Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-13
Years OF
Awful Pile Agony.
MARTINS FERRY.


Local News Of Interest From the
City of Mills md Factories.
DR.. A. r. ong was at Smithfeld yes
terday.
Fred vanpelt left yesterday for At
lantic City.
Tobias Kyne has accepted a position
In Pittsburg.
Benz. Chopper was at Steubenville
yesterday on business.
j. L. Parr. of Smithfeld, is the guest
OF his son, DIR. j. G. Parr.
Geo. Cooke. Esq. was at st. Glars
vile yesterday on business.
The Ohio Valley Beagle Kennels
won all first prizes at the Wheeling
Tair
President Haskins, of the U. M. w.
of Ohio, was In the city yesterday on
business.
A number of country people were In
the city yesterday on their way to the
Wheeling Fair
The Belmont Telephone Company Is
rapidly completing its system and will
soon have all their phones connected.
william Wilson, who has been the
guest of John Campbell and family.
will leave for his home at Flushing to-
day.
There is still considerable talk here
among many of the mill men regarding
q cooperative store being started
among the mill men.
Charles M. Downey, candidate for
State Senator on the independent
ticket, is hustling every day and Will
no doubt receive the nomination.
side Tracked" will be the attrac-
tion at the Star Theater next Tuesday
night. The play has always been a
big success here, and this year has
many new features.
Rev. Parke Cooke, a student in the
| Allegheny Seminary, will occupy the
pulpit of the u. p. church next Sun
day. Rev. Cooke is a brother of City
Solicitor Geo. Cooke.
Elmer Thompson. who was up be-
fore Squire Newland on a charge OF
stealing, has not yet been disposed of,
but will probably be sent to the re-
form school.
The track on the G. e. p. spread yes
| terday morning lear the freight de-
pot as the early morning freight train
was passing. Two ears were derailed
and traffic for some time was delayed.
The new Ralston building. where the
| postofice is to be located, will be COM
| pleted In a short time and will be a
| ~o.a-~,Ji1,, ronpa ond will he fitted IN
with fixtures that this city may well
be proud OF.
The strike situation here remains
| the same. All the men are standing
| firm and each day feel more encour-
| aged as regards the victory. The
| pickets are all on duty and are doing
excellent work.
One noticeable feature here during
the strike is the few drunken people,
| and this shows that the managers OF
the strike have all the men well In
hand and that their good advice also
has much weight with those not In
the union but who are concerned In
the strike.
The marriage of Miss Ada Joy and
| DIR. Wightman Frazier has been an
nounced to take place October 18th, at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
| and Mrs. Joy, on Broadway. Miss JOY
is one of Martins f'erry's most popu-
lar young ladies'. DR.. Frazier Is a for
mer Martins Ferry boy, and at present
is at Sewickly, Pa. where he is en-
| joying a lucrative practice in dentistry.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
| Of Yesterday said that at Monessen,
| Pa. there is the only ~non-union tin
| mill and that the workmen are all
| Welsh, This article Is false, as only
two of three Welshmen are employed
in this mill. 1t also says that tin
| plate was first made in Wales. This
is also a mistake, as it was made in
| Germany. The gentleman who wrote
| this article was off in many other
| statements and showed that he knew
little of the iron business or the work
men.
There are a few people here who
would like to make light of the
pendent ticket that is proposed by the
laboring people, and have construed
it many ways, but the public knows
that 1t comes from hat source which
always kicks when the hepuDlican
ring learns that the public knows
their tactics. The Wheeling Intelli-
gencer, whose editorials have been dis
tributed by n trust. plainly showing
| their disposition in the present strike.
This paper. in a recent article, goes so
far as to say that the laboring people
are being used as a tool in regard to
an independent ticket, but to show
their ignorance they speak OF one
candidate being on both tickets. This
is not allowed by law, which vas en-
acted by a Republican Legislature.
The Register has not endorsed this
Independent ticket and is not so dis
posed, as it means war on both the old
parties. The object of this movement
is to have laboring people represented
in the Legislature and also In the
county, which they as true American
citizens have as a privilege. The
ticket will be made up of the best men
in the county, and is deserving Of men,
ton by a paper which does not believe