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leader __ 1 ■ - - - - - — _ KSTAHUSHKD APDII. -.!: , g _BLUKFIELpj \\\ \ A. THURSDAY, AETERNOON DEC. ::<» 1909 . k ,,.s, * 1 1 -—. * • * lA I’i I \\ () ( I\N I £> GREAT NORTHERN SWITCHMEN HAVE RETURNED TO DUTY AND NORTHERN PACIFIC TO FOLLOW. RETURN OF NORMAL CONDITIONS MINES AND SMELTERS AROUND BUTTE WILL SOON RESUME OPERATIONS Putte. Mont. Dec. 30—The railroad strike situation shows further im provement today. The nreat North ern switchmen are on duty, follow inn the adjustment of their demands yenterdav, and the Northern Paeifle s witch men announced that taey would return to work today. With the return to normal condi tions by the roads, work in the mines and smelters whioh has been re st rictexl since coal chortaRe, 'soon to he rff-nmed at full speed it is said THE RESIGNATION STORY IS UNTRUE PRESIDENT WINDER OF CLINCH FIELD COAL CORPORATION AT DANTE SAYS EVERY THING IS SMOOTH. J. H. Winder of Philadelphia presi dent of the Clinchfield Coal Corpora lion who was in the city today stat ed to a representative of tho Lea der thart tho rej>ort that he and Superintendent J. T Roan had • re signed was absolutely without foun dation as everything has been and is running smoothly at Dante. Tho report had it tha* the stoek holders held a meeting in New York sometime ago and appointed If. \r Waite as vice president of the con cern thinking that the management under Mr. Winder was expending too much money with comparative small returns and with Mr. Waite on the ground they might be aide expenditure of fund., for malnten inen and equipment. Tho appoint ment of Mr Waite at t'no time look ed to the other officials as an Jujus tice, according to the report. It was thought that Mr. Roan, or W T. Tyler chi -f engineer of the corporation should have btvn placed in the vice presidency of the com pany. This disatisfadioii it was claimed caused Mr. Winder and Mi. Roan to send in their resignations fcorne time ago. The ‘■•tookh^lder* refused to consider Lie resignations, ns it Is understood the services of tiie tfo men are invaluable to th« progresslvoneso' the corporation. WRIT OP [0000 HIS SOLE HOPE LOOKS LIKE VO CHANCE FOR ICE KING MORSE TO ESCAPE FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE PENTENTIARY. New York, Dee 'JQ T li<» sole hope for li-berty is pinmd on an ap peal for a writ of error that will uudorbtcdly be denied (’barb*; W. Morse, former ir - king, banker and steamship magnate. Korly today Moth.- was In a state of collapse in his cell nf fhi- ‘tomb Kofowing the decision of .lad.;.' Hough in circuit court denying .Mors*, a iv w trial, fh« prisoner b<> came ivrv.ii ?*> the poltvf of break ing down, ah night, long he paced the cell, rousing the prison physt cian w pom he vvant»*d to .idminlstet an opiate The struggle to get a writ of er ror seems fo doomed. legal pre cedent is all a gains1 Morse and I* appears there is no »*scape from serving a fifteen yearn Sentence DIRTY- TINGS IT j CH1I STON JAIL; DISGRACEFUL REV LATIONS ARE , MADE BY WITNESSES IN IN VESTIGATION WHICH IS NOW GOING ON. Charleston, llec P»o. -Still another woman, n I'nitcd States government prisoner, wao was confined in tin* | county jail, was forced to yield to ; tin* wishes of inmates, of tin* prlson 1 <*r who had keys to her cell, accord ing to the testimony of a witness 1 w ho was examined b> the jail investi J gating committee derdnv This] witness was L. \ Xei-o.i, a painter ! who during the las part of *March ami th«> first of Aptil wa turployad I to do some work in the jail, lie tes tified tnat he saw two of the male prisoners ••liter the nil of this f** ina!»» prisoner and force her :<> sule mit to their d«sires. II- stated that 'he door was partly open and that ; ho saw one prisoner hold the woman 1 while the other outraged her. Iif' also testified that t 10 woman after ward told him that the men in the jail had nearly killed her. At 'the opening of tin* meeting of the rjouimlttee yesterday. Attorney W. (i. Barnhart requested tip* com mitteo to reeomtmmd the temporary suspension of Jailer Riley. Me gav< : as Vtis reasons, that a number o( witnesses yet to be ealed. are in 1 mates of the prison, who have part ; of their terms vet to serve, and who! j could hardly he expected to testify fully before tin* committee when it ' would he necessary for them t«. re ( torn to and compute I heir terms under the Jailer against whom it | might he necessary to Rive evidence i of damaging eharcter. The committee declined to art or make a suggestion of <this kind. j Some other evidence which seem- j led to show the extent of tin* liber-' i ties which Jailer Itlley allowed some of the prisoners, w f sthal of two girls of the Red Light district, one j of whom testified that on,, prisoner . allowad-to leave the jail and, ' come crtt to visit aer, and thta on! another occasion they had sw*n hn. , a: another house. !'#•-* t« ? t i£7--« | thart the first time Ibis man had conn* to the hons**. the jailer hrough’ j him. Sin* said that in* told her lie cratvlyd out tlirotigh a window at j the jail. Other testimony, corroborative of the former evidence in ergard to' drinking and gambling in fin* jail was heard by flu* committee daf<* on the 10th. day of March, limit M'Ivin W. Sheppard. tin* world's! midlh* U. tniK-e champion runner. I w ho waa anonunccd that hr* win n**v; , ore tn<4r(# rac in f’hiladHjIhia. ] H.icppafd la Indignant over his hua | pension by Ae Military Athelotk Lcagud of tha Quaker city The rea son ghen »>g the V A. t,. for it*-, j action was that Sheppard had tried »o persuade \V. .1 Kayes, another i runner t., quit Phlladrlphla and loin j Me* Ta«*nfy-fle<?ond Regiment of s< •» I™ ; - - ^ m t John (i Cloanon on tin* left and his purtu-V- in tl^- deffrl (Jiolm hoii fignt enterprise Tex IUehard. Although ttjofh are pulling at the Haine end <rt thi rope they are nevertheless cvnrf antis disputin': . ueh oilier a.; to Where tlio lug battle will come off. The recent utterances o. Covernor Fry of Ftftii makes it rather plain 1 hat the bout cannot Ik* held iu tli-• Mormon state. (Shawm has *uid all along that Kickurd might a« well stop the 11 till*, t.illc and it appear* now that (Ucaacm knew better what he \va talking about that his partner. EXTRADITED IN THE SNUB CASE ——— MOTHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW ARE TAKEN TO NEW YORK AND PLACED IN JAIL. Now York. l)oo. HO Mrs Mur) i Snead and Mrs. Carolina It Martin,! njotiw-r-in-iaw and mothor of Mrs. Ocoy Hnoad, ih,. bath tub myntory victim, wore ejctraditori today and taken to N**w York. Thoy w*t« j placod in liasi x county jail, wln-ro tlnir Minor, Mi .r Virginia Wardlawi i« boiiiK hold. Tin* extradition pa-1 P'-rs w«r<' nitniod yesterday TO ATTEND HIS NIECE’S WEDDING Washington, I >•*<■ r»t President Taft, accompanied hy his daughter Mbs Helen and Mato* r Robert. left ere at 8 o’clock thi- morning for New York to attend tip- wedding of is niece. Mi. Lon Tift, * <i II. Snowden <>i 8eat11 TO RENEW FIGHT ON UNCLE JOE Washington, I»<e :n The report of th<- retirement of Hpoa < r Can iion hu; again In n revived 'with more or h*KK elaborate di'ail. The .it«»t report is that he would not r ir from <"ongr<-- hilt that he