THE ASHEY1LLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER:
PAIR.
12 Pages Today
VOL. XXV. NO. 3L1.
AS1IEV1LLK, X.C., MONDAY MORXINC, KKPTEMH VM (J, VMM).
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CELEBRATION OF
LABOR DAY WILL BE
GRIM JOKE THERE
Thousands Idle. Pennsylvania
Tollers See Little Reason
Tor .Making Holiday
PROSPERITY HAS NOT
RETURNED FOR THEM
Wage Earners Still Kept on
Basis Adopted During
Panic of 1907
(By A.-mm luted ITess.)
PITTSBURG, Pcnn, Kept, c. La
bor Day In Pennsylvania presents a
unique and grim anomaly. Nearl)
thirty thousand men are idle an a re
sult of strikes, look -mils and walkouts.
The live thousand glaas workers or
the American Glass company who par
alyze the glass industry throughout
the country; the thirty-live hundred
unskilled and non-union strikers of
the Pressed Steel Car company at
Sdhoenville; the eighteen thousand
organized but dissatisfied coal miners
in this vicinity; and the five thousand
union tin plate workers; all these and
more will -aid In making the day sei
apart for the workingman one to he
remembered in labor circles for years
to corns'.
Still Get Panic Wanes.
Families of the unemployed men,
who have been subsisting for months
on public funds, will tomorrow find
with difficulty the means to spend the
r day In pleasure seeking.
The striking workmen of the var
ious plants and mills declare that in
spite of the fact that the manufac
turing concerns are running full time,
and are crowded with orders, the old
"panic wage rates" instituted In 1907
apply In practically every operating
plant.
Upon this question In nearly every
instance the score of large and small
mrlkes In this district hae b-en call
ed. Mayor Delicti Imw.
Unique in Pennsylvania's many
queer legal proceedings is the official
act of James H. Chambers, mayor of
Vandergi lit, a small town near here,
who has Issued a proclamation to the
e7UUie.t.X4Uo.XIaMP MBt he cele
brated in his domain tomorrow.. This
statement is in direct defiance to the
state's decree, which sets aside the
first Mond(iy in September as the
woikingman'K day.
Residents of Vandcrgrift are treat
ing the matter us a Joke. The United
(Continued on page two t
SALOONS III ATLANTIC
WIDE OPEN IN SPITE OF
MAYOR SWS ARREST
RpforiiiPi-s Out With Tlipir
Lit tip Notebooks (Mting
More Mvidt'iicc.
GAMBLKRS LEAVK.
(By Assoc-latcd I'ress
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. f. Atlantic
City ignored the attcMnp's of the re
formers to close down the Sunday
liquor business today and. barring
Sunday baseball, the report was as
"wide open" as on any former Sun
day of the season
The decision to allow the saloons
to open was reached by the politl. il
and official heads of Ho resort at mid
night last night w li n tb. action of
the reformers in causing the arrest oi
Mayor Stoy for failure to obey the
order of Attorney General Wilson had
removed the alternative of sawing tin
head of the city government by los
.ng the saloons toda
Rev. Birley Hudson, leader of the
ministerial coterie of reformers, de
clared tonight that the failure of
Mayor Stoy to close up the city todav
will result In further action against
him. Special detectives made a fur
ther action against him Special de
tectives made a circuit of the city
saloons and more warrants will be Is
sued on their testimony for additional
arrests next week.
The state detectives brought here
by prosecutor Goldenburg to break
up gambling have driven nearly
gambling- house out
;if business.
WILL ESTABLISH
LINEN FACTORY
(By Assoc InKtl Prex. )
RON'DA, N. '.. Kept, r, . Robert S.
N'oah represeptlng a number of north
ern capitalists has Just closed Ihe con
tract for a site here for location of a
linen manufacturing plant. The
bullcHng and g. omuls which were
formerly used by a match manufactur
ing concern, was purchased for the
new entemrise.
Spruce, poplar and pine and the
waste nrnducta of, corn and tobacco
and straw will be the raw material
used, H Is hoped to get the plant In
operation in a few months.
FROM MILK WAGON
TO KING'S TABLE
BY WAY
Dr. Cook Invited to Dine With
King Frederickis Honored Guest
Among Distinguished Company
Who Believe in Discovery.
