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r T S P.Tlf ' VACATION TRIPS Slake you Interested in the selec tion of" a hotel or cottage. Bead the list in to-day's DISPATCH. You can there learn of the best. ..' , f i VACATION TRIPS W pB$ta Make joh interested in the selec tion ot a hotel or cottage. Kead the list in to-day's BISPATCH. Ton can there learn of the best. FORTY SEVENTH YEAH. PITTSBURG, TUESDAY: JULY 19 1892-TWELVE PAGES. THREE CENTS. sH s IT mpmity WARRANTS ARE SSUED OR THUMBS Of the labor Troubles at the Homestead Mills on a Charge of Murder. M'LUCKIE NOW IN JAIL. Men to Eetaliate on Messrs. Frict, Potter, I'inkerton and Others. The Officials Also to Be Charged "With Homicide Hugh O'Donnell, Chair man of the Advisory Commltte, One of the Marked Men Evidence Already Secured Against 213 Strikers Ar rests Scheduled Every Day for Six "Weeks All Are Still Missing Except the Burgess Appeals for Ball to Be Made This Morning Opinions of the Lawyers. Burgess McLuckie, of Homestead, one of tbe leaders in the recent trouble there is in the county jail on a charge ot murder. "Warrants for the same crime have been issued for Hugh O'Donnell, Sylvester Critchlow, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Bur kett, James Flanegan and Hugh Ross, and a halt dozen detectives are out chasing them. Burgess McLuckie is now located in the south wing of the jail, -where the des perate cases are confined. Murderers' row is about filled up and Burgess McLuckie was assigned to cell 17, range No. 2, which is just one floor above murderers' row. The hearing is fixed lor Friday, July 22. This latest move in the great Homestead drama was made at Doon yesterday by Sec retary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie Company, as predicted in The Dispatch of last "Wednesday. Evidence Against 213 Workmen! This is only the beginning of the move ments of the machinery of the law. The company lias had its detectives among the men anil claim to have positive evidence against 213 of the workers at the mills. The warrants for the seven was only a starter, and Secretary Lovejoy says he will have four or five warrants issued eery day for tbe next six weeks. There was talk early in the evening of having Messrs. Frick, Carnegie, Potter and others arrested but W. J. Brennen, Attorney for the Amalgamated, advised against it. j.ue -Advisory wmmmte, mougn, held a , meeting in Homestead later and decided to swear out warrants for Chairman H. C. Frick, Secretary Lovejoy, General Super intendent John A. Potter of the Home stead mill, Superintendent Corey, of the armor plate mill, Yard Master Dorcy C and "William and Robert Pinkerton on a charge of mnrder. The informations were drawn up by Knox ffi Beed, attorneys for the Carnegies. They were on legal cap paper and written on typewriter instead of being the regular printed blanks usually used by Alderman James T. McMasters, before whom the charges were brought One I'inkerton and One Worker. They were for the murder of Silas "Wain, one of the locked-out workers, whose head was blown off by the cannon, and for the killing of T. J. Connors, one of the Pinker tons killed on the barges. The first news the public in general re ceived of the move was from a bulletin at The Dispatch. Hundreds of people soon gathered and freely expressed their opinions. Some pronounced it a mow well founded and backed up by evidence already secured, while others claimed it was but a shrewd attempt to get the leaders out of the way. They based their arguments on the fact that the company was making the move just at the time they were trying to operate the works, and thus de prive the other men of the generalship of their leaders. It was also charged among the throng that Secretary Lovejoy had precipitated the charges just at the time Hugh O'Donnell had gone Jiast, so as to claim that he had heard of tbe informations and fled to escape arrest. Claims That O'Donnell 'Will Show TJp. Some claimed Mr. O'Donnell would not shirk from the ordeal, and that as soon as he learned of the others arrested he would re turn and cive himself up. The Carnegie Company is in earnest in the matter and is making the move ,'on evidence that has been submitted to the brightest attorneys in the country. Knox & Beed, the regular attorneys for the com pany, do not handle any criminal business, and under their advice the serv ices of David F. Patterson, John S. Bobb and Captain E. ;Y. Breck, three of the recognized greatest criminal lawyers of the State, were enlisted. They assisted Knox & Beed in drawing up the informa tions, one containing the name of Connors and the other that of Silas "Wain. They are exactly alike except in the name, and the one tor Connors reads as follows: State oe Pikhstxvakia, Couirrr or Axx.r ghestt, ss. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs Hugh O'Donnell, John McLuckie, Sylvester Critchlow, Anthony Flaherty, Samul Burkett.James Flannagen and Hugh Boss: Before me, tho subscriber, J. V. McMasters, an Alderman In and for the city of Pittsburg andex-oraclo a Justice or the Peace of said county.personally camo F.T.F.IoveJoy,who' " upon oath administered according to law, deposeth and saltli that in MlQln township, In the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, on tho 6tn day of July, A. D. 1892, Hugh O'Donnell, John MoLuokle, Syl vester Critchlow, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Bnrkett, James Flannasen and Hugh Boss did of their malice aforethought feloniously and riotously with force and arms and deadly weapons kill and murder one T.J." Connors, then and there being In the peace of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ibis Information is made upon Information J received and believed to be true by this de ponent, Names ot the Harked Men. Complainant therefore prays and desire that a warrant may issue and the aforesaid defendants, Hugh O'Donnell, John Mc Luckie, -Sylvester Ciltonlow. Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, James Flannasen and Hugh Boss may be arrested and beld to answer this charge of murder, and further deponent salth not. F. T. F. Lovejot.' Snorn to nnd snbicrlhed before me this 18th day or July. J802. J. V. MoMasteiu, Alderman. Hugh O'Donnell is the accredited leader of the locked-out men, and Chairman of the famous Advisor Committee. McLuckie is a mill worker and Burgess of Homestead. AH except Samuel Burkett are mill work ers, members of the Amalgamated Associa tion and have been prominent' in the troubles since their inception. Burkett is only a driver for one of the Homestead merchants. He is colored, and is charged with having figured extensively as a sym pathizer with the locked-out men. McLuckie has only been in Homestead for six years. He came there from "Wheel ing, "W. Va., where he had been employed as a laborer in the La Belle Steel "Works. It is said that all the knowledge he has of the steel business he has acquired since his resi dence in Homestead. One of the men said McLuckie was one of the best heaters in the country. McLuckie was Chairman of the Johnstown Belief Committee of Homestead in 1889. llu-h O'Donnell Was a Printer. Hugh O'Donnell is well known to almost everyone. He has been the leaderin Home stead for years and it was through him the strike of 18S9 was brought to a successful issue. He was formerly a printer. Flaherty is said to have been raised in Allegheny, and the others are not well known. T. J. Connors was a Pinkerton man, 30 years of age, and lived at 80 Bond street, New York. He was struck on the back of the head with a dynamite bomb and had his right arm crushed. Silas "Wain was a young, single workman, who lived with his parents in Homestead. He bad his head shot off with a cannon ball, fired from the opposite side of the river, while standing with his brother in the steel yard, Immffliately after the informations were made, Alderman McMasters turned the case over to Detective Joseph "Weber, manager of the Heiner Detective Agency, which is conducted in connection with the Alderman's office. "Warrants were at once issued to him and Constables "W. J. Morris and M. J. Price, who left at 1 o'clock for Homestead to make the arrests. The war-' rant read as lollows: A Slice or Co'd, Chilly law. City of Pjttsburo, es.: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Joseph Weber, W. J. Morris and M. J. Price, or any constable: Wo command yon that yon take Hugh O'Donnell, John McLuckie, Sylvester Critch low, Anthony Flaherty, Samuel Burkett, James Fiannairen and Hugh Boss and bring them foitliwith before the subscriber, James V. McMasters, one or our Aldermen, in and for said city, to answer a charge of mnr der. whereof information has been made, on oath, before our said Alderman, by F. T. F. Lovejoy; hereof fall not. Witness tliu band and seal of our said Alderman, at Pittsburg, aforesaid, this 18th day of July, 1802. J. V. McMastkhs, Seal Alderman. Detective "Weber aid he had not htfa able to find any of the men and returned at 5 o'clock. Mr. "Weber's account of the movements at Homestead was as follows: "When I went there I was instructed to see General Snowden and get assistance. "When I called on him he received me very kindly and said he had been expecting me. The General introduced me to Colonel Green, who at once placed two companies of infantry at my command. Guarded by Two Companies of Soldiers. "The soldiers went with ns every place we went and seemed to cause a great deal of commotion. "We were not offered any violence, but there were many muttering from the mob that followed us. The people could not understand what it meant. "We went up alleys where there was not a soul visible, and windows would fly up and heads would be pushed out from each one. I really don't know where so many women come from. "We first went to Sam Burknett's house, in Bisher's row, but he was not to be found. The house was locked up. Every man that we asked lor inlormatiou refused to talk. They declared they did not know anything and were not even acquainted with the men we were seeking. "We were at a disad vantage, because we did not know fte men and might have passed them on the street. "We learned, however, that Hugh O'Don nell and James Flanagan had left town. "We next went to Critchlow's house in Bisher's alley, but he was also missing, and the house locked up. From there we pro ceeded to the house ot Hugh Boss, at "Whitakcr, two miles back of Homestead. He was not to be found and the family said he was in Pittsburg. "We marched to Burgess McLuckie's of fice and found it deserted. He was also in Pittsburg. Anthony Flaherty could not be found eithewand I believe all of them except O'Donnell and Flanagan are in Pittsburg." Burgess McLueklo til vet nimself TJp. "While Detective "Weber was telling the story Burgess McLuckie, who had been in Pittsburg all afternoon, walked into Alder man McMasters' office and gave himself up. He was accompanied by "W. J. Brennen, at torney for the Amalgamated Associatton, with whom he had been in consultation for some time before. It is believed be knew he would not be admitted to bail, but never theless he asked the Magistrate for permis sion to furnish bond. He was, of course, told that was impossible, and a cloud passed over the face of the massive mill worker and he said: "lam perfectly will ing to go toiail, but we will make informa tion againsFMessrs. Frick, Carnegie, Potter and the rest. There is no question but what they are responsible for the trouble." He did not say whether the charge of murder would be made against the mill owners, but Mr. Brennen intimated it would be for conspiracy. Mr. Brennen at once started out to draw up the informations. Quietly Led Off to the JalL t By this time Alderman McMasters had written out the following communication to the "Warden ot the county jail and handed it to Constable Price : City ot Pittsburg. County of Allegheny, s.s. