Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-16
BENNODD AUTHORITIES
ARE HIGHLY INCENsED AT THE
ACTION OF 'SQUIRES OF
THAT CITY
REFUSE TO ISSUE WARRANTS
AEatnst First Ward Parties When
Called Upon to Do So by the Po-
Hce-The ApportiOnment Matter.
Other Items of Interest From the
Marshall County Town.

The authorities of Benwood are
very much incensed at the actions of
Squire Lacey and Squire Riddle with
regard to the G. w. Hammond case.
1t will be remembered that on the
occasion Of a political love feast sew
eral days ago at the Drovers' Home
Club Hammond was beaten up in an
outrageous manner and on top of it all
thrown into jail by his prosecutors,
where he has been ever since, under
the treatment of DR.. i. N. Alley.
There are four men OF the First ward,
who are known to the police to have
had hand in the assault The au-
thorities have even gone so far as to
arrest them. but the 'Squires,
so the police and other city authorities
claim. have refused to issue warrants
for their detention. The four men
were George Earnest, Jack Blum, Fred
Blum and Preston Matthews. Pres
ton Matthews was cut in the ARRAY
by Hammond, who does not deny it,
but claims it was in self-defense.
Neither of the 'Squires will even issue
a warrant against Hammond. The
police allege that when they went be-
fore Squire Lacey, he refused point
blank to do so, saying that he would
not like to have a hand in the pros
nf hn 0rfin
Squire Riddle promised to issue the
warrants yesterday, but up until ten
o'clock last evening he had not done
so. The police will have no other
recourse than to go to Moundsville.
The city officials have not as yet
received an answer from State Auditor
LaFollette in regard to the railroad
tax apportionment for 1899. 1t will be
remembered that the apportionment
amounted this year as usual to
council and returned to the Auditors
Office. The amount claimed due by
the city officials is s2,SS2.44. The off,
Gals expect word from the Auditor
daily. In the meantime, all payments
of taxes into the Auditors Office have
been stopped until the matter is set
tied.
BY the unfortunate breakage of the
bed plate in the engine in the pud-
<5l;n0 dono rfrnonf Of tho Jowor mOrkc
during the holidays, about $50 men
have been thrown out of employment.
The breakage not only threw out the
puddlers but the plate mill as well.
Business interests generally about the
city have felt the effect Of the en-
forced shut down. The company have
had force of men at work night and
day repairing the break. The work
will be finished by Tuesday or We'd
nesday at the latest and both depart
ments will resume.
A citizens meeting of all voters to
be held Saturday evening at o'clock
at the City Hall, has been called by
Joseph Mahood and Squire Riddle,
chairmen respectively of the Demo-
cratic and Republican committees.
The above call for meeting has
occasioned quite a little speculation
among the voters of the city. Outside
of the chairmen of the two commit
tees, there are but two or three men
who are on the inside as to the real
object of the meeting. Several re-
ports have been prevalent, although
no one outside of the men referred to
can state positively. One report is
that 1t is the intention to combine the
two city tickets into one citizens
ticket after the primaries. This report
is generally discredited. The report
which carries the most weight is that
the meeting is in the interests of the
business houses in the Second and
Third wards. It is proposed to have
all candidates for nomination and
election to city offices present and re-
port has it that the meeting is for