(Hy Associated lri-ss )
Cl il'KMI AC.K.Y Sepi r. Dr. Fre.1-ert.-k
A Cook dined this evening with
King 1'iedeilck at the nunim-i palace
a tew utiles outside of CopentLa'-n.
The kiln; summoned lr I Vh k to an
atidien, e ve; ti-rdav as a formal rour-
y. They engaged in an hoiir'i
tall and while these royal audiences
fund according (o etiquette he.mln
utety described by the members of
the court, Or. Cook mail-' such nn
impression on 1 ne king that his maj
sty immediately Instructed the court
ha m,U'rla.ln to sum-mon Ihe explorer
to dine with him tonight.
The king invited Dr. c.eik to meet
him yesterday only after having tin
atrnmrnt make the closest po.t-
Ihle Investigation into the merits of
his storv. All the Danish explorer."
re asked to give their opinions- of
Ir. Cooks claims before the audi-
noo was granted and their verdict
was unanimously In his lavor.
Aocordel Highest Honor.
The dinner tonight was entirely the
suit of the king's personal opinion
regarding the explorer, who had .he
eat on the king's right, an honor
which Danes cannot remennher liiivng
leen accorded another private person.
mil members of the royal family ILsl-
ned to his every word as hi
roooutii-
d the dangers and prlwili
Mis of his
olar Journey
Dr. Cook was Immensely pleased
udmy by the receipt of a telegram
from President ''aft In which the
resident of the United States extend.
1 his In-artiest congratulations on
the announcement that Dr. ook had
raehed the pole lie had to undergo
i ritable ordeal today
being botn-
side with inel ions
tmrded on evry
intended lo test the accuracy of his
ffirmations.
Although after midnight when he
reached his hotel al the end ot the
first dav's trying experience, he sat
no for two hours engaged in corres-1
pondence and In oonvesattnn with
ommodore Hovgurd and froressor
ilufsen. seeertarvf the leograpnicai
society, the explorer was at.ut again
fore seven o'clock ibis morning,
reading translations M the cumincm
In
the Dutch ni-wspapers. Later he
rived Commodore Sverdrup and
out llarabl Moltke, a member of
the ,D Hits i:i e lisc n expeiin ,
LITTLE REST FOR TUFT'S
LAST WEEK OF VACATION
BEFORE LONE J
Much Work to do Shape
l'i I'uhlic Business
Against, His Absence.
NOMHOOLK 'INCLITDKDIIH WKLL MKKD HEIMv
(By Associated Press)
iicri'lil V Muss Scot r. Rrgtn-i
ning the last week of his stay in Rev-I
eilv. President Tall tomorrow will ;
sipeiid tin tneater part of Labor day
on the grounds of the Myopia Hutu
,jul.. in the morning, playing golf.
and in the afternoon alien. ling the
annual horse -d,w. the fa: hionabb
event of tile e;'l"
Serretarv Rallinger is eNpe,t.-d tn
Rew-rlv tomorrow and the pi . sident
will take up with him the reports
that have been mad- respecting the
course of certain of the interior de
partment oflieiaN in administering
tlie conservation laws.
The president s l:i-t e.-k of vaca
tion Will be hi.: I l- Tuesday he
Will gO to Rrookhlle. to be til- gllCSl
of the Vale alumni -d Hostoti. all .lav.
A luncheon, goll and ba- I all game
ore on the program . . In. - day I h.
president will b- isit-d bv tin- dins-tor
of cen-nis. Mi. Murand. who
will bring with bim lie- commission-
of the various census sup.-iA isi-.ts j.-i
to be ai'ls.illle.l
Thursday Mr Tall a ill entertain at
luncheon on l..:ird lb. vadit Mav-
fl.w.-r the German enttanls ami "l-
liciaD bo parte ipat. .1 in the sooner
races off Mai bl. h. a.l and will Present
tlie Taft cup to lb.- w limine ' irv.
I ri.i.iv Mr Taft ha a ii.-icigomeiii
to r;--n- I'rin.-e Kimw.sbl Kunl.
