Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 27, 1909, Image 1

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bluefield evening leader
ESTABLISHED APRIL 8,l!N)<>
BLUEFIELD, VV. VA. MONDAY. AFTERNOON. DEC. -.>7. ISWU
PRICE TWO CENTS
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. HENRY PENNINGTON KILLS SAM
BAKER, FATALLY WOUNDS
WIFE. AND IS LYNCHED
BY MOB.
DAUCHTER OF MRS.BETTY JUSTIS
BODY IS STRUNG TO TREE AND
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
BY POSSE.
According to a report received
bore lute this afternoon a murder
an«l a lynching took place Hirbtmns
morning al Hurley. Va., the scene
of the .IttHtis family murder in Sei*
| 1ember. Late Friday night Henry
Pennington shot and killed Sam
Raker and fatally wounded Baker's
wife, a daughter of Aunt Mettle Jus
tla.
Pennington made his esca|>o after
the shooting some tin*' in the night,
but a trac.o of him was found by
foot prints in the snow, however
and ho was located about ten miles
from Hurley where Tie was arrested
by 'Squire Johnson and several depu
ties.
im .iiiume me pu.izenft nan
'become adoused and organized a
Ikmmw. it was learned by the mob
that tho officers a ad captured Pen
nington and ihey started to meet
the officers. Tho mob met the
party about hive miles from 'Hur
ley, ami with bandana handkerchiefs
over their faces to bide their iden
tity demanded ihui tin* officers turn
the 'prisoner over to them Kvoryonc
Tho leader of the tnob then gave the
outnumbered the officers, who in or
dor to prevent further |b!ood*hed.
turned the prisoner over. The men
had a rope in readiness
The rope was plaood about Pen
nington’s nook and fifteen stalwart
men took hold of it and dragged the
murderer to a huge oak tree. Pen
nington was given time in which to
way his prayers and leave what lit
tle effects he had to his relatives.
The leader of the mob thene gave the
word and the murdered was hoisted
into til** air Shot after shot was
sent into bis wriggling body bv the
men who had taken the law into
their own hands. It is reported that
too officers were witnesses to the
lynching, hut stool in amazement at
th<* procedure, powerless to rescue
their prisoner.
It is claimed the mob after know
ing the murderer was dead, cried
out for the body or Howard Little
how under sentence of death Tor
the murder of Mrs, Just Is and the
Meadows family.
Several members of the mob were
recognized by t.h*. officers, but they ;
w«\-c fhr.tatened wtith violent if
they opened their mouth to anyone.,
Nothing definite could be learned
as to why Pennington killed Baker, 1
but it Is reported that a bad feeling
had existed between th<*m for some
time. (
FATALLY HURT
ON RAILROAD
While riding a freight liain yog-j
mntay noar Welch John Sawu'TK. i
•was knocked from and foil under the
movlnn: wheels On,, log wa« rut ofT
nml hr suffered intrrnnl injuries. Ho j
wan dragged to* v oral mind rod yard* j
JsTore discovered In the train cr«j*
Ho wait picked tip and taken fr
tho Woloh hospital and diod a few I
hours aftcrwnrds.
Tho remain* worn takon through
tho city today going to Ivanhoo1
f whom no ha* relative*.
DEATH OF CHILD.
Tho four month*' old Hilld of Wil
liam Ifodnnan. aiiiNrlnlrndotil of the
Mohawk Coni company, died Satur
day night Th»* uneral wa* held
yesterday.
Mr*. Charles Wade and children I
'left for Coebnrn t hi a morning to
visit relative*.
FIVE KILLED ON
TWO NEGROES SHOT TO DEATH
AT ST. PAUL AND THREE
LOSE LIVES ON THE
RAILROAD.
Locally Christmas passed over with
< ’ t cal a mark's of unr kiml. The gan
, law had its effect, and the usual Hr
lug of arms and tlre-ci ach *rs was
nr>* indulged in u» any et\eut.
I Si vwaI drunks were taken in for
j the uiKht by tnv indiee and were
' given a trial this morning Some
were Minimi loo e, o:h< rs paid their1
| fine and the balance of them were
shoveling snow today on i n chain
1 king.
