfaction.
He still was of the impression, after he
had read the message, that the Sheriff hod
not performed his iu'l duty in summoning
citizens of Allegheny county to his assist
ance. ,
The Adjutant General's VUH, ,
But in order to satisfy himself thoroughly
as to the condition ot affairs at the soene of
the labor troubles he directed 'Adjutant
General Greenland to visit it and report to
him the result ot his observations. The
Adjutant General accordingly left for
Pittsburg a short time after the receipt of
the communication from Sheriff McCieary.
The Governor saya-the troops will be on
band to uphold this majesty of the law
whenever it shall be shown to him to his
satisfaction that, the civil authorities are'
unable to cope with the disorder, but he does
not propose to invoke military assistance
before actual necessity exists for it. He
talks as if he thought it very singular that
only a little over a score of men can be
found willing to assist a Sheriff ,who has
600,000 inhabitants behind him, at least
100,000 of whom are subject to the demand
of that officer on them as deputies.
Under these peculiar circumstances, in
addition to other reasons, he thinks great
caution Bhonld be observed in calling out
the militia to assist the civil authorities in
putting down riotous demonstrations.
Not In Use With McCieary.
The Governor apparently does not think
the Sheriff of Allegheny.county is justified
in declaring that another outbreak would
occur if an effort were made to take possess
ion of the Homestead works in view of the
fact that the conflict of yesterday followed
an attempt of armed Pinkerton men tt
enter and hold them. That these people
were attacked is no reason why the civil
authorities should meet with similar treat
ment Nothing had yet been done to jus
tify the belief that the strikers would defy
the civil power of the county. '
It the militia should be called out care
will be taken that they are utilized only In
suppressing publio disturbances, and not in
promoting the schemes of firms or individ
uals as has sometimes been the cases in this
State. The Burgess of Homestead with a
committee from that town are expected
here to-morrow to discuss the situation with
the Governor.
WERE NOT GREEN HANDS;
The Mew York Superintendent of the Pink
erton Agency Says the Homestead Hen
Were All Experienced Detectives All
Knew What Tbejr Had to Do,
New York, July 7. fipdot Superin
tendent George D. Bangs, of the Pinkerton
Agenoy in this city, said to-day that he had
not received reports from Homestead or
Pittsburg, and was not prepared to make a
detailed statement, but he could say that
some of the statements made about the
Pinkerton men and bv some of the Pinker
ton men were altogether exaggerated.
The Pinkerton men who went to Home
stead were not green hands. "Most of
them, if not all of them, " said Sir. Banes,
"were old employes of the agency, and
tried men. Most of them have been in half
n dozen big strikes, and knew just what
they were about They were not green
men, lately hired in New York, and they
were not hired expressly for duty at Home-
steaa, nor was any, oi ttiem engaged or sent
to Homestead under false pretenses.
. "Some of the m'en some of the few who
may perhaps have been hired recently,"
continued Mr. Bang?, "say they were de-t
ceived as to the duties they wero to per-'
form. That is absurd. There are certain
forms cone throuuli when men are emnloved
and when they go out to perform autv
forms that I cannot tell you about that
preclude any possibility that the men
should misunderstand their work. These
men knew perfectly well the oharacter of the
work (hey might be called upon to
perform under certain circumstances. Be
sides, the newspapers have recently warned
men what they might have to do if they en
tered our employ. I believe the accounts
of injury to the men are exaggerated, tea
A man is liable, to get a black eye on the
street here, and'that is the kind'of injury
many seem to have received." x
Amonir the 50 or more men who enlisted
under the Pinkerton flag from this oity was
E. "W. Flanagan, of 252 "West Twenty
fourth street vounsest son of ex-Coroner
Flanagan. He told his father that he had
got a job at $15 a week, but didn't say what
it was. He was unhurt at last accounts.
Mr. Flanagan learned from the Pinkertons
to-day that he would be back to-night
"William McKinqley is the husband of the
house-keeper of the boarding house at 150
West Sixteenth street He went away on
Sunday, apparently with1 th.e idea that he
was going on an expedition of danger.
Nothing ha3 been heard from him. He ia
reported in the telegraph dispatches to be
wounded.
PlNKERTOfTS VIEWS,
The Chief of the Defeated
Detectives Frees His
Mind at Last.
NO CHICAGO RECRUITS
Left That Place for the Scene of
Action Yesterday.
KBIT ADTEBTlSEkKNTS.
Vj LAIRD receives large invoices of footwear daily through
out the entire season direct from the best manufacturers.
