The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-09-11
Ed. PETR0LEUM CENTRE RECORD.

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sIE:-Being necessarily at homelto-dsy,
and my time not oil employed, Ilpropose 10
answer an article which appeared in your
paper of the 7th inst, entitled: "a speck
Of war at Pioneer" Notwithstanding 1t
appeared as editorial, do not believe you
wrote 1t, and think you made q mistake in
allowing It to appear in that light.
The article does me great injustice, and Is
tissue of lies from beginning to end, with
scarcely enough Truth to swear by and is
written wholly in the interest of Luther
aud bis mob. That ON Superintendent
OF the P. P. Co. and have been in posses
sion ofa certain leasehold here for:more than
seven ye srs, is well known 10 this vicinity.
"Capt Luther" told me that the scolored
man Haines" lied to bin "once on time,
and induced him to 60 on his:bond: for about
ninety dollars to save him (Haines) from
going 10 jail, and that Haines sold him the
house to apply on the bond. claimed the
building for unpaid rent, and out of SYM
patby for Capt. Luther in bis misfortune,
proposed to divide, but he declined. did
not engage Mr.. Glass "or any other man" to
te ar do wn and remove the building, and
"they:did" not "surprise and captive me" Tor
"Cspt. Luther's army" had commenced to
"tear the tenement down" before went on
the ground. I told them they were
committing trespass and ordered them off
the property. went to Reynolds office,
got cspias, aud Capt. Luther arriving
the re just then, BY accident, Of course, gave
bail for the appearance of himself and men
next day. Seeing that could not arrest
the men with ca pias frem Reynolds, 1 re-
turned and again ordered the men off. "Cspt
Luther" saw that the men besitatsd and
went 10 himself and commenced to tear. l
took hold Of bis arms to stop him, and then
the "pufliug and blowing" came in, and
have distinct recollection that "Capt
Luther" dealt the "heit" oft, and dom
think any one familiar with the ::godlemily'
style of the Capt. when excited, will doab!
me a bit.
had bold OF him by each wrist, and In
bis rearing, pitching and Aouucing, be fell
down, and let go::of him to let him save
himself from selfdestruction. His little
Charley was looking on, and from the yel'
b. Get mp judge he thought bis pop was
dead sure, but the Capt. soon righted him
self, and then the oaths, the threats the
paving, &C., were quite enough to satisfy
any one that be was himself again. During
this demonstration be put his "bunch Of
Hves" 10 my face very carefully. If any one
discovered any Generalization Of my "nose''
or otherwise, did not. With all bis "ma-
chinists muscle" be dare not do that were
be not backed by mob Of about fifteen
men. I judge that six or seven were On the
ground, and be said hs bad y reserve Of ten
more. Plucky that!
then went again to Reynolds Office and
took warrant for "ioroible entry and de-
tsiner." The hearing was set down for the
next day, and the parties appeared with
counsel for the bearing. When the EVIL
dencs In one case was 10, my counsel sdvis-
ed to withdraw altogether, which We did,
for reasons that are sufficient to u.
did not sell house that belonged to
Nj. Geo. W. King, and the "McElhepy
Farm Co.," and the McElheny OIL Co
make no preteusious to 'authority lin the
matter" acted strictly according to 10
struosions Of COZ nsel in the whole proceed
ing. This 10 not the first case Of the kiad
wehsve bad, and possibly not the "end" o.
this one.
A neigtbor suggests that "Cspt Luth-
sr's" style comes from foros Of habit, be hav.
ing been . po,oerful Methodist preacher and
exhorter whom be came to 'ths creek
The neigboor ought to know, for hs 10 a
good msthodist himself, aud is longer here
than Capt. Glider i)Lutber.
! am we'll aware that this whole newspa-
per discussion ls ''much ado about nothing. +"
did not seek It, and do not fear it,
WIN. GARDNER.
Pieneer, Sept. 10th 1872.
A call was published in Chicago yester,
day morning, signed by mspy of the most