is serving Ids last t<rin as Speaker, having made a record for rout im otis service eipial i(> t|pit of Speaker] stevennon. of Virginia, Who was eonor* d wi’li four rlortjoie to the office Ity MUC|) III A11IIOUUCi*|IH |)| |M would, it i- i ! lined, destroy tie is mho of Cannon ni fn 'In congri «■ ionnl »led ion* rex* fall, and a ;h« same time leave |.c field open to aaplrants without rr«-at 1 n j nitty jealounh * It Ik conceded l»y the dp< nker> anomie* that lie can • irry bis dis trict. hy a safe tPtlJorit hr* vefj hi* friends say bis re-* lection a* Speaker would he doubtful Fnr'h ermore. th< «|s»n; point *. i*, ih’* Democratic ff. nice THIRD KILLING ' CHINESE ACTOR SHOT TO DEATH AND MANY FLEE IN FEAR OF GENERAL HOSTILITIES •V w York. Dec. .fn - 'pf, . .),j, | kill ing in the revival of Tong War »•«« recontact todaj.. Marly l a . doom ing an actor in a Chinese theatre wiih shot to death by Hatche t :<«• n who had wafted In ambush on In* third floor of his residence f tinned lately aft.-p i|lr shooting ?, police detail in China town was Htretigtfhcned Many of i|».- better known Colne? reinalnwl in hiding, awl a n wnher are re)M>rt< d to have fh d from fh#* (philter mi f n of a general ho4tJlit(eA. REPORT SHOWS LARGE INCREASE Washington. f>-<\ ;wi. riic de*ajia of iituport# and *'X|w>rU? during *lv mouth or Novemlwr £jrl tin* « 1 vrn months utirJiiiK with Kovcir.i> r. pi t completed h> flio Jlur* »u \tj r<i e < ties or th • l>*partimnt oi (Vmunurr - and Labor. show a largo , n fro mo tn im |i*>;1'at ion , of oian-urvt upth’ materials, «hlh* manufa'iiM-., ready for UHP aid foodstuff,» . show total* tip. clown III Of 11 li h i ndillK with Nov' ItiIst. P'xjKjrts , i ovv i hMHiL doornaac in tiio vAlue f>f food s'uff' *■' ip o-■ ? of t.p* ' ii an in ere a ho in the valui* of n>d* ma terials for in ,. In luanufu^ Miring, and a niarkd gniipin both naiiofa Mir. h for further me in .n innfa* tilting and manufarfur< r*«tdv for oon»tirnp»U»n. Tru- value of manu factures r* .ul\ for use . p.,r . d t, November mi . forty milhOn •» ir: ag*iti«f thirty-one million n Novem ber of la t yea atuj for th > eleven rnonih ending vn !t|j Nm«n»l> i2l million dollar*, against IH» million In the corresponding morrt.-i of la vear. Of manufactures for urihor 'me in niandacfiiring th* ex,.or* of fhe month NN*-r» fg»nfy on* and a half million dollars, against xtoon million Ir th - *iwh<* mor h ,f la*t year; and for the ,.|< v* n month* ending with N'o-wmbn .2f» nil lion. igalnr‘ 211 1-2 million 1 M- urm mont hs ,»f la vt-ar I ! GIRLS Will THEIR STRIKE HAVE GONE HUNGRY AND FACED PRISON IN THE STRUGGLE 1 TO COME OUT V|C . t TORIOUS. f WALKING DELEGATES EXCLUDED MANUFACTURERS TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION, ALL IT\)T THE EMPLOYERS OF 700O _ / Nvw N ork, iH-y. :U* /Xmiomu'i im nl was mado today that. liv tomorrow Urn atrikr ol Ki.OOU Kiri shirtwaist maker*. will ho over and the Kills Vila have gone himgi\ and tacoil. prison rolls. will l»,* vie orioim. Seven thousand girls nro sjtill nn*l. tho employ ova «»f tho others having oapitnlati*d. A lalmr organ Ikoi* said loila.N l'-»at the maiiut’ar! m «i ■ wore wll'ilng • to roeogimizo Kitin' onion, hilt not walking del.