,Talidso,i of the el.. p. r-T of Japan
Satunlav. the pi.-sid.-ni will r-view
in H.-vei-b' a parade f .,11 Hi- grand
army l-ots in Kssex oi.nty
Tlie pre.-id.-nt motored int.. church
,hi morning in a driving downpour
of rain. This afternoon he had a call
from Genral Clarence Kd wards, chl-f
of the insular bur-.ui in the war de
partment, who has Just returned fro,,,
trip obro.ol G. era,l e ards Is on-
of Ihe presidents warmest friends.
Vo date has been s-t for Mrs.
Taft's return to lb- white house. II
is likelv. however, 'bit she will re
main here until October 1 r..
OF POLE
piolhlv
will illustrate Dr Cook's
book.
t'llll I IllCt'd
I hie of the moid
t he day w as an hit'
"or Strohihi rg. the
I'beiii All.
exciting periods of
rvjow with Profes
leading Scandanu-
vian astronomer who says that when
he is peioiitt.il to examine Dr. Cook's
observations, he ran d. -clde within
half a day whether the explorer has
been al tin' pole. Several other ex
perl Arctic explorers were closeted
today in an eye to eye conversation
with Lr Cook. When they came out
I to y appeared thoroughly convinced
of his absolute good fattli
A lunc heon at the Ajiierl.un lega
tion offen d fin cher opportunity to
non-expert persons lo strengthen their
already firm bllef In the explorer's
narrative Then Dr. Cook disappeared
from public view for an hour, during
which time he submitted lo the cum
era at a photographic studio.
Tells Klntr His Story.
The dinner at the royal castle at
Charlottenlund was the scene of the
trreatst enthusiasm. The king and
every menmer of the royal family
even the smallest children assembled
Dr. Maurice F. Kuan, the American
minlHtw ; the Hew Dr. Dane of Chlca
i... no,! .evcral other mests eomidot
" " m
d tlie parly. The dinner passed off
quietly, but after Hie dinner there wa
a regular rush around Dr Cook
who started a succinct recital of his
adventures, whose graphic depletion
gained from the calmness and candor
of the speaker one after another
of the royal ororiages piled him
with ouestlons nnd marked their In
telligent appreciation of the conditions
in An tic sons and then walled ejitfcr
ly while the explorer answered, al
ways without hesitation Prince Wa.1
deimar. brother of the king, who Is I
Melentitle sjillor. was extremely int
esteil in the currents about the pole
and the condition of the Ico. Prince
and Princess G.sirge of GreoSe ala
made pertinent Inquiries.
The kliiK and nueen and everytoodj
eore so greatly Interested in the ntnry
that they remained In the drawlnr
room much later than Is their us
ton. As Dr Conk retired with Min
ister lOgnn he was the center or r
congratulatory group. II was easy U
bo seen that the royal family hue
Implicit faith In him.
liVtntinued on page four.)
OF NAVY fO TIKE PART
T
Fleet Will he Under W
iiuind of llitfli IVinkiiiq;
Officer.
(Ry Associated Press)
I.ONIioN, Sept f. Not since Giea
Rlitaill adopted the db y of keep-
ing the main ll-ei in home waters ha
such a modern squadron as that which
sails for New York al Ihe end of tin
w eek to part i. Ip.a te in the Hudson
Pulton relcbrat ion visile. 1 a forei'i
country It is mad- up of the lollex
ible. one of (lie latest of the Uritml
'hal tic-hip cruisers, the cruiser Drake
the Duke of Kdlnrnirfrh and Argyll
II wild make a notable artav In New
York Infix.!- In command of tlo
squadron U Admiral Sir Kdward Ho
bar! Seymour, of whom Admiral Dew
ev spoke S" higlilv after the im ideiii
fit Manila Hay There are two .ei
sions with r.-gard to the selection o
Ad-miral S- moiir at tb- last nwmeii
after Resr Admiral Frederick '
llainilton bad been api,inte.l In com
manj. One is thai the foreign of
tic- remiiidi-d tile admiralty of the es
t.-eni in w hi. Ii Admiral S-vnioiir ivai
held in tlo- I'nit.-d States, lb- wcom
and the most probable is that l Iv
apiM.iiilnicnt was mad on account .,i
tile selection ,,f
.vhn would hav
but w bo Will be
German .utmlia
ranked l!ami!l.n
Junior to Sir Kd
ward S.- inoiir.
