Huntsville gazette., 1892-07-23
TRICKS REVENGE.

Locked-Out Workmen - Excitement at
Fever Heat Again In the Borough.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 20. - Never
since the night that Gov. Pattison or
dered the state troops to Homestead
was this borough thrown into such a
state of feverish excitement as it was
last evening when the news went
abroad that warrants, charging the lead
ers Of the strike y ith wilful murder had
been issued in Pittsburgh, and that six
or seven men charged had given them
selves up to the authorities
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
two men walked into the Office of
| Squire Kuhn, the local magistrate, and
made some inquiries concerning the
places of residence of Burgess McLuckie
and other strike laborers. They re
fused to tell why they desired the in
| formation. The inquiries were contin-
| ned at other places, and suspicion as to
| the real character of the business of the
two men became aroused when they
were recognized as Consta bles Price and
| Irwin.
The suspicion was not verified, how
ever, until about o'clock, when III. M.
| Williamson, member of the Home
stead borough council and also member
of the local advisory committee on the
strike arrived in Homestead from Pitts
burgh with the information that the
warrants had been issued. The news
soon became noised about. While a
suspicion that the arrests were antici-
pated, had been prevalent for two days,
it was not supposed that the charges
| against the strike leaders would
| be SO serious one as murder,
and the workingmen were thrown into a
| state bordering on CONSERVATION by the
direful tidings. Coming, as the news
did, directly after the victory Of the
| Amalgamated association yesterday in
the refusal of the men in the mechan-
ical department of the Carnegie works
| to accept the invitation of the firm to
return to their duties, it turned jubila-
ton into dependency, and brought
tears to the eyes of many man whose
| heart was in the cause. A few took
the news quietly, the greater number
indulged in bitter words, but took care
| that outsiders were not near when they
spoke them Women gave way to tears
and declared that all was lost
Hasty sumaons brought out the lead
1 ers 70 the headquar ters of the advisory
committee, stones throw from the
edge of Camp Black. On the face Of
every man was serious, troubled look,
and haste was made to lock the door of
1 H., fI,+
aspect that the situation had taken
might be discussed without fear of be-
trayal The mem bers of the town
council also met. Their purpose was
to consider the arrest of John Nc
Luckie the burgess of the town.
In the absence of the burgess, Chief
Byrne. of the fire department, became
rests, he at first refused to believe that
they had been made, but when con
vinced that there was no mistake about
it, he expressed himself in emphatic
terms. He declared the action of the
Carnegie company an outrage and q
most dangerous step to take in the
present excited condition of the com
munity He said the whole blame O
the matter rested upon Mr.. Frick. anC
that in his opinion it would react, ant
Mr.. Frick would lose more than he
would gain BY the extreme step he hac
taken. The two men who have done
more than any dozen others to restrain
the strikers from unlawful acts during
the many exciting days since the battle
with the Pinkertons, are Hugh ODon
nell and Burgess McLuclie. The re
moval of these two men from the towr
at this critical time, leaves the more
hot-headed Of the strikers with few able
to keep them in check in case al
emergency arises, tending to lead then
to again resort to mob violence.
The men Of all grades of intelligence
have great respect for these two men
They fairly worship O'Donnell. He i:
considered young Napoleon among
them. He is born leader, quick t.
talk and to act. He is man of re
markable intelligence and has prac
tically guided the workmen in theii
struggle. Burgess McLuckie is also ;
counsellor of peaceful methods and ha
done much to restrain the men from
violence. He was burgess at the time
of the strike of 1889, and was elected
by the workmen again this year, a.
they saw another difficulty with thu
Carnegie company was brewing.
Suspicion that arrests were to be
made became aroused at the singular
action of Sheriff McCleary and deputy
in making tour of the town under thu
escort of battalion of troops. About
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon. Maj
Brooke of the Twelfth regiment re
ceived orders from Col Green, the pro
vost marshal, to take companies ID anc
e of his regiment and 60 with th'
sheriff. The soldiers followed the
sheriff and deputy at distance
sufficient not to- attract attention
but nevertheless suspicion was excited
and the leaders of the strike were in
formed Of the peculiar action OF Mr.
McCleary. He stopped at number o
places and made inquiries concerning
the wherea bouts of some Of the lead
ers. but did not succeed in finding any
of them. 1t is not believed that the
sheriff had the warrants in his posses
sion at the time, because his authority
does not extend to serving them The
| .~aX,aral exclamation offered is that he