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to M. J. Price, or next constable, and to the keoper or the common Jail of Allegheny county: Tliese are to command yon, the said con stable, forthwith to convey and deliver Into tbe custody of the keeper or the common Jail aforesaid the body of John McLuckie, charged before Jag. V. McMasters, Esq., one of the aldermen in said citv, wltli ninider on oath of F. T. F. Lovejoy, and committed for a hearing on July 121, 1692. And rou. tbe keeper, are hereby re quired to receive tbe said John McVuckle Into your, custody In said Jail, and there safely keep him until the hearing aforesaid is had. Witness the hand and seal of tlio said Al derman, t Pittsbunr, the 18th day or July, 189i JAa. V. AIcMasteiul I Alderman. The constable motioned to Mt. McLuckie, who followed him to the jail. The BurgCBS took it good naturedlv and walked along with the constable. At the jail he was re ceived by the "Warden, John McAleese, and just like any other prisoner'he was searched and tho proper records made. The iron door swung back and as the Burgess walked into the jail proper the guard called "South wing," and John Ma Luckie passed from view. If he felt troubled he did not show it. His cell, No. 17, is just lik'e all the others, and contains only a cot and a chair. Drennen Will Mot Prefer Charges. Mr. Brennen was seen later and said no arrests would be made last night.and he did not think any at all on his advice. He said he doubted the right of Carnegie and Frick to bring armed men to Homestead, but di not know whether it would be advisable to make information at this time. He said the men were anxious to have the arrests made, but he did not know whether it would be done. The legal opinion last night was that the men could all be released on bail bv the . Court. The Judge will have to decide, how ever, whether the offense under the present circumstances is bailable, and tbev will also have to fix the amount of the bon I Burgess McLuckie will make application for bail this morning. It was also stated applica tion would be made to furnish bail for all the other men, including Hugh O'DonnelL When a call was made on Mr. Frick, he said he bad nothing to say. Secretary Love joy was also interviewed, and expressed Sreat satisfaction over the fats that the Upper ana iower union .aims naa gone out. "When asked about the warrants be replied: Will Make Arrests Every Day. "This is but the beginning. "We did not want to make a great disturbance by mak ing wholesale arrests. "We have conclusive evidence against all the men for whom we have issued warrants and against a good many more. "We will make information against four or five of tbem every day for the next six weeks. "We are getting evidence all the time." "Will all the warrants be on a charge of murder?" "No," replied Mr. Lovejoy; "we will have them arrested on anumber of charges." In reply to a question about tbe mills the Secretary said they Intended to start each department of tbe mill just as fast as they ..could get the men.; He refused to state how many men he had employed yesterday, Trot said he had secured a large number. He denied they, were importing steel work ers from Europe. He said they never had imported Wen and never would, He de clared he was not having' much trouble find ing men. CONSTABLES SEEK IN VAIN. Backed by Two Companies, the Law Officers Bake Homestead With a Fine-Toothed Comb The Defendants Were Mining Frick and Associates to Be Arrested. Three constables from Pittsburg and two companies of militia from Camp Black marched through the highways of Home stead for an even two hours yesterday afternoon. The trio of constables had in their possession seven warrants calling lor the arrest of seven of the prominent leaders of the strikers. The men "wanted" were John McLuckie, the Burgess of Home stead borough; Hugh O'DonnelL, the chair man of the famous advisory committee; and Sylvester Critchlow, Anthony Flaherty, James Flanuagen, Samuel Burkett and Hugh Boss. In the warrants, which were made - out by" Alderman Mc Master, ot Pittsburg, the men were charged with having "killed and murdered T. J. Connor and Silas "Wain on the morn ing of the 6th of July." Messrs. Morris, Wehter and Price, the constables who went to serve the warrants and take their prison ers to the Allegheny County Jail, had their trouble for their pains and returned to the city on the evening train without a single prisoner. Defendants Coa'd Not Be Fonnd. Not one of the seven citizens could they find, although it is only lair to state that they searched the borough from end to end. By some mysterious method,known only to a favored few of the strikers, the news that war rants had been issued for the aforesaid seven reached the ears of the Advisory Committee three hours before the constables arrived. Hugh O'Donnell was out of town and Burgess McLuckie bad started for Pittsburg early in the day, so that for the time being these two dignitaries were out of the reach of the constables, but a quiet tip was given to the other men to lay low. Jnst where these five gentlemen secreted their manly forms during the afternoon is not known, but they were not to be found