Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-13
THAT MAN BEATTY.
Seems to Be the Key of the
Poison Case.
WHAT THE AMALGAMATED MEN SAY

Al, Imputations on Them RidicuIed and
Repudiated--The Company Lawyer Con-
hdent of His Ground, But Not willing
to Talk Much-A Homestead Doctor
Who Rather Confirms the Sensation
His Experience Treating Sick Non-Un-
ion Men.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 13.-The alleged con-
spiracy to poison the non-union workmen
! 1T the Homestead mills is the principal
topic of discussion here and at Homestead
The strikers discredit the story and claim
| they are being prosecuted, while counsel
| for the Carnegies assert that they will be
| able to substantiate the charges Secretary
killgallon, of the Amalgamated associa-
| ton, was seen yesterday and said:
"The idea that the Amalgamated as
| ISOLATION would take part in such
| a fiendish plot is preposterous ]
do not know this man Beatty and never
heard of him before. ! assure YOU the
Amalgamatcd association has had nothing
| whatever to do with this case in any shape
or FORM +. Y. Breck, one of the attorneys
for the Carnegies, was averse to talking on
the subject yesterday, but finally said that
| by waiting, as it was gathering more evil
dence every day
Too Absurd tor Discussion
Treasurer Caches, of the Homestead adj
visory board said yesterday: This. the
| latest sensation sprung by the Carnegie
| company, is almost too absurd to warrant
! a discussion. | will say that the charge
| that any member of the advisory board was
| party to any plot to poison non-union
men is as false aS it is ridiculous If poison
| was administered to the non-union men
| and ] do not believe there was-ihe guilty
| parties were in no way connected with the
! lockei-out men. Some individual may have
done il, 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 pur-
| pose it was sprung | cannot imagine"
Not believed at Homestead.
| The story Il given no cretienCe by the
| majority of the people at Homestead,
| whether they have been identified with the
| strikers or not. Some of the strikers who
have failed to secure employment say that
the story is prompted by the Carnegie firm
| for the purpose of profit through any in
fiuence it might have on the murder and
i
| county coroner claims that no report Of the
| six deaths from this alleged cause have
been made to him. The opinion prevails
| that If Frick and his associates were aware
of this poisoning, or even had reason to sus-
pect it. the coroner would necessarily have
been notified.
| O'DOnnefl Wants an Inquiry.
| Hugh O'Donnell the eX-leader of the
! Homestead strikers, was interviewed in
! Jail yesterday on the subject nf the poison
| ing. O'Donnell denounced the reports as
false, and requested that his friends at
once take steps for searching investiga-
ton of the charges. Such an investigation
! is also demanded by almost everybody at
! Homestead. 1t is admitted that the man
| Beatty may have plotted to do such in
! famous work, but the idea that the leaders
| of the strikers any OF the latter them
| selves are involved is secuted. President
| Garland, Of the Amalgamated association.
said it Was "a fake; a gigantic fake"
Gone Alter the Man Beatty.
! Beatty, who was arrested at Louisville
| has applied for n writ of habeas corpus
| Attorney Breck and some officers went to
! Louisville yesterday with requisition pa
| peTs and an information which says that
| said Realty on or about Sept l. and on
| other days previous to that and thereafter
| id administer, or cause to be administered
and taken by William f. Griffith and 9th
crs certain deadly poison, with the in
| tenn Ia commit murder. Breck wouldinot
| give any additional information about the
| case. lie spid that they had all their evil
| dence well in hand, and when the time
| came for other moves they would be made