Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-19
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.

Burgess Evades Them and Gives Him.
self Up at Pittsburg-Great Grief and
Indignation Among the Strikers-A
Counter Movement Arranged - Infor-
nations To BE FILED Against Carnegie,
rrick, and Potter for Murder and
Treason-Prospect of Guerilla War in
the Ceur d'Alene.
PITTsBUHG, July 19.-John McLuckie,
burgess or chief municipal officer of Home
Duead, slept last night on 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 Il small army of strik-
ers that it is proposed to bring before the
bar of the law. The intention of the Car.
uegie company to institute criminal pro-
ceedings against the Homestead leaders in
the event of the county authorities failing
to take cognizance OF the recent riot was
carried into effect much quicker than had
been anticipated.
The Informations Filed.
Shortly before noon yesterday Secretary
Lovejoy, of the Carnegie company, enter
ed the Office of Alderman McMaster and
asked the alderman to draw up informa-
tlons against Hugh O'Donnell, John Nc
Luckie, Sylvester Crichlow, Anthony
Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, James Elan
nigan and Hugh Ross. The charge was
murder, and was based upon the claim
that these men had caused the death of L.
j. Connors, Pinkerton watchman, 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 Hom stead.
The fourteen warrants were made out
and given t. constables, who went with
them to Homestead. Colonel Green de-
tailed two companies of the provost guard
to accompany the constabies. Upon going
to the homes of the accused none of them
was found at home and most of the resi-
dences were locked and vacant. Upon re-
turning to this city it 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 p. m 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 rs for himself he did not know if he
was any longer member of the associa-
tion. He went Oh to say: a might 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. l cannot say at present. l
tell you will make this man Frick
come down on his knees so hard that the
sound Will be heard in the farthest corner
of civilization"
"Yes," put in one of those present, .and
once the warrants issued We will have
Carnegie extradited in short ORDER
At Homestead member of the ad dvisory
committee said that the warrants to be
applied for against Frick ct. al. would
charge murder and treason.
SECRETARY LOVEJOY FELT GOOD.
Every Man known to Have Been in the
Riot To BE Arrested.
Secretary Lovejoy was in good spirits
last night over this sensational move. He
said: "There are good cases against 200 OF
these men, and from now on twelve to
fifteen informations will be made every
day. The idea is to make them just as
fast as the authorities can handle them.
We have evidence against 600 men, and
we propose to push these cases. The laws
of Pennsylvania very broad ON this
subject, and persons who wereeon the
premises at the time of the shooting are
liable, not only as accessories but as prin-
cipals. Our preparations for these prose-
cutions began on June %, when the neCo-
tiations between the company and the
association ceased. Seeing the turn that
matters We're taking, and receiving intima-
tions and threats of the things the strikers
proposed doing we began our precaution-
ary measures.
Detectives with Cameras.
"The names of the leaders who were
driving the strike into the groove that it
has taken We're procured and arrange
ments were made to secure evidence in
certain emergencies. There is the strong
est foundation for the statement that we
had detectives with cameras in the mill at
the time of the shooting" He further
said that this was not bluff; that the
cases would be prosecuted to the end; that
the law made presence, even if not u finger
was lifted, an implication in the crime
because presence implied consent. O'Don-
nell was regarded as the leader; men who
had no hand in the shooting and who ap-
piled for their old positions would prob |
ably not be prosecuted.
Will Iut in Non-Union Men.
He then went on: "We expect to bring
non-union men into the mill this week |
The non-union men will only be sufficient |
in numbers to fill the place of men who |
were engaged in this thing and whom we
will not take back. There are plenty Of |
steel workers in other mills who would be |
glad to get work in the Homestead mills |
hy pf fht. Cood to hah h,l
there. We do not want to embarrass |
other firms by drawing their men away