Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-10-02

pressed my appreciation of the enormi-
ty Of the offense to which you have
pleaded guilty, and l sent you to prison
in order that might consider this mat
ter so that might dispose OF it finally.
hope by this time that you realize
that conspiracy such as that you have
pleaded guilty to, in threatening the
lives Of people who undertook to fill
the places of workmen who were on
strike, is subveTsive Of this government
and is a very serious matter. 1t has in
this country cost millions of dollars and
many lives trust that in your case
1t was an unguarded zeal and an interest
to protect yourselves and not meant to
be kept as far as the threats were con-
cerned; while you used threats Of death
TO people you never intended to carry
them out. II l had the remotest
thought that you did. l would deal diff
ferently with you in this case. recog-
nize that those around and about case
of this character know more about it
than judge who simply hears the evil
dence."
The following are those for whom
warrants are out David Fl. Shannon,
John McLuckie, David Lynch, Thomas
j. Crawford, Hugh ODonnell, Harry
Bayne. Elmer E. Bail, Isaac Byers,
Henry Bayard, L. W. Brown, George
Champene, Isaac Critchlow, Miller Col
gan, John Coyle, Jack Clifford, Dennis
M. Cush, William McConeghey, Michael
Cummings. William Combs, John
Durkes, Patrick Pagan, w. S. Caches,
Nathan Harris, Reid Kennedy, John
Miller, o. o. Searight, John Murray,
NJ. Ii. Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh
Ross, William 7. Roberts, George Ry-
lands and George w. Sarver.
The law under which this proceeding
is brought is the Crimes act of 1860.
There are said to have been number OF
prosecutions under the same act. The
first section of it read as follows.
II any person, owing allegiance to the
Commonwealth of Pennfylvania shall levy
war against the same, or shall adhere to
the enemies thereof, giving them aid and
comfort within the State or elsewhere, and
shall be Thereof convicted, on confession in
open court or on the testimony OF two wit
neSseS to the same overt act of the treason
whereof he shall stand indicted, such per-
son shall on conviction be adjudged guilty
of treason against the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania and be sentenced to pay fine
not exceeding 81, 900 and undergo an i'm
prisonment by separate and solitary con-
finement at labor, not exceeding II years.
The act further provides that any
person having knowledge OF such trea-
son and concealing it, shall be impris-
oned not exceeding six years aud fined
not exceeding $1,000 as guilty of mis-
prislon of treason. A long list OF
related offenses are declared high mis-
demeanor, and are punishable by fine of
not exceeding 5000 or $4,000 and i'm
prlsonment not exceeding ten years.
Others are declared misdemeanor and
are punishable by fine of $500 or impris-
onment OF ~ months.
1t is believed that the Importance OF
the charge is the reason for bringing
them before Chief Justice Paxson, as
there is nothing in the act prescribing
that an alderman could not have issued
the warrants. County Detective Beltz-
hoover is supposed to have acted by in
struction OF the District Attorney.
No arrests were made to-day, the officers
being unable to locate any more OF the de-
PENDANTS.
VIM. Baird, who was captured at Home
stead last night furnished the $lO, 900 bond
required and was released this evening.
The strikers held a mass meeting at
Homestead to-day and bitterly denounced
the arrests for treason.
Three Of the rifles taken from the Pink
ertous when they surrendered, were found
in the home of Hungarian on City Farm
lane this forenoon.