The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-06
SERIOUS CHARGES

Accusations Of Treason Brought Against
Homestead Strike Leaders, and War.
rants Issued for Their Arrest. =.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. l. - The an.
preme court of Pennsylvania assem-.
! bled here Friday for the October term
and its first act was to issue warrants
for the arrest of the members of the
advisory committee of the Homestead
strikers On the charge of treason for
setting up in defiance of the constituted
authority of the state a traitorous and
rebellious government of its own in
Homestead in July last. The informa-
ton was made before Chief Justice
Paxton by County Detective Harry
Beltzhoover in the name of the COM
monwea.th against the following per-
sons:
David H. Shannon, John McLuckie, David
Lynch Thomas J. Crawford Hugh O Donnell,
Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Bail, Isaav Byers,
Henry Bayard, Y w. Brown, George Cham
PIANO, Isaac Critchlow. Miller Colgan. John
Coyle, Jack Clifford, Dennis NJ. Cush, William
McConegly. Michael Cummings. William
Combs, John Dierken, Patrick Pagan, w. H.
Gusher, Matthew Harris, Reid Kennedy, John
Miller. o. S. Starlight John Murray, NJ. H.
Thompson, Martin Murray. Hugh Ross, viii.
liam l. Roberts, George Rylantis and George
w. Sarver.
The information states that the
defendants, who are inha bitants and
residents of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. did oriain, prepare and
levy war against the common
wealth of Pennsylvania, to the end that
the constitution, laws and authority
were defied, resisted and sub
verified; and that the said defendants,
on July l, with hundreds of others,
armed and arrayed in warlike manner,
that is to say, with guns, revolvers,
cannons, swords. knives and clubs, did
unlawfully. maliciously and traitor
ously assemble together in the
borough of Homestead, in the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
then and there with force and
arms did falsely and traitorously
and in hostile and warlike manner
array themselves in instruction and
rebellion against the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania contrary to the duty of
allegiance and fidelity of the said de-
PENDANTS"
Chief Justice Paxton at once issued
W UA "Ato AOA tuC IlICSL VI Cllc accused
and officers were dispatched by the
sheriff to Homestead to serve them
The action of the county authorities
was entirely unexpected and carried
CONSERVATION into the camp of the
strikers. This is the first time in the
history of the state that any resident
has been charged with treason against
the commonwealth and the outcome Of
the cases will he watched with in
terest. The penalty, which was former
~ death, is twelve years imprisonment
in the pcnltentiary.
homestead, Pa, Oct. 1-Chairman
Thomas J. Crawford, William Baird,
George Ryland. John Dierken and r..
". Brown, of the advisory committee,
were arrested Friday night. The pris-
oners were hurried to the provost
guard tents. 1t was intended first to
keep the prisoners all night and hunt for
others, but through fear of an attempt
mt rescue they were taken to City
Farm station, placed on the train.
brought to Pittsburgh at II o'clock and
landed in Jail. At the station a crowd
of $50 angry men assembled with as
tonisiing rapidity and their deter
mined looks caused appre hension.
Two deputies tried to keep them
back, but by the time the
train arrived they had almost ST rround.
ed the group of prisoners and officers
When the train pulled out snl;en jcer
of defiance went up and Chairman
Crawford said: ''They can pe:secute
us, but they can't make us go to ork''