The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-08
THREATEN HIS LIFE.
ADotroit Agent of the Fraternity
of Financial Cooperation
IS IN A SERIOUS PREDgAMEN7.
while a Lowell, Mass, Man narrowly
Escapes tho Vengeance of a Mob.
The supreme officers fec from their
.uomcs...oIail Matter Stopped.


Formal instructions were yesterday
,,;,od from the Acting Postmaster
80, nj Washington, in accordance
with an opinion OIL Tue As'''ts' a,
,orney General for the postonlce de-
la'''i'y 5I;,.o,;n,, 10 the Fraternity OF
IRON Hc.'' e''"s q re
Financial Cooperation Ut III! VI SS
officers, managers, agents or employees
w.. r.,;.tcred letter addressed to the
81! ony ~ tbem nersonallv.
company Vi " 49, - ~, - a. .,
utopay money OF posHal orue'S " ",''
NJ them. All money orders are 10 De
,.nod IN the senders with instruc-
te'u'"'' t,,,, ~ rocovar Tho money
tons rs 10 ~" ~ - no rat,,rnod
All registered letters gre 10 W t .,siI,',
TO the senders with inc wore :, Ir ~ .i.s
lent plainly written OF s'aHlpeu Oh 'ile
envelope. -, /.
A letter has peeh i gecelEea IRON 10 NJ q
local secretary o. tIie rln'e t NY ~ "a
uoit asking particulars ~ 10 'I If conui,
ton oil the coin pany B aliulIs. iie Wv M"t ;ss
TO know what Tue ProsPeGt1 a'e ~ III
realizing on the certihcates Oh MS 'le'n-
ber., and says; It'll. :. ,os.;,,,o
PLEASE answer u IutUH ~. ,'j ~ O ont;ont
because these people mere are lIipaa dtI,.
and have even gone so iar Us 10 tl4leateii
my liz" -. ~ ~.
The following Assoclateu r .6ss teie-
gram was received mere !es atiy
LOWELL, MASS, July "a larSs nun nun
Der Of certificate hoiders IN the rEater-
nifty OF Financial Oocoperatloh' Ihe elI
derwhosesuprGme officers r. were s% w,S eS
uponby united nla!es oliicers ~ W iie eSs
iHg, W. Va, on fHaay lor using tne
mails Tor irlndulens purposes as .,ln-
blelin the Office OF secretary Prothers
hstnight; lie deciineu 10 receive ~! any ny
money. In reply 10 lnqulIies as "
What the chances were lot ettln VIZ
Sl5OpromlsGd, ne said ne ulu HGt kh9 wv.
Tie crowd threatened 10 ihoo nun i .s
bis connection win me scheine, anu ne
hurried out OF the Du,lulhg. men were
swearing about tne pl"ce, ana women,
many servant glris, were alter i i:
weeping and threatening some OF tileiii
had paid as much as $40, ana as tne o. y!
fcias Of the company are iugltlNes =, u Is
not likely that they VIII ever geVi their
money back. g..
The local circle Organized 2y %eorg =
W. Brothers at Loweu was no; og, anu
numbered nearly4oO members: brotne5s
kaClerk IN the Lowell Gas company :
Office a lawyer named bacheiIer anu n.i,
be ran me fraternity IN LoWeil. VI "
Monday the regular ihonthiy 5epElI VI
circle ~ was received from prothe[s,
and he inclosed q cheeK Ior the WeekIy
assessments, the aggregate peing oyer aver
so lie also sent column artlcle
clipped IRON the Lowell oar, telllllg ",
the collapse OF the concern mere, anu
expressed the nope that the supreme
ganG would come out on Top.
Wthe 4%I members on the register Oh
the Lowell circle, only eigeteen OF
twenty are marked PAID. ABOUT as
many are Cancelled, donetless naying
nPsed. une oil the certineates marked
Hn is 9l5-the hrst one issued IN TINS ~,
Srisr and 1t was issued 70 george W.
0ISlllGIs; :,
IAe Philadelphia PresS OF MONDAY mas
iaIg article on the Frat. Fl. Cop,
(Which inc following IS an extract:
~ y + DolIner, supreme treasurer
NY North Iwenty:sl%th street, ana
lOnng Chambers, !lO9 Arch street, VINO
" wanted BY the United states author