The Fairmont West Virginian., July 26, 1904, Image 1

About The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914

Image provided by: West Virginia University

                
he Jmrmottt fUcet Ptrflimmu
T ' FAIBMONT, WKST VIRGINIA, TITEST)AY7 JUIA* 26. IOOT
CHAIRMAN
SHEEHAN AND BELMONT WILL
BE THE MAIN STAY OF THE
"GENTLEMAN FROM
INDIANA," 'TIS
SAID.
NEW YORK, July 25.?2:30 P. M.?
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, was elected
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee.
Urey Woodson, of Kentucky, was
elected secretary.
John. I. Martin, of St. Louis, was
elected sergeant-at-arms.
NEW. YORK, July 2C.?The Democratic
National committee met at the
Hoffmat House in this city to-day for
the purpose of selecting a chairman
and perfecting its organization for the
coming campaign. The best opinion
this morning was that Thomas Tag
gart, ol Indiana, would be made
cnairman of the executive committee.
It was also said that August Belmont
would be made treasurer and Urey 1
Woodson, of Kentucky, secretary. 1
> - Prior to the session the members 1
of the committee gathered in the cor- ?
xidors of the hotel and discussed the ^
-chances of the Democracy of electing 5
its candidates and for the first time '
in eight years there was an air of quiet ?
-confidence that was decidedly pleas- c
Ing to the old-time party men. The T
-discordant elements which have been c
prominent at similar gatherings in the
past were conspicuous bj- their ah- s
sence and men, who have been rabid
silver advocates at previous meetings a
were to-day apparently content to f
keep their views in the back ground 1
and turn to with the eastern commit- 1
teemen in the endeavor to bring to r
the front what are now regarded as '
the vital issues of 1904. e
As one of the southern members of f,
the committee aptly put it: "We ^
have decided that the time for the
lion to lie down with the lamb has
come and our own personal views are. ^
to be sacrificed to secure party unity."
vnt. r~ ? -t: ^ 1- ,t +?. +V. ^ 1
. iiiis itstJiius was nut tuuuucu iu -cxio-r
delegation from any one particular
section of the country, bnt seemed to
be unanimous. Even the men who
openly opposed the nomination of
Judge Parker on the floor of St. Louis
convention " were now discussing
with the party leaders the best
means to swing the doubtful States
into the Democratic column. "
As a love feast to-day's gathering
was a success, and the Democratic ^
campaign can be said to have been
started with a swing that has not been .
equalled since the first Cleveland ^
campaign.
A remarkable. feature of to-day's
gathering was the presence of many ^
of the old-time "wheelhorses" of the
party who have not been prominent in
Tecent campaigns. This was especially
so of the gathering from the
States south of the Mason and Dixon ^
line where the leaders have been ^
content to roll up their usual majority
and leave the actual work of the campaign
to the western men who have .
been in control. Things are somewhat
. changed this year, however, and the .
result is seen in the presence of lead- ir
-crs whose counsel can be depended on.
The personality of Judge Parker '
was a fruitful theme of conversation |
among the committeemen and their
friends, and great interest is taken ni
in the trip which will he made to Eso- J
pas to-morrow^, to meet the candidate. )(
Less than a dozen of the committee ai
liave ever met the Judge, and all are
- v. tr
anxious to shake hands with the man ^ (
who was powerful enough to defy his
friends and swing a national convention
to his way of thinking.
Among the leaders who put in an
early appearance to-day was John P. ^
Hopkins, of Illinois; James M. Griggs,
of Georgia; H. D. Clayton, of Alabama;
T. E. Ryan, of Wisconsin; O. J. Taylor
Ellison, of Virginia; Senator Daniel,
of Virginia; John W. Kern, of In- P
diana, and William F. Sheehan, who a
represents Judge Parker. They discussed
conditions generally and ap- 1(
peared pleased with the prospect.
