The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-07-22
CARNEGIE'S COUP.
Homestead Company Makes an
important Move.
CHARGES OF MURDER SWORN OUT
Burgess McLuckie in Jail and O'Don.
nell and Five Other Leaders
on the List.

Constables, Supported by Troops, Search
for the Accused and Find None-The
Burgess 2Vd,.as Them and Gives Him
self Up at Pittsburg-Great Grief and
Indignation Among the Strikers = A
Counter Iovement Arranged - Infor-
nations To BE Filed Against Carnegie,
Prick, and Potter for Murder and
Treason-Prospect of Guerilla War In
the Ceur d'Alene.
PITTsBURG, July 19.-John McLuckie,
burgess or chief municipal officer of Home
stead, slept last night on a cot in one Of
the cells of the county Jail. kilograms
were being sent to dozen different points
between here and New York seeking the
aid of police authorities for the arrest Of
Hugh O'Donnell, the leader of the strikers,
and warrants are in the hands of the officers
of the law for seven other participants in
the troubles at Homestead, and who are
but the vanguard of small army of strik-
ers that 1t is proposed to bring before the
bar Of the law. The intention of the Car
negie company to institute criminal pro-
ceedings against the Homestead leaders in
the event Of the county authorities failing
to take cognizancc OF the recent riot was
carried into effect much quicker than had
been anticipated.
The Iaform atiops Filed.
Shortly before noon yesterday Secretary
Lovejoy, of the Carnegie company, enter
ed tlle Office of Alderman McMaster and
asked the alderman to draw up informa-
tions against Hugh O'Donnell, John Nc
Luokie, Sylvester Crichlow, Anthony
Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, James Elan
niean and Hugh Ross. The charge was
murder, and was based upon the claim
that these men had caused the death of 7.
j. Connors, a Pinkerton Waterman, and
Silas Wayne, workman in the mills.
Two informations against each of the ac-
cused were drawn up, one for each of the
dead men, in one of the informations
O'Donnell's name standing first and in
the other second.
The Warrants Sent to Homestead.
The fourteen warrants were made out
and given u constables. who went with
them to Homestead. Colonel Green de-
tailed two companies of the provost guard
to accompany the constables Upon going
10 Cne MONIES Oh Uue dccuSeu none VI bueIu
was found at home and most of the resi-
dences were locked and vacant Upon re-
turning to this city it was found that Nc
Luckie had evaded them, come to the
city and surrendered himself. He said he
had sent word to the other men want ed to
come in and do likewise. McMaster
waited until s p. IN. for them but they did
not appear, and he committed McLuckie
to Jail without bail pending preliminary
examination Friday.
VIII Return the Compliment.
While in McMaster's Office with his
counsel and other friends, McLuckie said
that he had O'Donnell were not leaders,
but among the smallest of the strikers;
and as for himself he did not know if he
was any longer member of the associa-
ton. He went on to say: 81 might as well
come out with it and say that informa-
tions will be laid against Frick, Carnegie
and Potter Whether we will bring any
one else into it, cannot say at present. l
tell you we will make this man Frick
come down on his knees so hard that the
sound win be heard in the farthest corner
of civilization"
EYES," put in one of those present, "and
once the warrants issued we will have
Carnegie extradtcd in short order"
At Homestead a member of the advisory
committee said that the warrants to be
applied for against Prick ct. al. would
a. a