The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-12
THEY ARE NOT GUILTY.
Tho Non-U Union alasaworkers at
tho Buckeye Works
ACQUITTED IN PROBATE COURT
AT St. ClaIrsvillo Ycstcrdny-Thoush
tho Mayor of Martins Ferry Had
Held Thorn the Judge Declares
There Is Not n Particle of Evidence
Against rhom.

Tho defendants ara discharged.
There 10 not a particle OF evidence to.
ward holding them"
These were tho word, OF Judge J. G.
Tallman in discharging tho non.union
Hlas,workcrs who were charged with
rioting at tho Buckeye glass works on
Saturday night, January %, aud tho
men arc again at work in tho factory.
Judge Tallman did not wait to hear
tho testimony Of tho defense, but dis.
charged the mon Mt the conclusion OF
tho examination OF tho twelve wit.
nesses for the prosecution. ffc asked
tho attorneys II they had any moro wit.
nes'cs. and when tho attorneys for tho
ntrikcrs answered in tho negative tho
cour. cut tho case short by rendering
hi, decision.
Tho preliminary examination took
place before Mayor Wcs,wood at Mar.
tins Ferry on Wednesday and the men
were turned over 10 await tho examina.
ton OF the grand jury in thu sum OF
500. They were taken to the county
jail on Thursday and a motion was made
for q rehcarinG before tho probate
court. This was granted and took place
yesterday at St Clair.ville in tho pros.
ence OF a large number OF spectators.
The case was commenced shortly after
8 o'clock vita ". 7. Dixon and G. l..
Weemsreprcsen,ing the prosecution and
George Duncan and :. W. Boyd the dc.
tense. James Tallman, OF Bellaire. who
was one oil the attorneys for the prose-
cution at tho preliminary examination,
failed to show up. and Prosecuting At.
torney Weems was called and assisted
Mr.. Dixon.
Mr.. Dixon opened the case and Mr..
Duncan followed by sayin: that two
very important witnesses had been as
saulted while on their way 10 ST. Glars.
vile from Wellsburg, but that he did
not wish to delay the hearing on this
account. saying that they could give in
their testimony after all the Others had
been examined.
Twelve or fourteen witnesses were
present for the strikers aud sixteen for
the defense. The testimony OF those
who were on the stand ut the prelimi-
nary examination was substantially the
same, and several others wesc pu. on
the stand. It is said that some OF the
testimony to have been introduced by
the defense promised to be highly SEN
sational and would have put an en-.
tirely different aspect on the case.
The first witness examined was James
McCadrey, most OF whose time wa, &C.
cupled in the cross-e1amination. He
said he received a message from Well4.
burg saying that the three men were
coming anu would come on the Clsve-
land, Lorain & Wheeling railroad; that
Charles Otto, 1. Connell and Harry
Keller made up the committee sent to
the train Asked il he had seen any men
assaulted. he admitted that he had on
January 7, when two mon from Kent
were sent home, but he closed bis eyes
and did not see who assaulted them.
He said he had paid the fines OF James
Long and William Keller for assaul.ing
Henry johnson. lie was asked il he
had known OF a dozen or more diGeren.
men beaten up by union men, one OF
whom, Lewis Enemel, had two ribs
broken, and one woman was hurt, and
he answered that lie did not know i.
positively, but had heard OF it and seen
It in the papers. but did not believe
everything he read in papers.
The testimony OF James Colley, the
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling brake.
man. vas practically tho same as told at
Martins Ferry, excepting, that he con.
tradlcted himself three times rs to recog.
mixing one OF the non.uuion men, finally
saying that he was not certain about it.
Jess Bigga testified as he did ut Max.
tins Ferry.
Mr.. Vickers, 4 nail feeder and n new
witness. saw men under the bridge and
on the corner. but recognized none OF
them except Biccs; saw the frs. shot
and 1t was from tho Buckeye; did not
see any guns; heard no bullets whistle
near BY shot from the Buckeye.
William Martin, glassworker. talked
with several non.union men at tho
Buckeye, and one eaId he heard Man
ager Humphrey say: For Gods sake,
don't shoot, boys"
Mr.. O'Conuor, Of Wheeling, shook
hands with Joseph Willard, a uon.union
man, aud asked him to take n walk.
Willard said the Martins Ferry men
would do" him and ho was afraid.
O'Connor told him none OF the glass
workers would hurt t!Iom while he was
with them.
Mise Flora O1e!and, living opposite
the works, saw we shots fred from tho
sample rovm window.
Edward Mclaughlin, vino also lives
near By. heard shots which aounded
like those OF muskc:4; thought they
were from the works. but was not sure.
81. S. Neal. policeman, said that the
authorities neyor refused to give tho
Buckeye people the protection they
asked for and were willing to do what
they could for them. One n%on.uniou
man at the works told him he had GOV.
cred q striker with a Winchester and
made him 10, 20 OF n man;
it was not any OF tho prisoners. Tho
latter was corroborated by Policeman
Martin Myers.
A. D. Seamon testified substantially
the same as at Martins Ferry.
Kerncy Brown, who il in tho county
jai! for shooting a mar at Fairviow, said
that William Porter. ono Of tho nom
union prisoners, told him he hal fired
FIVE shots out OF an upstairs window;
when this vas Porter did not say. This
vas corroborated by Charley McCord,
OF Martins Ferry. who is also confined
In thu cnuniv mil