Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-04
All Prosecutions Growing Out Of tht
Homestead Strike
HAVE BEEN DROPPED FOR GOOD
The Attorneys for the Strikers
Make the First Move by Ask
ing the District Attorney to
Stop the Proceedings Against
the Homestead Ofhcials-Judge
White then Orders All the
Gases Dropped - Everybody
Seems Pleased.

PITTsBURe, PA, June 3.-Quite q
sensation was occasioned to-day by the
ouashing OF PROCEEDINGS in the Carne-
gle cases. The grand jury had found
true bills against Chairman IL. c. Frick,
Vice Chairman J. G.. A. Leishman, Sec
retary Lovejoy, Otis Child, Superinten-
dent Potter. Robert and William Pink
erton and all the PlRkerton employees
engaged in the Homestead riots, the
charges being murder, riot and conspi-
racy. Yesterday the private counsel
for the prosecution sent the following
letter to the District Attorney:
"PIrTsBURG, PA, June 2, 1893.
"Cldrence BurIei0h, Esq, District At
torney Of the County Of Allegheny:
THE undersigned counsel for the
prosecution In the various cases against
H. c. Frick, say that after repeated
and full examination OF all the evidence
bearing upon the cases against Mr.
Frick, we are fully satisfied that no just
cause existed for the finding for an In
dictment for murder or any other GRIM
inal ofiense against the laws OF the
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania.
Therefore, out of sense Of justice,
we join in a request that no further
proceedings be had, and that you as
the official charged with the just ad-
ministratlon Of the law dispose OF the
same.
with great respect,
1Signed1 THOMAS M. MARSHALL,
wv. j. BREMEN,
John f. Cox"
This letter applies not only to 81. Q.
Frick, but also to all his co-defendants.
As the result OF the above the court
this morning on motion OF District At
torneysBurleigh quashed all the indict-
ments.
There was much talk regarding the
disposition Of the cases and the general
opinion was that this would be followed
by nolle pros in most OF the cases
against the Homestead strikers. The
bail Of the latter was renewed as this is
the last day of the March session Of
court to which their bail pice was made
returnable.
District Attorney Burleigh stated this
afternoon that he knew Of no move
ment to nolle pros the cases against the
Homestead strikers.
Later Juoge White, without a motion be-
ing made, issued an order releasing from
bail all OF the strikers who have been in
dicted for offenses growing out of the
strike. This ends for good all the prose
cutions growing out of the famous strike.
Hugh O'Donnell, once the leader Of the
Homestead men. said:
II am glad the trouble is over. The ac-
ton taken was the only sensible thing to
do. Our men are scattered all over the
country, at Muncie, Niles, Cleveland, Chi
cago and other places. came from Niles
to-day and the expense Of coming here to
file bonds is rather heavy. That will not
be necessary now"
There were 1875 true bills found by the
grand jury against Homestead strikers.
The indictments charged murder. con-
spiracy, riot and treason.
Many Of the strikers were included in all
charges, and many of the indictments in
cluded a number of strikers. This was
notably the case in indictments for murder
which included about fifteen men each.
There has been only three trials in all
those of Critchlow, Clifford and O'Donnell.
Each Of these men had another charge Of
murder hanging over him, as we'll as for
other offenses. But the iuries in these
cases made it apparent that the public
sympathy was with the strikers, and it was
anticipated by many that no more trials
would take nlaca