At St. Paul on Cl.i.iii Vn ( . two
in -tmes hnd a pistol .:i*. Cnr.attntl.
tiflernoon. X!n< shots were lit d by
the iimmi and till too' * tT •< ■ h men
dying instantly.
T:ie shooting ccemed n er ..ic sta
tion Just ns a jKipKeug! r train, was
j*u ling; In and it run. I route <
citentent among the hystaml'rs, every
‘body fleeing for safety. Ilo.h men
had been drinking. Tin lr names
: could not lie learned.
On the Pocahontas division three i
negroes lost their lives ori tit* rail
1 road William tlarri. in was killed
by No. 1 at Rod-r field Ha rlson
w a.s i in ployed on the extra force.
An unknown negro was (ound dead
at Cedar yesterday His Inxly was
mangled beyond description. Still
another negro was found at Land
graff yesterday by a train crew hav
ing met death during the night His
body was gent to Widen for burial.
PRINCE CHUN IS
REGENT AND FATHER OF EM
PEROR IIADLY WOUNDED
BY FORMER EMPLOY
OF HOUSEHOLD
Shanglti, China, l**o. 27.—Prince 1
Chmn, regent ami father of Emperor1
Pu was stabbed and badly wounded
while leaving his carriage at tna
palace today. His assailant was
formerly a rook In the imperial
household.
Extra troo|>« were rushed to all
quarters lo quell the excitement fol
lowing the attack and for a time
legations appeared “o be In danger. \
The officials now have r grip on the
situation, however.
Tan late Mrn William Astor. for
many year* th«* acknowledged lea
de r of New York aocicty. The ap
praiser* report of ihitt lady* estate
ban caused no mild sensation. The
supposed handsome furnishings of
hor hone* have turned out to he
targrlv eheap imitations, and vavor
al of her jewels have been placed
in the aarne category The private
room of this society queen was
more cheaply furnished than many
of the rooms occupied by her visitor*
GIRL STRIKERS
BECOMES MEMBER OF UNION IN
ORDER TO ASSIST THE 40.
000 SHIRT WAIST
MAKERS
TO ACT IS ITS REPRESENTATIVE
FAIR PHILANTHROPIST TURNS
A DEAF EAR TO MANY
TITLED SUITORS
N’t'W York, Dee. 27.—In marked
<onirmw to the daughters e.t many of
An:.‘lien's financial k!nns who have
Ktfoau.W red iht. fortunes of their sire*
to support (ho whim* and extrava
gances of their titled husbands. ih
Miss Annie Morgan, the oi»4y un
ma tried daughter of .1. Fieri suit Mor
gan w.io for years lias been spend
ing her lime and money In inrprov
IiiR tlie condilioiiK of thousands of
poor working girls.
IH I IK1IIM' INI* IM t I| SS< K 1 41 ( • (|
with charity 'works of ovary vtirley,
but her most r» cent step along tiles*
lines and one that clearly illustrates
tip. democratic character of this fair
philanthropist, is her recent enroll
ment in t.ie ranks of the Womans
Trade t'nion League, in New York,
in order to assist the forty thousand
Kiris shirt waist makers, who have
been on strike for the past two
months.
As a member of this organization
sip* will pay the dues of $1 |>or year,
ami will lie entitled to tin* same priv
ileges and protection accorded the
thousands of poor working girls, woo
are compelled to exist on a miser able
pittance. She will thus he In * po
sition to sci ns the girls representa
tive in bringing about a satisfactory
adjustment of their grievances.
Tile magic name of Morgan will
open the doors of many manufar
Hirers private offices which would re
main closed to ihe ordinary worker,
and W'tlJ enable Miss Morgan i<»
more more forcibly present tin* garls'
demands, w.ille her unquestioned
judgment and recognized 'business
ability will Insure tin* confidence of
employers.
In a recent Interview on Hto *ul>
Joct MIhs Morgan »aid:
“Wo can see from the general trade
con Alt Ions how difficult It must be
for these girls to gel. along. Of
course, the. consumer must Ik* pro
tooted, but when you ht'ar of a wo
man who presses forty dozen whirls
for $K, a week, something must ho
very wrong. And fifty two hours a
week seems little enough to ask
“FUmo Hrhmddorrnfin told' mo of
a woman who had worked in a Ik>x
shop In C.iicago for thirty y.urfi
and could not in ten hours a (lav
make enough to live on—she cent hi
only do it by working twelve to
fourteen hours. These conditions
are terrible, and the girls must l»e
helped to organise and to keep tip
t.hejr organisations, and if public
o|tinion Is on their side they will
he able u> do It."