-Rato* Tho Kills m r | willing to oKolndi doiloKatos ACTION WAS A • TEST OF LAW ) ***** Huntington, Dec. .50. Killing mat h*> had no jurisdiction Judge K. S Doolittle of the circuit court din morning dismissed the suit of tie Weir Virginia National Haul,, and certain stockholders therein, wlie i prayed that certain relief n,. grant ed in 'tin. nintter'of ia\ ai ssmonts on bank * Locks. The question at nv sue was the constitutionality of i|m* statute which provides for the as sessment of stock at its actual value I without dedtfeling therefrom tile pi 1 Honal indebtodnesn df the owner The action wa»: In reality a test <>1 the law', the West. Virginia National Manic having been selected 1o fight • ' through the courts The first, step was a Milt instituted which soug.it to comj>e| |t <: Dunkle, assessor of (’aboil conti|v, >r, deduct the personal Indebted ncj# of Hie sliarehohb 1 from the vjtlue of their stock. Ini’ this w*:i lit)It • <1 without adjudi eatiotj ,yvLiCn ft wag shown that. Dnn kb- was no longer an ofllc.- holder Then Vinson & Thompson ntor neys for t.j,. bank and tin* stock holders, apeared before the county court and formally asked that tho| petitlonerK be allowed to dedw" front the accessed value of th<*ii stock the atiioimt of tfi.-fr personal l indebtedness. The |»etition whs 10 fused. In some manner the petition e«Ts failed to conform In this ac tion <0 Hie requirements of tliej statutes, and in, consequence, it wu' found necessary to make applha tion tu ip., county court the Kivoirl 'luu* Tie- court made n ruliirg im ilar to Mint rendered at (lr.d WEST VIRGINIANS TO OPERATE IN CUBA. < iirtrleston. ir,o For up pnit - <• Of mark' llnr me unarm l*<p!. inincral i ami timber, or CalnpnMt l‘Ie of rloir, Itul.a, th.. Calapi'c.i Development^ Company, with I a<l 1'|U. irter.s in * Was hington. I) C, v.., chart ere, J /[ r< today with a eaplfnl ' I'U t,V rho laroriKiratio: arr Pea I'Aul Hfo•■tcijp .1 f Hudson.; Paul II. (irot.nciip Pit-hnr Hii;>;!i, iKitham, and Charles M. gaund-r . of, Cliarlef-Uui ft Is sfi 1 f it ft f loll,) I, i Slee|„ and Jam rot flrowno, o' W.i i, I nglon are lieaVily 1 *. ,t. ,j In f.i< | < oncoriied LAWYERS WI L (• HAVf. rtlf. E f EO The Mere**, i ,<! ,VI« ftov»c|| P,ar ,\ nor !atioa wi|i bid ■•],..|r annual I,an «l<*‘ * " 1 Q K< * A J Anton Hotel tomorrow tif**M. 'i»>glnnln« at nine I j o'clock. 1 , wpjtouf ruiying that la wye | * k iow to have ,, ^0.0,1 j little ** !Kii fh<*/ f»L ‘ogether a* a I 'riqtp't f> t: frfitch of fiii, 4. | ha*. Ueefi defected f,M toar.tmaster P< pOllMfU. will l.e 111.el < • I, Judge I VI Sand ik, J. \f McHra’Ii.1 i Judge r C llemdon J s Kahle. i ' If 11*'ll rv and oih»»f* THINGS FROZEN UP GENEfiJLLT MERCURY FLIRTS WITH ZERO. AND THE PLUMBER MAKES HAY IN THE DEAD OF WINTER __ i I ho division office registered .K zero tliiu morning wnil«> tlioremonietoi s ^ abou town ranged from four to i\ below zero. The I'lumb *rs were kept on Ho* bustlo all <Jn> tliawtng and ropair [ I Rtf Vf.ltor pipes Tile coal dealers an* Uus> liauliiiK eon I, and the rail road tni**ii are cxpcrenctng great dif llenltv in getting trains over t lie road IMo rulin' i an1 greath handicapped , in liKuting |eoal also T lo enipl v <ar "VI11 no roll under the tipple and if request has been made to the olhelfiis of l Ip. i ailroad compain to Itir'.Hsh engines at the mines to place ears for loading. Trains Frozen Up. Paused g< r train No. is that lays I over at tlary all night was frozen up this morning when Hie train crew rojiorted for dut,y. Ii look about tlirei> hours to tdiaw out (In* steajii pi|M*S N'<». I arrived in Hu* <*it \ ahead of No is making all He* local slops. TO OPEN UP NEW COAL OPERATION NEW RIVER POCAHONTAS CON SOLIDATED WILL OPERATE MINE AT THE MOUTH Or WAR CREEK Arioroinu to a rc|>ort received I .lei-.