Admiral Seymour's chief of sl.iP
will be Captain Douglas R. I.. Ni.-h
ol.sori. while bis tlag commander wd
he V.. I"wther Ct,fton. who w..i
his distinguishes service i.nl.-r ;i
Peking
Ui:PRKSF.T I)I PKI.I.OWS,
Kab igh NT. C. Sept. B. Eugene
Albea. Winston-Salem, anil Chus F
I.uinsiien. Raleigh, are to represent
North Carolina Odd Fellowship, al
the annual session of the Sovereign
Grand D.dge which convenes at Seat
tle. September 21. Mr. Albea takes
the place of H. M. Shaw. Oxford, and
Mr Duinsden of Perrin Riwbee. Ral
eigh, both of whom have resigned.
l.ieut. Com. B. E. Peary, whose
SCIENTISTS AND EXPLORERS
SPLIT ON DISCOVERY OF POLE
Some Skeptical, Others Half Convmced, Others Abslutely Certain That Dr. Cook Is
Not Perpetrating a Huge Fraud Upon
The Whole World.
SCIENTISTS AND
(By AswcH'taled Press)
RRl'SSIMS. Sept 5.- II has I n
definitely decided, 'according to the
announcement hers that lr. I'reder
ick A Cook will deliver a lecture at
Brussels. September 1!0 Elaborate
preparations will le vtua.le to erect
the cx-ploret. Ho will be recehed by
Prince Albert, of Belgium, and per
haps King Leopold.
Professor Ri-colnte, director of Hie
RrtiHxels observatory Insists Hint the
explorer can e.lHlly prove his tacts to
the sullslactlun of fclentlsts.
"There has beelj 1 oiriw , aatunMf
ment," he said VcJj.i Ir. Cook
found himself 'on April L'l. 19nt. In
iiitltudc 89 degrees .19 minutes and 4(1
seconds. .Now, the ngttres t..ii-six
institute nr. nppronlmiilloii which
an astronomer hin.s. li wdiiii min.
with ilirrictilly. li is a. rensonal I.- re
al It if corri"Ctions made to ob -. ia-
tloiis till. en In round flRures. Tbci.--f.
re after .prll -I. when be had
practically airhcl at the p..l-. be
mad.- a c-oroiib- iiary mar h of
fourteen geogi-Mpbi-.d seconds, m.-r- -
y. I suppose . lo
ply to a p
u bo uilKht
; had not r.
I not go I
:. Ilfty-llllle
IX Seconds.
Coll ll IS no
.sslhl.
r t'
malevolent critic
say (hat Dr. Co..
the pole If he di
Ighly-nlne degr.
llllll-
vVr
ites and f..ii
might sav t hat I u
WELLMAN STILL INSISTS
THAT RE IS 001 TOO
Cook's Discovery Is N'ol the
Sanie Thin."; at all as His.
Flying Adventure. ;
(Ily Akmm-i.h
PARIS Sept r,
nl Pre-- )
X dispatch lo Ho
.na g.."i an in
i- VVcllioan while
I city com online:
.. lie was a..-l,.-.l
woub I cliauc
I del that li.- had
He :i,!...l that
It. C....k -ciuc.l
,!l proofs thereof
Martin from elm i
tori,w' with Wall
parsing through ll.
r. Cook's expedif.
if Dr. Cook's so.
his pla us, and he i -not
modified thr'i
the facts stated b,
tuite possible, bill
must be fill Hi lo I.
thlrh Would be
Olid tilo.lll' e ev
ll experts could
i nas III no w a
in W.-ilmiin-
, "trlclly oppos.
I by Dr. C.,k
, ma rka bb- ,b y
Vol I ma u w i shed
- '-y of a moi .
.notion. lb- Is
ppliti" will ii'.i
lis .'ilishit, ha
ig-d .aitd all
,'ie. Tli- she. I
recoil, trilcled.
,1 hy sa i UK 'I
!ISy if tllC eXploit l
ct ..b.-erv;iti,,iH V- 1
verif v.
The Cook ep 1 '
iilllillislled illtel.
plans. Tb.-se at- .1
1 to tho.-.. forw.ll
who iiccomplisli. il i
h-al feat, while Mi
i prove the ,11. ,
nodern mode of !
f the opinion tli.c
get ah, ..i, I of Inn.
not been grc-iily '
would Im. ready 11'
has be.-n eoinpl. '
Mr. Wei I ma n . ,n , !
want to get to tie
WASIIINGTriN. f-'. ; 't For-, ast
for North 'nrolina: r or Monday and
Tuesday; light varlal wind
- 'f. ... ;'-: "'."II ' f f " ? ' Fr t TW
!. i' t I . . s." x.j P
friends still maintain that the North pole
Itrely around the pole."
