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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
BOB FORD'S STORY.
He Tells of His Exploits With tho
lanes Gang,
And Claims TO Be Innocent in the Blue Gu!
RObbey-Acting as a Spy For
the Governor.

KANSAS CRY. Mo, August 6.-The Star
this evening prints an interview with
Charles Ford, who is now under 5000
bond on a charge OF completely in the
Blue Cut train robbery in which he re.
counts his connection with the James
gang. and n egotiations WITH the authorities
which led to the killing OF James. Ford
admits in the participation Of the Blue Cut
robbery, but says h" jpinedl he ging solely
O gain their confidence with view t.
james capture, AID that he returned bis
hare "f the plunder to the osneIs after
the robbery. He asserts that negotiations
with tn z vernon begun some weeks prior
TO tLis tim, ard Police Commissioner
Craig Of thi, city, knew Of his crlnfction
with the robbery, aud promised he sho1l
be protected in everything lie says his
brother, Bob made
Arrangements with Gov. CFiftendcn,
that the Governor promised them reward
4 they brought in James, OF $4,000 II
alive or $1,000 IL dead. and told him II he
wanted more men 10 call Oh Com MI ssioner
Craig or Sheriff TImbeTlaks. These three
"ff,nses, Charlie assured Bob, IL they bring
Jeste in they (the suthorities) would pro.
tecI them from all harm. After pardon, he
continues. from sentence OF murder Tor
killing Jesse, he and Bob returned 10 Kan.
sas Cry. ard Craig gave them their United
states pistols, sent by Gov. Critiendon, and
old them to consider them selves officers
and bs prepared for any and all service.
Ford's story asg'en reporter, Is lengthy
and highly interesting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
THE OLD GENT
Puts in an Appearance and Quickly
BIlshts a Romance.
A BunkO Young Man Discovered by the
Father He Had Fleeced Wooing
His Daughter

ATLANTA CITY, August 6-An exciting
morning attracted large crowd and might
have ended in police court. The leading
actors were an eRreged father, named
James Squires, who owns and lives on a
farm near Newton, Bucks county, Pa, a
young man who calls himself Harris, but
who has registered at several hotels here
by different names, among the places being
the Br ghton, the Albion, and the United
States, and Squires' daughter Nellie, a
charming little blonde of eighteen.
The facts in the case are these Squires
sent his daughter down here early in July
and under the chaperonage Of young
married lady named Hamilton, and paid
her board at cottage on Connecticut av-
enue. The girl was very pretty, and had
received a boarding school education. At
q hop at the Mansion House three weeks
sgo she met Harris. He is a man about
Is years Of age, rather good looking, and
claims TO come from New York.
Matrimony Suggested.
The acquaintance was formed without
introduction and was cOntrived by mutual
consent. Harris was very attentive, gave
Miss Squires numerous presents, aud on
Monday evening last proposed marriage.
Not moving anything of his anteCedents,
She refused 10 give him ar answer at that
time.
Last evening Mr.. Squires came down to
stop until Monday. and not until this
morning did he meet his proposed future
son. n.inlaw. He was stroilIng on the beach
when lie came across his daughter Nellie
and Harris, lying under an umbrella.
There it was that the scene oc,
Cured which attracted the throngs.
Six months ago Squires, while in
New York, was swindled of 800 by bunko
shaIps. From that dsy until this he had
never seen the men nor his money, but he
no sooner saw Harris than he recognized in
him tne Of the swindlers.
Accused of Robbery.
He caught his daughter roughly by the
AIMS, drsggGd her to her feet aud ordered
er home, While he accused her coT panion
as tie man who robbed him. Harris was
calm aud collected, and denied the charges
emphatically, saying that Squires WAS GER
tainly mistaken in the person. The farmer
was about to assault Harris when the crowd
which had collected interfered.
Harris soon disappeared, and has not
been ,een since. Ii is said he tooS the
after Oon train for Philadelphia The al
fair has oCCasioned a good deal OF talk here,
and there are those who allege that the fel-
low has been irving his swIndling opera
tiOr> at Atlantic City, though the victims
have not yet reported losses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
WESTERN TELEGRAPHERS.
The Chicago Rnd Alton VIII Listen 10
All the Grievances OF Their Eeie-
Ernphers, a. IndiSi idnals.