Miss Morgan* effort*, (howeveft.
on lK*half of working women, did
not begin, with her cnllstmeft' In
tho ranks of the girl s.iirf waist
makers. It is only a striking ex
umplo of many charKahle works ex
tent ng over a period of years With
her charity htis not been art hyster
ical IvoMty to In’ taken up ns a pure
lj social duty, and abandoned when
•he exigencies of society demanded
On the contrary. she considers If
a life work.
Surrounded by every luxury since
her birth, she develop'd an Intense
dislike for society and for any os
tentatious display of her enormous
weahn. As soon as her education
had be» n completed, sh<« embark* d
on her phllanthrophic career, and
♦ h.* calm, cool judgment which she
exercised in her work, soon placed
her In the Helen Could class And
like that well-known philanthropist
Miss Morgan Is tin expert business
woman Hhe keeps /ter own looks
and watches closely that all her
distributions are made In the prop
er channels J, Plcrpont Morgan al
ways hs been proud of his dangle
'er. and has taken a keep imer-ps*
(Cortinucd on Page Six.)
l\T
MtSS
LOOKS
SHIRT
ANNE MORGAN DAUGHTER OF PlfeRPONT tyORGAN, AS SHE
WHILE MAKING HER RO UNDS IN OF THE GIRL
WAIST STRIKER8. 1]
SEVENTEEN LOSE
LIVES IN STORM
A Fierce Blizzard and Tidal Waves
Buffet Atlantic Ccast=~Property
Loss Amounts to Millions
Trains Tied Up and Tele=
graph Lines Demoralized
Dyke Breaks in Chelsea
\>w York, [)<•<•. 27.— Tin* work of
' re|rarlng 'ho damage wrought l>y the
1 etorm of the lant two daya wan tak
<•» uj* In half dozen state* ioda\
Million* of dollars damage was done
I by the blizzard and tidal wave that
have buffet ted the Atlantic coast
Seventeen person* are knofn to
he dead in New York alone ami the
H*l "ill mount much higher It i
the worst storm in v<*nra. Thom,
ands of mile* of tailroadH nave l». en
ti'-d up and w ire communication
throughout the affected region erip
, pled
j Olgantle, effort* aro hetrtg put forth |
hy every railroad and telegraph corn
l>any to bring order out. chaos and
condition , are ftiefng tdowflv rcmv
died
'I rain* delayed from two to fvpclvc |
hour*, began arriving In New York 1
early today.
A fourteen foot tidal wave did
nmeh damage in New England and
many lives are report'd lo t Many
MasaaebiiKel la cit|e« Wer,. |„ dirk
neso last nigh
Many of victims of the storm lu re
were wayfarer* trying to get home
Kxlians'ed,'tftqjr fell and died before
found. *'
Damage fo shipping is .iiso se
vere. . -f
Havo< in, Boston.
Iloxton, Mauri., Dee. j»7. Three p. r
onrt dead, Udrfy^rino rci>oriid mlss
iiv. If,* On honiek**;, J» today* sutn
m»r> of Jirvoc wr<n^(h» by the break
ine of fhe dyke In (ftelaea b> the
Mil,, dining y*Ht«#rda.y,» *torm.
Hie |/fp>-rty lwrt 'estimated a*
IJUO.IMIM. //' » ■¥*Jj *
Governor Draper. ttfca ordered out
the Hialft titlffli(t(-.fo a*nl it in caring
for Me- helphw;
Second Tide! Wave.
Bortof! t>o. J7.^-Anotlicr tidal
wav*. Rlrock CheWa this nwirnlng
and 1,'itiO pcifjile, wlio had returned
o t/ieir lH»m* *. word driven ouf by
tile flood, \
The whole of the \Vw Kngland
c^»a-«* Ha*. iinlli-rcil by a tidal wave.