in their usual haunts during the sojourn of tbe constables. The front doors of their houses were locketl and bolted ' and the window shutters were closed. Even the bouse dogs bad taken an "afternoon off" and there was not the slightest sign of life to be found about any of the five bouses. "When the constables and their military escort bad visited the homes of the seven men and called at all of the public houses in tbe borough, tbey returned to the camp on the mount, and after thanking General Snow den for courtesies extended, boarded the first train for Pittsburg. llowlhe Three Constables Operated. The story of tbe visit of the three con stables is at once interesting and unique. Tbey came the usual way, in other words by rail, and were deposited at the station shortly after 2 in the afternoon. They hired an antiquated hack and were straightway driven to the main-entrance of Camp Black. Once there they paid the driver a silver dollar and told the solemn faced picket that they wanted to see CoL Green very badly. After the usual form alities they wire escorted to the Colonel's tent. They showed their creden tials and gave the dignified Colonel an ink ling of their business. He detailed a couple of soldiers to escort the, men from his tent to the headquarters of the division on School- bouse Hill. When they had climbed the precipitous heights, and had been passed through the double line of sentries, tbey found General Snowden seated in a camp chair, and smokidg a very black and very fragrapt cigar. By the General's side stood Sheriff .McCleary. Constable Price acted as spokes man. "General Snowden," said be, "we have here warrants for the arrests of seven of the locked out men and we respectfully ask yon to serve them and take the men into custody." "Gentlemen," calmly replied the General, as he knocked the ashes from his cigar, "I really can't do that, but I will give yon an armed escort strong enough to protect you in the discharge of your duty. Will that do?" An Armed Escort With Loaded Gant. The constables said that it would and watched the General as he wrote an order on an official blank 'jmd banded the bit of paper to a member ofhis staff. This once done the General, f.irned bis attentionto his cigar and left his visitors to their own device. In exactly ten minutes after the or,der Ijad beeu given, two full companies of the Twelfth Begiment marched to tho . schoolhouse. They were WCrtJ CUUjpiUl - VI II JUIUUJSjJUi V, Captain Sweeny, and Company E. ol Sun- company it, ot Williamsport, burv, Captain Clements. The musket of each private was loaded, and besides he car rie'l 20 rounds" or ammunition. Major Campbell, of General Snowden's staff, was placed in command of this little troop. ""Here, gentlemen," said General Snowden, addressing the three constables, "is your escort" Then at a given word, the 120 soldiers and the three civilians marched down the hill with their faces turned toward the town. Con stable Price walked by the side of Major Campbell, and with the aid of a barefooted native, guided the little parade. First '.hey visited tbe house of Burgess McLuckie on Seventh avenue near Amity street. - They lonnd the chief official out. Hugh U JJon nell's bouse, on Fifth avenue, was next visited.- They found no signs of life about the dainty clad cottage, and with a sigh started to look up the other five men named in the warrants. They met with disappointment at every halt, but beintr soldiers they made no sien of their disgust, and when alter making an informal round ot the publiq houses, they marched back to the camp, they were as gay and light hearted a troop as one would care to meet During the absence of the constable and their escort, General Snowden, as a precautionary measure, had detailed ; the entire Fourth Begiment for provost guard duty and had had Battery B limbered np and placed on Munball road ready for action. In addi tion to this the troops of cavalry were mounted and ready for instant action. But all these precautions proved unnecessary, as the constables and infantry had pro ceeded so quietly through the town that few of the many citizens on the streets realized that anything out of the ordinary was coin? on. The constables, after thank ing the General for what he had done for them, and shaking bands in a prefunctory way with the Sheriff, made their way to the station and boarded the 7 o'olock train for home. " Indignant Over SleLaekle's Arrest. There was no demonstration made by the strikers either on the streets or at the sta tion. Twenty minutes after the train had started on the way to Pittsburg, a telegram to one of the members of the Advisory Com mittee informed the strikers that Burgess McLuckie had surrendered to the Pittsburg police and had been placed in the county jaiL The story spread like wildfire and created a deal more excitement among the townspeo ple than had the visit of the constables. The idea of the Burgess of Homestead borough being locked up in the county jail on a charge of murder fairly dazed Mr. Mc Luckie's townsmen. They really couldn't understand what it all meant, and made no bones in saying so. "It is all" very well for the company if thev see fit to cause the arrest of the leaders ot tbe mill men," said a leading Sixth ave nue merchant last night "But when they lock up such a man as John McLuckie on a silly charge, it is high time something was done." This speech really seemed to be the sentiment of the town. McLuckie is wonderfully popular among his peo ple, and the fact of his arrest has created a profound sensation. At 8 o'clock last night, exactly 40 minutes after the constables had left, the Advisory Committee met in a private room at the headquarters of