They were followed later by other aI
members of the committee and long ec
before noon the corridors of the hotel 111
were so crowded that locomotion was
decidedly difficult. ss
Committeeman Ryan, of Wisconsin, u
was the center of an animated group. al
He declared .that despite the claims of ln
the Republican leaders the Badger to
State will this year roll up a plurality St
" for the Democratic ticket. ' \ < CI
" CI
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Nichols went to ^
. ML Lake Park last evening. ^
packing
house
whistle:
BROUGHT FEW MEN TO WORI
THIS MORNING?OVER TWENTY
THOUSAND NOW ON
STRIKE.
THE JOINT PEACE CONFERENCt
ENDED IN A DEADLOCK?INDEPENDENT
PACKERS IN
TROUBLE.
CHICAGO, July 26.?The packers
at 11:30 this morning, issued a state
^ + U A ^ + +1-1-.4- ! I npnntia
tions with the striking butchers ari
closed and will not bp reopened.
CHICAGO, July 26.?Following th<
announcement of the packers that ne
gotiations with the strikers would no
be reopened, the butchers abandonee
their peaceful methods and have re
sorted to picketing. Practically speak
ing this means "war."
CHICAGO , July 20.?When the
packing houses whistles blew this
norning they called less than 5.00C
nen to work. There are now on
strike 27.G80 men, about 20,000 oi
vhom are butchers and the balance
sympathetic strikers in every possi>le
trade. Only the teamsters remain
it work and George Golden, president
>f their local, wired C. P. Shea, Naional
jwesident at Indianapolis, tolay:
"Cannot hold teamsters at work
:4 hours longer. If you do not order
trike they will go out anyhow."
As a matter of fact the most of them
.re out already. The joint peace coherence
ended at 10x o'clock last night
n a deadlock. The union men offered
he proposition that all union men he
einstated within 35 days and that
he packers have their superintendnts
at the plants at 6:30 A. M., to
ee that there was no discrimination.
If - the batchers- agree to that, we
rill," said Louis F. Swift, for the
ackers.
Donnelly was sent for and he calld
the leaders together. They rejectd
the idea and declared for reinstatelent
in 4S hours or nothing.
The Independent Packers.
Independent packers not affected
ius far and upon whom Chicago deended
for its fresh meat, are face to
ice with a serious situation. The
nion teamsters have notified them
rat they will not haul from the stock
ards to the plants any cattle, hogs
r sheep handled by non-union cattle
andlers. As the union cattle liandirs
are out and will not touch the
rriving live stock, it looks as if the
idependents would be tied up too.
nion switchmen are meeting to-day
ad they too may go out. They asired
the butchers yesterday that
ley would refuse to handle the nonnion
product of the plant or cars
mtaining it. Donnelly says he does
at wish to involve the switchmen
ad he even ordered the teamsters
irough Golden to handle live stock
ir the :ndependent packers. But the
.vitcnmen ana teamsters ail.' at.ai'1 anecl
to stand by their brother unionts.
Strike breakers are being carried
ito the yards every few hours.
Train loads of negroes from the
buth are being unloaded from minis
Centra] cars, day and night. The
en are hurriedly gathered and
arched under police protection from
le train to the plants. Sheds have
ion constructed for them and they
e fed on the grounds. The strikers
ither near and when possble start
ouble, despite the pleas of their
Ticers for order.
Afraid of Fire.
The police seem to fear an attempt
burn the yards. Two special fire
ations have been established and the
e force has been trebled. In addion
to the police details of firemen
itrol the yards day and night.
Four girls employed in the sausage
ant. at Armour's were set upon by
crowd of other girls at Halstcd and
oot streets as they left the packing
nise last, night.
The working girls fought with feet
id hands. They scratched and kick1
and tore the clothing of the nonlion
girls. The latter were rescued
r the police. Several men were aslUlted
too, and one named Muldoon
as severely injured by kicks in the
idomeu. The regular daily increase
the price of meat was announced
-day. The wholesale prices are:
raight beef, yesterday 9%c
loice loins ..... ,20c
loice ribs lCc
edium grade ribs 13c
(Continued on Gth page.)