IrnrnenHflf damage wa^ dom at Quincy
many 'e»rtt*/1i<M#»g wtwwbe.t and pier*
wa«hi*d otff.**; 'At Hffletii It,., wafer
main waff forced out of plae«. and the
v water, finely ahu! off
fuller- 'own* report l»k- disaster*
PRESIDENT TO
CANCEL TRIP
Washington. Ik>c. 27 I’r.sJdenf
I aft had to abandon bin trip to
\fw York today ItooaiiW' of 'l* -»i,> of
trains.
T h<' Tains w«to started for \<«w
York at 7. 8 and o'clock inn would
ktv'o no ft 11 arant»•** of K»*r. xr north
of Baltimore 1 fence tha . me. M i
of trip for ImIn>
22 PASSENGERS
WERE INJURED
A ' *
inrii|ifj^ I»« f 21. Tn-' T Of on to
* xi»r^»dR r>ii V hi Cariiidiim I’/u lflc
Hflil oarl, )<avfriR b#»i,. Wodn^t-flfiv
nig}i'^ wa.v '!•*in fhlri y-***v-an
mil*' a-v* of H**v*r*l
fwiflw1* w* r,. oc^rfurnofl. Twenty
|iaKs*ir)(t*'rx i*t~rc ffTtiTP^T. four
riously. Poor r.irk wmp over an
’^TTihiinkm^rt . .ikctio *>nn pa*.
Ik
54,500 LOSS BV
FIRE LOST NIGHT
HE ARNE BUILDING AND HOME
FURNITURE COMPANY ARE
DAMAGED $4000— MRS.
y BEST $r*oo.
Two ftr<> alarms from box Jl lu*|d
•he flr«* departmeat busy last nlrnt
■>!>> «arl> this moniliiK The liist
alarm was turned In lor a lire In iho
Hearne huildlnu on Miami sireei.
m-e opted 1*> Home Furniture <*mn
l»:in\ last nluht at 7 o'clock It or
iKtnnlod In tin* hack of the s< ootid
door from some unknown on use ami
I but frtr the metal ocIIIiirh It U
thought the building would have been
destroyed. The tiro company used
i two Mrntnw «>r water on the Maze
ami wt'w not lour. In putt Inn it out.
Tin* moat damage was done bv
water dripping throng i Horn the
neeotwl floor to tit.* lloor lielow where
•be mom valuable I'urnlimo was
stored.
It Is (suimatetl thai the daning"
do he <by tin* fire was aliotn |iuun
while tin* water eaiised about ${|(Mlo
' damage partially covered by Insur
1 a tree. ^ . ,
At (4 o'clock this morning ail alarm
was turned In from the same box
for a fire on Mcf'iilloeh nventte In
the boils* • Occupied b\ Mrs H’st
, and Owned by I). <; uily. It is
’ claimed tills fire was eunsod by a
<lel«*cllfe Mm Tin* whole poof was
burned off. but Ule furniture in the
bouso wati Rollcn out be foie l lie
bln/,,, hard made any aeadway. The
damage was ubotir $.',uo, eovei >d bv
Insurance.
ARE ENTITLED
TO THE FEES
In ro|»l> to Hu* *t from laiw
fence UpHcotuh. clerk i»r the circuit
c<»iin ni ITuckov county, Attorney
(■oncrul \\ (J T'oiiloy has construed
th«* "county salary net" of the Ji-Kis
j IaM,,v* of too* nml wives an opinion
I Unit the* clerks of the circuit ami
comity courts arc cm tiled t(> ,i net
I coinpciisniioirf tit' $2j0ou when the sal
, ar.\ and feci net that amount and
jilic attorney xeitenil Further holds
j Unit t.ic l.T, |»«*r cent should not he
(h'ducted from the $2,(100.
Mrw. DorolFiv f>o)d< n, of I’HrmiriK
<!«;♦•, I,, i %'ho proved Uj ito l»ur*
J?lur< H li.iy or that *h«- is
, in'-' as joofl a mail aft her liuHlnand
wh< n dan, m \fr j. <p>|.
d«>n <* nvpor-«rll'. ’ook hrr hu*>w»nd'»
its d**^UL> SPv'rifT and Riiorc >s
fully' fought oft fK'o robbon*.
ZELAYA NOW ON
MEXICAN SOIL
THE GUNBOAT GUERRERO AFTER
A RECORD-BREAKING RUN
LANDS HIM AT
SAUNA CRUZ.