the Amalgamated Asso ciation on Eighth avenue. The meeting was held behind closed doors and lasted over three hours. It was after 11 o'clock when the patient newspaper men-were in vited to enter. To .Arrest Frick and Associates. "Gentlemen," said the Acting Chairman, "to-morrow morning warrants will be sworn out before a Pittsburg justice for the arrest ot Henry Clay Frick, Sec retary Lovejoy, General Superintend ent John A. Potter, Superintendent C.orey, of the annir 'late Tilll, Tardmaster JDorcy and William and .Robert Pinkerton. The charges against all these men will be premeditated murder, and we have no more to say on this subject until after the war rants have been served." To-day one of the scouts managed to pass the guards and succeeded in making a thor ough inspection of the work. He reported that he found eight men and one stranger in the yards. They were "Jim" Henderson and Mick Batigan, superintendents of de partments, General Manager J. A. Potter, Yardmaster Dorcy, Engineer Charles Cup- pies and Bobert and John Dixon. The "stranger" declined to give his name to the scout, but told him that he was working for J5 per day and his board. A check for 100 from I. Jackson and Bro., Pittsburg, was received. With it a letter complimenting the work of the Advisory Committee. By long odds" the most sensational news given out by the committee, aside from the announcement of the proposed arrest of Mr. Frick and other members and em ployes of tbe Carnegie Com pany, was the announcement that the committee had been informed that three men were coming from the Black Dianfond non-union steel works of Pittsbnrg to run 119-inch plate mill. The names of these three men are given out by the committee as Bobert Bumgardner, bo'ss roller; Bobert Solomon, boss screw-dowu, and Jack Hood, neater. NOT A SURPRISE. Homestead Workers Were Expecting That Arrests Would Be Made, but Not Quite So Soon The Talk of the 'Workmen Concerning Ketaliatorr Flans. Expressions of doubt wero upon tbe faces of tbe workingmen at Homestead last night when informed of the issuance of warrants against seven of their fellow workmen for participation in the conflict of several days ago. Open disbelief was many times ex pressed when tbe information was given them. "It probably is another canard," said one man. "Doubtless this report was started to incite the people of Homestead to take some step that will further complicate matters. I don't believe there is anything in it" "But Burgess McLuckie is now under ar rest, and the others for whom the warrants are out will probably be with him within a few hours," insisted a DisrATCH man. After being assured that there could be no question about the matter the worker talked freely, but positively declined to allow his name being used. That there is some weight to his words from the fact that he has been prominently Identified "With the Homestead Affair since its beginning and therefore has been frequently quoted. His reserve at this time is probably due to a desire to learn what, if any strategic moves will be made by the Carnegie firm. "I think the intention of the company," he continued, "is to deplete the ranks of the influential members of the association with the idea that with them gone the remaining men may be induced to return to work. But if that is their idea it is one of de lusion. The men who arc now out are ust as positive and firm in the stand they have taken when alone as they are when gathered together. We intend to win and have tbe material in our midst to stay it out to the very last As a result we will win and upon that yon may depend." "Do you expect any retaliatory steps will be taken, now that he has made the first move?" "Indeed there will, and that within a very short time. A meeting of the leaders will be held to-night and I would not be at all surprised if some action was decided upon. In other words counter arrests may occur at any time." . A Warrant for A ndrew Carnegie. "Do twu think a warrant will be taken out for Mr. Carnegie?" up "Not at present, but eventually I believe we wilL" "How do you feel towards the arrest of the Burgess and the others?" "I am surprised that it should occur now, but have expected all along that snch a step would be taken. I feel sanguine of the results as I do not think the grand jury will return an indictment against them. The charge of murder will be difficult to prove, and I am not at all worried over the outlook." The sentiments and beliefs of 'the man interviewed were expressed by many others about the village last night No one seems to fear for any serious effects, and those who believe the truth ot the matter are dis posed to accept it quite philosophically. CAN CONVICT 213. The Claim Marie by a Friend or the Car negie Company Three Prominent At torneys Engaged to Prosecute the Cases All May Not Be Arrested. A gentleman who is closely connected with the Carnegie interests gave a DIS PATCH reporter last night the information that the firm had evidence enough in band to convict 213 of the men engaged in the riot at Homestead. "Whether it would be advisable to serve all the warrants at once or only a few of them at a time is a ques tion to be decided in the future," he said. "It is certain, however, that a sufficient number will be prosecuted to make an ex ample for the men, whether it be eight or all of them. The evidence in hand is of a positive nature, for the company is looking well before it leaps and is taking no chances whatever." The firm's regular attorneys,Messrs Knox and Beed, are not conducting the criminal cuu ut mc uhsb m uauu. j-iie iiniueuiaie J -f .u- !