Inc Z nteAkO anh AAAoA VIZ"
All the GrieVAnees Of Their Teie-
ErHphers, a. IndiS idnaIs.'
CHICAGO, August ct is very difficult 10
get any definite information and very easy
to get any amount Of umorsrelatiye to the
threatened strike of railroad telegraoh
operators. Careful inquiry at the general
railroad Offices in this city fails to bring to
light A single case where railroad operator
%1r his kew to-day in this city or vicinity,
Though il was understood Sunday night
that the operatotS on the MaoaSn
and Chicago and Alton would De
called out at noon to- day. The fact that
not one man left his instrument gives col
or To the general belief that tue strike was
mot actually ordered, for that time, or II
ordered has been countermsnded. IL Is
now surmised that the order was not 20
strike to-day, bat to continue to do rsii'
Eay business as usual, merely refusing
business for the Western Union WITH the
understanding that if the companies IN
sisted on sending commercial onsl'
ness or discharge any operator Tor refusing
commercial business the strike would act
uaIly begin to morrow noon. Thls seem
IN tally with a dispatch from st. Louis.
is now said 3 bill of grievances was pre-
ssnted to the Chicago and Alton, ana met
with recognition from that road 70 the eN,
tent that men who have grievances shonh
snpIv as individuals to their diyistoo
superintendents aud the Brotherhood pro-
fsss to have information to the effect that
division superiutendents have been ln-
structed to lend kindly ear 10 such CON-
plaints
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
A LESSON TO oARsMEN.
What Ned Han1an Has Proven It Does
Not Take Great Big, Barly Fellow
10 Make q shell spin.

What Ned Han1an Has Proven It Does
Not Take Great Big, Barly Fellow
40 Make q shell spin.
New YoRK, August Elm referring to
the oarsmen of to day, the World says:
'The easy victory of Hanlan at Lake Min.
netonka has removed all question as to his
ability to row around any oarsmsn in the
world. He has not only beaten everybody
with whom he has raced, but he has beaten
them all without effort, and has never yet
been compelled to put forth his best abili'
ties.
Yet Hanlan is a contrast in every way to
the crews who are selected to row in our
eight-oar races He is barely of the mid
die height, OF slight build, his arm is rldic-
ulously small, he is not noticeably muScu-
lar in any way, but he pulls away from his
heavy pursuers with the grace Of an Alta
lanta distsncing her suitors.
while This Toronto Boy
has been proving year after year that it is
not weight and muscle which tell in boat,
our college crews, blindly initiating an
English theory, have gone on selecting the
heaviest and beefiest men they could hnd
to contest for the aquatic championship,
the logic oil the luea DelnR tnat IL taheS
heavy man to pull his own weight. At
present middle weight oarsman has no
chance to enter an eight cared crew.
Now the lesson OF Hanlan's champion
ship confirms the lesson of the marvellous
achievements of the Shoe-wae-cae mettes,
that speed in running depends not so much
on weight as on skill, not so much on
muscle as on fibre.
An Opinion
which has been adopted without reason is
not 10 be dispelled by reason. The fsshion
of the day is to initiate everything that
comes from England. England does not
produce the wiry, sinewy type of athlete
represented by Hsnlsn and the "Shoes." i"
England does not breed the heavy, beefy
type of athlete, and therefore the Ameri-
can undergraduates will have no men in
their boats except such as are portly and
sleep soundly at night.
1t would be worth while for the active,
supple and hardy light-weights of our
American colleges to try conclusions with
one of these heavy crews. II the example
of Hanlan teaches anything, it is that
quality in a boat is better than quantity,
end that it is better to get our mutton by
the POUND than it is to get our oarSmen
that way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
LABOR COUNCIL.
The AmaIgamated Convention IN
Philadelphia To-day.
PRESSING JARRETT At THE LAST
Minute to Allow His Name to be Used in
Connection With the Presidency
The Railroad Operators Fail
to Strike.
Snecial to Me Reqister.


PHILADELPHIA, August 6.-The Western
delegates to the Amalgamated convention
all arrived to day, which completes the list
of those who come to attend the meeting,
Even at this last moment President Jarrett
has been pressed to consent to allow his
name to be used in connection with. the
presidency of the organization, but he has
firmly declined, saying that he cannot un-
der any circumstances, in justice TO his
health, and c complication OF other mat
tiers, undertake the task which the labors
of the Office requires. This virtually mar
rows down the fight between Martin,
Weihe and Thompson. The REGISTER cor.
respondent saw a number of the delegates
this evening, and endeavored to get their
opinions as to who
The Coming President
of the Amalgamated Association will be.
There are no free expressions OF the mat
ter and the delegates actually seem to be at
sea regarding candidate. The Chicago
and Pittsburgh delegations are for Martin,
and outside of this there is nothing detin'
ttely known. II there should be close
fight between Martin and Weihe, Thomp-
son, of Wheeling, would undoubtedly be
the man. Thompson seems to have
strong following and he may come cut on
top. He is not pressing his claims to any
extent. and his friends claim that If he
would come out vigorously he might win
the day. But from what can be ascertained
this evening Martin is in the lead.
The rumor that Jarrett would accept the
presidency if rendered him unanimously
is claimed by some persons to be true, and
if the delegates would know this to man,
there is no doubt but that Jarrett would
get unanimous vote. But there is no re-
liability in the report.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
OHIO POLITICS.
Prominent Men who Will Take an
Active Part In the Contest when the
Campaign Begins.