Consequently,
i WHEN OTHER STORES ARE
DULL AND STOCK DEPLETE
A CLAIM OP OSLY ONE KILLED.
The
Headquarters In the Windy
Practically Deserted.
Citr
EB ANTICIPATES K0 MORE TBOtJBLE
HELP FROM CHICAGO.
Tne Trades and Libor Assembly Take
Measures to Freveiit the Shipping; of
Any More Plnkertons Their t Action
Basrd on an Illinois Statute.
Chicago, July 7. The Trades' and
Labor Assembly of this city retained an
attorney and will proceed against the man
agement of the Pinkertons for raising
illegal companies of men. The proceedings
thus far have been kept secret, for it was
feared that a premature publication of the
plan would defeat the scheme.
Steps have been taken to prevent by legal
measures the sending from the Chicago
headquarters of the Pinkertons any organ
ized body of men to the scene of "the Penn
sylvania labor troubjes. The report that a
large number would be sent to-day resulted
in the placing at the various stations of
committees of the assembly to make cure
that no recruits were sent out
The principal ground on which they base
their hopes is the Illinois statute regulating
the formation of military bodies.
HOT AT GBEEHBBUBO.
Bnnnlnt; Down a Rwnor That Plnkertons
Wera Massing There.
Greensburg was reported last night to be
the rendezvous of several hundred Pinker
ton men who -were to be shot into Pittsburg
and thence to Homestead at an early hour
this morning. The rumor created a great
deal of excitement in labor, circles, and
the stations along the main line of
the Pennsylvania Bailroad from Tnrtle
Creek to the Union station were guarded
by scouts for the locked-out workers to give
warning of the approach of any suspicious
characters.
A representative of The Dispatch vis
ited Greensburg last night. The most
minute search of the borough and its
environs failed to produce a
(Ingle stranger or . a train
loaded with the Pinkertons. No extra
trains were scheduled over the road from
the East, and the search was finally given
up. The rumor probably originated from
the fact that several years ago the Pinker
ton men who were sent to Braddock had
been mobilised at Greensburg,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED.
An Amalgamated Official Talks on the
Homestead Tronble.
J. D. Carney, Vice-President of the .First
District of the Amalgamated Association
was at Homestead last night in conference
with the association people involved in the
lock-out He is not disposed to 'discuss
the trouble here to a Dispatch reporter,
but said that the wage question was not the
most important issue in the contest
"Mr. Friofc,"he said, "arbitrarily refused
to confer with us after he fixed an unreason
able time for the expiration of the scale.
Had be allowed us to continue In confer
ence until we had settled upon that feature,
I am satisfied the wage question could have
been settled without trouble."
fBPEClAL TELEQItAM TO THE DI3PATCH.
Chicago, July 7. Nearly 200 of the
Pinkertons who were mixed up in the labor
riots at HomesteadpPa., were sneaked out
of Chicago. The move was made so quietly
that no inkling of it came out until the men
were in the thick of the fray. Asked con
cerning the report that his agency was re
cruiting more men to send East, Pinkerton
said:
"The reports are absurdly sensational. No
Pinkerton men have left the city within a
few days, and we are not sending anymore.
The story that ex-Detective Charles Nord
ram is going east to-day with ISO men re
cruited here is false. "We are not recruiting
men and we will not send anymore east
If we wanted to recruit men, all we
would i have to do would bo to
call upon the hundreds who have left their
names and addresses at'this office as appli
cants for work. I don't anticipate Any
more trouble at Homestead. It now looks
as if the matter would soon be settled.
Concerning the bloodshed I have resolved
to keep my mouth shut I know 1 am on
the unpopular side and no amount of talk
ing in newspapers will make a bit of differ
ence one way or the other.
Superintendent Hurray, ot the agency,
said: "There was only one man killed out
of our whole force, and' that was J. V.
Kline. It is absolutely false that nine of
our men were killed. The fellows whose
names appear this morning are all strikers."
"Will you give the names' ot the Chicago
men who were in the fight?"
"No, we will give nothing."
"Will Pinkerton send any more men
down to Homestead?"
"That I cannot say. This business is
being managed by our New York branch."
The local sleeping headquarters for the
Pinkerton men are practically deserted and
have been so for several days, which leads
people to think that the local service must
have been heavily drawn upon for the
Homestead contingent If more men are
to be used at the Carnegie works it is prob
able that the Eastern department will sup
ply the demand.
SYMPATHY IN NEW CASTLE.
Workmen Ready to Send Financial Aid to
Homestead, If Needed.