- l j fni : ji-a supervision of this part of the affair will be in the hands of Messrs. John 3. Bobb, David F. Patterson and Captain E. Y. Breck. These attorneys are considered to be three ot the brightest and shrewdest criminal attorneys at the bar. D. F. Patterson, when seen at a late hour last night at his home at 219 North avenue, Allegheny, replied in answer to a question: "I know but little about the arrests to be made at Homestead, and have nothing to say about it." "What will be the next move made by the company if Mr. Frick and the other managers are arrested for murder?" "Well, it will be time to decide in regard to that when they are arrested. I have no further opinion to express." Captain Breck, one of the attor neys in the criminal prosecutions against the seven Homestead men for whom warrants have been taken out, was sought last night at his home on South Highland avenue, at his office in the St. Nicholas building and at hotels of promi nence in the city. His whereabouts were undiscoverable, and it was consequently im possible to ascertain from him tbe line to be taken in the prosecutions, or in the defense of the Carnegie officials. Mr. Bobb lives at Emsworth and could not be seen last night. THE LAW J OR IT. Based Upon the Charge of Jadge King, ot Philadelphia, In 1844 Any Person at a Fatal Blot Liable to Indictment for Murder. In view of the serving of. warrants on eight men supposed to have been connected with tbe riots at Homestead, the opinion of a prominent attorney connected with the prosecution who has made a study of the laws of the State may be interesting. The gentleman said: "AH riot laws are based on the point of law found in the charge of Judge King, of-Philadelphia, to the jury in the Catholio riot cases in 1814. The Judge, after citing the facts in the case, said in substance that, everybody who was present dur ing a riot, participating, aiding or abetting it in any way was guilty of feloni ous riot, and should a death be caused by the riot he would be guilty of murder in the first degree. Since this charge was made all riot rulings have followed the law laid down in this charge. In the riot trials of 1877 this charge was cited as authority, and in the present case it applies even more forcibly. In my opinion the men who par ticipated in the riot at Homestead are guilty of the most felonious riot I have ever met with in all my experience. Take for instance tie tearing down of the Sheriff's proclamation and sending away of his deputies right in defiance ot the law. Then they not only assembled but assem bled in cold blood with arms and by ar ranged and precoucerted signals. Then their continued firing at boats long before they arrived and the fusilade they kept up all "day long all go to show how well ar ranged and managed the whole affair was. It is seldom that one comes across an upris ing of this sort which has been nursed from the very start as this was. Yes, the Home stead riots can stand alone in history as an example of well generated riot Riot is hardly the correct word to be used in this case for there was not much riot, taking the meaning of the word, it was rather an organized uprising." WHAT LABOR LEADERS SAY. They Think the Last Move of the Carnegie Company Contemptible The Amalga mated Officials Say Nothing District Master Workman Dempsey Gives Bis Own Opinion. The arrest of Burgess McLuckie, one of the leaders of the Homestead strikers, caused a great deal of talking in the camp of the trades unionist of Pittsburg last night. The Amalgamated Association officials were all seen last night. Each one refused to give an opinion on the arrest of Mc Luckie, but the silence they preserved was eloquent ' The only labor leaders seen who would talk on the arrest was Hugh F. Dempsey, District Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, and Secretary Hochstetter. Mr. Dempsey said: 'This latest and last move of the Carnegie Steel Company is the most contemptible thing I have ever heard ot in the historv ot strikes. The ar rests of the leaders are only being made to get tbem out of the way so that non-union men can be run into the works. This move will accomplish nothing. It is true that some ot those named in the warrants are among the best men the locked-out steel workers of Homestead have, but no one sup poses for a moment that the arresting of these men will leave the strikers without a general. There are others who are just as capable of taking the leadership, and when . the time comes for them to show their hand they will be at the helm. The management of the company will find that it they try to import non-union labor it will not be a week and ungeneraled force that will meet them in Homestead. "As lor the meg being found guilty of the charge - of murder. I think that is absurd. When the facts that tbe testimony cannot help but bring out are known, no jury that can be drawn can but acquit those men." "It was a- childish act," said Secretary Hochtetter, "by the Carnegie Steel Com- pany, to have these men arrested. I con sider it the weakest move the company has made,but I think this is due to the fact that it was the last straw the company had to cling to." O'DONNELL NOT IN G0THAJI. No One About New l'orlc Headquarters Han Seen the Labor Leader. Nr.w York, July 18. Ajprfa'. there were many reports in this city to-day as to the movements of Hugh O'Donnell, leader of the Homestead -locked-out mill men. In the afternoon it was said that he was in this city, but could not be found at any of the labor headquarters, and that he had decided not to be inter viewed if he were. found. As the first place he would have been likely to go to was the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor, the office of Sam Gompers was besieged all day by reporters. Mr. Gompers