Planning a Siege--History of the Pinkertons--Hatred of Organized Labor for Soldier Policemen--Frick's Cold-Blooded Letter--The Sheriff of Allegheny County is Enlisted in the Carnegie Forces--Millmen Dispose of a Sheriff's Posse--The Gathering of the Invaders--Departure of the Pinkerton Barges for Homestead 41-51 CHAPTER V. THE FIRST SHOT. On Board the Barges--Floating Barracks Equipped for Bloody Warfare--Up the Monongahela at Midnight--Homestead Gets Warning--Defenders at the Mill Landing--Frick's Army Repulsed With Heavy Loss--Hugh O'Donnell Takes Command of the Workmen--Sheriff McCleary's Appeal to the Governor--Frick Refuses to Interfere 52-64 CHAPTER VI. THE BOMBARDMENT. Cannonading the Barges--Silas Wain's Sad Death--The Little Bill Returns and Runs the Gauntlet--A Car of Fire Terrifies the Pinkertons and Drives Captain Rodgers to Flight--Amalgamated Officials Arrive--Dining Under Fire--Horrors in the Guardsmen's Quarters--The Killing of Detective Connors--Dynamite--Suicide on the Barges--Messages From Abroad--Congress Acts 65-77 CHAPTER VII. THE SURRENDER. Amalgamated Officials as Mediators--President Weihe Calls a Mass Meeting and Counsels Peace--Hugh O'Donnell's Speech--The Brave Young Leader Procures a Surrender--Pinkertons Run the Gauntlet--A Savage Mob Assails the Prisoners--Arrival of the Sheriff--The Frick Troop of Invaders Driven From the State 78-88 CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE. Carnegie's Property Protected--Confidence Still Strong Among the Men--Homestead as a News Center--The Death-Roll--Burial of the Dead--Anarchists Get a Short Shrift--The Sheriff Fails Again--Interviewing the Governor--Martial Law in Sight--Proceedings in Congress--Opinions of Newspapers and Publicists--A Press Censorship Established at Homestead 89-101 CHAPTER IX. SOLDIERS TO THE FRONT. The Sheriff's Last Effort--Mr. Frick Issues a Statement and the Amalgamated Association Responds--Political and Industrial Organizations Indorse the Homestead Men--Interviewing Carnegie--Censorship of the Press--Governor Pattison Orders Out the National Guard--Strength of the Militia--Locked-Out Men Prepare to Welcome the Blue Coats--A Speech That Burgess McLuckie Never Delivered 102-115 CHAPTER X. CAMP McCLELLAN.