The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-17
THE HOMESTEAD POIsoNINo.
cooks Turn States Evidence, and Make
Bad Case Against Labor Leaders.

Leaders,
fiTrsBURa. Jan. l6.-Patrick Gallagher, cook
az the homestead mill during the strike. today
told on the stand in the trial OF Hugh Dempsey
charged with poisoning non-uuion workmen,
the story as told by him heretofore and pub
Lsneo he implicated Cooks Beatty and David
son and Dempsey, master workman OF the
knights OF Labor. The witness said Dempsey
gave MIN powders to place in the coffee and tea
OF workmen. Dempsey said it would make
them sick, but would not eudakger their lives
numoer OF men who were made sick testified
as 10 this fact, but their testimony elected moth
ing new. In the afternoon Gallagher again took
the stand, and stated that in all he got eighteen
powders from Dempsey He used the powders
In soup and got some of it himself. 1t made
n1m SICK and gave him diarrhea Continuing
he said:
was sick and he let me lay off a few days and
then go back. He said We could get men at
Cincinnati to do the job in the mill. Before
went to work again twoEooks came from Gin
cinnati. Tony Gilferl and William Cole
man, and they went to work in the
mill l told Dempsey. they were here.
don't want any one but you, Beatty and David
son to know am in this. We all wa 1ed into
the COOK nou'e- was on the night turn. After
frn9 "enr nan oacn TO WORK work. got six more powdsrs
the night got in, October or 5, could
not swear which. William E. Griffith got
go. anv Hl sos nowdsT: S9es don think
OCTOBER D. l lett October Is ! Isaw Dempsey
again october 20. told him there was de-
tectlve In the mill. went to Dempsey ten
gays after that ana asked him about my money.
received some money. but not directly from
Dempsey. On October II saw Dempsey and he
saio -Four detectives have been watching me all
the morning, slip into the building and you will
get your money. = went in, and m N whom
would recognize said 10 sign receipt. / did
20, ano he gave me $25. presented the bill TO
oh ,hnr
It 80. X, D. cmpsey." l presented the bill to
Beatty, ana he said to settle with Dempsey; he
can pay his own bills. When 1 first heari OF
Beattys arrest wrote a note TO Dempsey in
which said: 81 see B satty has been a-restei
III Louisville. Send me money and l will
get ont OF town" In answer to the message
met ID mpSey on the same day at an office on
Third avenue Demp,ey said TO me. What
are you afraid Of? an not afraid; you attend
10 your own work. ana you need not be afraid.
II you are arrested l will get you q lawyer and
get you bail. II you have 10 go on the stand.
swear yon never knew me and will swear the
same. II they ask you about the powders say
you don't know"
This finished Galiagher's direct examination.
The cross-examinaton was conducted by
Thomas Marshall, who used every method to
try and confuse the witness, but failed. The
jury were intently interested in aallagher's
story. aud that it made decided impression
was manifest. Robert Beatty was brought into
court and identified by Gallagher. J. NJ David
son. Galagher's alleged accomplice, was then
called. He said:
Last August Beatty, Gallagher and myself went
to Knights of Labor hall, on Third avenue,
where We met Dempsey Beatty said, "There
are the men," Dempsey said, "Well, the boys
want some men to go to Homestead to break the
strike" Beatty suggested croton oil. Iob;ected,
ami Dempsey did too, saying he did not want to
harm the men. but only make them sick.
l made up my mind would not have anything
to do with it. Dempsey said there was money
in il for US. and he would guarantee US $50
Beatty afterwards said there was gold watch
and chain in 1t for us.
Beatty then continued and told the same
story a sworn to by Gallagher He said Demp-
sey paid him $l2.
vania line, testified that Dempsey LETT $25 with
him for a man who called and reeeipted for it,
signing the name Gallagher. The court then
adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. 16-The United States
supreme court today advanced the case of Pet
tibons ct al. against the striking C9ur d. Alene
miners The date assigned for q hearing was
January So
PITTsBURG, Jan. 16-It is said the Westmore-
land and Fayette eokeworkers are preparing
for general strike, and will have the backing
of the miners of coal from which coking coal 10
drawn.
MUNIcE, Ind, Jan. 16.-The Lake Erie switch.
mems strike 10 growing worse. No cars are be-
ing shifted, and the business interests OF the
city are being materially interfered with. One
thousand factory hands are out of work ON ac-
count of the strike.