Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-06
CHARGED WITH TREASON.
A New Move Against the Workmen
at Homestead.

Warrants Issued ToF Ali of the Advisory
COMMITTEES, Charging Them with Trea-
sun--Five Arrests Made Last Night and
More to Follow.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Sept. 30.--A great
sensation was created here tonight by
the arrest Of number OF the members
Of the advisory committee of the Home
stead strikers for treason. Those ar
rested We're Chairman Thomas ]. Craw-
ford, William Baird, George Rylands,
John Dierken and y. w. Brown. The
arrests came like thunder bolt to the
strikers, they were so suddenly made
and so unexpected The prisoners were
chatting at street corners here when
they were taken.
The officers were Detectives Mills and
Farrell and Deputies Young, Brady,
Deylin, Kreps and Ward. It was late
in the afternoon when the warrants,
based on the information of Chief
Justice Paxson, reached Homestead and
were placed in the hands of the officers
to serve. They started out at 0 o'clock,
and first caught Crawford and Dierken,
who were hurried to the provost guard
tents.
The others were caught in quick sue
cession before the strikers had time to
realize what was happening. As the
prisoners were speeded to the prison
tents alarm was taken and many strikers
has:ened toward the guard, but were
held back and denied all information.
Indeed, some of the prisoners did not
know why they were arrested until safe
behind the hayonets of the soldiers.
II was intended first to keep the pris-
oners all night and hunt for others, but,
through fear of an attempt at rescue,
they were taken to City Farm Station,
placed on the train, brought to Pittsburg
at | o'clock and landed IN Jail. At the
station a crowd of 150 angry, If not
surprised, men, assembled with aston.
ishins rapidity, and their determined
looks caused apprehension.
The deputies tried To keep them back,
but by the time the train arrived they
had almost surrounded the group Of
prisoners and officers. When the train
pulled out q sullcn ieer OF defiance went
up and Chairman Crawford said: "They
can prosecute us, but they can't make
US go TO work."
THE CHARGE OF TREASON.
PiTTsBuEG, Pa, Sept. 30.--The infor-
members Of the advisory committee OF
the Amalgamatcd Association were ar.
rested tonight were made by County
Detective Betzhooyer this afternoon
before Chief Justice Paxson of the SUI
prcme court Of Pennsylvania.
The petition charges Hugh O'Donnell
Thomas D. Crawford, John McLuckie
and 80 others, all members of the
At ri I'D Al,
treason. Ii states that the defendants
who are inhabitants and residents
Of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
did ordain, prepare and levy war against
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
the end that the constitution, laws and
authority were detied, resisted and sub
vertct, and that the said defendants, on
July lst, with hundreds of others,
armed and arrayel in warlike manner,
that is to say, with guns, revolvers, can
mons, swords, knives and clubs, did un.
lawfully, maliciously and tratorously
assemble together in the borough OF
Homestead, in the commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania, and then and there, with
force and arms, did falsely and traitor
onsly, and in hostile and warlike man
ner, array themselves in instruction
"iu iSpe'liph against thcEoiiliouWealLu
OF Pennsylvania, contrary to the duty
of allegiance and fidelity of the said
defendants.
Chief Justice Paxson at once issued
warrants for the arrest of the accused,
and officers were despatched bv the
sheriff 70 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 COM
monwealth, and the outcome of the
cases will be watched with interest.
The penalty, which was forherly death,
is u years imprisonment in the peni.
tertiary.