Show GENERAL NEWS I 1 A murderer escapes to an I 1 ice house HOLDING OFFICERS AT BAY I 1 and killing some belne himself burned to death chairman homestead report not agreed to washington pa aug 0 murderer heed reed who escaped from auf washington Vas hington jail borne some time since was located here thia this evening by a deputy and the chief of police of N noblestown Nobles bLes town when found reed killed the deputy and fatally wounded t the h e ra of police lice and then set fire to the t 1 e ho house hose se 1 in ri which he lie was and burned himself to death PITTS Burm aug 6 od the oth of june last martin keea aug confined in the washington county jail for the tile murder of alexander chappel escaped ed and was not located until to today day escape he I 1 e was found concealed in the ico lee it houe on se at Nobles noblestown town when discovered by officers mcbride and orr reed refused to sur surrender rende r whereupon do p 0 an attempt was made to force ace the door 0 r of the ice house heed evidently determined ter mined not to be taken alive for he be opened fire on the officers and dangerously wounded orr the policeman called for help a and n d a large number of citizens of the place responded and another attack was made on oil the ice bouse house shot after shot came cattle from heeds revolver and no one dared venture close to the ice house finally constable poyle placed himself himsel fat at the head of a number of others and led the assault against the murderers stronghold the begien besiegers ers were met let with a volley and constable P poyle yle was instantly killed the death of the the officer spread consternation anion among the besiegers but the they rallied and determined I 1 ithe tied to set fire to the tile ice ce house thus forcing heed reed to surrender soon the flames were spreading from front one end of the tile building to the other but reed did not surrender and seeing he had the choice of burning to death surrendering or shooting himself he be chose the latter reeds body was dil discovered covered soon after burned to a with a bullet hole in his head the crime for which he lie was convicted was the murder of alexander Cli appell chappells chappell wife was a most attractive woman and reed falling in love with her planned and executed the crime in order to marry her he ile gave the victim po poisoned is 0 tied whisky to drink arink HOMESTEAD investigation REPORT it is not adopted by tho the committe e but laid over until winter washington aug C G gates oates chairman of f the subcommittee sub committee of the house which hag has been investigating the labor troubles at and the connection of the pinkerton detectives therewith has submitted a report to the committee which was not lot agreed to no member questioned ties ti its correctness but the republican republican member would not assent to what he lie said lu upon U on the tari tariff and the majority of the democratic members ot df the committee abo thought ight it impolitic to make any report until I 1 the entire investigation was completed which could not be done before the second ses don of congress therefore a postponement on e I 1 nall t of the report w was made un ig nex the report pre prepared parea by gates says that the pinkertons Pink ertons who surrendered were brutally and outrageously treated principally by women and boys and ind oates is loth to believe that any of these women are native americans he lie saya lava tile indignities to which they were subjected was a disgrace to civilization oates asks whether the carnegie firm was justified in inequity equity and good conscience in proposing tho tile reduction duct oil of wages 1 I answer he fie says that frick declined to state the cost 0 of r a ton of Bei bessemer semer steel billets and the labor cost the men inen were paid satisfactory wages but the work much abbreviates tho the natural period of life and should be well paid for ho ile thinks the company should have soron soma of the benefits resulting from tile use of improved machinery he e conde condemns turis the mckinley law for a failure to benefit american workmen and says that promises made to operatives have been disappoint tive ve had prick frick stated the bottom fa facts C Is to tho tile committee they would have agreed that the proposition to reduce the w wages was as justifiable but they took issue with him in fit his conclusion that the tariff did not cause a decline in prices oates finds further that the conduct of the company towards its employees was land kind in fit many respects it loaned them money al a low interest to build houses and never foreclosed the mortgages but in the wage hage negotiations the officers did not exercise patience and frick seems to have been to too stem ostern brusque and somewhat autocratic gates oates is persuaded that if frick had app appealed eded to the reason of tho tile employees and till d shown them tho the state of if the companas comp anys affairs the reduction might have been made and no trouble followed the pennsyl pennsylvania nia law contains nothing to prevent ept n frick rick from employing pinkerton men as watchmen at homestead loin estead but says that under the circuit circumstances stances ho lie should not bavo have dono so he ile made overtures to t the ie Pink pinkerton ertons to ns before the negotiation with the men inen were interrupted and did lid not lot appeal to the county or state authorities in fit the first instance for protection oates gates asserts that sheriff I 1 fc cleary cary is is a 7 very ine inefficient flici ent ol officer licer but says that bad I 1 frick g ck aided him and joined in fit his a appeal to the governor instead of employing emp ibi ker tons th estate would have furnished a L sufficient u flici ent force to have protected the pr property 0 gates ates condemns as unlawful the acts of the wor workmen knien in fit turning away the sheriff nays it was lie tile purpose of the amalgamated association to prevent the employment of nonunion non union men and declares that no organization hai the wilmit to dihe by a strong handed banded defiance of tho the law the men had no legal mill right to resist the coining coming of the pin pinkertons Pink ertons and are answerable to the tle pennsyl pennsylvania courts in conclusion gates oates finds that congress hai no power over the questions involved DES DESULTORY WORK IN MILLS odonnell Is in boston on a mission of great importance aug 6 there is no change in te tile situation at the various plants of tile he carnegie company the union mill ig is running in a desultory way heaver beaver falls lias has closed down has about 1300 men nt at work and the mechanics and repair men are at work at duquesne quesne secreta secretary rf IOv lovejoy eJoy says the firm expects to start the tie I 1 duquesne esno mill monday or tuesday with from front M to IW 0 men hdward burke charged by lovejoy with will bt riot and murder was held in it if bail ball thia this afternoon five of the men arrested at duquesne Duques nc yesterday for riot were released on ball this afternoon fred the pinkerton arrested on oil a it counter charge of murder preferred by the amalgamated association was released on oil lit his own recognizance HOMESTEAD aug 0 6 hugh odonnell OP onnell lias has been located at last he ile Is in boston thia this information was given out by ll 11 the advisory committee this evenin evening odon nell said bald one of tile them ni 6 la Is in 11 lidston boston on a mission of great importance P ortance to the locked 4 1 I 1 out men of homestead if he be successful ful tile trouble here will soon be terminated the mis mission fort is also of importance to the tile laboring element all over the country the action of 0 f alio advisory coin cittee in anak making I 1 no known n it ODon nells whereabouts became necessary because the strikers striker 3 w were ere beginning to lose confidence in odonnell feeling that the distrust was w a 11 becoming general and in fit order to reato restore re confidence it was deemed advisable to let te the men know where helas he was |