The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-04
Carnegie Men All Admitted to Bail In $l0,00e
and Are Quickly Released. Much to the
Disgust of the Locked-0u Employees
Wild Scene OF Homestead When the
COnstables Came to Make the Arrests
Company of Militia Ordered to the Depot to
Dispel Mob, and One Of the Homesteaders
Arrested for Rather Mild 0ffensa
coUNrERMovE BY STRIKERS.
Carnegie Officials Charged with Murder
and Admitted to Bail.

Carnegie Officials Charged with Murder
and Admitted to Bail.
PITTsBURG. Aug a-To-day the long,
talkeo-of warrants charging II. G. Frick.
Superintendent Potter, Secretary Loveioy
and others with murder were made out on an
affidavit by one of the Carnegie locked-out
men and the strikers had the satisfaction
of knowing that some one besides employees
would have to>answer TO the law. The
suits are against the Carnegie officials and
the Pinkertons, charging them with mur.
der outright, and warrants were issued for
the arrest of the defendants.
At IL O'clock Messra Brennan, Cox aud
Hugh Ross. the prosecuting witness, went
to Alderman Kings office, on the south
Side, and made the information, and the
warrants were issued. Robert and William
Pinkerton are the heads of the PinKerton
agency; j. A. Potter and @. A. Corey are
superintendents at the works, and Messrs.
Frick, Lovejoy. Leishman and Curry are
officials of the company. and the balance
are Pinkerton men. The information Is as
follows:
Frick, f. T. f. Lovejoy, Robert Pinkerton, Will
lam Plnkert0n, j. A. Potter G.. A. Corey. j. G.. A.
Leishman, II. NJ. Curry. C. w. Bedell, Fred
Primer, w. H. Burt, John Cooper and Fred w.
Hinde.
Before me, the subscriber, Festus NJ King, an
alderman in aud for said city of Pittsburg.
personally came Hugh Ross, who, on OATH
deposes and says that in Miffiin township
Allegheny county and State of Pennsylvania, on
the 9th day of July, 1892, said defendants did on
their malice af0rethought fel0niously and riot
ously, by force and arms and deadly weapons,
Killed Kill 'u and @ mnrdered, der D joseph sotax. John Z.
Morris, George w. Rutter and silas Waine then
and there being in the peace and Commonwealth
This information is made on information re-
ceived and believed to be true. Complainant
therefore prays that warrant may issue and
the aforesaid defendants may be arrested and
held to answer this charge OF murder, and fur
ther dep0nent saith not
The attorneys say the suits were held off
on account of the shooting of Mr.. Frick.
The warrant for the arrest of Superin..
tendent Potter was placed in the hands OF
Constable Stewart who left for Home
stead. The warrant for the arrest of Sec
retary Loyeloy was placed in the hands or
Constable Walls. This afternoon. about
o'clock. Secretary Lovejoy, yice-president
Leishman and Treasurer Curry, of the
Carnegie company, appeared before Judge
Ewing, In Criminal Court, and said they
desired to surrender themselves on the
charge of murder preferred by Hugh Ross
HAD TO SURRENDER TO KING.
Judge Ewing refused to hear an appli-
cation for bail until the accused had sur
rendered to Alderman King. The magis-
trate was sent for. and, after he had pre-
sented his docket, the hearing was had.
Messrs. Leischman. Curry and Lovejoy
waived hearing. as did II. c.
Frick, Nevin Mcconnell. James Dovey
and superintendent Potter. who were
absent. but represented by w. +.
Patterson, their attorney; Messrs. Frick.
released on $4,000 bail each, and K. B. and
A. w. Mellon went on their bond. The
hearings on the application of the others
were postponed until tomorrow morning.
Judge Ewing said:
81 think if the story in the newspapers
is true none OF the men charged IN the in
formation can be held for murder. and cer-
tainly not in the first degree. The men IN
the barges had the right 10 use all neces-
sary force to maintain their rightful pos
session of this property"
Messrs. Dovey ana Mcconnell were ar
rested at Homestead by Constable Stewart
and brought to Pittsburg. They were
taken to the Jail and locked up for the
night Superintendent Potter has not yet
been arrested. The statement that he hed
been released on bail was erroneous. ana lt
is not at all probable that he will surren.
der himself until tomorrow, as it would
nSss It is ens ssid that tns reason 0son
Superintendent Potter did not surrender
this afternoon is that the evidence against
him Is stronger than against the others. He
was on the barge with the Pinkerton men,
and IT is claimed gave the order 70 fire.
For this reason the other officials were
anxious to be released before he gave him.
self mp.
Ii is stated that w. j. Brennan, attorney
for the Amalgamated Association. will 20
into court Saturday and ask for an injunc-
tion restraining the Carnegie agents from
bringing men here under false pretenscs.
He is said to have in his possession several
affidavits by men who claim they were
brought here under false representations
and were not hired to work at Homestead.
Daniel Gallagher, Harry berger and AL
bert Rhodes called a Amalgarnated head
quarters to-day and said they had been in
duced to come from st. Louis to work in q
mill, but they did not understand il was
the Homestead plant When they reached
here they refused TO 60 TO work.