The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-12
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jury sitting in the treason cases against
the Homestead strikers, and the MUIR
der and conspiracy charges against H.
G. Frick, various other officials OF the
Carnegie Steel Company, and the Pin
kerton detectives, at 3:l0 this afternoon
brought in true bills in all the cases.
After the charge to the grand jury
yesterday by Chief Justice Paxson, In
the treason cases, it was thought that
the murder charges would be postpon-
cd, and when the jury reported on
them also, it came in the nature OF a
surprise.
Chief Justice Paxson, Of the supreme
court of the state, and Judge Kennedy,
of the county courts, occupied the
bench when the jury entered the court
room.
Foreman Berlin presented the find
ings, which, after examination by the
Judges, were handed to the clerk OF the
courts. The bills against Hugh ODon-
nell and others for treason include
thirty'one defendants. They are: Hugh
O'Donnell, John McLuckie, David
Lynch, Thomas ]. Crawford, Harry
Bayne, Elmer L. Ball, Henry Bayard,
T. w. Brown, George ChamPens, Isaac
Critchlow, Miller Colgan, John Coyle,
Jack Clifford, Dennis NJ. Cush, William
NJ. Conegly, Michael Cummings, Will
lam Combs, John Dierkin, Patrick Fa-
gan, W. II. Gackes, Matthew Harris,
Reid Kennedy, John Miller, o. S. Sea-
right, John Murray, w. II. Thompson,
Martin Murray, Hugh Ross, W. I.
Roberts, George Rylands and George
W. Sarver.
The indictments for murder are for
the killing OF George W. Rutter, John
L. Morris, Joseph Sotak and silas Vain,
all strikers, and include: II. Q. Frick,
chairman OF the company; +. I. I. Love
Joy, secretary; ]. A. Potter, superin-
tendent; J. &. A. Leishman, vice chair
man; W. i. Corey, assistant superin-
tendent; Nevin Mcconnell and James
Doyey, mill bosses. and Robert PinEer-
ton, William Pinkerton, O. w. Beddell,
W. II. Burt, John Cooper and +. w.
Hinde, OF the Pinkerton Detective
Agency. -,
The bills Tor conspiracy embrace all
those charged with murder with the ad-
dition OF George Lander, II. II. Curry,
Otis Childs, L. Q. Phipps, OF the steel
company, and Fred W. Primer, detec-
tive.
Those charged with aggravated riot
are: II. c. FricE, II. NJ, Curry, j. G. a.
Leishman, +. I. L. Lovejoy, L. G.
Phipps, ]. S. Dovey, Nevin Mcconnell,
John Cooper, c. W. Baddell, Fred
Primer, W. II. Burt and +. w. Hinde.
The true bill in the treason charges,
after reciting the names OF the defend
ants reads:
"The grand jury ofthe commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania, now inquiring in aid
for the body OF the county OF Allegheny,
upon their oaths and atlirmations, re-
spectively, do present that the deiend-
ants then and there being inhabitants
and residents within the said common
wealth OF Pennsylvania, and under the
protection OF the laws OF said common
wealth, and owing allegiance and tideli-
ty to the said commonwealth OF Penn
sylyania, not weighing or regarding the
duty OF their said allegiance, but wick
edly devising, disturbing the peace and
tranquility Of the said commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania, devising to disturb
and destroy, and to stir up, move
and incite insurrection, rebellion
and war against the said common
wealth OF Pennsylvania on the first day
OF June in the year OF our Lord 1892, at
the Borough OF Homestead, in the said
county and in the county OF Mifilin,
and elsewhere, within the said COM
monwealth oil Pennsylvania, and be-
yond the borders OF said state, unlaw-
fully, feloniously, falsely, maliclously
and trdiiorOuSly compassed, imagined
and intended to raise and levy war, in
surrection and rebellion against the
said commonwealth OF Pennsylvania,
and in order to fulfil and to bring into
effect the said traitorous compassings,
imaginiugs aud intentions OF them, the
said defendants on the 9TH day oil Sep
tember, 1892, and on divers other days
and times between the said first day Of
June and on the said fifth day OF Sep
tember, at the borough Of Homestead,
with other persons whose names are to
the said inquest known to the
number 1000 and upwards, armed and
arrayed in n warlike manner, that is to
say, with guns, revolvers, cannon,
swords, knives, clubs, dynamite bombs
and other warlike and deadly weapons,
as we'll offensive and defensive, being
then and there ieloniously, unlawiully,
maliciously and traitorously assembled
and gathered together, did feloniously
and traitorously join and assemble
themselves together and then and
there did dispose themselves
against the said commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania, and did or
dain, prepare and levy war against
the said commonwealth Of Pennsyl-
yania, to the end that its constitution
laws and authority might be and were
deaed, resisted and subverted by the
said defendants and their armed allies,
to wit, the said persons whose names
are TO the said inquest unknown, con.
trary to tho duty OF allegiance and
fidelity OF the said defendants, to the
evil example Of all others in like cases
offending, contrary to the form OF the
acL OF the general assembly, in such
cases made and provided, against the
peace and dignity OF the commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania"
The Witnesses whose names are given
by the grand jury as having testified be-
fore them are; Henry BeltzhooYer,
county detective Samuel Cluley, deputy
sheriff; L. @. Bishop. telegraph opera
tor at Homestead; Henry Lewis, Robert
Herbert, c. ". Danziger, L. 9. Christie,
newspaper correspondents, and Joseph
II. Gray, special deputy sheriff.
The indictments against the Carnegie