Evening journal., 1892-07-19


Hunting for o'Donnell--The Men win
ketaliate and Propose to Move Against
Carnegie. Frlcls and others for Murder
and Treason-The News Comes Like a
Thunderboit to Homestesd-The Mill
tary Force strengthened Secretary
Lovejoy Is Jubilant.
PrTTsBURo, July 19.-John McruclSe,
burgess or chief municipal officer of Home
stead, is confined in one Of the cells of the
county jail kilograms are being sent to a
dozen points between'here and New York
seeking the aid Of the police authorities for
the arrest Of Hugh 0'Donnell, the leader of
the strikers, and warrants are in the hands
of officers Of the law for seven other promi-
nent participants in the troubles at Home
stead, and who are but the vanguard Of a
small army Of strikers that it s proposed to
bring before the bar of Che law.
The intention Of the Carnegie company to
institute criminal proceedings against the
Homestead leaders in the event of the
county authorities failing to take cogni-
zance of the recent riot was carried into eff
feet much quicker than had been antici-
pated, or than the authorities at the execu-
tive Office, who feared the effect Of pre-
mature publication of their intentions, were
willing to intimate. The preliminary stages
of the proceedings We're conducted with
considerable secrecy.
, Secretary Loyejoy, of the Carnegie COM
pany. sauntered eisurely into the office of
Alderman j. V. McMasters at Diamond and
Grant streets He was unaccompanied, and
by peculiar coincidence nobody but the
alderman was in the Office at the time the
constables attached to the place being be-
hind the closed doors of the anteroom.
Secretary Loyejoy stated that he desired to
lay informations against a number of men,
charging the crime of murder, and the alder
man proceeded to draw up the papers.
Charged with Murder.
The information set forth that in Miflin
township, in the county Of Allegheny and
state of Pennsylvania, on July 6, the de-
PENDANTS did, Of their own malice afore-
thought, feloniously and riotously. with
force of arms and deadly weapons kill and
murder I. j. Connors, PinkertOn watch
man, and Silas Wayne, a worker at the
mills and that this information was made
upon information received and believed to
be true by the deponent. who therefore
prayed that warrants might issue and that
the men to be named might be arrested and
held on the charge Of murder.
When this document had been drawn up
the alderman suggested that it would be
better 70 have two informations, one relat-
ing TO the killing Of Connors and the other
TO that Of Wayne, and second paper was
accordingly made out. Secretary Loveioy
then named as the men accused Hugh
O'Donnel, John McLuckie, Sylvester
Critchlow, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel
Burkett, Jane Flanagan and Hugh Ross.
In one information the name Of O'Donnell
stood first, while in the other it stood
second. When the papers had been com
pleted Secretary Lovejoy listened to the
reading Of the oath, kissed the Bible. ap-
pended his signature to the informations,
buttoned his sack coat, shook hands with
the justice and sauntersd out Of the Office
as leisurely and to all outward appearances
as free from care and anxiety as he had en-
tered a half hour before.
The Men win ResaIiate.
No time was lost by Magistrate McAIas-
ters in making out the fourteen warrants.
and they Were intrusted to Constables Jo-
seph Weber, w. J. Morris and Mike j.
Price, who at once left for Homestead. On
ness to General Snowden, who referred
them to Colonel Green, in command of the
provost guard. The latter detailed two
companies of soldiers to accompany the con-
stables and the latter visited the houses of
all the men wanted, but without result. Not
one of them was at home and most OF thsa
residences were locked.
When the officers returned to this city
they were surprised to find that Burgess
McLuclnie had gotten out of town while
they were searching for him and had already
surrendered himself to the alderman. He
was in the Office in company with ATTORNEY
Brennan, of the Amalgamated association.
and several friends. The warrant was
served upon him, and to the magistrate he
said that he had already sent word to the
other men who were wanted to come back
into town and surrender
To those around him McLuckie said that
he and O'Donnell We're not leaders, but
among the smallest Of the strikers, and as
for himself he did not know if he was any
longer member Of the association. He
went on to say: u might as well come out
with it and say that information will be
laid against Frick, Carnegie and Potter
Whether we will bring any one else into it
cannot say ct present. / tell you we win
make this man Frick come down on his
knees so hard that the sound will be heard
in the farthest corner Of civilization
Yes put in one of those present, ''and
once the warrant is issued we will have
Carnegie extradited in short orderr
Alderman McMasters committed the bur
CESS to the county Jail without bail pending
q preliminary examination on Friday In
custody of Constable Price and accompanied
by Jere Dougherty, an officer of the Anal
samated association, and Thomas Coogan
nd George CLARK millmen, he walked to
he county Jail On the outside he shook
hands with his friends and then passed
through the iron gate After being searched
by Chief Warden McAleese, who found in
his pockets nothing more dangerous than
the key TO the Homestead lookup, he was
taken to cell on the first tier and
locked up.
Application for McLuckie's release on bail
win be made today
Lovejoy Is JubiIant.
Secretary Lovcjoy Of the Carnegie com
pany, is in good spirits over the success of 4
his maueuver, aud in an interview ex-
planned at length the circumstances under
which the step had been taken. He said: