The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-19
ONAhURDER CHARGE
Warrants Against 0'Donnell and
Other Strike Leaders.


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Thousand of the Homestead Work.
ers-Manager Frick Promised q
Dose of His Own Medicine.
PIrTsBuRo, July 19.-John McLuckie,
burgess, or chief municipal officer Of
Homestead, slept last night on q cot in
one OF the cells of the county Jail. Tele-
grams are being sent to q dozen points
between here and New York seeking the
aid Of the police authorities for the ar
rest OF Hugh o'Donnell, the leader Of
che strikers, and warrants are in the
hands of the officers Of the law for seven
other prominent participants in the
troubles at Homestead and who are but
vanguards Of small army of strikers
shat 1t is proposed to bring before the
bar Of the law.
The intention of the Carnegie company
70 institute criminal proceedings against
the Homestead leaders in the event of the
county authorities failing to take cog
nizancs Of the recent riot was carried
tnto effect much quicker than had been
anticipated or than the authorities at
the executive Offices, who feared tho
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their intention, were willing to init
mate. The preliminary stages of the
proceedings were conducted with con-
siderable secrecy. 1t was shortly before
noon when Secretary Lovejoy, of the
Carnegie company, sauntered carelessly
into the Office Of Alderman ]. V. Nc
Masters at Diamond and Grant streets.
Secretary Loveioy stated that he de-
sired to lay information against a num-
Der of men charging tho crime of muir
der, and the alderman proceeded to
draw mp the papers.
The information5 set forth that in
Mifiiin township, IN the county of Allie
gheny and the state of Pennsylvania, on
July the defendants did OF their own
malice aforethousht, feloniously and
riotously with force of arms and deadly
weapons kill and murder L. j. Conners,
Q Pinkertbn watohman, and Silas
Wayne, q worker at the mills, and this
Information was made UPON informa-
tion received and believed to be true by
the deponent, who therefore prayed that
warrants might issue that the men to be
named might be arrested and held ON
the charge of murder.
The Accused Leaders.
When this document had been drawn
up the alderman suggested that it would
be better to have two informations, one
relating to the killing of Conners and
The other to that OF Wayne, and the Sec
ond paper was accordingly made out.
Secretary Loyejoy then named as the
men accused Hugh ODonnell, John
McLucky, Sylvester Ciitchlow, An
thony Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, James
Elannigan and Hugh Ross. In one in
formation the name OF O'Donnell stood
nrst, while in the others it stood second.
After the papers had been completed
Secretary Lovejoy kissed the book, ap-
pended his signature to the inforna-
lions, buttoned his sack coat, shook
bands with the justice and sauntered
ont of tine office, and to all outward ap-
pearances free from care and anxiety as
he bad entered half hour before.
No time was lost by Magistrate Nc
Masters in making ont the warrants and
4hortiy hafora Q o'clock they were en-
9rusted TO constables Joseph Weber, w.
j. Morris and Mike J. Price, who at
enoe left for Homestead On their ar
Eval they made known their business to
@eperal Snowden. who referred them to
Colonel Green, in command of the pro-
Sost guard. The latter detailed two
companies Of soldiers to accompany. the
Fenstables, and the latter visited the
houses Of all the men wanted, but with
sdt result. When the officers returned
20 this city toward dusk they were sur.
4rised to find thai Burgess MoLuckie
tAd Gotten out Of town while they were
SEARCHING for him, and had already sur
rendered. himself to the alderman. He
was in the office 10 company with Attor-
nsy Brennan, of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION, and several friends.
Frick VIII Bo Arrested.
The warrant was served on him. and
the magistrate said he had already sent
word to the other mon who were wanted
to coRe into town in the morning and
surrender. To those around him Nc
Luokie said that he and O'Donnell were
not leaders, but among the smallest of
the strikers. He went on to say: "I
might as well come out with it and say
that information will be laid against
Trick, Carnegie and Potter, Whether
we will bring anyone else into it l can
not say at present l tell you we will
4hake this man Frick come down on his
haees 30 hard that the sound will be
heard in the farthest corner of civiliza-
hon."
yes" put in one of those present,
"and once the warrants are issued we
will have Carnegie extradited in short
order.n
= Alderman McMasters waited in his
iofiice until O'Clock, and then, none of
the other men putting in an appearance,
he committee the burgess to the county
jail without bail pending preliminary
examination ON Friday. After being
eeafched by Chief Warden McAleess,
who found in his pockets nothing moro
dRngereNs than the key to the Home
stead lookup, he WAS taken to a cell on
She first tier and locked up. Half an
, Aour later he was fast asleep.
Secretary Lovojoy's Position.
I'll Secretary Loye1oy is in good spirits
'cveF Ne SUCCESS OF his maneuver, and
10 g. zterview explained at length the
circumstances under which the step had
been taken. He Haid:
"These informations We're entered in
my capacity as private citizen, and not
~ secretary Of the Carnegie Steel lcon1-
pany. There are good cases against 600
Of these men, and from NOW on twelve
10 fifteen infcrmations will be made
every day. The idea is to make them
Just as fast as the authorities can handle
them. We have evidence against 1000
men and wo propose to push these cases.
The laws OF Pennsylvania are very
ieread on thia subject, and persons who
were on the premises at The time of the
4hooting are liable not only as accessor-
las but AZ principals. Our preparations
kor these prosecutions began on June 30.
when the negotiations between the COM
pany and the association ceased, --=-----
Our psrpose in making thess arrests
et this time is not to break the strike by
taking away the leaders, nor is it to
compel tho men to go hack to work un-
der threet Of arrest. This thing is not
n bluff. We mean to go to the end. Tho
sevidencein eur hands will be placed in
The hands Of the district attorney for his
Sse, We have conferred with him on
,hnade We could not Withdraw it or let it
fall. That would bs compoupding
y 1slony. It would be coptempt Of court
Nfpr the witnesses not to appear. The
= lhest eases will be brought first. we