St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-19
GRIEF IN HOMESTEAD.
knowledge Of the Warrants
Issued Casts a Gloom Over
the Town.
None Of the Men Found by
the Constables When
Wanted.
Burgess McLuckie Answers
in Person, and the Rest
Will Follow.
Hugh O'Donnell's Wife As
serts Her Husband Is Not
in Hiding

HOMESTEAD. Pa, July 1S. - The
gloomieSt night in Homestead since the
Pinkertons ran the gauntlet came with
sundown this evening. 1t was not un-
til after dark that it became generally
known that seven of the most conspicu
Ous men in the ranks of the working
men had warrants for murder hanging
over their heads. The most conspicu-
Gus of the accused, Hugh O'Donnell,
had not been searched for in Home
stead by officers of the law. owing to
his departure on secret mission last
night. All the others were tralled
after by three representatives of the
judicial arm of the state who slipped
into Homestead during the afternoon.
The quest was unsuccessful, none Of
the men wanted being where they
could lie put under arrest.
at 7:12 p. m. as ii by magic, Hugh
O'Donnell, who was said to be out of
the stat', and John McLuckie, who was
understood to have already given him
self up at Pittsburg. assembled at the
railroad station in Homestead. intend
ing. unaccompanied by officers, to
voluntarily proceed to Pittsburg to
Face the Charges
against them. After the departure of
the Pittsburg officers the information
that murder warrants were out was
quietly conveyed to the accused men by
Thomas Williamson, member of the
advisory board. and few outside of the
accused themselves knew at the time
what the little gronp of a dozen or
more leaders gathered at the depot
meant, and their departure was stopped
almost at the last moment. Legal adj
vice to quietly await any call at their
homes was the reason assigned by the
strikers for their change of programme.
The indications are that the advisory
board mad an intimation as early as noon
today, if not before, as to what was
coming.
1t was rumored at first that knowl-
edge of the warrants was the eXpiana-
tion of Hugh O'Donnell's mysterious
and sudden departure las night. but
this was vehemently denied an partly
discredted. Mrs. O'D0nnel the hand
some, spirited wife of the leader, was
informed during the afternoon of the
report that warrant for murder had
been issued against her husband. There
was just the suspicion of tremor in her
voice, as she asked the authority for the
statement, and if there were any de-
tails.
0,EsoEneIts Wife Talks.
Upon being convinced that the report
had solid foundation and being ask ed
as TO whether there was any connection
l1Ot Ill
departure, she quickly and resolutely
answered:
Indeed there is not. If necessary
my husband will return to Homestead
Immediately and stand up to the end.
] expect him home tomorrow night or
Wednesday. Furthermore, he has
nothing to fear. Ii there was any one
who did what he could for peace sake
and to save lives that day at the river,
it was my husband"
The intensity of the wife's defense of
her husbands uprightness and manli-
ness was almost pathetic, but her brave
demeanor under the trying circum-
stances gave admiration the first place
over sympathy. She was standing in the
parlor of the CHEEKY home of which the
leader of the Homestead workmen is
the master, and 1t was the first lntina-
ton she had received of the new dan
ger staring her in the face. Her pre-
dicti0n as to the course he would pursue
seemed born in sincerity and a kHowl-
edge of O'DOnnell that not even the
men who had followed him up to the
muZZle of WincheSterS could equal.
Sorrow Browns Joy.
While a suspicion that the arrests
were anticipated had been prevalent fol
two days, it was not supposed that the
ohio oroiIlct tEa ctrlcn loo AQrc ,pnu Ia
be so serious one as murder, and the
I. Workingmen were thrown into a state
bordering on CONSERVATION by the dire
full tidingS. Coming as the news did
directly after the victory of the Anal
gamated association in the refusal Of
the men in the mechanical department
of the Carnegie works to accept the in
vitation to return to duty, turned the
jubilation into dependency and brought
tears to the eyes of many man whose
heart was in the cause.
a few took the news quietly: the
greater number INDUCED in bitter
words, but took care that outsiders were
not near when they spoke them. Won
en- gave way 10 tears and declared tina
all was lost, while little children. seeing
their elders weep, clung trembiingly t.
the dresses of their mothers and die
likewise.
1t is certain Il at the leaders of tht
strike had an inkling of what the Car
negie company intended. but neyerthe
less the news that warrants had beei
issued came like shock of thunder
bolt to them. They had expected tha
conspiracy would be the most serious
charge preferred, and murder" had al
DminouS sound that foreboded grieyou;
Trouble.
Lenders IL, CoueuIfation
Hasty summons brought the leader
together at the headquarters of the ad
visory committee, a stones throw from
the edge of Camp Black. On the fac
Of every man was a serious troubled
look, and haste was made TO lock th
door of the consultation room that tn
new aspect that the situation had takei
might be discussed without fear of be
trayal. The members of town councl
also met, their purpose being to con
sidersthe arrest of John McLuckie, tn
burgess Of the town.
In the absence of the burgess Chic
Bryne, of the fire department, becam
acting burgess. When told of the wal
rants he at first refused to believe, bu
when convinced that there was no mis-
take about it he expressed himself il
emphatic terms. lie declared the &C
4. ton of the Carnegie company an out
rage and most dangerous step to TAX
In the present excited condition OF tn
community. He said the whole blam
of the matter rested upon Mr.. Frlck, ,an'
that, in his opinion, it would reac
and Mr.. Frick would lose Iiiore than h
would gain by the extreme step he ha