THE SPECIl
BEGAN
1 ~
| The West Virgloi
<f to Governor
We G ive S
Pag^
CHARLESTON, July 2G.?ttthile th
scenes are not scJ exciting as whe
tlie weather is cooler, nevertheles
the law makers show signs ol' meat
iug business here. While there is
>?
disposition to do tlie work as soon a
possible, the session may last fo
a some time. The Democrats may tr
to cause delay, thinking thereby t
create friction.
5 - To-Day's Session.
To-uay's session was brief and pro!:
t ably will be followed by a conferenc
1 of Republican members. This coni'ei
- ence will in tim^ be succeeded in al
probability by a -caucus, so that tin
measures as adopted by the T,egisla
tare will be the results of caucu
' measures. It is the unanimous wisl
' of all interested that the work be con
1 summated at as early a date as possi
ble, and one week or ten days sliouU
' bring the session to a close. The Leg
islature lias 11C members, whose pel
diem is $4.
Their total compensation approxi
mates $500 per day, with half tha
amount fox- clerks, pages, printing, etc
The daily cost of the session hardlj
exceeds $750. The mileage of all the
^ ^^T^^EM0Cl
Mm '^?rjM!^=M
RUSH OF BUS!
THE B.
The untimely death of Mr. MeJsaacs,
yesterday at the B. and O. depot.
makes a few facis in connection
| with the business clone there of more
than usual interest. Few people realize
the number of persons handled
in a short space of time near the noon
hour. The rush begins with the coming
of 72 from Wheeling at 10:53; at
12:10 No. 1 arrives over the M. R. division;
at 1 o'clock No. 50 from Pittsburg;
at 1:3G No. 71, from the East;
at 1:4S, No. 4G, from the West. All
of these trains carry passengers and
baggage. for Fairmont, and then load
ui> for their various destinations, the
departure of the Connellsville accommodation
at 2:10 closing a most busy
period. This round is made very day
entailing the handling of several hundred
people and many pieces of baggage.
This is the passenger business
alone. But the freight business must
not be overlooked. Yard Master
Rigg's is one of the busiest men in
Fairmont. From three to eleven
o'clock, yesterday, fifteen engines
pulled out from the local yards with
an average of twenty-six loads each
making nearly four hundred cars sent
out in the short space of eight hours.
When we take into consideration that
there is a morning rush of work in
handling the early trains, and another
busy scene when the evening trains
are coming and going, we can see that
Fairmont is one of the liveliest railroad
centers in the State. With the
immense output of the Fairmont .Coal
Company audy tl.e products / ..of our
lfSDAYN|B0?
sa SoSons Listened
sfhite's Message,
t in Fiail on
* Two.
e members is not in excess of $",500.
u The lotal cost of a ten-day session
;s Kvoiikl therefore be about $10,000.
t- The Democrats have twenty-seven
n members in the House and ilve in tlie
s -Senate. It is understood (hat some of
r these members will vote for the cony
stiuitional amendment providing for
0 the entire "abolition of the State tax.
Dog Bit a Child.
A dog belonging to Charles Wiggiriton
bit a small child on upper Main
street this morning. Witnesses say
j that the affair was- voluntary on the
, dog's part as no offense was given him
whatever and the child did not know
s of his presence until the animal seized
1 her. A physician was called and
dressed the wound, and while serious
results are not expected, yet it is likej
ly that the dog will be killed, as he
has a reputation for meanness and bit
r a small child of Rev. Rttcas' yesterday.
Council Meeting.
t The city council will meet to-night.
It is likely that this will be the last
' meeting until cooler weather. The '
i levy will be fixed at this meeting.
if ?
& j.'y^^VE y-r t
A CWA3*s!Uf
5L THE PEO^i# 1
AST Y?H-?-A4 >u-1 |?k s
\
?Philadelphia Press. n
NF<sS AT :
t I a. m. a a
AND 0. DEPOT:
ii
t]
mills and factories, no other section p
of the country shows the marks of e;
progress -exhibited here in Marion fj
county. tl
davis ;
WILL BE NOTIFIED AUGUST 17?
