Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-19
UNDER ARREST
Burgess McLuckie Is
In Prison,
Charged With Wilful
Murder
In the Great Riot at
Homestead.
Hugh O'DOnnell 10
Be Arrested
So Soon as He Can BE
Located.
Other Arrests Will
Also Be Made.
The Men Are Greatly
Excited.
1t Is Thought the Carnegie
Co. Is Playing a Bold
Stroke to Carry
His Point.
The Men Are Greatly
Excited.

firrsBCkSs July iS.--JOnu hcLuCkio.
burgess or chief municipal officer of
Homestead, Is sleeping on cot in one
OF the cells Of the county jail tonight.
Messages are pelng sent to . dozen
points between here and New York
seeking the AID of the police suthori-
ties for the arrest Of Hugh ODonnell,
the leader OK the strikers. and warrants
are in the hands Of the officers OF the
law for his arrest as . participant in the
Homestsad riot The intention OF the
Carnegie company to institute crim-
NAL proceeoiuxs against the Homestead
leaders in the event OF the
county authorities failing TO take cog
nixAnce OF the recent not and which
wss foscasted in the dispatches of the
the United Press this forenoon WAS car
red into effect much quicker than mad
been anticipated or than the authorities
at the executive Offices who feared The
effect of premature publication of
their intentions were willing TO init
mate.
Conducted with Secrecy.
Tho preliminary statements OF the
proceedings were conducted with con-
siderable secrecy. IL WAS shortly be-
fore noon when Secretary LoveIoy of
the Carnegie company sauntered ieis-
urely into shs office of Alderman Nc
Master at Diamond and Grant streets.
He was unaccompsnied and by curl
Gus coincidence nobody but the alder
man was in the Office at the time
the co1stabiss attached TO the place
being behind the closed doors of the
ante-roota. Secretary Loveloy pre-
pared to lay an Information against n
number Of men for the crime of MUIR
der. The alderman proceeded TO draw
up the papers.
changes wnfai Murder.
The Information set forth that Ia
Miffiin township, IN the county OF Ale
sheny and the state of Pennsylvania.
on the 6th Of July the defendants did.
OF their own malice aforethought.
felonlousIy and riotousIy. with force of
arms and with deadly weapons. kill
and murder Thomas Conners. Pin
kertou watchmau, and SIlas Wayne. .
worker at the mills: and that this in
formation was made upon information
received aud believsd 10 be true by the
deponent, who therefors prayed that
warrants might be issued. and that the
men to es named might be arrested
and held on the cnsrge of murder.
When this document had been drawn
up the alderman suggested that it
would be better 10 have Two informs-
tions--ans relating 10 the killing OF
Co0ners and the other 10 the Killing of
Wayne.
tn. Men Charged.
This was done. Secretary Lovsjoy
named AZ the men accused Hugh
ofDonnell, John McIuekie, sylvester
criehlow. Anthony FAherty. samuel
Rarkett. James Flanagan and Hugh
Ross. In one information the name OF
VDonneii stood first while in the other
Il stood second. When the papers had
been drawn up Secretary Loveioy lis-
tened 70 ths reading of tne oath, kissed
the Bible. appended his signature 10
the infermsnou. buttoned his sack
coat. shoox hands with the justice and
.suntersd cut of the Office ss leisureiy
ard to eli outward appearances - free
from csre ss hs had entered hall
hour before. No time wss lost ia serving
the papers
wclsesse ssrr.sssrs
On the arrival Of The constables a'
Homestead they made their business
known 10 General saowdsn and =
guard vas gwen them - serve The pa
pers. They VISITED the homes Of sil TIE
ssen and without result Not cue a
them wss st horne and most ef ths res
idenees we're locked in darkness when
tBs efheers returned to this city q