The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-20
HUGH DEMPSEY
The Master Workman Testide:
in His Own Behalf.
He Emphatically Denies Any Rnowl
edge or Poison Used.
witness Examined TO Prove That sickness
IN the Homestead Min Was Not Unusual
-Throe VIII esaes for b Defense
Who Injured tta Cause

P%TrrsBuRen, Pa. Jan. a0.-The de
Tense in the Homestead poisoning case
against Hugh Dempsey occupies
Wednesday mornings session OF cour'
BY examining a large number Of wit
nesses 70 prove that sickness In the mil
was not unusual Many workmen testi
fed that previous 10 the strike they hac
suffered from illness the symptoms o,
which were similar 10 those which
killed some Of the non-union men.
At the afternoon session Of court,
after several unimportant witnesses
had been examined, the defendant
Hugh Dempsey, was called. He said;
II am district master workman Of d.
A., No 8, X. Of l., the X. OF l. had
nothing 10 do with the Homestead
strike; the a~mnlgamated association
had charge Of that. ! first saw Gal
lagher la my office; he was brought
there BY Beatty; Mr. Davidson was
there, they were introduced 70 me by
Beatty; Beatty said they were mon
who were 10 50 10 Homestead, get
work and report TO me how things were
running in the mill; nothing was said
about putting powder In food; did not
employ them for that purpose; / told
them ! had four men ID the mill at the
time, but that l wanted moro reports
SO that | could by statistics show that
the Carnegie Co was not succeeding
with n%on-union men. Gallagher would
come down two or three times a week.
! promised them compensation, but
told thcm to get work In the mill. so
that the company would have to pay
them; never gave Gallagher any pow
der.di not say | wanted To give these
men anythingt to wcaken them; did not
talk 10 them about d strike lii Chicago;
! was ia Homestead frequently III the
mill only once. know nothing about
any plot 70 poison. 4
Much stir was created In the court
room during Mr. nempscy's crossrexam-
nation by his great agitation. He be-
came much exhausted, and fears were
entertained that he would faint. and
this produced . somewhat ~unfavorable.
imRsess'n1
When asked Why he AaAk hired men to
spy for him in the Homestead mill,
he replied. because | got q telegram
from New York asking me 70 learn the
condition Of affairs IN the mill, as they
were trying To arrange a settlement
with Andrew Carecgie."
At the conclusion Of Dempsey's cross
examination court adjourned.
At least three witnesses called by the
defence Wednesday gave testimony
favorable to the prosecution. They
were DIR. Osborne, Capt Ecker and
VIM. Woolsey. DIR. Osborne, when
questioned by Mr.. Porter. said that the
majority Of those whom hestreaked for
diarrhea were men who were en-
ployed In the mill. Ecker said
Gallagher had told him he was In
the mill FOR a good purpose though
the defense may claim that. he meant
he was there merely to report to the
strikers the goingson inside. Woolsey,
once a cook In the mill. said all the food
furnished the workmcn was carefully
inspected by doctors, and that all de-
cayed vegetables and fruits and spoiled
meats were condemned. and that spoiled
meat was never given 70 the men 10
eat.
The local Assembly of the knights Of
Labor Wednesday adopted resolutions
Of confidence 10 Dempsey and promising
him moral and financial assistance In
his trial