DATE FIXED YESTERDAY AF- '
TER HEARING FROM
JUDGE PARKER.
IE
BEDFORD, Pa., July 26.?Senator ^
Davis told the Associated Press to- '
day that he had received a telegram
from Judge Parker yesterday saying ^
that he would hold his notification a
meeting on August 10th, and as lie
had planned to have his notification ^
meeting held one week later than >Ir.
Parker, he named the date last night ?
and sent a telegram to Hon. John j.
Sharp Williams, o? Mississippi, tern- ai
porary chairman of the St. Louis con- g.
vention, that his notification meeting
DI
would be held at White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., on the 17th of Au- c]
gust. Mr. Davis is very enthusiastic j
and believes that his : party will come !](
out victorious at the fall election. m
The King Case. is
The attorneys working on the King fo
land case expect to finish up the work su
oh the part of the case, now to be de- hit
cided and will go to. their homes this co
evening. Only a small part of the wi
case will be decided this term. th
BUSINESS
TWO OF SUNNY ITALY'S LEADING
BUSINESS MEN WERE IN
FAIRMONT LAST NIGHT.
Two very prominent Italians were
in the city last- night, and part, of today.
Tlioy were Enrico Cairo, directorgeneral
of the Adriatic Railway Company.
of Italy, and I-ugi Greppi, chief
engineer of the same company, both
residing at Bolognes, Italy.
They have been in this country
some two mourns lutmug uuu liimuuu
affairs generally and have also spout
some weeks at the St. Louis Exposition.
The gentlemen arrived in this city
from Pittsburg at !<:4o last night,
were at the Tavern over night and
went to Gray's Flat this morning to
view the Federal Coal Company's
workings as the guest of Superintend
ent Lewis. They expressed themselves
as much pleased with industries
generally in this country and
particularly with what they saw of
West Virginia's coal mining.
Mr. Cairo is very prominent in Italian
business circles and holds the title
of Cavalier.
They were accompanied by F. .1.
Weixel. formerly of Rome, Italy, but
now a prominent business man of
Pittsburg.
The party left for Pittsburg by way
Tirl 11 +l.(o -V?n,l 1 r?.
VV UCCIIUfe UillO Hiiviuvuii unu w
night the foreign gentlemen will leave
Pittsburg for New York to embark
for their homes.
NEVOARB
ESCAPED CONVICT GETS NEW
CLOTHES?STEALS A SKIFF
AND GETS AWAY FROM
HIS PURSUERS.
Another chapter has been added to
lie history of William Wade. the"'hetro
convict, who escaped from the
penitentiary farm near Moundsviile
ast Thursday, says the Intelligencer.
A'ade is now armed with a Winches:eli
rifle and is evidently traveling
southward through the State.
It was learned at the penitentiary
restdrday afternoon that Wade had
iroken into a building at Powhattan
md had secured a change of clothing :
tnd a rifle which was in the room. Afer
divesting himself of his prison
rarb he stole a skiff from the land- j
ng and crossed to the West Virginia j
hore. (
The skilf was found in the willows ,
mile below Powhattan. With a j
V'inchester rifle and plenty of ammu- 5
;ition in his possession. Wade is a
angerous man as he certainly will
ot submit to capture without a fight,
nd it is believed that he would not ,
esitate to kill a man if it will secure (
continuance of his freedom.
The gun and clothirfg were stolen j
-om a gentleman named Potts who (
mnd Wade's prison clothes lying ,
earby. Wade had carefully removed {
re marks and numbers from each s
iece of the clothes but they were }
asily identified by the peculiar coarse .]
ibric of which they are made. Al- f
rough the robbery at Powhattan was
nown about the village early in the
lorning no word was sent to the penimtifiry
until late in the afternoon. \
It was then too late to start guards v
i pursuit as Wade had many hours
le start, although it. is possible that v
e slept during the day and will trav- J;
at night, a full moon making it very
isy for him to find his way or he f
lay steal another skiff during the i;
ight and float down the river until
ay breaks and then lie concealed in u
io woods until night and so repeat o
le performance until he reaches his
iends in the Southern end of the g
tate. is
Wade escaped about noon Thurs- h
ay and was closely followed by
.lards until Saturday evening, when is
te pursuit was abandoned as it was
tought that he had gotten entirely
.va'y and was far down the river. E
.heoonnn f rlovolnnmfints. however.