WAS NOT EXPECTED UNTILTOOAY
NO EFFORTS WERE MADE BY
UNITED STATES TO BLOCK
THE FLIGHT
Vora C'i'uk, Mexico, 1 27—R*.
I'maldoni Z«*|ftyu of Nlcnritjpm |r 1u
, Mexican territory today. after a
if m.
’I'lic Mexican jpin-tiont (Jilorroro
Intidcd liiin lit Million ('nix last n1i;ht
sii». wim not <>xi>«>oto«l until today.
’I'lio vs arnlii|> anchored outside Him
port whin ahe arrived from rorlnto.
B^at an Amerii an.
Washington, l*»c. 17.—Nowa that
; the non of a jiroiuloont American
cttlxon had been teaitcn aliili Hrroitt*
«*<l at Managua wim mcclvcd uf thw
Sint,. Dopiirttnom in cnUlogrnm from
Viei-Consul Caldera today. Ta«
nnnio of the young man in not giv
en in the iliHiintch.
Files No Protest.
Wauhlngton, I)<*<*. 27.—Nows of the
HlghC of Zolayn from Corlnto wna
recolv.nl in offloiat circles here with
vary I hr omollotiK. White (ho State
Department undoubtedly would have
iL|>|)i*ociatoi| the capture of Zrtlaya
ami his arraignment on tku> charge
of nuirderltiK the two Americans,
i<Jro«! and t'nnnon, thorn is In otncr
quarters u distinct eon no of relief
in the iniKMiiig or thoo N’lcitraguan
i dictator from tho woum*. IIimI this
i government boon determined to
< aland by tho demand* made in tlu*
noto by RooivMnry Knox to Rodri*
yin*'/, charge d'uffnlrofl of tho N'iorim
' «*ian Legation liore, It in ncknowloilg
,' 'I Hint lho escape of Zelaya could
: readily have boon prevented.
'rimt. no offorlK wore made to
blo< k the flight of tho former preal
doni is mo. ptod as fn Indication
1 ,naC Hu* i>ohIiIon originally
i»> the Secretary of State was not
altogether tenable. The right of
asylum under Inttornaflomi! law is
l on., or the toont rigorously regarded
HtIjmiIhfions or auch law, and Projd
doiit Zelnya in demanding auch a
right from tho commander of the
M< xiean gunboat Guerrero, register*
O.l a request that eon Id not well bo
refused In Ihf. I'llIIlire of the Amor
i'an authorities to file any firoteaf,
against the acceptance of Z.Iaya’s
ponton, the Mexiean eoinniander bad
no nlernaflve but to aid aim („
leaving Nicaragua,
CRUSHED SKULL
WITH A ROCK
Charleston. ”7.—\V T Mev
• th, of ('onI flank Dranch of Davit*
c rook, In tho morgue of t.h*»
I’ndortakinK Company. of thit*
r,f-v* nn,f K*1 Mekong, of the nurno
neighborhood j* seeking hi* oqc.ip*
>h rough |,hc hills w|l|i officers In hot
[Mirstilf, ih«. rosnlt of a r minima*
'|tiariv| in the county road n< »r th*
Moyer* home.
I h<* jd.'ioi where tin- murder oe
c"rr,,'l il »tK»uf three rnlsomh
w.-st from thb; city. on Dm Hoifih
Siil,, of iho Kami a ha river, and ne
oonllHf fit the M'af/Tnori' «4 c\«>
WUnoKSf-s. Pickens fnn k Yfev.«r» In
ho head wj;n a Mon«« inflicting a
womni which can <«<| his death a
ho" tlrno later
Ih'fh fnon ar,» aid »«» have 4>o*n
ii Inking Movers had loft hi* homo
and w.i walking down fho oounty
ro . i w hen ho mot IMokona, again**
"hom h.. aid to /lavo had an old
Kludge As iho moil |iHMHod each
mix I Mr ken* i~ said io have made
•'nio (•■mark to Meyers, <at which
Mo.vera turned around and started
toward him, but nq ho caffin IMck
on . picked tip a rock and when with
in Mriklng dis*aiice of each other,
StriK k Yfeyr.r^ on fh#. 'lump)* CHlsh
ng rho ' k ti 11 and making an ur*lr
wound