Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-28
PUSHES THE FIGHT.
FriCk Has Warrants Issued for
Thirty-six Men.
THE CHARGE MODIFIED THIS TIME.

"a aggravated Riot" Instead of Murder
All the Homestead Witnesses Before the
Coroner's Jury and the Advisory Com
mittee IncIuded-Attemptt to Wreck a
Mill and Kill Seven Score Workmen-
The Randall Club Down on Streator-
Letters That Fricls Received-No More
Interest for ST ikers. - Troops Going
Home.
PITTsBURG, July 2S.--When Henry c.
Frick was shot last Saturday he said,
while the doctors were engaged in probing
the wounds, that the tragedy would have
no effect whatever upon the policy of the
company toward the Homestead troubles.
That he meant what he said was evinced
yesterday, when Secretary Lovejoy
appeared before Alderman McMaster and
swore out thirty-siX informations against
as many of the ex-employes of the COM
pany and upon which warrants were
Immediately issued. 1t significant,
however, that these informationS made a
change in the nature of the offence, the
men being charged with aggravated riot,
instead of with murder.
Two Significant Facts.
1t is taken as indicating that the COM
pany now doubts its ability to sustain tn 9
main charge against any of the men, and
has concluded to content itself by pre-
ferring a charge upon which there may be
a chance of obtaining some convictions.
1t was significant also that among the
names of those included in the informa-
tions were those of nearly every eX-em-
ploye who has testified before the coro-
ner's jury that the first shots fired on the
morning of July Is came from the Pinker-
tons. The fact that the company should
have selected these men as victims, es-
pecially in view of the fact that as wit
nesses before the coroner's jury they
would most likely be expected TO testify in
court, has created great deal of COM
ment, and that not very favor able to the
company
The Advisory Committee on the List.
The policy of suppression of names in
the matter of informations was again car
ried out yesterday, and the ma
jority of the men against whom
warrants We're issued will have no
knowledge of the fact until they are
placed under arrest. Ii Is understood that
new informations will now be made from
| day to day for some time to come, but the
| advisory committee is prepared with ample
bail and not one of the men will be al
| lowed to stay in Jail an hour longer than
vate information Is also to the effect that
| the informations sworn out include
| the name of nearly every member of the
advisory committee, well some of
! those who have already been arrested on
| the charge of murder and released on bail.
| Attempted Outrage in "A Mill.
A remarkable escape from almost GER
| tain death on the part of the 144 workmen
| in the forge department of Carnegie's
Tweuty-ninth street mill has lust been
made public, while the perpetrator of the
| fiendish act is yet unknown. An attempt
| was made Monday evening to blow up the
| boiler and engine departments of the lower
Union mills at Twenty-ninth street.
| These departments are in direct connec-
tion with the heating and forge depart
| ments, which have been in constant opera
| tion since the remainder of the mill shut
down. One hundred and torty-four were
| at work at the time the attempt was
| made. Few of the men knew of the
| threatened danger until it had passed
The engineer in charge of the machinery
had left his post but Il few minutes.
| Was Only "A Slight Explosion.
| The waterman, whose duty is to keep
| guard of the gas, fires and water, left his
position to breathe fresh air on the outside
| of the building. When he left his post
| the gas was burning under the boilers.
| The gas is fed to the boilers through a two
! inch pipe and the flow is enormous.
! When the Waterman returned he noticed
| that there was no fire under the boilers.
| Not thinking to observe the usual precau-
| tion of shutting of the gas, he threw a
| piece of lighted waste into one of tn,
| CRATES. y slight explosion occurred.
| Five minutes delay would have permitted
an accumulation of gas sufficient TO blow
the building to atoms and the workmen