-oved that the surmise was not cor- ,
set as Wade must have been very
ose to the guards who were huntB
him, but fortune favored him and
j kept out of their sight. How ho
anaged to live is a mystery, as ft
pretty certain that he secured no
od from any one and he must have
ibsisted on such raw vegetables as
rcould steal for he made no fire to
ok any food for the smoke: and light
3tild have betrayed his presence to
e people who were hunting him. <
wjnW
BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE POPULAR
EMPLOYES OF LOCAL
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
\Y\ G.. Dossorman came to Fairmont.
I'onr years a so from Staunton, Va., to
enter the employ of the Electric Light
Company, before the car line started. '
Me worked at the power house installing
machinery for... the system,
and when the city line was m operation,
accepted a position as niotorinan
and ran the first car on the system,
with Tom Cady as conductor.
He continued as a nioloraiaa for
seven months and asked .for a con
dttctorship. was given it and has never
regretted the change. He has been
a regular conductor on the Monongnh
line since its start, and is one of the
company's most valued and trustwor- ,
thy men,
W. D. Ford. . . ; :>L.;r|s
W. D. Ford is one of the youngest: ?
men in fho soit'Ipp T-Tp ic n
of Parkerebut-g. but lias been in this
region several years and Tor two years
past has been with the company he 5s
now serving., |
Ford is another of the men who has
been switched from one position to an- ;
other, he at first being conductor for
six mouths or so and latterly a motorman,
first on the city line and for
some time on the Monongab,run.
OREATGAiE
WILL THE ONE PULLED OFF TOMORROW
BE?THE Y. M. C. A.
BOYS WILL HAVE CRACK
PITCHER.
The postponed game of base bait
between the Y. M. C. A. team and
the Fairmont professionals will take
place to-morrow afternoon at Traction | 1
Pnrlc nf A n'f.lnPa Rnppinl or%r?. wifl
leave for the Park at 2:15 and 2:20
P.. M.
This will be a real game of ball.
The Y. Jl. C. A. team has secured the
services of Pitcher "Dummy" Leitner,
the star boxman of the crack Piedmont
team. Leitner is without doubt
the crack pitcher of "the creek" and
the professionals will find him a hard
nut,- to crack.
The Y. M. C. A's have reorganized.
1. O. Watson, Jr., has been re-elected
manager and Gienn Stewart, the
ready little catcher, was elected capain.
The team will be the strongest
/et out in the field, and those wishing
o see one of the best games of the
leason cannot afford to miss it.
Game called at. P. M. - '
At Traction Park to-morrow, the va ious
lodges of Red Men in this vidnity
will hold an all day outing.
One of the features of the day will
>e the game of base ball between the t ;
>ver the river lodge and that of Molongah.
In order not !o conflict with
he game-between the Y. M. C. A.
tod the professionals the Red Men
lave arranged to have their game at
:30, at the conclusion of the proessional
game.
At Cook Hospital.
Mrs. Luciuda Leeper, of Monongah.
vho was here for surgical treatment,
vent home cured yesterday.
Mrs. \V. L. Prot/man, of this city,
vas so far recovered that she went to J
ier home yesterday.
Samuel Leepor, who has been suf- S
ering from typhoid fever, will be out
a a few days.
Mr. McCain, of Washington, Pa.,
.-as admitted last evening. He is m P:S??ys$l
f fever..
Deputy Sheriff Robinson, of Mononalia
county, who was .shot by Brown,
i doing well, and there are excellent- ''
opes of his recovery.
Dr. Raymond Nutter, of Enterprise,
i a visitor at the' hospital today,
j
Looks good, tastes good, it is good?p JS
tali's ice cream. x jSS
Showers To-M arrow. |
' : ,