M)R CAN'T PBOVK IT.
1.1CK ( illSERVATORY, fill.. Sept.
r,. "Dr. Co. k with t ho Inslruments
he carried, could have determined
he position of the North pole with
.-ii error .. less than live hundred
reel." tonight declared Dr. W II.
Aright, astronomer In charge rf l.lck
ihscrvutory.
"The only Instrument needed, ' said
Dr. Wright, "was n sextant. With
.litec obscrviitlons taken the same
day Dr. Cook could have ileturmlued
his position with a possible error of
',u than ten seconds of arc. Thitl
would be, roughly, a thousand feel
land Dr. Cool: sa.s posltU.l that Ih-
pole was some w here w ithin a circle
I .f lv- hundred IV. t radius within
v.bhli Ik- himself wan sf. Hiding
I "As tins observations . oil.! be
jf.il.ed by in:v om- with a t.ilr knowl
i e Igc of u.si roiioin . the discovci y
rests on Dr Coil's v. -racily alone.
i-'or in- .a 1 1 , I d.. not ihlnk him a
ii.-iii w bo v..iil.l talu- his oi.H.-i with wis
a:..! from whai I have rend. I belb y
ii- made ti c journey. However, un
til some one else limbs Dr. Cook's Hag
and brass lube al the pole the mailer
i - Hi: wilh Ills v. raoity aloin ."
I'M"
CI I II D
i. nm: stipii:i.
'II N A . S.pl. f, -Cudaln I
DISSENSIONS AMONG
STRIKERS BREAK OUT
Leaders in Favor of Resinn-
jnr Work, hut, AtfH.ilors
Prevent It.
fity 'MHM-liiteil Prcs )
I'l'I I SIU'MG. Si .l .', All but
abandoning Ii,.m- Hull they will be
n - in i:il.l in ib'-lr Jobs al Hie plant
lb.- l'i, vs. , I Sl.-.d Car company the
:!.:.n o "inking cmp!o cs of the con
c. in in S. boon-, ill, tod.-,-, .tided it gl
:;ii!i, m iss me'-tinc, bv vlol-nt .(ii.ir
r, I- .in,, .lit; I beiiisi-lv ef.
T.i. duluict factions among Ihe
"II Ik' I lone developed, olio led bv
, 'ball mall C. A. Wise of the strikers
,-(,. nti... ...mmiti'-e and the oilier by
li.-r,. nn.'itt:u li.-d orators who gain, .1
tb-ii- f..lb.w,ng i,y beapiiu; abuse .md
ili-.e.'i.e ,,oli lb'- far plafil of;., ia Is
M,.i-
! 111.-
lb .1
I AO
T.
. , i . , 1 1 -1 1 , i: ll.
in t l,.-ir 1 1
bronchi oi
W ' I'H ilgo
il.i 's mass
1 , i . of
.- salt,, spirit of mob
.aiefw and ndmlr.-rs
lb- blood, Hot of
tonight.
t i ng. w lib ll ended
cr,.s4 ,i-p,s s, was
.all-. I ..rii'.icilh, t,, ,!
abili'y of tbe xinl-.,
'A oi ic in a bed v t om o
iss tic advl
r-lurniliy; to
'A' . Th- strlk-
in
II t b :
bad all but convinced
t 111' v.'.-re I'OW ell. -MS to
tb-
hold out :i.-i,c-
I'.ll'." r aj Hi I I r
sj mp.e hy or l Ii
tel. wlon ..im-
t be cur , ofnpany
funds were low and
"trik'iH on tile ebb
turn, d th- lid- In
,f a cut ni'lai ion of the now
eight weeks old : i r dispute.
Anotlor n.eii iii' of the strikers
will I,.- h-ld loiii 'iio-.y at which time
tio ex. . utive committee bopew to have
Hie m,ii r'-.'i'h an .fi-rcment on the
ijii.-iiiori of r.-tuiiiiu to work
i.kiimsvs kt im;.