said he bad no knowledge of O'Donnell being here.' "I have good reasons for believing that he's not on his way here, and will not be here to-night," he said. An official of the Bureau of Im migration said that O'Donnell was expected here to-morrow to look after some contract laborers who were said to be coming over to replace Homestead steel workers. MBS. O'DONHELL'S CONFIDEHCEi She. Declares That Her Husband Has Nothing to Fear. Mrs. O'Donnell, tbe handsome, spirited little wife of the strikers' leader, was privately informed by a friend, during the afternoon, of the report that a warrant for murder had been issued against her hus band. There was just tbe suspicion of a tremor in her voice, as she asked the au thority for the statement, and if there were any details. Upon being convinced that the report bad solid foundation, and being asked as to whether there was any I uciuit aaitcu us iu wuewicr m i i i4 i l j nm : UUllUCUtlUU UCbVVCCll U1U nuiiaub Ullll J .Lruu- nelf s departure, she quickly and resolutely answered: "Iodeed there is not. It neces sary my husband will return to Homestead immediately and stand up to the end. I expect him home to-morrow night or Wednesday, pnrtbermore, he has nothing to fear. If there was anyone who did what he could for peace-sake and to save the lives that day on the river, it was my husband." The intensity of the wife's defense of her husband's uprightness and manliness was almost pathetic, but her brave demeanor under the trying circumstances gave admira tion'the first place over sympathy. She was standing in the parlor of the cheery home of which the strikers' leader is the master, and it was the first intimation she had re ceived ot the new danger staring her in tbe lace. O'Donnell Klpected Home To-D-)y. Early this morning while discussing the absence of Hugh O'Donnell a labor leader said: "O'Donnell is away on a leave of absence from tho Amalgamated As sociation on a mission in behalf of that organization. To show that he has not gone any great distance I need merely say that he is expected back here before evening. He had not the slight est intimation of the contemplated arrests when he went away." AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS. The Accused Men Sjj- They Will Not Sur render Themselves. Shortly after midnight a Dispatch man met Hugh Boss, one of the men wanted by the constables. He said: "Yes, I under stand that there is a warrant out for rov ar rest?1 "What will I do? Well, I shall not hide, neither will I surrender. I will sim ply await developments. I have nothing more to say." Tbe Acting Chairman of the Advisory Committee said last night: "I haye nothing to say about the warrants for our men. As far as I know they will not go up to Pitts burg in the morning to surrender." David Shannon, who, by the way, is a leading man in the councils of the mill men, said: "This news is a complete surprise to me. I really can't give any opinion. We must all look to Pittsburg for the news." Many other men were interviewed, bat they one and all declined to allow their names to be used. They were a unit in declaring that the latest move of the Carnegie Com iany would practically amount to nothing, but cave no valid reason lor so thinking. Last night, for tbe first time since the strike, the electric lamps within the fence of the works were burning brightly. THE MILL DID NOT START. Fnddlers at the Twenty-Ninth Street Mill Did Not Keport for Work Yesterday Morning The Fires Had Been Started and All Was in Readiness. An attempt was made yeiterday to start the puddling furnaces in Carnegie's Twenty ninth street mill. Tbe fires were lighted in hopes that the men would come to work, but, according to the Press Committee of the strikers, not a man reported for duty. Yesterday afternoon the strikers held a meeting. The different committees made their reports. The information given out by a member of the Press Committee was as follows: "Our committee reports were very encouraging. Not a man has gone back to the company's employ. The man agement has had its men out among the strikers and nearly evervone ot them has been asked to come bick to work. Our committees have seen the same men and everyone is as firm to-day as they were when we struck. We have all the financial aid we need, but it does not come from the treasury of the Amalgamated Association. "I think the company will try to use the laborers thev have in Its employ to start the mills. They will do it in this way. A tew skilled workmen will be secured, and then these men will be run in to do the common work. We have had assurance that some of the laborers have been offered these jobs, and just what thev will do we do not know. This move will he easy to cope with." Everything was quiet yesterday abont the mills. None of the men go nearer to the works than Penn avenue. They do not even congregate there to any great extent The laborers and mechanics were working as usual and the watchmen were on duty. At the Twenty-ninth street mill a painter was engaged yesterday painting out tne old sign, "Lower Union Mills." TBE LITTLE BILL AGAIN. Itnmor That It Landed 120 Non-Union Men at Midnight. At midnight an unverified rumor was current at Homestead that the steamer Lit tle Bill, which towed, the Pinkertons into Homestead and precipitated tbe san guinary encounter, had more suc cessfully accomplished another danger-' oils mission. Beport had it that the Little Bill had gone up the river and, under cover of darkness, got 120 non-union men aboard. The statement was that the steamer, under the escort ot a command of militia led by Colonel Hawkins, had landed the non-unionists at tbe works, and that they are now ensconced behind the high fence. The First to Give Aid. Teamsters' Assembly 1577, D. A. 3, K. of L., last night voted 25 to the aid of the Homestead strikers, and is willing to give more if the case require. This is the first assembly in the district to send in fiuancial support GOV PATTISON NOW ON THE WAY He Will Bo in Pittsburg Early This Morning Eearly to Inspect the MILITARY AT HOMESTEAD. Tbe First Brigade at lit. Gretna Soon r f Be Shipped Home. No Ceii b Yet as to the Time the Otheri W Will Remain in thai Field. ell Did Not Call on the Governc. u- Inspection Expected to Last '. lays Preparations at Camp Sal Ov "k to Receive the CornmandaTj "hlef Tho Features of the Day v-." the Banks of the Monongahela. CSPECIAL TELKOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 3 Hareisbueg, July 19. 