St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20
Pinkertons Testify in the
Trial Of CritchloW at
Pittsburg.
Cross-Examination Fails to
Shake Their Testimony
Materially.
Other Witnesses Give Testi-
mony and the State Rests
It's Case.
After a Long Session the Bea-
YER Falls Strike Is De-
claped Off.

1lIISB ORG. NOV lJ.-OdpI. OOOpcl,
an employe of the Pnkerton agency,
and who was in command of the men on
the bargeS during the fight at Home
stead, July 6, was on the stand when the
trial of Sylvester CritchlOw was re
Sumed today. The witness stuck to the
story told yesterday afternoon. His
closs-eXamination was conducted by
Attorney Brennan, assisted by Attorney
Erwin. The court room was thronged
with prominent Homestead strike lead
erS and members of the famous advisory
board.
W. l.. Burt, of Chicago, Pinkerton
detective, was called. Witness gave in
detail the trip of the Pinkertons from
Chicago to Homestead, and cOrrOb-
grated Capt. Cooper as to the attack on
the barges. He said that when the
gang-plank was run out the crowd on
the shore shouted, Don't come ashore,
you We will Kill every
one of YOU" When the gang-plank
WAS thrown out [ got on the shore
and placed the plank in position; | re
turned to the boat. When | started to
come back again | heard shots fired;
the firing from the shore began about a
minute after the plank was thrown out.
When | got on the outside again | found
Capt. Hines. of New York, and O'Day,
of Chicago. Lester and Kline had been
shot. No shots were fired from the
boats until
The Men Were Shot.
AS soon as the breaStWOrkS on shore
were completed the men were iring
again. A hole was torn in the roof of
one of the bargeS Oy dynamite thrown
from the shore. / think six charges of
dynamite were thrown at the bargeS.
Some of them fell short Oil was
poured into the river above the
bargeS and ignited. 1t went out before
reaching the boats. a burning raft
was put into the river above us, but it,
too. went out before reaching US. 1t
lodged against an obstruction and the
fire died out. | knew L. j. ConnOrS. He
WAS on the boat. | saw him between IL
and II 0 clock that day, that VS. before
lie was shot. He was near the bow Of
the boat. Three or four minutes later
l saw two men picking him up.
He had fallen about twenty-five feet
from the bow of the boat. He
was placed on table and a medical
student from Chicago, who had hired as
guard, bandaged the wound on Con-
nOrS' arm. At this point, it being 1880
o'clock, court adjourned for dinner.
At the afternoon session Of court the
request of the jury 10 attend church to-
morrow was denied. The cross-eXam-
ination of w. II. Burt who is also under
indictment for riot and murder, was
completed.
Peter j. ConnOrs, another PinkertOn,
said he was on the barge. AS they
passed through Lock No. 2. the bargeS
were fired on from the shore, and this
continued till the works were reached.
Witness then related the story Of
The Attempt 10 Land
at the works, and said that no shots
were fired from the barge until four
men had been shot, and about twenty
shots had been fired from the shore
Witness told or the attempt to burn the
bargcS, the use of cannon and dynamite.
This witness is the man who escaped by
telling the strikers after the surrender
that he was a Chicago newspaper man.
When he had escaped he was held up
in the PittSburg, McKee5 port IL Young
hiOghenny bridge and asked if he had a
revolver. ~ e5. two" he answered, and
when ordered to give them up he said =
"Why should l? l got them on the
barges. Go down and get some your
self. There are plenty Of them"
Capt W. b. Rodgers, of the Little
Bill, described the barges and the Incl
dents OF the trip. lie corroborated the
other witnesses.
Joseph Ii. Gray testsfied to having
| been on the steamboat Little Bill on the
morning of July 6, and was there in ca
pacity of deputy sheriff of Allegheny
county. The witness was asked no fur
| ther questions, and there was no cross
examination.
James Porter, a photographer, testi-
fed to taking pictures of the barges
about 30 IN the afternoon of July 6.
At this point court took a recess until Z
! O'Clock.
Several witnesses identified Criticize
low, and testified they saw him in the
vicinity of the mill yard with gun in
his hand on July 6. Samuel Stewart
testified he saw CritchelOW, Joseph
! A. Hall and James Flanagan fire IN
the direction of the barges. Stew
! art is a clerk in the employ OF
the Carnegie company and his testi-
monY was very damaging to the defend
| ants. He was cool, and all efforts to
| confuse him were unsuccessful. When
! Stewart left the stand at 9:05, District
Attorney BurIeigh announced that the
! commonwealth would rest. Court then
adjourned till Monday morning.