Prominent Men who VIII Take an
Active Part In she Contest when the
Campaign Begins.
CoLUMBUs, o., August 6.-The personal
contest part of the campaign will continue
for some time yet. OF the eighty-eight
counties only little over one.hAlf have
their local tickets in the field. About
sixty of the Democratic county conven-
lions have been held, and their organiz'-
lions are now fully equipped and in the
they are ahead of the Republicans
by ten. The Republican State Com
mittee, which was appointed esrly
in June and at work nearly a month before
the Democratic State headquarters was in
full operation, urged that all their county
conventions be held early, but they did
not get them at it. This was due to local
fights, which were intensified by contin.
nance. In some countries, notably Frank
lin, the State managers no doubt wish they
never bad held convention. The rest OF
the county conventions and the conven-
tions for State Senators and judges will be
held this month, so that when the
Democratic Campaign
is opened up next month all of the local
committees will be organized, the tickets
full and the machinery ready to move.
sAmong the speakers who have promised
to take part on and after the opening Of
the Democratic campaign, Saturday, Sep.
tember 18th, are Hon. Allen G. Thurman,
Generals Durbin Ward, A. V. Rice, A.
J. Warner, Geo. w. Morgan, Hon.
George H. Pendleton, Hon. John
w. Bookwalter, Hon. George L. Con.
verse, Hon. John A. Mcmahon, Hon.
Frank Hurd, Judge George W. Geddes,
Judge George Z. seney, Ex-Governor Rich.
ard II. Bishop. Hon. Ben. LeFevre, Colonel
Charles Anderson, Hon. John F. Follett,
Hon. L. NJ. Jordan, Hon. VIM. S. Groes.
beck, Hon. John McSweeney, Hon. NJ. A.
Foran. Many others will be heard during
tho month
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
CHEAP GAS.
Project 60 Furnish the Article fer
Heating and Ligatins Purposes from
sNaiaral Gas weii1Weniy.five Aiiss
AWay

Project 60 Furnish the Article fer
Heating and LiGatins Purposes from
aNaiaral 6aa Well 4 Weaty.ftve AAies
Away.
JAMEsrowS, n. Y, August Gone Of the
most important events in the history OF
Jamestown; when the future prosperity Of
the place is taken into consideration, was
the granting oa Friday night OF fran
chise by the board Of village trustees 10 the
Chautauqus Heat and Light Company, per-
mittine it to lay its pipes through the vii.
lsge. This company owns q large amount
of land, 500 acres, in Warren county, Pa,
and located near Clarendon, twenty five
miles from jamestown. In 1880, in drill
ing for oil, q man named Corren struck q
powerful vein Of natural gas, which has
flowed steadily ever since with q never di.
minishing volume. Ii furnishes already
the towns of Clarendon and Tona with
Gas for Heat and FaeI.
and from il and other wells near by on the
same property 1t is properly heat aud light
at night to our dwellings, business places,
and factories.
The company with the above name Is
composed mostly Of Warren, Pa, capital
lists, including Hon. Thomas Struthers,
who is stockholder, and whose wealth Is
enormous. Frederick p. Hayes, OF Warren,
is president, and 7. j. vandergritt. presi.
dent OF the United Pipe Lines, is vice pres
ftent. The secretary Is A. r. Allen Browns
Cf jamestown, and the treasurer is w. B.
McGhee, of Warren.
The work
will cost $500, 900; o., at least, that is the
estimated sum. and il is proposed TO have
the gas running through the pipes and
ready to deliver to customers within three
months, or by the first of November. The
company claims that either for fuel or
light the gas will be fully 25 per cent be.
low the cost of any other materials, aud
that its safety, Efficiency ond cleanliness
will speedily cause IT to become favorite
to the hanshment OF everything else. The
offices OF the company will be in James.
town, and much of the common labor will
be done by men hired from this village.
although the pipe will be laid by skilled
workmen OF the great oil pipe lines. The
gas cannot be brought here too soon, and
If il succeeds in solving the problem OF
how 10 secure cheap fuel and light twill
have given Jamestown's business and in-
dustrIsl interests an impulse impossible TO
compute,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
TRAMP THRASHE0.
An InsOIent RUflian SOundly whipped
for Insulting u Farmers wife, Near
Lebanon. Ohio,