1 x. at The Governor, his aides de camps and non-commissioned staff left 'for Homestead at 12:25 on a special car. The staff of the Com mander in Chief is as follows: Walter W. Greenland, Adjutant General; Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Krumbbaar, Assistant Adjutant General, Philadelphia; Colonel Chambers McKibbin, Inspector General, Pittsburg; Colonel John 7. Bodgers, Judge Advocate General, Philadelphia; Colonel O. E. McClelland, Quarter master General, Harrisburg; Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Paxson, Assistant Quar termaster Genera, Philadelphia; Colonel Richard S. Edwards, Commissary General, Montgomery county; Lieutenant Colonel George W. Byon, Assistant Commissary General, Pottsville; Colonel Louis W. Bead, Surgeon General, Norristown; Colonel Thomas J. Hudson, Chief of Artillery, Pittsburg; Colonel Herman Osthaus, Gen eral Inspector of Bine Practice, Scranton. Coming With a Complete Betlnne. The aides de camp are: Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia; Lieutenant Colonel Bollin H. Wilbur, Philadelphia; Lieutenant Colonel James Duffy, Marietta; Lieutenant Colonel Wyle T. Wilson, Philadelphia; Lieutenant Colonel A, Harvey Tyson, Beading; Lieu tenant Colonel James West, Susquehanna county; Lieutenant Colonel James R. Hun sicker, Norristown; Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Seely, Berwick, Columbia county; Lien tenant Colonel Savev Bradley, Philadel phia; Lieutenant Colonel W. C. Connelly, Jr., Pittsburg; Lieutenant Colonel John M. Seigfried, Warren. The members of the non commissioned staff are: Sergeant Major John D. Worman, Harrisburg; Quartermaster Sergeant Samuel A. Bell, Clarion; Commissary Sergeant Clement J. Carew, Meadville; Color Ser geant Alexander W. Bergstresser, Harris burg; Chief Musician John Buss, Harris burg. Judge Advocate General Colonel John L Bodgers is the only member of the Gover nor's staff who will not be at Homestead, he having gone to Europe. Apprehends No Farther Trouble. Governor Pattison was asked to-night as to tbe condition of affairs at Homestead. He betrayed no apprehension of any further serious trouble and said all the advices he had received during the day indicated that nuiet prevailed. He intimated that no necessity existed for the presence of the First Brigade at Homestead, and it is re ported on what appears to be good authority to-night, that the organization will be ordered home from Mt Gretna to-morrow, when they will have been in camp the length of time usually allowed brigades when holding their encampments. TJp to to-day the expenses incident to the calling out of the troops are over ?130,000, which amount is about equal to the cost of a division encampment A diligent search was made to-day to find Hugh O'Donnell, who, it was thought, might have sought the Governor to have an interview with him on the subject of the troubles at Homestead. O'Donnell Not In Harrisborg. The Governor was seen several times to day and asked whether the leader of the strikers had been in conference with him. He answered that he had not had a glimpse of O'Donnell, and that the latter had not communicated a word indicating an intention to call on the Governor. Governor Pattison and his staff at a late hour to-night were In formed by Adjutant General Greenland of his receipt of a telegram from Major General Snowden, stating he expected them at Homestead to-morrow to inspect the troops. Four days will be required to get throneh with the Second and Third Brigades, and the Governor will therefore remain with the military at least until Friday evening next He would not give an opinion to night as to when he expeoted the troops to disband, but created the impression in the mind of the correspondent that an early movement home was probable. THE GOVERNOR COMING. He Will Visit Camp Sam Black This JUenw ' log A Hustle to Get the Quarter Beady Some of the Good Begiment of the Guard. All arrangements to receive and entertain Governor Pattison, Commander in Chief of the State militia, at Camp Sam Black were completed last night before the sunset gun' was fired, and if the Governor with his staff arrives to-day, as is expected, he will find ample quarters not luxurious, but roomy, airy and secure enough toshelter the poll ti-' cal'and military dignitaries. The Governor has not yet officially notified Major General ' Snowden of his coming to Camp Sam Black, ' but those who know the Executive best know best bis dislike for ceremony, and General Snowden it, therefore, prepared to hear of the Governor's presence in Home.! stead at any time. The Governor may get into the town unannounced, but there is ' absolutely no possibility of his getting into the encampment without every soldier there knowing of his presence. Promptly upon his arrival at the guard lines a salute will be fired and tbe firing will be kept up until tbe salute to the Com. ft