Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

storeroom TO this place.
Y. Where were they usually koptT
A. In the stOreroOm.
O. About how many oil barrels did you 50
them roll DOWN.
: A. More than half a dozen.
| Q. Did you zee O'Donnell afterwardf
| A. No, sir. left then.
The cross-examination by Mr. Brenne
resulted as follows:
Q. What time was this.
A. Something after 2; alb out half past4
Nearly Time to Go Away.
@. How long were you theref
A. 1 only staid there until he said If any
thing happened it would be no fault @
theirs Then thought it was better to ge
| away
Q. You took that remark to be in til,
interest of your personal safetyi
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You did not understand that he wa.
going to do anything to you?
The court-was there any firing going or
at the time?
whether any shots came from the boat.
Mr.. Burleigh-Did O'Donnell say he would
send somebody to see you outside in safety!
A. Yes, sir, he said he had better give me
! a couple of mon to see me outside In safety.
Charles K. Reese, an artist for The DIS
| PATCH, was sworn and examined by the
| district attorney.
Q. What is your profession?
a. draw pictures for newspapers.
9; In whose employ were you on the 9th
A. In the employ of The P1rrsBuRe DIS.
PATCH and the New York Herald
@. Were you at Homestead on the day Of
| this riot?
Q. Did you see Hugh o'Donnell there that
I day?
| A. Yes, sir.
@. Where was he when you first saw himf
| A. 1 first saw him in the millyard.
O. At about what time?
A. At about noon; but am not positive, it
might have been half an hour either
way.
Was With Newspaper Correspondents.
| Q. What was he doing and with whom was
| he?
A. He was with three or four men, several
OF whom, believe. were correspondents.
Q. What was he doing:
| A. Talking to them
| Q. Where were these people with refer
ence to the barges?
A. They were probably three or four hun
dred wards down stream.
@. How FAR from the waters edgef
A. Probably the same distance.
Q. Had you heard any firing before that
time?
Q. Had you heard cannon before thatf
A. heard reports that were told me to be
by Il cannon. From tho lordnese Of the dis
charge would believe they were by a cail-
non.
Q. Had you heard reports of small fire.
arms before that?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Where did you next see O'Donnellf
A. saw him in the converting MILL up in
the cupola. a place 80 or 20 feet high From
I, that we could see the tops Of the barges.
ferenJ times.
Q. Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. O'Donnell there?
A. Not personally.
Q. Was there any cannonading going on
while you were in the cupola?
A. Yes, sir.
g 9; Could Could you see the cannon from where
A. We could see the wheels, but I could
not see the men operating it.
Rifle Shots and Dynamite.
@. Were there any discharges from rifles
or muskets while you were there?
A. Yes, sir.
@. From the boats at the bankf
A. From the bank
Q. Were there many of these dischargesf
A. There were q great many.
Q. Did you see any dynamite tnrownf
A. Yes, sir, that is, 1 was told it was
dynamite.
O. Who told your
A. There were two or three men standing
around from whom inquired.
O. Did you see where these parcels Of
dynamite landed?
A. Yes, sir; 1 saw where some of them
landed. Some fell short. We could only see
the roofs of the boats. Those that exploded
on the roofs of the boats saw.
O. How many exploded on the roofsf
a. Probably six.
Q. About what time did you 70 to the
cupola?
A. About 8 o'clock; it may have been
O. Abont what time did you leaveF
A. About o'clock.
Q. Was o'Donnell there when you got
there?
A. He went in at the same time did;
think we oil left together.
Q. What was the occasion of your leavingf
A. The occasion was a number of shouts
from the crowd on the bank and the point
ing of some guns at us; there were shouts to
come down.
Q. Did you see any so-called fortlfcations
benind which the men hidf
A. l saw what appeared to be natural for
tifications, that is. debris, billets of steel
and coal piles. All the shooting l saw was
from behind these projections.
Carried an Advisory Committee Permit.
Q. What kind of a permit or badge Of
authority did you have to permit You to go
into the works and around through Home
stead?
a. had none other than my newspaper
badge and a letter signed by the managing
editor OF THE P1TrsBuRG DISPATCH.
@. Did you show that to O'Donnellf
A. Yes. sir, at which he countersigned it.
He wrote his name on it, as ordinary creden-
tials were OF no value.
Q. Did he add any title to his manner
A. think it read. Hugh O'Donnell, per
Advisory Committee"
At the request of Mr. Bremen the Gre
Dental was produced, and the signature was
found to be as given by the witness.
@ Did he say anything when he gave you
that?
A. called upon him, having known him. |
and not wanting to be interiered with in my |
work. l understood he was well-known and !
well-lilled, and thought he might do me |
some good. My work at best needs q little |
O. Did you know that Mr.. O'Donnell did |
not occupy any official position in the |
OF Homestead?
A. did not.
O. Did You know that he did.
A. 1 did not.
@ Your hest information was that he was
a private citizen of some influence?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. When was this seal placed on theref
Bore the AmaIgamated Seal.
A. That was placed on there the day fol-
lowing the time of the signature. 1t was at
the headquarters of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation. Having heard someone say that
were of no further use unless
they had the seal, 1 asked that the seal be |
pla ced on my letter.
Q. Who placed the seal on the letter.
A. am not certain.
Q. Was Mr.. o ODonnell present.
A. He was.
Q. When was this signature written on
here?
A. The day after the date of the letter,
which is June %.
@. As a matter of fact. then, you went to
the headquarters of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation to secure protection in the discharge
of your duties in the borough of Homesteade
A. No, l will not say that l was there
and learned that that was necessary and
went to get it.