Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-14
DON'T LIKE THE JAIL,
The Reason Hugh GDonnell and Hugh
Ross Kept Out of Sight.
WILL SURRENDER NEXT FRIDAY.
They Will Waive a Hearing and Furnish
Bail for Court
THE SHERIFF WATCHES HIS DEPUTIES

Hugh O'Donnell and Hugh Ross have
communicated with their attorney, John n.
Cox, and have agreed to come to the city
and surrender themselves on the second
charge of murder, the accusation being that
they were parties to the killing of j. w.
Kline, one of the Pinkerton detectives.
Ross has been in Ohio for two weeks, try
ing to raise funds and arouse sympathy for
the Homestead locked-out men. ODonnell
has kept his hiding place close secret. 1t
is said that he is at rural resort, seeking
rest.
1t turns out that the two leaders have
! kept away from Homestead and Plttsburg
| because they do not like the lodging and
| boarding furnished by Warden McAleese at
| the county Jail. They have desired to make
sure Of bondsmen and an immediate hear
| ing before the court on the bail question,
| before they surrender themselves. An ar
| rangement to this effect was made yester-
day.
Attorney Cox, for the defendants, and
Attorney Breck, for the prosecution, have
held several consultations concerning these
defendants, and yesterday reached an agree
ment
Will Give Ball for Court
The two Hughs will appear at the Office
of Alderman McMasters about noon on
Friday, will there waive a hearing on the
charge of murder and will be at once put
in charge of the Sheriff and taken before the
Court of Quarter Sessions The bondsmen
have been secured and will be on hand.
The pre- rcsecution has agreed that the Court
shall act on the testimony taken on the first
murder charge, when the defendants were
accused of the murder of John Conners and
Silas Vain. On that charge they were ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $4,000, and
there is every reason to expect that the
Court will take the same action on the sec
ond charge.
One of the attorneys for the Carnegie
Steel Company said yesterday: "We are
through with our informations and arrests
at Homestead. We believe that we have
caused the apprehension of the responsible
persons in the riot of July 6. Beyond that
we are not going. The arrests being made
now are by the Sheriff. We have no inten-
tion of causing the arrest OF any women"
A report was published yesterday that the
Sheriff intended to arrest about 90 women
of Homestead, on the charge of disorderly
conduct or melting to riot. This report
was positively denied by 3. B. Petty, the
attorney for Sheriff McCleary. 1t arose out
OF a remark made by Mr.. Petty during the
trial of Jesse Miller, the boy, before Alder
man McMasters Monday afternoon.
Little Legal Repartee.
Mr. Cox said: "Your deputy sheriffs in
Homestead are in small business If they can
make examples only by arresting boys. 1
suppose the next thing we know they will be
arresting women. The wives and mothers
of Homestead will be brought into court, 1
$50 they will, said Mr.. Petty, "if they
do not behave themselves.
There was no other foundation for the re-
port, but it caused great surprise and un-
easiness in Homestead yesterday.
Alderman McMasters would feel discon-
solate were he to go through one working
day without having before him some sort of
a Homestead case. The best he could do
yesterday was to sit on the quarrel of two
men who have been working in the mills
Charles Williams, an engineer for the Car
negie Company, complained that Henry
Wilkey, his assistant, had pointed re-
volver at him and threatened to put a ball
in him. Detective Weber arrested Wilkey,
and after hearing the evidence the Alder
man sent the defendant to Jail on a charge
of felonious assault, 10 run the gauntlet of
the.grand jury.