St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
Saws 1t Is a Fake.

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Treasurer Caches. of the Homestead
advisory board, said today: This, the
latest sensation sprung by the Carnegie
company, is almost too absurd to war
rant discussion. will say that the
charge that any member of the advisory
board was party to any plot to poison
non-unlOn men, is as false as it Is ridi-
culouS. Ii poison was administered to
the Don-union men-and | do not be-
Ylieye there was-the guilty parties were
in no way connected with the locked
out men. Some individual may have
done it. but you can rest assured he did
not act in accordance with instructions
from the advisory committee. The whole
story is, to my mind, fake, but for
what purpose it Was sprung L cannot
imagine"
David Lynch, another prominent
Homesteader, denies all knowledge of
the poisoning. President Garland, of
the Amalgamated ASSOCIATION, when
asked what he thought Of the poisoning
charges, said: absurd. Ridicuously
absurd. A fake. A Gigantic fake.'
So far as can be learned no Pittsburg
chemist has been called upon to analyZe
the stomachs of any of the men alleged
to have been poisoned. Capt. r. v.
Brock, attorney for the Carnegie COM
pany, said:
Il cannot at this time tell you what
other arrests will be made. We know
just who we wantand the persons are
under constant surveillance, so we have
No Fear Of Any One Escaping
When we are ready the arrests will
be made, and the evidence secured as
to the truth orfalslty of the statements
will not be made public until the case
comes up for trial in court"
Aid. McMasters said today that no adj
ditional information had been made
against alleged prisoners; that Beatty
is the only guilty man. so far as he
knew, who is charged with this crime.
Capt. f. Y. Brock Deputy Sheriff
Farrell William q. Lindsay left to-
night for Louisville with reQuisition
papers for Robert Beatty, charged with
being implicated in the alleged plot
to poison non-union men employed
in the Homestead mill. Beatty
will have hearing at Louisville
Wednesday morning and Capt. Breck
accompanies the officer to look after
that end of the case, while Lindsay'S
identity. TO guard against any COM
q
against Beatty before Aid. McMasters.
1t is sworn to by j. IL. Ford,-a Pinker-
ton detective, and alleges that OIL or
about Sept. l, and on other days previous
to that. Beatty did administer or cause
to be administered and taken by Will
lam E. Griffith and others a certain
deadly poison, with the
Intent to Commit Murder.
The alderman issued a warrant charg-
ing Beatty with feloniouS assault and
battery. This information will accom-
pany the requisition papers.
Before leaving Capt. Breck said no
more arrests would be made until his
return, unless something unforeseen
should happen. Notwithstanding the
denialS of prominent members Of the
amaIgamated advisory board, he said
that it would be shown that members of
the advisory board and members of the
Amalgamated association and knights of
Labor were Implicated in the plot. Capt
Breck hopes to return with Beatty Fri
day. The Information against the latter
has been changed from aggravated as
sault and battery to poisoning. M
Hugh O'Donuell was seen in the
county jail. He said he did not believe
any Homestead man was party to such
a villanouS conspiracy; that if any non
unioni6t had been POISONED the drug
had not been administered by any Of
the loeked-ou mea. Mr.. Old onneil
told Mr.. Caches, who called on ham this
morning, that it was the duty Of every
union man to assist the Carnegie otti-
claIs to investigate the matter thor
oughly.