The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-09-07
FIVE HOMESTEAD STRIKERS
HELD FOR CONSPIRACY.
o'Donnell and Others Have n Hearing
On That Charge. The Troops
to Remain.

| Homestead advisory committee were given
n hearing before Alderman McMasters at
| Pittsburg on II charge Of conspiracy, aud all
| gave 5000 bail for court. This charge is q
recent one, on which but n few Of the many
have been arrested. Secretary Loveioy of
the Carnegie company preferred the charge,
as hc has all heretofore, against the Home
stcadcrs.
Those tried were Hugh O'Donnell George
W. Sarycr, David Lynch, William r. Rob
erts and William McConcgcy, the latter be-
ing secretary Of the advisory board. The
lawyers in the case we're John 5. Robb. H.
Y Brcck aud d. f. Patterson for the prose-
cution and William Bremen aud John f..
Cox for the defense
The case opened with an address by At
| torney Brennan. who held IL was useless
to have the hearing because the defendants
were not guilty of conspiracy by the law
| that permits labOrprs TO leave the employ
| ofthUse VINO hire them, TO JON any organiz-
ton and adopt and put into effective use
, resolutions or rules governing the same
! without subjecting them to indictment for
| conspiracy by common law. II was decid-
| ed to go ON with the case, however, and
| Frank j. Kelly was sworn.
lie testified that he Is Il reporter ON the
| Commercial G0:eiic. and was at Home
stead for that paper on July 2, aud before
| and after that date. lie was asked about Il
resolution printed in the paper relating to
! the exclusion of men from the Homestead
| works, and said that Hugh O'Donnell gave
| him the information, also the resolution
| for allowing two men to work the pumps in
the mill that supplied the hill district with
| water.
Frank Il. McQuiston Of the CoDimcrcint
Gdsrte was then called. lie said he was at
| Homestead for the Times Regarding the
statement published about Keeping people
out of the mill he said
81 understood that the men would he nj.
| lowed To finish their turns and quit at u
O'clock on the morning of July /. After this
time no one would he allowed to enter the
| mill except those who were furnished with
| passes from the advisory committee of the
Amaleamated Association. That Is, no one
| except the clerks of the office in the employ
OF the Carnegies. The guards around the
town, as | understood, were divided into two
| watches. | was told that each entrance of
the mill would he guarded. understood at
the same time that they anticipated no at
tempt on the part of anyone to come in.
There were men put at each gate. went to
the gate opposite Mr.. Potter's residence and
| spoke to about - men | asked If anyone
was going into the mill and they said: by
- no one tan get in
The next witness was B A. Wood, assist
ant superintendent of the Homestead mill.
lie identified letter he received from the
| advisory committee on July ., which was
signed by Hugh 'Donnell. lie also iden-
titled O'Donnells handwriting Continu-
ing he said
when went from home at o'clock to
go To the office one of the many men who
were in front of the gate To the mill says,
you can't go in there and | attempted
tO push by him, and he put out his hands
and pushed me back, and repeated that
could not 60 in The clerss were all stopped
too. was stopped again on the Friday fol
lowing that and the man ordered me out
by order of the committee"
Edwin q. christv, a newspaper reporter,
identified Hugh ODonnell's handwriting on
the letter to Assistant Superintendent
Woods.
q. H. Hotchkiss, n Pinkerton detective,
was next sworn. lie is acting superintendent
of the Pnkerton agency, and resides in Phil
adelphia. Captain Breck wanted to prove
/ by him that Jack Clifford had said that
Hugh O'Donnell was a member of the ad.
visory committee, but the opposing attor-
neys objected
Ibis closed the testimony. The letter
signed Advisory Committee was offered
in evidence by the commonwealth. The
defense produced no witnesses Attorney
Brennan asked that the men be discharged,
saying that conspiracy case had not been
made out. He said that things began to
SAVIOR not of q prosecution, but of n persecu-
ton that the defendants were all under in
I
the prosecution to withdraw and let the de-
PENDANTS stand trial ON the charges already
against them.
Mr. Robb thought the defendants were
guilty of conspiracy. He said: 'fhe adyis-
ory board were the gentlemen who cOaXed
and urged poor devils, who knew no better,
on into a murderous riot, and now they
must suffer for it,"
Alderman McMasters held them under
$1,000 bail each for court, and their other
bail bonds were renewed.
| THE LAwLEss ELEMENT CONTINUES TO ROB AND
| BEAT MEN.
Homestead had some very exciting Incl
dents FridaS and the lawless element there
seems to be getting desperate.
When John Weaver, "a non-union man,
started to move his family and effects into
one of the company houses in the mill yard,
they and the deputies were surrounded by a
shouting crowd, principally women yelling
'scab etc A boisterous Slav was arrested.
One man drew arevolyer to shoot one of
the deputies Colonel Gray says women
will he prosecuted for melting riot They
have become very troublesome.
A French cook bound for the mill, was
taken by some men at the Salt Works sta
tion where he got of, led down the track
the men saying they would AXE him to the
mill, and brutally robbed and beaten.
wednesday night Patrick Morgan non.
union heater, while intoxicated fell into the
! hands OF number OF men representing
themselves to be deputies, who escorted
him to the woods in the rear of Homestead
and, after robbing him of $25 in cash, his
hat and shoes, beat him until he was insen-
sible.
Sixtyseven non-union men reached
Swissvale, bound for the big steel works
Seven deserted there. Every department of
the mill was reported to be in operation
Friday, Twelve non-union men, guarded
by two deputies, came out of the mill and
| took dinner ut "A restaurant Tlprp N
trouble.
THE STAY OF THE TROOPS.
| THEY WILL BE HELD At HOMESTEAD UNITE
FEAR OF TROUBLE Is OVER.
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