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Show TOO CLOSE TO MURDER. Gradual Tightening of the Coils Around the Homestead Strike Leaders. Pittsburg, July 28. On the hearing of Sylvester Critchlow, one of the Homestead strikers this morning for release on bail, several witnesses swore they saw Critchlow load and lire a gun at the barges. Judge Magee refused to admit him to bail cn the grounds that his acts were too close to murder in the first degree. His attorneys claim that he was not there., Finslay and Pirnock, the suspected anar- v. : .. ... 1. r,onA -..-.. 1,... - chists who were arrested yesterday were released re-leased today, there beipg no evidence against them. The authorities say the anarchists are thoroughly frightened. Frick continues to improve, ueputy sheriffs are scouring Homestead to arrest men against whom warrants are out. Most of them have disappeared. Three anarchists gained admission to the mill some days ago, but were discovered distributing; dis-tributing; anarchist literature and driven out. The officers are hunting for them, but they have disappeared. Hugh O'Donnell has gone away, his wife says ou private business. |