Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1892 — IN THE COILS. [ARTICLE]

IN THE COILS.

Both Homestead Strikers and Carnegie Qgksiale Indicted ■ by the Grand Jury - Thirty-One of the Werkmea t-hniged With BebelUon Against the Commonwealth —True BUU Again at Frick and other* fer Murder and Conaptracy. The grand jury Tuesday, ratnrned true bills In tbo treason cases against tha Homestead strikers, and also in the murder. conspiracy and aggravated riot caaes against the Carnegie officials and Pinkerton detectives. Chief-justice Parson, of the Supreme Court, ooeapled the bench’ with Judge Kennedy, when the grand jury filed in. There was a large number of spectators present The indictment against the Carnegie officials in the conspiracy cases is a lengthy document, comprising ten type-written pages. Among other things it sets forth concerning H. C. Frick aud the others named, as follows^ “They did unlawfully, falsely and raalciously conspire, combine, confederate, and agree to greater depress, lower, lessen and diminish wages, price and compensation of labor of divers persons employed by the Carnegie Steel Company (limited), then close up the steel manufactory and cease work and operations therein, and thereupon convey and cause to be sent two hundred men and upwards, armed with guns, revolvers, pistole, knives and other deadly weapoM to overawe, intimidate and frighten divers persons in the said township of Mifflin, who were then lately employed by the said Carnegie Steel Company, and to attack and shoot said persons with said deadly weapons. In regard to the fight on the morning of the 6th of July, the bill says: “The defendants did counsel and adylse the shooting.” The hill of aggravated riot cases against the Carnogi* officials differs very little from that in tne conspiracy action, oxeept that it specifies that, in pursuance of the alleged conspiracy, thp alleged unlawful and riotous acts were committed’ The true bill in the treason charges, after reciting the names of the defendants ' sets forth: “The defendants being residents within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and under the protection of the laws of said commonwealth, and owing allegiance and fidelity to the said commonwealth, not weighing or regarding the duty of the said allegianco, but wickedly devising in disturbing the peace of the said common wealth; and to incite Insurrection, rebellion, against the said commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the Ist day of July ( 1893, at the borough of Homestead, In the same county, and In the township of Mifflin, and elsewhere within the com. monwe&ith of Pennsylvania and beyond the borders of said State, unlawfully, feloniously, falsely, maliciously and traitorously compassed, Imagined and intended to raise and levy war, insurrection and rebellion against the said commonwealth; and in order to fulfill and to bring into es feet the said traitorous, compassing imaginings. the defendants, on the sth Of July, 18%), and divers other days and times between the Ist day of July and the sth day of July, at the said borough of Homestead, with other persons, to the said inquest unknown, to the number of one thousand and upwards, armed end arrayed In a warlike manner, that is to say with, guns, revolvers, cannon, swords, knives, clubs, dynamite bombs and other warlike weapons, as well as offensive and doffensive, beingthen and there feloniously, unlawfully and traitorously assembled, and gathered together,did feloniously and traitorously join and assemble together, and then and there did dispose themselves against the said commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and did ordain, prepare and lsvy war against the said commonwealth to the end that its constitution, laws and authority might be and were defied., resisted and subverted by the said defendants, contrary to the duty of allegiance and fidelity of said defendants, to the evil example of all others in like cases offending, contrary to the form of the act of the General Assembly in such caso mode and provided against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. , 77 - The witnesses whose names are given by tho grand jury as having testified before them are Henry Beltzhoover, county detective; Hamuai Cluely, deputy sheriff; E. C. Bishop, telegraph operator at Homestead; Henry Lewis, Robert Herbert, (\ VV. Danclnger, E. C. Christie, newspaper correspondent, and Joseph H. Gray, special deputy sheriff. The grand Jury’s action did not cause much exciiemont among tho public generally. The Carnegie officials declined to be interviewed on the subject of the .charges. It is not known yet what term >f the Criminal Court the eases will bo tsslgnod to. The Domocratic State central commltee of Minnosota Monday withdrew D. K. 3lbbs, A. L. Sa-kett and James Brown rom their electoral ticket and Indorsed In heir respective places WHTUm Mcighen 'atnes Dillon and A. L. Stroinber, the 'eople's Party electors. The managers f the Populist campaign deny that they ,sd a hand in any deal Ther say it Is a •urely voluntary actlou on the part es the Democrats. Mrs. Harrison's condition Is constantly growing worse. There is no Inpe tor her recovery, indeed her death may be expectod at any time.

The first Woman admitted to the bar in America was Arabella Mansfield, of lowa, in 1869. Baroness Burdett-Conts, despite her eighty years, expects to come to the Columbian Exposition at the head of the philanthropic section. The Princesd of Monaco, who has at last prevailed uoon ber husband to close the gambling establi .hmenta in his principality as soon a* the lease expires, is said to have concluded to convert the beautiful Cisino «t Monte Carlo into a ho pitat. In addition to her accomplishment as a horsewoman the Empress Eli aboth of Austria has the reputation of being a skillful pastry cook. Mrs. A. E. W. Robertson, of Musoogee, I. T., has translated the New Testament from the Greek into Muscogee, or the Creek language. She has translated the Old Testament in part, rr;I The wife of Congressman Spring - ar hu sweet, gentle manners and is noted for her habit of Wearing grw- °% * i