Ri:iM,I.V. Kept '. -The official sta
tistics for the s. end ipiart.-r of l!t()9
show that 1 ,a r, I .,gs have been
slaughtered for fo.uJ under govern
ment inspection and i!9,7K.r, horses.
Is waiting lo be discovered by him.
iPrldlJof Nunscn returned here lost
evening from Bergen Telegrams
from all purls requesting an opinion
en Dr. Cook's achievement awnllotl
hint, hut. Captain Nunsen declared he
did not wish to answer them, until the
paitl.ulais are nuule public. To a
cc. respondent, he suld that errors III
ihe newspaper reports wire apparent
.ind that celnln polms of the puldlsh
od statement required elucidation
nnd scleiitlllc explanation.
Permonally, however, Captain Nan
Mn declared h had tioitllilunctj In Dr
Cpok'u tl-tistworthltiewi. He consider
ed It punslble to reuch th North pole
by the nld of dogs but he polnte.J out
'hut the placing of a sealed report
and the planting of tin, stars and
stripes in (be Ice were UHelew as the
drill would lake them away from
the spot when, they hud been laid
down.
MRs. Pi:.RY tiMJCNT.
PORTLAND. Maine, Sept. 6. -Mrs.
Hull, ll E. Poiiry, wife of the Arctic
explorer, tonight rmiuested The A
soclaled Press to say that she had
hot said anything reflectltiR on Dr.
Cook's rept.latlon as an explorer, as
had been ri ported 111 aoine of the
newspapers. Mrs. Peary said thMt for
the past two days her mail has con-
fContinticd on page six.)
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE TO
AVOID TWO UGLY CHARGES
Prisoner Accused of Assault
4
on Sister-iii-Law Dungs
Himself in Jail.
MoN'ltOK, N. c, S-pt. 5 Mu
Mollle Ayoixk, who charged VVIIwm
Aco,-k, her In othcr-hi-law of inak
lug a criminal .-ismiiiIi on her, died un
der rallier si range clrciimstunon last
Tnef,1a morning about 1 o'clock. She
was laS-li si. k a few hHllirs before
li-c ,.aih nnd grew- ra.pldly worn.- un
til .bath mine. There is strong belief
that Un- woman died of poison. Cor
ori'-! ri.li-r li.-bl an initicftt late Tors
day, and the verdict of the coroner'
jury was that Hie woman db d of poi
son ...in unknown hands1.
A.M-ock was arrested and placwl In
Jell al Monroe on a warrant Issu-d
it Ibe Instance of the woman Just
aft-r the t rime was iummllteil Slmi
bring 111 lall In- ha" attempted t,, , .,,
lli.l suicide.
When Ixputv Sin-riff Julian Gilf
tllli went to glv-e flu- prisoners th.-li
.lliin. r he found Hint Ay.-o.-k 'in, I tak
en some tort'.-lfi inii.ie a iop- and fawt
e. si the rope ill III,, holes of 11 II U'otl
I track' I. Which is fasteli-d lo Hie slrrl
wall i.le.iil ,i.s huh as ri n ordluirj
nmn's siioubl rs fi.,m Ho- it.nr. and I
used to fasten on. . n.t of a h.immocii
ftn whlcli tli. ),ris..n. rs sleep. Th
prisoner tmd l.-mcl the iiiiptoviscd
ro a round bis nek after mailing
one . t.d fattt to tbe bracket a.nd lutd
thrown his weight on the rox- and
when he did that bis head sllpp-d
under the bnok-t, the ro- tightening
at. 11! his n.sk and In t lyil londltion
h- w.-ls found by Hi- d-pulv sheriff,
and the would be suicide was In the
middle of a bad II jc. too, for never
could b- Im,,' unf iisti-insl himself,
the smooth ste. l wall on the bock of
Ihe cage affording no luind hold nnsl
his head in OTicli a position under the
Iron bra, kct the more he tried to pull
it out th- tighter Ihe rope was drawn
alHiut his neck, county physician H.
D. Stewart wus called to at the pris
oner and Ik was brought around all
right, but he utijt In a erlous condi
tion for some tlm:."
10 BUTTERED UP
SUSPECTS NUY BE
TRAIN WRECKERS
Third Degree Falls to Wring
From Them Anything
Incriminating
REWARD OF $25,000
OUT FOR CAPTURE
Every Officer of B. & 0. Work.
