The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-12
Workingmen and Managers Are
Gathered in by Pennsylvania
Grand Jury.
Homestead Strikers Must Answer
to the Serious Charge of
Treason.
Friok, Potter, OF nj, Must Stand Trial for
Murder, Conspiracy and for Aggra-
waited Riot.

fITTSBURd, OCt. ll.-lh0 Rrhnu jury bls-
ting in the treason case against the Home
stead strikers, and the murder and con-
spiracy charges against II. G. Frick and
various osher officials of the Carnegie Steel
company, and the Pinkerton detectives this
afternoon brought in s. ne bills in all oases.
Chief Justioe Paxson. of the supreme court
OF the atate, and Judge Kennedy of the
county court, occupied the bench when the
jury entered the court room. The bills
against Hugh O'Donnell and Others for
treason include thirty-one defendants.
Hugh ODonnell. John MoLuckie. David
Lynch, thomas j. Crawford Harry Bayne,
Elmer Il. Bail, Henry Bayard, j. w. Brown.
George Champeno, Isaac Critohelow, Miller
Colgan, John Coyls. Jack Clifford. Dennis
Nj. Cush, VIM. M. Coneghy. Michael Cum
mings VIM. Combs, John Dierkin, Pat iok
Fngan, M. II. Caches, Matthew Harris,
John Murray. W. III. Thompson. Martin
Murray, Hugh Koss, w. 4. Roberts, Geo.
Rylands and Geo. W. Sarver.
| The Indictments for murder ars for the
killing of Geo. W. Rutter. John Il. Morris,
Joseph Sotak and Siias Vain. all strikers.
and include H. G. Frick, chairman of the
company, f. Il. Lovejoy. secretary. J. A..
Potter, superintendent. j. q. A. Lisman.
superintendent, Nevin Mcconnell and
James Dovey, mill bosses. and Robert
Pinkerton, VIM. Pnkerton, G. w. Biddell,
w. H. Burt John Cooper, A. d. F. Whinde,
of the Pinkerton detective agency. The
bills for conspiracy embrace all those
charged with murder, with the addition of
Geo. Lsndor. H. M. Garry, Otis Ohilds,
L. @. Phipps. of the steel company. and
Fred w. Primer. detective. Those charged
with aggravated riot are H. 9. Frick. H.
MoCurry, J. G. Lershman, F. 4. f. Love joy.
L. G. Phipps, j. S. Dovey, Nevin Mcconnell,
John Cooper, G. w. Biddell, Fred Primer,
w. I'll. Burt and F. w. Hinde.
| The true bill i'll the treason cases sets
forth at great length that defendants and
other persons, names unknown. to the num-
her of LOCO and upwards. armed and ar
rayed in warilke manner, did felon1ously
and aiterousy join and assemble them
selves together and then and there did dis
pose themselves against the said common
wealth of Pennsylvania, and did ordain,
prepare and levy war against the said COM
monwealth of Pennsylyania to the end that
the constitution. laws and authority might
be, and were, defied resisted and subverted
by the said defendants and their arme i
allies, contrary to the duty of allegiance
and fidelity of said defendents, to tue evil
example of all others in like cases. offend
ing contrary to the form of the act of the
general assembly in such case made and
provided against the peace and dignity OF
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The indictments against the Carnegie Off
cials for murder reads as in the case OF
Siias Vain "that said defendants on the
sixth day Of July. 1892, with force and arms
did make an assault on Silas Vain and
fsloniously. naliciously and Of their malice
aforethought. did kill and murder, against
} the peace and dignity of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvapia." The indictment against
Frick and associates for conspiracy sets
forth among other things, that said defen-
! dants did unlawfully, falsely and mali
ciously conspire. combine, federate ano
agree together to depress, lower. lessen and
diminish the wages, p'ice and compensa-
tion of divers persons emp owed by the Car.
J negie Steel company. limited, to then anG
there close up the steel manufactory an6
ceRse work and operations therein, anC
thereupon to convey and cause to be sem
two hundred men and upwards, armed with
, guns, etc. to overawe, intimidate anC
frighten divers persons in said township
of Mitflin, who were there lately before en-
ployed by said Carnegie teel company, tt
tack and to shoot off and discharge sale
deadly weapons against sni persons lately
employed by said Carnegie Steel company
limited"
In regard to the fight on the morning o
J July 6, the bill says defendants did coun-
sci and advise shooting" The grand jury
I action did not cause much eXcitemen
among the public generally, and the de
PENDANTS themselves took it quite coolly
The Carnegie officials. however, declined t,
be interviewed on the subject of tn
char QeE,