Newcastle, July 7. Special. When
the news reached here that the Homestead
workingmen had triumphed over the Pin
kerton men, there was great rejoicing
among the workingmen. Newcastle con
tains about 1,500 Amalgamated men em
ployed In four rolling mills,' and they look
upon the trouble at Homestead as a per-'
sonal matter, believing that it is an attempt
to destroy the Amalgamation.
If necessary the' New Castle men will'
furnish the strikers with financial aid. Tne
mills in Newcastle are Idle just now, but
will start up again in a few days, as there
will be no trouble about the scale here.
LAIRD'S SHOE
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Busy and Stock Complete.
July Bargains
Incomparable.
LAIRD'S Stores show the largest and most complete line of Ladies',
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and comfoi table.
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Misses' and Children's,
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Fine Cloth Top Boots,
Patent Tips, latest styles,
$1.50, $2, 2.50 to $4.
LAIRD'S Stores show an immense assortment of Low-Cut Shoes, Ox
fords, Sandals and Summer Ties. Every size, every width and every
length. ,
SALOONS OPENED AND CLOSED.
Owners of Iieeltlmate Places Dissatisfied
Because of Sheriff WcCleary's Action.
The saloons, which were closed at Hpme
stead all day, opened for a short time last
night by permission of Sheriff McCieary,
who had ordered them closed on Wednes
day. About 9 o'clock last night a commit
tee waited on the saloon keepers and ordered
them to close again.
The town is flooded with speak-easies, and
the legitimate saloon keepers are a trifle dis
satisfied that they must pay a large sum for
license and then be compelled to close up
while the speak-easies reap a rich harvest
The police to-night say they will institute a
raid on the illegal places. .
WEAVER'S OPINION OF PINKEBT0NS.
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All ages, and all conditions of
womanhood will find just the
help that woman needs, in Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
That's a matter that's guaran
teed. If It can't be' done, then
the medicine costs you nothing
its makers don't want your
money.
Get it, if you're a tired or suf
fering woman, and get well. It
builds up and invigorates the en
tiro system, regulates and pro
motes the proper functions, and
restores neaiut an? sxrengtn. At
the two critical periods in s wo
man's life the change from, girl
hood to womanhood, and later,
the "change of life" it is a per
fectly safe and an especially vain
able remedial agent, that can pro
duce only good results.
For all the derangements, ir
regularities and weaknesses pecu
liar to the sex, "Favorite Pre
scription " is the only remedy so
certain that it can be guaranteed.
It it falls to benefit or cure, yon
nave your money hack.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask mora f
Lace Oxfords, tipped or plain,
Over 150 styles,,
99c, $ 21.25,1.50, $2, 23.
Hill til nil 1 1 win 1 11 !
Gents' Summer Ties, Kangaroo,
Patent Leather, Dongola,
2.90, $3.90, 25-
LAIRD'S Kangaroo Shoes and Patent Leather Shoes for Gentlemen
are warranted to be .the best for the money ever offered. Prices very low.
Stock very large.
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Finest Calf or Kangaroo ' K QO BlucherS)
Lace, Congress, Tip or Plain,. . ., s
22.18, 22.50, 22.90. 3-9o. $2'90' 3' S'
LAIRD'S Stores show this
without goreing,
elegant Seamless Low-Cut Shoe, with or
HUNTING FOB BKLICS.
the
Many Are Tlewin; and Searching
Battle around.
Across the river from the scene of yester
day's strife, and just in front of one of the
piers of the Pemickey railrpad bridge, is
where the cannon ot the strikers Was
stationed for awhile yesterdty. This point
was visited by many people. The stones In
the pier show where countless bullets had
struck, and the fence which runs along the
river bank holds many bits of lead. The
people who visited'the place all carried
home memenlos of the battle in bullets and
slag, which, were fired from the cannon
TBS PHILADELPHIA-CONTINGENT.
Xkxnllles or the1 Pinkerton Men Without
Information and In Dlntress.
PHiuUJELPHlA.nly 7. Captain Cay
lor, superintendent of the local Pinkerton
agency, said to-day that 75 of the detectives
who made the attempt to land at Home
stead were from this city, Most of them,
he said, were reliable, steady men, who had
been engaged in,' similar duties during the
---.ur.jcainu -,stnxe, tne unieuo.
A Standing Army Under Corporate Con
trol, Wlto B&runs' Bravos In Italy,
Councid Bluffs, Ia., July 7. Gen.