An InsOlent RUffian SOundly whipped
for Insulting u Farmers wife, Near
Lebanon, Ohio.
LEBANON, o., August 6-Yesterday fore.
noon taamp stopped at the residence OF
Joseph T. Earnhart, residing on the Day
ton pike neae the fair ground, and asked
for something TO eat and drink. Nobody
was al home but Mrs. Earnhart and little
child Mr. Earnhart was in town on bus
iness, and their two daughters were
away visiting. The man first called for
buttermilk, and because the woman had
none commenced swearing and acting in
manner that aroused her suspicion. lie
then said he would like TO have some sweet
milk. Believing that he might go away
if given drink, Mrs. Earnheart went into
the cellar and quickly returned with a
bowl of the tactical fluid and set it before
him. He drank it down and
Called for a LOnf of Bread.
This was also given him, and still he did
not offer to leave. Mrs. EarDhart is large,
fine.lookiDg woman, and turning to her,
with a leer on his face he said he had
notion to kiss her. She was thoroughly
frightened now, and going upstairs, she
got large revolver and coming down,
placed it on the bureau where she
could reach i: if he attempted to
approach her. He continued to
swear around awhile, but seeing
that she was prepared to defend herself
finally left and came TO town. When Mr..
Earnhart returned home in the afternoon
and learned of the insults to his wife, he
became justly indignant and determined TO
hunt the fellow up. Coming back to town
he came across the villain on Main street,
and from the description given by his
wife recognized him at once as the guilty
man.
He COlIared Him
and started off toward his home with him,
that he had the right party. The man
went along without offering any ress-
tance at first, but as he approached the
scene OF his misdOings he hesitated and
pulled back. At this juncture several
persons who had heard of the indignity
came up and assisted in taking him before
Mrs. Earnhart. AS soon as she saw
him. she said: That's the man." The
words had no sooner fallen from her lips
than the irate husband pitched into him
with all his might, and beat him till
he cried for mercy. He was then led
from the house out on to the pike and
given q boost that started him on toward
the Fair ground. That was the last seen
of him. The man had been hanging
around town for several days, and claimed
10 be a brickmason. He is described as
about six feet TALL with light clothes,
sandy complexion and beard.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
PARKERSBuR6.
sim Improving I'm the OIL Clty-An
lnquP>t ON an Unknown Body
Prospect Of the Water works.
Special 10 tie Register.


P,KkEGsHJRG, August 6.-There has been
a great deal of painting done in this city
Gu'irr tie past two months, and many
dwei.ia.s and business houses present
better appearance.
VIZ, Wolf, mother Of W. II. Wolf, OF the
SeCOrt National bank, is visiting her son
and r'Ler friends in the city.
Th" respect for water works IS bright
ening
Ps,ks7sburg expects to entertain at least
2ouuu people here on Barnums day,
August lUJh.
Al the INQUEST held on the floater found
6tre Sunday morning, il was the opinion
oisoue that the body was that Of Vim. Nc
M,Gou'Csl Of Volcano.
The ee'wood came in late on Sunday
and i'i' mediately for Cincinnati.
The WIrt carried a great many people 70
the o".,rrd campmeeling st Howe's Grove,
YESTERDAY
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
A LABOR OF LOVE.

How the Graves OF Fallen Heroes are
10 be Mar ed-The work Of Frank W.
smith. au Ola Veteran.
TOLEDO, O., August 6.-Frank W. Smith,
formerly prisoner of war at Anderson
vile and MilleD, Georgia, and Florence, N.
c., now general Secretary of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association OF this
city, will head a religious service next
S4boath at the famous Providence Spring"
which broke out within the stookade
while he was q prisoner at Andersonyille.
Mr.. Smith takes with him 14,000 national
flags, one TO be placed upon each
of the thirteen thousand seven
hundred and sixteen graves in the national
cemetery, near the old stockade. In this
labor of love he will De assisted by some OF
those who wore the grey. Next Thursday
the ladies of Atlantis will meet at the Y.
NJ. c. A rooms to arrange the flags for this
memorable service. The Continental
Guards, of New Orleans, during their recent
visit to this city sent Smith a contribution
to aid in the purchase sf flags.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
Coke Mems Strike.

