Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-19
LEADERS CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Burgess McLuckie Spends the
Night in Cell at
Homestead.
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR SIX OTHERS
OF THE MEN.
HUGH O'DoNNELL STILL MISSING

1t is the Plan of the Carnegie Company to
Arrest a Number of the Strikers Each
DRy--They Say They Have Cases Against
1000 of Them Conformation in Home
stead When the News Became known
The Attempt OF the Company to Start
Repairs Yesterday a Failure, Not q Me-
chanio Appearing-The PIttsburg Strik-
ers Firm.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 19.-Never since
the night Governor Pattison ordered out
the State troops to Homestead was this lit
tie borough thrown into such a state of
feverish excitement as it was last night
when the news went abroad that warrants
charging the leaders of the strike with
wilful murder had been issued in Pitts
burg, and that six of the seven men
charged had given themselves up to the
authorities.
About o'clock in the afternoon two
men walked into the Office of Squire Kuhn,
the local magistrate, and made some in
quiries concerning the places of residence
of Burgess McLuckie and other strike
leaders. They refused to tell why they
were continued at other places, and sus-
picion as to the real character of the bust
ness of the two men became aroused when
they were recognized as Constables Price
and Irwin.
The suspicion was not verified, how
ever, until T. II. Williamson, a member
of the Homestead Borough Council, and
also a member of the local Advisory
Committee on the strike arrived in Home
stead from Pittsburg with the informa-
ton that the warrants had been issued.
The news soon became noised- about.
While a suspicion that the arrests were
anticipated had been prevalent for two
days, it was not supposed that the charge
against the strike leaders would be SO
serious a one as murder, and the work
ingmen were thrown into state border
ing on CONSERVATION by the direful
tidings. Coming, as the news did direct
ly after the victory of the Amalgamated
Association in the refusal Of the men in
the mechanical department of the Carne-
gle works to accept the invitation of the
firm to return to their old duties, it
tnrned jubilation to dependency and
brought tears to the eyes of many a man
whose heart was in the cause.
The warrants were sworn out before
Alderman McMaster in Pittsburg by Sec
rotary Lovejoy of the Carnegie Company.
| The men named are Hugh O'Donnell. John
McLuckie, the Burgess; Sylvester Critch-
low, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Curkett,
| James Flanagan and Hugh Russ
The two dispositions made by Secretary
Lovejoy state upon Information which
| dependent believes to be true that the men
named" did of their malice aforethought
and riotously with force and arms and
deadly weapons, kill and murder Silas
Wayne and w. J. Connors."
Wayne was the young mill worker who
was killed by "Seiffen's Pet" the cannon
side of the Monongahela River while being
aimed at the barges loaded with Pinker-
| tons. Connors is one of the Pinkerton de-
tectives who was shot dead.
Burgess McLuckie gave himself up early
last evening and spent the night in Jail.
The whereabouts of Hugh O'Donnell is as
yet unknown. Nearly all the other men
| are in custody.
| A hasty summons brought the leaders
together at the headquarters of the Ad-
| visory Committee. On the face of every
man was a serious, troubled look, and
haste was made to lock the door of the con-
| sultation room. The members of the
Town Council also met. Their purpose
was to consider the arrest of John Nc
Luckie,. the Burgess of the town.
In the absence of the Burgess, Chief
Byrne, of the fire department, became act
ing Burgess. When told of the arrests,
he expressed himself in emphatic terms.
He declared the action of the Carnegie
Company an outrage and a most danger
Gus step to take in the present excited
condition of the community.
He said the whole blame of the matter
rested upon Mr.. Prick, and that in his
opinion it would react, and Mr.. Frick
would lose more than he would gain by
the extreme step he had taken.
The two men who have done more than
any dozen others to restrain the strikers
from unlawful acts dnring the many ex-
I citing days since the battle with the Pink
ertons are Hugh O'Donnell and Burgess
McLuckie. The removal of these two men
from the town at this critical time leaves
=. the more hot-headed of the strikers with
few able to keep them in check in case an
, emergency arises, tending to lead them
to again resort to mob violence.
The men of all grades of intelligence
have great respect for these two men.
They fairly worship O'Donnell. He is
considered a young Napoleon among them
He is born leader, quick to think and
, act; he is man of remarkable intelli
gence, and has practically guided the
workmen in their struggle. Burgess Nc
| Luckie is also a counsellor of peaceful
- methods and has done much to restrain
the men from violence. He was Burgess
\ at the time of the strike of 1889, and wa
y elected by the men again this year, as
d they saw another difficulty with the Car
% negie Company was brewing.