James B. "Weaver, Presidental candidate of
the People's party, in an interview on the
Homestead riot.'said:
It Is the duty of the State to protect lives
and property of citizens, and the Intrusion
of the Pinkerton force at the seat of our la
bor troubles is unwarranted. Tiey are hired
mercenaries and a standing army ot corpor
ations. They outnumber the standing army
of the Ooveinment by several thousand. In
Italy wealthy Barons lend thelrNbravos
hired assassins; and ur corporate barons
have their Pinkertons. The sympathy, of
the country will be on the side of thou
ncimnir tor existence ana to protect tha
lives of thel Uttle ones.
1NQUIBIES ABOUT FINKEBT0N&
Anxious Friends and Relatives at Bome
Send Telegrams to the Police.
The Police Department was kept busy
yesterday answering telegrams sent them
from all parts of the country. They were
from friends and relatives of the men who
were at Homestead on the Pinkerton expe
dition. As the Police Department did not
have a roster of the Pinkerton men, they
could only in a few cases send any definite
information, and this was in the cases of
those woo were known to have been killed
or who were injured and in the hospitals. '
SILK KEMXAT SALE
To-Day
8 o'clock. .
25 and 60 cents a yard the hargain of the
year. Jos. Hobite & Co's
Penn Avenne Stores.
M'K
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BULLETIN.
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AT $1.50 AND $2.
AT $3.50 AND $4.
VACATION SHOES for Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gentlemen
adapted to every purpose boating, batting, tennis, seaside or mountain.,'
Anothrr Big Redaction Lad lea' Walntf.
75c quality now SOc, f2 quality now $1.
Striped, figured and plain.. .
A. O. Campbell & Soss, 27 Fifth avenue.
DIEP.
McQUAID On Friday morning,. July 8.
18S-X at 12:ti Elltut. widow of the late Thomas
JklcQuaid, at her residence, No. 71 Marlon
street, city, .
XoMoe of luneral hereafter.
Do you want a drink of tea that will cause
you to sing in your bedt Buy a pound of
McKEE'S NEW PICKING "B." "F."
JAPAN. One cup of this new tea will
translate you iutd the highest and most en
joyable version of physical life. Only SOc a
pound.
All other brands of potted meats palo be
fore those of the Cunningham & DeFonricre
Co.'s pew plcnio and home-relish goods.
They at once appettze and satisfy, are
economical and convenient. We quote
prices:
Potted bams, 20c or 8 cans for SCe
Potted tongue. 20c or 3 cans for. Wo
Potted chicken, 20o or 3 cans for , SOo.
rouea oioater. 200 or s cans ror.. ......... doc
vPotted sardines, 20o or 3 cans for SOo
Totted pheasants Mo or 3 cans for SOo
Vetted turkey, 20c or 3 cans for 50c
Potfed duck, 20oor3 cans for..,.,., SOc
I srtl 5 lbs of corn starch for 25o,
' and
27 lbs heTipseed for SI,
and
23 pounds Sicily canary seed for $1, '
nnd
9 pounds cooa shells for 25c; by the bag
SK l'er pound,
1 nnd
Cleveland's Baking Powder at 41c, bnt I will
sell yon a 2-pound can ot JlcKce's, war
ranted; at 35c. '
Fine Limuurger cheese at 10c
New lake herring, per kit, 65c.
Don't forget that JJcKee'a is the cheapest
place to buy crackers in Allegheny county.
Granulated sugar by the barrel at 4c; less
quantities, ic.
Fine roasted coffee at 8 lbs for SOc; if not
satisfactory money refunded.
Send for fciroular, and order by mail.
Freight paid on 10 worth to any station.
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Boys' or Youths' Bals '
Or Buttons (warranted),
99c, $1.24, $1.48, $2.
Wheelmen s
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74c, 99c
and Baseball Shoes,
Canvas or Leather,
$1.25 to $4.
RED GOAT AND TAN SHOES.
LAKCE INVOICES JUST OPENED.
CLOTH-TOP GOODS IN ABUNDANCE.
w.'m: laird,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
433-435 WOOD STREET AND 40G-4Qa-4tO MARKET STREET.
Wholesale JDepartment Over Our Wood St. Retail Store.
DEALERS SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICES.
JyS-irwTsn
JOS. M'K
36 Ohio. St, Allegheny.
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ON'T be misled by low prices sometimes
they're too low. That is to say, really good,
meritorious cloths cannot be produced to
your profit if the sewing and trimming is inferior and '
the cloth improperly treated. Uur aim has been and
is to give none but good, and at as low cost as con
sistent with good materials and fair prices for work
manship. Suits to Measure, $20 to $30 that are entirely-satisfactory.
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NO. 39 SIXTH STREET.
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