Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-07
EIGHT MEN WERE KILLED.
Large Number Of Persons Wounded,
Many of Them Seriously.
PREPARING FOR THE INQUEST.
Coroner Mcdowell Will Make a Searchin
Investigation.
PINKERTONS THROWN OFF THE STEAMER

Coroner Mcdowell will make thorough
and impartial investigation of the causes o
death before an inquest is held over tn
bodies of the men who were killed yester
day at Homestead.
Two bodies, those of one striker and on,
Pinkerton, arrived at the morgue yesterday
afternoon, but Coroner Mcdowell wa
obliged to 60 to Homestead in the evening
in order to view the other bodies. He in
stituted a partial Investigation, but found il
was very difficult to obtain information
owing to the state of confusion.
The Jury to be impanneled will consist Of
citizens of Pittsburg and Allegheny who
are neither members of labor organizations
nor prominent capitalists, thus insuring a
true and impartial verdict to be rendered
without prejudice for or against either
side
The remains of the two bodies now at the
morgue have been properly enbalmed and
the Pinkerton guard will NO do ubt be
shipped to Chicago, the Coroner having re-
ceived a telegram from w. A. Pinkerton to
the effect that he would advise later in re-
gard to disposition of remains.
The other victim, Joseph Sappa, evidently
one of the strikers will be held for further
Identification. The remains of the other
five, now at Homestead, have been prepared
for burial at their respective homes. The
time and place for interment not yet being
arranged.
The List Of the Dead.
Fo11ouino oro tho pomse of tho dead op
both sides, so far as yet reported:
j. W. KLINE, a Pinkerton, of Chicago, was
shot through the head. He was S5 years
old, heavy-set, weighing about $50 pounds,
and ha d a heavy mustache.
JOSEPH SAPPA, striker of Homestead,
was shot in the left knee and died from the
effects of the wound in the Mercy Hos
pital. He was 40 years old and q native of
Austria, being about feet 10 inches high
and dark complexioned with dark hair and
mustache.
PETER FORRIS, aged %, and single, a
laborer at open hearth furnace, was shot
in the mouth.
SILAS VAIN, aged 25 and SINGLE had his
head shot off with q cannon ball, fired
from the other side of the river. while
standing with his brother in the steel
yard. He lived with his parents in Home
stead.
JOHN E. MORRIS, aged %, and worker on
rolls in steel works, was standing near the
pump house, when q rifle ball struck him
in the head. He fell into ditch about 40
feet deep and was terribl ly mangled.
HENRY STIEGEL aged 19. and a driver for
Pier & Dannals. was standing in DR.. Vogle-
mans yard, when a rifle ball struck him
in the left side of the neck.
Shot Hiroself nv ccidenf
THOMAS WELDON, aged 80 and married,
was killed by the accidental discharge of a
rifle in his own hands. After the Pinker-
ton men had surrendered and left the
barges, the strikers rushed onto them to
seize the guns. Weldon picked up a rifle
and attempted to smash it when it dis
charged, the bail taking effect in his abdo-
mon.
EDWARD CONNORS, 40 years old, who
lived on Montgomery street, New York,
and was one of the Pinkerton detectives.
He was shot through the left arm above
the elbow, and the wound was not ncces-
sariIy dangerous, but from lack of medical
attention, having been Is hours on the boat
without attention, he died from loss of
blood and fever at 1l:20 last night. 1t is
said he had been 36 hours without food.
The list of the wounded in the city hos
pitfalls at 80 was as follows:
Homeopathic Hospital.
CAPTAIN FRED W. HINDE, OF the Pinker-
ton detectives: age Al years, residence
New York; bullet wound in left leg, the