- today Hie New Uiver I’oculioii la. ('oiisolldaleil ('oal Company, will open up a new operation at tlu* I mouth of War (’reek about four milt s from IterwtiuJ. Tlte coal at the new opetailon has been all ills zed and fouml f«> he Iden tio'il with the No I I'oca lion t a vein Work will he commenced .1 non u •he weather permits STRENGTH IN MAY WHEAT Chicago, Dee ::•» Wav wheal show "I foil: Id ora hie Strength with sales * A* •*-1 Investors and sliiorl "' i" tin* leading hay i t. Corn v.a R'llet hill stronger, oat ; • i<| < ;i,mI provisions firmer opening wheat December I is t, oats, July, t:; ■ • s, eorn. Was O'. 7,-k pork. Jan. 21 t'.d* Cotton Steady. New Vork, Dec 20 At the otilset the cotton mnrkef was steady and Olih Oil'* l/l feu point higliei dll • to : he lcaw .elllng whieli remtlfed from strong cabb \|| poHlIlon • stabllshefl mv high 11-curd Afte( the call there was a slight reaction, but at to 'ft there wa no sign of 's * akm ■, Opening I h <■ mher of •d 1e.7s; Jantiat s I.. 7ft, February. I-. f*2: March |t; tn \|;n c, :;o. ful'- JCL’d. TRAINS TOO LONG IT IS CLAIMED H wn I- toda> Inn a i oin mil • of rnlhoad nail fmin »hn »lif- I i *dy ■ on fin- Virginian will lik-ly o.nfM with Ho official,, of I that In tin- n-a; fnUjp r< lalivo 'ii t.n* ' fiorinOli! i iimiiii' of tonnftRi beiiit' lintifcrl on tha • fom I and nn offmf will nukd< o briny , 'Ii* onna dim a to a small r > i T* . ■ <’laMin'd ! lie M ain , n y !i inn bulb'd «>n t|ni railroad a . on I Ion;- aro I'rmr donl- ■ m miiti.i j fho train-. Hauled bv fin < <V O Old f* 4 ' A O b !:. unde'-stond tb i , a. 1 i un on Mi* Virginian ,ia\ I Mi J _\, \ H'jk |o ||i JAIL EMPTY TOR F l MST TIME IN YEARS] Kor tin- fit f Uni. iu\ yam. inn Tho be • of ’h" .>n itimed no, rrl • au«l i > in IN THE GRIP OP TERRIFIC ^ THE ENTIRE EASTERN HALF OF COUNTRY 13 SUFFERING THE SEVEREST WINTER WEATH ER IN MANY YE AHS MANY PERSONS ARE OVERCOME THE CHARITABLE AND MUNICI PAL LODGING HOUSES IN NEW YORK mRE FULL N«'\\ York Dec HO.—Tin* om lie Ka I mill South are iu the arip of a Icrrlllc cold \va\c. At s o'clock hero this moriiitiK tin* temperature had dropped to s below and was till sinking Suft'erlijK is intense and ni.itiv per sons lia\,. been ovoiVotno Tito charitable and municipal lodyitu; In.uses an* lull (.’itlos in all tite eaKlorn half of t ho country ri*pm 1 the coIiIohI weal It of of the winter, and son.t thorn the coldest in \ears At WmdilnKton S d OK fees helow was reported. Ail* i it .la, i I.i reportI - a bo\ e. Rich - mend M> \tianti I’J. Ohle.nii re ports zero. ONE OR OTHER MUST RETIRE ' Washington, I tee. :tn When Cong , »v*k reconvi nes next week a sp<rial Joint commission to investigate the lta) linger-I'lnchot controversy will he appointed it will ho the nrat linn* in hlsloi\ Congress has (laced a Cabinet officer on trial at his own i * I «••••' f < > n Tuesday or Wednesday i!" mint resolution providing for t'.e it) Ve; t Igllt loll will le- J. |ese||ted ! l'.v tin* Senate committee on pnldic ' I oids .1. d tin house committee on rules It |s *'Xpe dec) |t will |.e adopted with IIHIc opposition. Senator Knnte Nelson. of Iowa. ( h'llrtnan of t.ie coniinltte - on piiii he lands, will likelv he ('liairnian •n Hi1' investigating coninic.Kion. ■ So •t'1 '• f It'iM In conn the di em ion In Pi Idt tffle if <> emharra ing to tin, Xdmine 'ra > en, ilia' it is generally pi dieted 1 It her Its lllnger 01 i'inehof nnrf. I'live tin1 t iovernnient K*^yjce ;n >!.*• result of the rongn-af onal In • PI i t T r h ail i* Who It.i lieen in St. • ho,»pit:11 for mu,• time I im proving. tun I . tU i • 1 if v nf t !i<> 'Il'H’ \ " 1 ' I Vi in • ' i In • ill •*tl ■ ' ••«■»)' I i*l| |«l- «|i <• roll - r* *:«r\- rfillliViifi ln*lif*Vi>* Mu' < nil M ic'ion of tlii- niflfn •' '•* ' ■! ot |«m • i,. It. • lint' of Mi' H« ,\ r.ir T.h* |>l in j. o i roi-r