The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-12
TREASON ANDMURDER
The Carnegie officials Indicted,
as Well as the Rioters.
MANY TRUE BILLS AT PiTTseuRG
O'Donnell and Comrades Charged With
ertons With Inciting BIoodshsd.

ptrrsBrRa Oc. 1.-The grand Jury sitting in
the treason Case against the Homestead strikers
and the murder and conspiracy charges against
II. {. Frick and various other officials OF the
Carnegie steel Company and Piukerton detec-
tives, this afternoon brought In true bills in all
the cases. Chief Justice Paxson, of the supreme
court Of the state. and Judge Kennedy, OF the
county court, occupied the bench when the
jury entered the court room.
The bills against Hugh ODonpeI and others
for treason include thr,y-one defendants;
Hugh 0'DonneIl. John McLuckey, David Lynch,
Thomas J. Crawford, Harry Bayne, Elmer +
Bail, Henry Bayari, J. W. Brown, George Cham
paoo, Isaac Critchlow, Miller Colman, John
Coyie, Jack Clifford. Dennis n. Cush, william
ID. Coneghy, Michael Cummings, William
Combo, John Durkiu, Patrick Pagan, NJ. Il.
Caches. Matthew Harris, Reid Kennedy, John
Miller, 0. c. Starlight John Murray, W. Il
Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh Ross, W. T..
Roberts, George Rylands ana George w. sarver.
The indictments for murder are for the kill
ing OF George W. Rutter, John E. Morris, Joseph
Soak and Silas Vain, all strikers, and include
IL. Z. friek, chairman OF the company; +. I.
Lovc!oy, secretary; J.. A Potter, superin-
tendent; J. q. A. Leishman, superintendent;
Neviu Mcconnell and James Doyey, mill bosses,
and Robert PlnkertoD, William Piukerton, q.
W. Biddie, ". II. Burt. John Cooper and /. W.
Hinde, OF the Piakerton detective agency.
The bills for conspiracy mbgace all those
charged with murder, with the addition of
George Lander, L. McCurry. Otis Childs, l. c.
Fhipps, OF the steel company, and Fred W.
Primer, detective.
Those charged with aggravated riot are II. C.
frick, IL. McCurry, J. q. Leishman, X. I.
Loveioy. l. C. Phipps, J. S. Dewey. Nevin Nc
Council, John Cooper, G. W. BiddeIi, Fred
Primer, w. H. Burt and T. w. Hinde..
Inc true bill III the treason cases sets forth at
great length that defendants and other persons,
names unknown, TO the number OF 1000 and
upward, armed and arrayed IL warlike manner,
did feioniously and traitorously join and as
seInble themselves together. and then and there
did dispose themselves against the said COM
monwealth OF Pennsylvania, and did ordain,
prepare aud levy war against said common
wealth OF Pennsylvania, to the end that tue
constitution, laws and authority might he and
were deied, resisted and subverted by the said
defendants aud their armed allies. contrary to
the duty OF allegiance and fidelity of said de-
fendants; to the evil example of sill others in
Ike case offending, contrary to the form of the
act of the general assembly in such case made
aud provided, against the peace and dignity of
the commonwealth OF Pennsylvania.
The indictment against Carnegie officials for
murder reads, a. in the case OF Silas Vain:
'Tha. said defendants on the 9th day of July,
ls92, with force and arms did make assault on
silas Vain and feloniously, malcously, and of
against the peace and dignity Of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania"
The Indictment against Friek and associates
for conspiracy sets forth among other things
that defendants did uniawiully, falsely and
maliciously conspire, combine, federata and
agree together to depress. lower. lessen and di.
minish the wages. price and compensation of
the labor OF divers persons employed by the
Carnegie Steel Company, limited: to then and
there close up the steel mandatory and cease
work and operations therein. and thereupon to
convey and cause to be sent 200 men and upward,
armed with guns, etc, to overawe intimIdate
and brighten divers persons in said township OF
Miffi IN, who were there lately before employed
by said Carnegie Steel Company; to invade said
township of Mihlin and to attack and
10 shoot OFF and discharge deadly weapons
agans, said persons lately employed by
said Carnegie Steel Company, limited"
In regard 10 the fight on the morning of July g.
the bill says defendants "did counsel aud ad-
wise shooting"
The grand iury's action did not cause much
excitement among the public generally, and the
defendants themselves took il quite cody. The
Carnegie officials, however, declined to be in
teryewed on the subject OF the charles.
The Crescent Steel Works, manufacturers Of
finer grades of STEEL. gave notice of a reduction
of 10 per cent in the wages of 500 employees after
the Goth inst