New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
THE KILLING AT HOMESTEAD.
PINKERTON OFFICERS DESCRIBE THE con-
FLICT.
ASSERTING THAT TIE STRIKERS FIRED THE
FIRST SuOTs-CONTINUATIoN OF CRIICH-
InW,s TRIAL. FOR MURDER.

| LOWS TRIAL FOR MURDER.
| plttsbnrg. Nov. Io-The Cntcblow trial was re
| sumed this morning. Captain Cooper was recaie'
| for crosSexamlnation, and said that he haa oeeh
| Pnkerton officer since 1867 He admitted tha' lit
was under Indictment for riot and murder, but wa
| rot In custody He left NewYork on July TO com
| to Plttsburg. lie was In command OF the Newi orl
| rarty which Numbered about s,venty-nVe ineh' IL
met CAPTAIN Kinds in New-York The Chicago part!
were met at Youngstown. They all reached fl'S
| burg on July 6. They landed from the train hea
| Bellevue and boarded the barges. There were aoou
| 800 OF the Plnkertons. Witness has been IN th
| employ OF the Pnierons for twenty-five years. oA
| cept for the last two weeks.
| "Cf these 600 men, continued the Witness aoou
| eloht or ten were regular PinkertOn men. The re
| mander were recruits. COnncrs was not reguia
Pnkerton When We got near the WORKS '"
| found some revovers. Captain Hinds distributed I'M
| arms. There two boxes Of guns. each contain
Ing sixty five guns, Winchester riheS six'oeh-ehooteis
| About 100 maces were distributed among the men
| Besides our men and the crew, Deputy Sheriff Gray
was on the barge 1t took US three hours to reaci
| tho works We threw out the gang plank, and mar
| threw himself on the plank and began firing on US
| We were close to him, about six feet. The man OF
| the plank had revolver and was firing rapidly
Others were Cring from the shore. There were aoou
twenty Plnkertons the plank, OF whom about tci
| were armed the remainder had clubs. saw th'
mi
| sec the man get up. DO hot hho" '"' '''i "'''
! was shot in the back
| oDon,t YOU know this man fell the plank on
his face and Captain Kinds you shot him in the back
A-No sir. The man was not on MS laco a. any '"'0
| 7 did not shoot him, and do not know VINO uld- -
O-You say you could see into the hlll aoou' "00
feet from the bargcsl Ayes, sir, could
oWas this where the breastworks "eret A'-No'
the bank was lower =, -,
n How many times were the barges struck by MIS-
slc, from tho cannon1 Ask or eight uihcs was
bt with one OF the missiles; it was nut. le s'fuek
the boat and glanced of and struck me OIL 'H' A"'0
| was laid up for ten days.
o.-po YOU know that this came from cannon' A
Well It Immediately followed the report OF the cannon anu
wa, too big for anything but cannon
a When was COnncrs shotF A-Apout IL 'oo III '''
morning ,., II. w,,
o-wherc was he when he was sho'f A'-he Wa
inside the boat the door, on the outsiue oarse'
wo. picked up and laid on table, ana aiV'r ~lc
v,. carried 20 Munhall Station. 1t was eieht houT'
before he received medical attention. except MS urn
,od nm by n medical student who was win US Ai'e'
tho shooting began from the bank ofue'eu our ii'
., fire and two volleys fired then toiu uiein u
hit men who nrcd, II they couio' i"''0 n' g..
bo. rred from tho barge until the men on e plahN hu
r,o mon besides Captain Hnds were hit before sho
wa, nred from barges, and before any oEur "a gwen
the men on the barges 10 Shoot
ON re-cross-examlnation the witness said that DC
one on the bargos had been hit until the men Oh NV
plank had hicd' i'HS was " 49,
began. - s,.,. ,o
ncontain Klein haf only flesh wound, didn't nc
~wsu bs died II you call that flesh wound don't
want any. VIA ,..s
cI don't mean Klein mean Hnds. A'-he was
shot in the leg. ,.,o,
Tts concluded Captain Cooper's e4annsIoi'
conto,n Burt, Of the Chicago contingent OF flnAer
| ,os then called His story OF the battle olu not
,rer materially from the other stories lie salu 'n"'
yrben the plank was thrown out the crowd yelea
- Won don't you come on shore, you black sheop'
or Won will be killed. No shots we're hrcd ne saia'
until four OF their men had been shot,
Capialn Burt was still on the stand when court au-
lourneI for dinner. At the afternoon seSSO" r@
r,rv handed Judge Kennedy petition asking that the
r.. bo allowed TO attend church tomorrow. The
.rt donied the petition, and suggested they might
go, c., hack, The cross examination Of W. li burt
was then begun.
o-You are under indictment for riot and murder
A.-Ycs. sir. 49,, -, -
o-you wcro in charge OF the Chicago delegation when
vo, reached Homestead A.-les. sir.
o-uow many were there from Chicasol A'-ohe
,,nd,d and twcnty.four We left Chicago July a. l
,,a. notified by Frank Murray, superintendent Oh ue
chicago agency 70 get ready 10 10 Homestead 70 pro
,, some property there. OF these ia men, ABOUT loo
v.ro regular Pnkclton men. l knew We "ere to meet
o.ers Captain NorGlrum was in charge OF tho Ihcoso
di,i.lon nm we reached Pittsburg. The Chicago men
were ON one tAr;e and the Ncw-iork and PhIadepha
men on tho other was Just gong 70 'he ol'se ""s
the ming began Captain Kinds had charge OF the men
on the bow ot the boat Some OF my men "c'o III 'e ~
front Of the boat with Captain Kinds There we're about
40 men on the bow Of boat No one OF them hau
gun in their hands when ganSplanA was p't OUT So"o
II them had clubs or maces
O-You had YOUR back the bow OF the boat and
bov, could you tell who nrcd nr>tl Al know what We
y,-o ordered 20 do and know men always do as
they arr ort-,ed. The men on tho bow Of the barge
were all old the service and always oOeyed oree''
We wcr, ordered not to I'LL told TO do and know
they did not fire TIL ordered. There were no shots
fired from the barge til Captain Cooper ordered them
This was after the Nollcy from tho shore.
reter j. Connors another PInkerton. said he was
on the barge. They reached the works about 30
H. M As they passed through Lock No. /, the barscs
wcro fired on from the shore, and 1t continued uiI
In, works were reached. "Up 10 the time we were
fired on after We attempted 10 hnd' continued the
witness. there worc no shots fired from the barges
nlthough foIr Of men had been shot, The Wit
ncs, told Of the attempt to burn the barges. and OF
the use Of cannon and dynamite. This kept mp I'LL!
almost o'clock. The heaviest firing was from II
= m 70 3 D. m. Captain ". B. Rogers, OF the Little
u,ll described the bargcs and the Incidents OF the
tim and corIoboraed the other witnesses; He said
tlEit H. C. Frtck employed him TO take the men 10
thc works but lie did not know who sent tho arms
to the boat. He ordered TO fit up the bargeS for
l,jo0 men, Deputy Sheriff Gray ana joseph Maley, .ty,
II rukertOn. were next examined out no iurlher
facts were ellcitcd.
for the crimes Of treason murder aggravated riot ana
conspiracy. be tried at the present ana December
terms OF court G AbS to iah haVe been Sed Sn oa
IN the Criminal Court or by Squire McMasters These
are the persons who Will be trica: VnY 'hree
mid the officers never expect TO arrest any OF the
missing men.
A CHEERFUL FEELING IN TILE TOWN.
THE OLD MEN RAPIDLY BEING TAKEN BACK