Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
A Yes, sir; went there Tuesday after

these barge<:
\. Yes, sir.
Q. How did you happen TO go theref
A. 1 was attracted by the crowd goin
there, and thought there was possibilit
/ OF news item.
Q. What wakened you?
a. don't believe was asleep.
Q. Did you hear any noise?
| y. heard a very sbrill steam whistle.
was undressing TO go to bed. and L dresses
| again and ran out.
| Q. About what time was itf
A. 1t must have been about O'Clock.
Q. How far is it from the Pennsylvania
| depot in Homestead to where the barge
land at the Carnegie works?
A. 1t is about as far as from here to th'
Sixth street bridge.
Q. Do you know whether the works are IL
| Homestead borough?
A. Not of my own knowledge. was told
they were in Miffiin township.
Q. Did you see crowd when you go
| down on the street?
A. Yes sir, saw quite a number of people
| running toward the Carnegie works.
| Q. Do you know MI. O'Donnell?
| A. Very well.
Q. Did you see him that morningf
| A. Yes sir.
O. Where was he when You first saw him,
| / left the hotel He seemed to be going in
| the direction of the works. but taking diff
ferent course from the one l was taking.
was going toward the river.
Q. Had the boats landed when you reached
| the scene?
A. No sir, they were Just rounding to.
Q. How soon after that did they land?
A. About two minutes; it was very short
time.
Q. Was it daylight then?
A. Almost any place except at the river
suppose it would have been, but there was a
heavy fog at the river
iii a M na11
that morning?
A. saw him probably about IL O'Clock on
the streets of Homestead.
Q. Did you see him on the bank at the
Carnegie works?
A. No, sir.
O. Where were you at the time of the land
ing?
A. was between the boat and the men on
the bank.
Q. Were you alone?
A. oh, no; there were several people
around me.
Q. Did you hear any firing before you
reached the bank7
A. Yes. sir; they were firing in the town
when started out.
Mr. Herbert was asked to describe the
landing of the barges, and he did SO, saying
that after the gang plank was showed out,
several men started to come down it. THE
leader of the party carried what appeared
to be an oar Somebody on the shore
oar. There was a bit of a scuffle and they
separated. Almost instantly the man with
the oar and the man Immediately behind
him fell, and there was a report of gun.
Then there was volley from the boat, and
a general scattering of the crowd on the
bank. From that on there was occasional
shooting on both sides"
Q. What language was used by the people
on the shore?
A. There was shouting, yelling black
sheep, Pinkerton hirelings, and so on.
did hear some man standing out in front of
all the others saying that if they came
ashore they would be killed.
Poor Readers and Bad Writing.
Q. You sent a note to the boat?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And the people on the boat could not
read the note?
A. have understood since that they could
not; am not very good writer.
Q. When you saw O'Donnell later, did you
talk with him?
A. asked him what the situation was,
but did not get very satisfactory answer
from a news standpoint. He seemed to be
in a hurry.
Q. What position did MI. O'Donnen occupy
among the workers?
A. We recognized him as the leader of the
La Dor oroaniZati ton
Q. When did you next see him7
A; saw him in the afternoon in the cupola
at the works.
O. How many persons were theref
A. About dozen.
Q. How near was that to the boats?
A. was told that it was within rifle shot.
Q. Did you see a cannon fired that day?
A Yes, sir.
Q. Where was it?
A. In the mill yard.
Q. How about a cannon on the other side
OF the river?
A There had been some vary loud renorts
from the other side, as if from a cannon.
2. How long were you in the cupola?
A. About an hour.
Q. Was O'Donnell there all that time?
Q. Yes. sir; lett him there.
q. Did you see any dynamite thrownf
A. Yes, sir; saw men throwing dynamite
at the boats from behind piles of iron.
Q. Did you have any conversation with
O'Donnell when you went into the cupola?
C'DonnelI Cracked a Joke.
A. Yes, sir, he referred to something had
written where 1 had used his name, and said
81 ought to turn you over to these men and
throw you down the hole" or whatever he
called it. One of the men said, "We'll do it
if you say So" He did not mean what he
said seriously.
Mr. Brennan-So far as you saw, O'Don-
nell did nothing more than you did your |
self? !
A. Not thing.
Judge Magee-Did you see O'Donnell any
Wnere Wnen the Qrlny Deganf
A. l did not. |
Samuel Stewart, who said he was clerk
for Carnegie, Phipps & Co., was sworn. He |
is a young man with smooth face and |
yellow hair. He said he worked at the |
offices of the company at Homestead. He |
mad known O'Donnell about three years,
and on July 6 saw him in the mill yard be- |
,ween and 8 o'clock in the afternoon
Q. What was he doing when you saw him? |
a. He was watching the men trying to |
connect pipes with some Oil barrels.
@. Did they throw oil?
A They did not get it to work
Q. Who were tine men who tried itf
A. There was quite crowd, 1 suppose Is.
The witness said he saw firing from the |
cannon in the yard, and saw men throwing |
dynamite and burning waste at the barges |
O. Did you see any of the men who were |
ioing these things talk to O'Donnell?
A. Yes, sir. did. Where MIR. 0'Donne!l |
Was there was generally a crowd. These
men would go to O'Donnell and speak to him
quietly. One man in particular, after talk
ng to 0'Donnell. got up on pile of beams,
,urn them" Some fellow hulloed back 70
lin, sect down there, Connolly, or you'll
et shot"
Two Thousand Persons Present.
Mr.. Brennen-Why did you go to the mill?
A. 1 was asked at the Office to go down and
ee if any property was being destroyed.
Q. How many people were in the yards?
A. There must have been 1000 when got
there, and they kept increasing till suppose
here were 1000.
The witness said he had heard the
peeches of Weihe and Garland, but they
eemed to have no effect on the crowd.
After that he left and did not hear O'Don-
el speak.
At this time. it being 1910 o'clock, the
ourt took recess for one hour. 1t was
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