Ing to Ferret Out The
Criminals
(Hy AwM'lated
NEW cast:,K. Penn., Sept. 5.- 4
'.tie-li-kged man and a one-eyd man
ure in the New Castle jail, chril
with belim suspicious persona. They
were brought here from Ellwood Cltjf
early today, and for twelv hour
hav withstood the. Rrllllnc ordal of
live, shrewd police official.
In these two men, th pollc be
lieve they have tho parpetrutori of
the train wreck on tt Baltlmor ft
Ohio railroad at Chwton aiding on
I'llday night. Vor the jtppralionaloa
the wreckers tha railroad haa of
fi red a reward of 136,000 and rail
road police from tha highest Official
down to the huinbleet detective ara
doing their utmkist to olear up tha
mystery. ' '. '
After twelve hour rapid (Ira Quea
Honing the police announced that
they had been unable to lhak the1
dories of the two men, bat that tha
examination Would be reeumed to
morrow. "
Traclnit Two fiuspecta. 1 !
Frank Coates, of Ellwood City, out
of the inspects waa formerly a brake
nan on the Pennsylvania railroad. A
year ao he fell under a, Baltlmora
ft Ohio train at Ellwood City and loat '
hi right leg. He received no dam
ages. Herman McCumahy, ot -Ne
Custle, the other man, loat hie right -
eye several years ago in tr
brawl. The police have wttneaee wh .
awear that thf aaer tb-twa Btea "
walking- from Ellwood to Wampum
on Friday afternoon, from Wampum '
hack to Ellwood yesterday afternoon.
The two town are about four mile)
upon. Coates declare he alept In
ho oar at Chewton all of Friday -nlglit,
whllo Motomahy aaya that ha
was enroule from) Kocheeter, Penn,
to Wampum on Friday night s
Ntrlkm Not (Jullty. , -.
Members of the local lodge of Bale 1
,imor Ohio nmchinUt who are o '
tt strike, indignantly deny an con '
nectlon between their order and thai '
dimister. 'i'liomas Ixathere, a strlkej
loader, mid (hut the whereabout ol
every striker on the eventful Friday .
night 1 known. ' I,
The crowbar and sledge hamman
used to pry the rail out of alien
ment are In the Naw Castle jail. BotUI
are branded "P. & U E. railroad.
The bloodhound which tracked '
b'lnd trail to a slaughter house have) '
In en withdrawn from tht aoen.
The bodlci of the three man that
met death In the wreck were vhlppeif
to their respective hums today. Five
patient recovered sufficiently to bet
discharged from the HhenagO and
New Castle hospitals. !
For unknown reasons the railroad
detectives have refused to allow one!
to photograph the wreck cen.
HOTEL PROPRIETOR IS
Unpaid Kmploycs Bring tha
Smtiiru-r Season to Sud-
den End.
(Itv AsMtM'tated I'retMi )
MAS'" '11 f'-MTf.' It. Maae, Sept. S.'-
The Cuban legation at the Hotel Mu
cooomo has l-. n summarily thrown)
out of lis iiiurlertt by the midden clos
ing of Hie hotel, and Madame Oar
i la-Mole., wife of the minister and
bet ri day ol, baby, had to be re
move.i n a stretcher from th hotaJ
and conveyed to a neighboring cottage)
In i lie town ambulance.
The trouble started yesterday when
Manager Autrtln A Dutton waa con
fronted w-llh fifty of his employe what
demand'Nl their wane.
Manager Dutton rushed from th
hotel followed by bell boy. waltreM
ii, porter, and chef, and pelted hint
with rocks and clubs, reached hill mo
tor bout and headed out to nea, bound,
prenunuibly for 1,U home in NevVl
York.
Notices were posted ajinounclnej
that guests were expected to leave)
at once, fleneral Velei, the Cuban
minister Is In Washington With hia
secretary. Under the care -of DTV
Wawhbiirn, who was mimmoned from
Itimton. Madam Velea and the btf
were then removed to another cot
tage.
Madame Vci.-j! and her three eh!ld
ren, it was stated, wilt remain her
until she lias fully recovered hen
strength. Tlie fuvmlly will then go
to Now York. , ' i
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