The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-12
The aa ay eagle aeduesdap ornine oettober H. 1882
THE HOMESTEAD INDICTMENTS

PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct u-Tbis afternoon
the grand jury returned true bills against
the members of the Homestead advisory
committee charged with treason. True
bills were also returned against Fl. C..
Frick. John G. Leischman, E. n. Lovejoy,
Henry Cory. Superintendent Potter, Otis
Childs and Nevin Mcconnell, all Carnegie
officials; Henry and Fred Pinkerton, Cap
tain Cooper, Fred f. Primer and other
Pinkerton men, charged with murder and
conspiracy. The Homestead men indicted
are David II. Shannon, John McLuckie,
David Lynch. Thomas j. Crawford. Hugh
O'Donnell, Harry Bayne. Elmer Z. Bailey,
Isaac Byers, Henry Bayard Z. w. Brown,
George l.. Hampeno, Isaac Critchlow,
Miller Colgan, john Coyle, John Clifford.
Dennis McCush. w. McCongley, Michael
Cummings. William Combs. John DER
kin. Patrick Egan, W. H. Caches, Mat
thew Harris, Reid Kennedy. John Miller,
son. Martin Murray, Hugh Ross. William
!. ROBBERS, George Rylands and George W.
Sanger. So far about thirteen of the
tbirty-three members of the advisory COM
mittee have been found The charges of
murder and conspiracy against the Car
negie officials were preferred by Hugh
Ross, one of the Homestead strike leaders,
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crimes.
The true bill in the treason charges;
stripped of its legal verbiage, says that
the grand jury presents that the defend
ants, owing allegiance and fidelity to the
commonwealth, not weighing or regard
ing the duty of their allegiance, wickedly
melted insurrection. rebellion and war
against the commonwealth on the first
day of July at Homestead and elsewhere
in 4 l,or h tNnr
ders of the state, and murderously and
traitorously imagined and intended to
raise and levy War, insurrection and re-
bellion against the commonwealth. In
order to fulfill these traitorous intentions,
says the bill. the defendants at divers
times, with persons whose names are un-
known, 10 the number of 1000 and up
wards, armed in a warlike manner, trait
orous!y assembled and gathered together
and disposed themselves against the COM
monwealth and ordained and levied war
against the commonwealth, to the end
that its constitution, laws and authority
might be and were defed, resisted and
subverted by the defendants and their
armed allies
The Indictment against the Carnegie Of
ficlais for murder i'll the case of Silas Vain
says: 1.-The grand inquest of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania do present that
the sixth day of July, 1892, with force and
arms then and there did make an assault
on Silas Vain, and feloniously, malicious
~ and of their malice aforethought, did
kill and murder, contrary to the form OF
assembly and against the peace and dignl-
~ of the commonwealth"
The indictment against Mr.. iyrick and
his associates Tor conspiracy sets forth,
among other things, that said defendants
did unlawfully, falsely and maliciously,
conspire, combine, federate and agree to-
gether to depresS, lower, lessen and dimin
lsh the wages, price and compensation of
labor OF divers persons employed by the
Carnegie Steel company, to then and there
close up the steel man nufactory and cease
work and operations. to then and thereup-
on convey and cause to be sent 200 men
and upwards. armed with guns,
to overawe, iutimidate and frighte
divers persons in SAID town.
ship of Miffiin, who were there lately be-
fore employed by said Carnegie Steel
company, to invade said township of
Miffiin and to attack and shoot anu dis
charge deadly weapons against said per-
sons lately employed by the Carnegie
Steel company
In regard to the fight on the morning OF
July the bill says that the defendants
''did counsel and advise the shooting"
Among the conspiracy witnesses is John
McLuckie, burgess of Homestead.
The Indictment in the riot cases against
the Frick officials does not differ much
from the conspiracy charges.
The grand jury's action did not cause
much excitement among the public gen.
orally, and the defendants themselves
took it coolly. The Carnegie officials.
however, declined to be interviewed
on the subject Of the charges.