The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-25
O'DONNELL GETS BAIL.
No Ground for Charge Of Murder
in First Degree.
so THE COURT CONSIDERED.
Frick Had . Restless Night Owing to the
Heat, but His Condition 10 Thought
TO DO very Encouraging-No Evidence
OF Blood Poisoning.


PITTsBURG. July 25-The condition of
Fl. C. Friok is reported this morning as
being much easier and the physicians
have now strong hopes of his recovery.
He passed very comfortable night.
The general opinion among that part of
the public which Is not directly interested
IN the contest between the Carnegie firm
and the Amalgamated Association is that
Berkmann's shots and knife thrusts were
fatal to the strikers cause. The news
papers of Pittsburg which, prior to yes
terday were non -committal on the course
of the work meu In resisting the introduc-
tion of non -unionists to Homestead, are a
unit to-day In declaring that the strikers
can only prove their reprobatiou OF the
act.of Berkmann by withdrawing their op-
position to the return to work In the Car
negie mills of any mon who want to enter
There is q good deal Of talk regarding
the possible effect Of the tragedy upon
the affairs Of the Carnegie company, as
well as upon the Homestead and kindred
strikes. In this connection gentleman
who knows whereof he speaks from his
long intimacy with Mr., Frick. said to-day:
$50 long as Mr.. Frick retains possession
of his faculties there will be no necessity
for temporary p chairman r,n ITO to assume con-
will be tho same Mr. Frick that sat I'm
his revolving chair in his offi @ Saturday
morning. Every detail OF every section
OF the gigantic interests under his care
are at his fingers ends, and the corpora
tion will be run from his sick chamber
with the same promptitude aud same un-
erring Judgment. the same instantaneous
grasp Of the situation, the same auto
cracy, that has always distinguished
him.
pluck In insisting that the surgeons
should stop probing for the bullets in or
der that he might append his signature to
important documents, as well as by his
action in calling all mis- head men into the
Office and giving them instructions for
Mondays work.
fident that this affair will not change his
policy one iota."
Provost Marshal Greene and some other
officers OF the Third Brigade, which is
composed In great part of regiments from
the anthracite coal region, which was ter
rorizcd by the "Mollie Maxuires" twenty
five years, have a theory that there Is
some connection between Hugh O'Don-
nelps recent visit to New York and the
attempt of Berkmann to kill Mr.. Frick.
They say Hairy Faced" O'Donneil, a
of the Homestead strike leader. He served
twelve years In the Schuylkill county
prison for the murder of Morgan Powell
at Tamaqua. 1t was the policy of the
Mollie Maguires to bring their murder
ers from other Towns, anu they profess to
believe that Hugh O'Donnell was not
ignorant OF the methods that prevailed in
the murderous organization of which
Hairy Faced" O'Donnell was q leader
The punishment of Private Iams Is
still the talk of the camp. Private Iams
of the Fourteenth regiment on hearing
the news is said to have thrown his cap
In the air and shouted: "Three cheers
for the assassin ~ Some of his comrades
took umbrage aud reported the matter to
the colonel. Iams was Immediately taken
to the guardhouse and sentenced to be
hung up by the thumbs for thirty min
utes in presence OF physicians. AT the
end of twenty minutes lams became un-
conscious, aud by the recommendation of
the physicians was cut down. 1ams was
drummed out of the regiment to the tune
of the "Rogue's March,"
Iams before being sent away was taken
by order of Colonel Streater to the barber
shop and half his air was shaved off.
This Is the severest punishment admins
tered to a military man in many a day.
lams is 3S years OF age and "A travelling
salesman for a Pittsburg house. General
bnowden said the punishment met with
his apDroyal