The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-29
SATURDAYS RIOT.
Tnn nEAnlNe o. zee AcousED
Postponed uDul rhar,day Forenoon. on the
Motion Of the ssase-An appear for
rAaI-1alk about tho Dinleulty-Ars
the workmsn Uaion nSrnbsrs'

The hearing Of the men arrested for
completely in the riot at Martins Ferry
last Saturday morning was to have taken
place before Squire F. G. Robinson at
Bridgeport yestorday afternoon at l
o'clock. The examination was arranged
to be held in the Council chamber,
in order to secure room for the large
crowd expected to assemble. The "Coun'
Gil chamber" is about twenty teet
tquare, and the prisoners alone, with the
justice, attorneys and parties interested in
the prosecution or defense directly or in
directly, uneomiortably crowdedthe room
At tho time Bet for the hearing to com
mence tho accused were all on hand, aud
Hon. l.. DRnford, 0f st. C!airaville, Mr.
Duncan, Of Martins Ferry, and Mr. J. D
Elsou, Of this city, appeared as theil
counsel. Mr.. Alex. Laughiin, President
Of the mill company, Mr.. Samuel Laugh
lin, and tho company's attorneys Hon 4
j. Alexander, OF Bridgeport, and Capt. W.
P. Hayes, OF steubenville, were a!se In
attendance.
THE PRISONERS READY.
SQUIRE Robinson announced that he wal
ready 10 proceed. Mr.. Alexander sale
that on Saturday evening when the cases
Vere postponed, Mr.. Duncan said his
clients might all or part waive prelimi
nary examination, and also gave It Y
be understood that his had some prelimi'
nary motions to maze. he asked wha'
conclusion the defendants had arrived at
Mr.. Duncan consulted with Captain
DantoM, and announced that the prison
oIs desired 10 have q hearing, and tha
thew elected to be heard together.
MIR, Alexander then asked continuance
for a reasonable time, to enable the pross
! cntion 10 secGre thor Witnesses. He ssiG
one important witness lived out OF the
State, but il reasonable length ot time
were given his attendance could be Sc
cured. The defense objected TO delay f0l
such reason, hut the justice announced
that be considerable sufficient, and asket
them to agree upon timesuitabie to both
sideg. Alter some parley the case wass
for Thursday at s A. ~, and the prisoner
were notified TO appear at that time.
THE CHARGE
Mr.. Alexander said in tho course Of hi
remarks that there was but one grave
crime known to the laws OF tho State thai
that OF which the parties here arraiSneC
stood accused. lie intimated. also, thai
persons were equally guilty who were no
present at the tune Of the firing upon TIT
mill guards.
The charge on which the warrants werf
Issued is not conspiracy or not, rs hal
been supposed, but shooting with lnten
to kill. The aliidavits read that the &C
cused "did with a pistol or gun shoot a
and shoot one Thomas Duff and one vii
lard Bailey, with intent them, the saic
Thomas Duff and Willard Bailey, To muir
der and kill" etc.
This under the Ohio law is punishable
with imprisonment Tor not less than one
nor more than twenty years in the peni
Tertiary.
THE oBJEcTIoNABLE woRRNEN.
Members of the United Nailers ant
other workingmen yesterday denied The
statement that the men employed in the
nail plate department OF the Lsughlir
mill arc members OF the AmalgNlnsteC
Association. A pailer said: "fh0se mer
are from McKecsport, where to my certain
knowledge there mas not been lodge o.
the Amalgamated Association for five
years past. 1t is q VIGOROUSLY b!RcksheeF
mill"
Letters have been received here BY
members o. the United Nailers, from Pres
idgnt Weihe and other Amalgamatior
officers, denying that the men employed
as heaters and rollers at the Laughiin lac
tory, are members OF their association.
a member OF tho Association told ar
IHTELLIGENcEg reporter yesterday morn
ing that he did not know whether the
men we're in tue Association or not, but
that Lc had heard pretty reliably that
they displayed q familiarity with its work.
ings which showed that they at least had
been member.
ALL QUIET.
A Telephone message from the Laughlin
mill last night at II o'clock ws9 to the ef-
feet that ali was quiet. A guard twice as
strong as that on Friday night was on
duty.
Some wild rumors were afoat yesterday.
One man offered 10 bet that there was q
gatliug gun used by the mill guards the
night Of the attack. There were no
further arrests yesterday. The man Clark
Lynn, mentioned yesterday as having
been shot, wasinadvertently placed among
the rioters. Really he was one OF the
guards. Bender, mentioned as being
shot, was on hand for trial yesterday, and
showed no signs OF being wounded.
A Martins Ferry mill man and ply
stefan from the same place were seen in
the city yesterday in buggy, and their
visit gave rise to all sorts Of sensational
rumofs and conjectures. 1t is very gen.
emily believed. however, that one OF the