St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-01
TREASON is CHARGED.
Arrest Of a Number of the
Advisory Board at Home
stead.
Treason Against the Com
monwealth the Charge
Made.
The Arrested Men Taken Or
the Street Without
Warming.
B.
Five Arrested and Warrants
Out for Twenty-Eight
Others.

HOMESTEAD, Pa. Sept. 30.-A grea
| sensation was created here tonight by
the arrest for treason of a number of the
members of the advisory committee of
| the Homestead Amalgamated assoca-
| ton. Those arrested were Chairman
Thomas j. G. Crawford, William Baird,
George Reynolds, John Dierken and I.
w. Brown. The arrests came like
thunderbolt to the men, they were SO
uddenly made and SO unexpected. The
prisoners were chatting on street cor
ners when thev were taken. The Off
GERS were Detectives Mills and Fa rrelI
and Deputies Young, Brady, De win,
Kross and Ward.
1t was late in the afternoon when the
warrants based ON the information of
Chief Justice Paxson reached Home
stead and were placed in the hands of
the officers to serve. They first started
out at O'Clock and first caught Craw-
ford and Dlerken, who were hurried to
the provost guard tent. The others
were
Caught in Quick Succession
before the locked-out men had time to
realize what was happening. As the
prisoners were Speeded to the prison
tents An alarm was given, and MANY of
the men fastened toward the guard but
were held back and Genied all informa-
ton; indeed. several of the prisoners
did not know why they were Earrested
until safe behind the bayOnets of the
soldiers.
1t was intended first to keep the pris-
oners all night and hunt for others. but
through fear of an attempt at rescue,
they were taken to the City Farm sta
ton, placed on the train, brought to
Plttsburg at II O'Clock and landed in
Jail. At the station a crowd of $50
angry, surprised men assembled with
astonishing rapidity, and their de-
termined looks caused apprehension.
Two deputies tried to keep them back,
but by the time the train arrived thew
had almost surrounded the group of
prisoners and officers. When the train
pulled out Chairman Crawford said:
"They may persecute, but they cannot
make us go to work."
The Fnformations
PITTsBURG, Sept. 3O.-Ihe informa-
tlons for treason, upon which the menu
bers of the advisory committee of the
Analgamated association were arrested
tonight, were made by County Detective
Beltzhoover this afternoon before Chief
Justice PaXSOn, of the supreme court of
Pennsylvania. The petition charges
Hugh O'Donnell Thomas g. Crawford.
John McLuckie and thirty others, ali
members OF the advisory committee,
with treason. 1t states that the defend
ants, who are inhabitants and residents
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
did ordain, prepare and levy war
against the com monwealth of Pennsyl-
vanla to the end that the constitution.
laws and authority were defied, resisted
and subverted; and that the said de-
PENDANTS on July l, with hundreds of
others, armed and arrayed in warlike
manner, that Is to say, with guns, re-
vOlYerS. cannonS, swords, knives and
clubs, did unlawfully, maliciously and
traitorously assemble together in the
borough of Homestead, in the common
wealth OF pennsylvania, and then and
there with force of arms did falsely and
traltorouSly, and in hostile and wari@
manner, array themselves in inSu
ton and rebellion against the con,
wealth of Pennsylvania, contrary
duty of allegiance and fidelity O..
said defendants.
Chief Justice PaXsOn at once is
warrants tor the arrest of the accu
and officers were despatched by
sheriff to Homestead to serve them. L.
action OF the county authorities was en-
tlrely unexpected, and carried cor
sternation into the camp of the locke.
out men.
This is the first time IN the history
the state that any resident has L
charged with treason against the &C
monwealth, and the outcome of /.
cases will be watched with interest.
Inc penalty. which was formerly death,
is twelve years. in the
peuiteutiary.