Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-04
Warrants Sworn Out for the
Carnegie officials.
The Charge of Murder Entered
Against Them.
Several Arrested and Others Make
Voluntary Surrenders.
A Turbulent Demonstration at Home
stead During the Serving of Two
of tho Warrauts-Strikers
Given Black Eye.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTsBURG. Aug 3.-Hugh Ross, the
strike leader, this morning swore out q
warrant for the arrest of H. G. Frick,
chairman; T..F. Lovejoy, secretary J.
A. G. Leishman and Fl. M. Currey, off,
cials of the Carnegie company; J. A.
Potter and G.. A. Corey, superintendents
at the mill; Robert A. and William
Pinkerton, and half dozen OF their
men, who took part in the fight at
Homestead, charging them with murder.
Itis probable; that information will
be made later against them for conspi-
racy to depress the wages of workmen
and to incite riot by bringing armed
men into Homestead. The suits are
delayed on account Of the shooting of
Frick, and it is not the strikers inten
ton to have him arrested at present.
The attorneys for the strikers held a
long consultation after the informa-
tions had been made, with the result
that 1t was decided to serve warrants on
Lovejoy and Potter only.
Secretary Lovejoy, Vice President
Leishman and Treasurer Currey, of the
Carnegie company, appeared before
Judge Ewing in the criminal court, this
afternoon, TO surrender themselves.
They were released on SIC, 900 bail each.
Messrs. Frick, Nevin, Mcconnell, Do
vey and Potter were represented by
their attorneys. Hearing on their APP
plication for bail was postponed until
tomorrow.
Judge Ewing said: II think if the
story in the newspapers is true, none of
the men charged in the information can
be held for murder, certainly not in the
first degree. The men in the bargeH
had right TO use all necessary force TO
maintain the rightful possession of this
property"
Dovery and Mcconnell, arrested at
Homestead, were taken to Jail at 10
O'Clock and locked up for the night.
The statement that Potter was arrest
ed, and later released on bail, is errone-
GUS, and it is not probable that he will
surrender himself until tomorrow, as it
would necessitate his remaining in jail
over night. 1t is said the reason Potter
did not surrender this afternoon, was
that the evidence against him is stronger
than that Of the others, he having been
on the barges with the Pinkerton men,
and, it is claimed, gave the order to fire.
The strikers case received black eye
from the coroner's jury this afternoon,
when a verdict was rendered in the
cases of seven strikers, to the effect that
Silas Vain, one of them, had been
killed by missile from cannon while
in an unlawful assembly.
In the case of the Pinkertons, the jury
found that I. j. Conners was fatally
wounded by party or parties unknown,
with felonious intent.
Heinrich Bauer, the anarchist charged
with being an accessory to the shooting
of Frick, was released on $4,000 bail to-
day.
Judge Ewing refused to accept bail in
the case of Anarchist Knold, as he said
there was evidence that Knold had
shown Bergman the Carnegie offices.
The Carnegies, it is said, will make an
attempt to start the Duquesne plant
next Monday.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. 3.--The arrests
of Yardmaster James Dovey and Super
intendenG Mcconnell, of the open
hearth department, on the charge of
murder this afternoon, were attended
by turbulent scenes, necessitating the
interference of the militia and the addi-
tional arrest of striker. When
Constables Stewart and Climber reached
Homestead, with four warrants, two for
the above named Carnegie officials, and
the others for Superintendent Potter and
George A. Forey, rumors of the pros
pective arrest spread through town and
hundreds of locked dout and striking
men gathered at the different stations.
At Munhall, the crowd numbered 200.
The train on which the constables and
prisoners were to be taken to Pittsburg,
was few minutes late, and when the
constables and their prisoners ar
rived at the depot, crowd
surged around the station door
as the prisoners were hurried into it.
A patrol of militia strove to keep the
men back, but the force was unequal to
the task. Every minute the crowd in
creased. while mutsered threats, es-
pecially directed against Dovey, were
plainly heard. AS time passed, the
crowd became more turbulent, and word
was hastily sent to the provost marshal; !;
he dispatched at once Major Crawford
with a company OF the Fifteenth regi-
ment. On their arrival at the depot,
the soldiers marched to the front, push
ing back the crowd, which retired in a
surly way. One striker, named Thomas
Bowen, became obstreperous, and
yelled: "Three cheers for Dovey, damn
him.
Before the crowd could give them. two
soldiers hastily seized Bowen. He was
hustled into the station and placed in
charge of two deputies. This stern
measure quelled the hostile demonstra-
tions. Bowen will be charged with un-
lawful assemblage and disorderly con-
duct, and probably with melting to riot.
The turbulent demonstration has con-
vinced General Wylie that it would be
unwise to remove the militia from
Homestead at present.
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