offices of the coke companies, where works
are now stopped by the strike started on
Saturday, nothing was received this morn
ing in regard TO the trouble. An off 'ial
connected with the Morewood Coke Com
pany, at whose works the movement orjgi-
mated, in conversation to day said that
the strike would not last long at is not
a question of wages" said he. Lately
men have been sent from Pittsburg to or
esnize the miners and coke hands in our
district. Now We have been paying our
men good wages: they hava made money,
End We will allow no interference from
this distfic'."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-07
BRIEFLY TOLD.

r,s Mexic&ns and Indians of Santa Fs
q, being studied by NOdjeska-
p,ocoons and bears make the nights live
the Georgia mountains.
r,s French plsywrights are dramatizius
NE Of Edgar A. Poe's fantastic stories.
=, Stockholm two onesrmed men sit to.
.,Ssr at the theatre so that they can ap
plsud.
The sons of the Earl Of Essex are travel
80 through Wales in gypsy caravans aud
l,2 c,npips in the open air
TN Turkish officers will arrive in Berlin
-. month TO receive practical military in
.-r,tirn with the various branches of the
Germ an service.
osirm has advanced heavily under an
,,,,,sse Of duty and the expectation that
mscholera will interfere with the harvest
in the LeyanL
Medicine Hat is one Of the growing
Inns on the Canadian Pacific. 1t has a
,,,,,ls,ion Of l.OOO and Is on the Saskatch-
wan river, 65O miles west of Winnipeg.
Six persons, English, French and Italian,
have written TO secure guides for the ascent
oI,bs Aisuille Blanche du Psnterst, in
rhicb Professor BalfOur lost his life last
year
That snschronism, steamboats, in the
Grand Canal at Venice, has unpleasant re-
,pIts. The paddls.wheels stir up the de-
ro.itsd sewage of centuries, and the smell
j far from romantic.
Ala-ee tbrsSher shark, caught of Hast
Jugs, E"glsnd, recently, was Ii feet long,
,nd ~, said by Prof. Huxley to be the
fpsst srecimen seen in that country for
80 years.
A cotton plantation a few miles from
Non-og. La, has been run for the last four
vears fy Mss Adah Parker, supporting her
mcrle- and two young brothers, and over
sseirg The work in person.
Alti,e railway has been constructed
ron k,nigSwinter TO the ":astled crag Of
p-acl,aiels," on the Righi system, aud
line .p. grims of the Rhine can now make
The sscenJ, such as it is, in that manner,
Er.;aeer Boynton, who was in charge of
the a--t locomotive Of the train that was
v-ec, q At Carlyon last week, and who e.
ye'. 1ss resigned and given up railroad
;ag. is was not his first narrow escape.
Although contrary to law, the prac,ics
ofsellDg children is carried on without
much disguise in some parts of Japan. A
native WAS recently arrested for selling
two ch1!rsn under i've years Of age to
some Chinese.
EMrs. Webb, wife Of the drowned c Iptain,
denies the story that she is left Sl5 900. She
hss the Income of only El5OO. which her
husband saved Of the 5000 he made swim
ming the channel. Their life was harmo.
niou, oud happy.
La>; year Arizona produced over II 900.
U0pounds Of oopper. Thus far during the
preseu: year the increase has been IS per
cent. and new furnaces are going up. Ari.
z1ns's output will probably be at least 2j,-
unum pounds for lSS3.
The German Admiralty intend accompa-
nyirg their fleet in any future action with
vessel flying the Geneva flag, and, for ex-
per.mt u,al purposes, they have approved
ola hospital ship being attached to their
Es,.r ,lusdron during its evolutionary
T-gis.
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BIG STRIKE.
Two Hundred LabOrerS In washing.
ton CITY Demand an Increase in Their



ton city Demand an Increase in Their
WAGES.
WASuINGToN, August 6.-Au extensive
strike took place to-day among the laborers
upon the great boundary sewer for an in.
crease OF from Sl25 to $3.50 per day. The
bosses at the sewer believed it immi-
nent and telephoned for the police to pro
teCt the men who persisted i'll going TO
work. They also believed the strikers were
about to march TO brick yards and induce
or compel the others to quit work. A
mounted officer, named SlaCk, rode TO the
scene and found an orderly crowd of about
two hundred white aud colored men form.
ing in line. lie ordered the men to dis.
peISe. and muscular young colored man
named Clifton, ordered them to fall in aud
march to the brickyards. Slack drew
pistol and again ordered the crowd to dis
perSe. and several men threatened 70 drag
him { # his horse. Squads Of police arrived
at this time and the strikers dispersed
Officer Slack arrested Clifton and brought
him TO the police court, where he WAS
charged with disorderly conduct. Judge
Mills dismissed the case.