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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
WILL VISIT AMERICA.

BERLIN, July 15.-The Kleine Jour
nal prints a letter from United States
Ambassador White to the editor of that
paper, In which Mr.. White says he will
go to the United States In September
to visit his family. Whether or not he
will remain in Berlin, he writes, de-
ponds upon various considerations, par
ticularly the status Of certain questions
between Germany and the United
States, which, doubtless, will occupy
the Reichstag at its next session.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
ELLIS GLENN'S BROTHER
IS TOSAVEH HIS SISTER.
ATTORNEY roR THE DEFENSE
WILL PRODUCE HIM TO-
MORROW.
SAY THAT HE Is A DETECTIVE.
More Tending to Identity
Ellis Glenn Rs Bert G~icnn-Scn-
stations Promised.

Special to the Register,
PARKERSBuRG. w. Va. July Is
The defense in the Ellis Glenn forgery
trial sprung a sensation this after
loon when Colonel Wolforton, n of
Ellis Glenn's attorneys. stated that
they would produce Ebert Glenn. the
twin brother OF Ellis, in court on We'd
nesday and have him testify in his sis
ter's behalf.
1t has been thought all along by
many that the twin brother Ia a myth.
but II he actually appears 1t o
create a tremendous sensation.
In an interview to-day Ellis Glenn
declared that her twin brother has been
In the court room within a week and
was seen by several persons. She says
he is a detective, and instead OF being
guilty OF forgery was on the track OF
the forger in the capacity OF a de-
tective.
She says she will have witnesses here
from New York and from England to
prove who she Is.
The greatest sensation Of the day was
when Former Prosecuting Attorney
John #. Laird, now one OF Glenn's at
torneys. was compelled by the court to
produce and enter as evidence the rub
Der articles which ellis Glenn told
Deputy Sheriff Jayne she made and
wore to make her look like a man.
They we're In a box which was opened
In court.
d. II. Kinder. an attorney from Litch-
field. Ills, identified Ellis Glenn as the
same person who jumped her bond
there while under a forgery charge un-
der the name of e. b. Glenn. He was
with the officers when they arrested
her afterward at Padducah. Ky. The
entire party went In and got a drink.
Ellis took whisky.
Former Deputy Sheriff Jayne, OF
Hillsboro, testified as to scars on Ellis
Glenn's head, and both he and Kinder
described them, but Ellis persistently
refused to remove her hat, to brush her
hair back from her forehead or to re-
move her gloves to show the scars.
Kinder said Ellis Glenn told him she
was not Cora Cunningham RAIDER, Of
West Virginia. but had lived in West
Virginia, at Williamstown.
The state expects to conclude the ev-
idence by noon tomorrow and rest the
case. Sensational testimony is expected
from the defense.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
A LYNCHING PROPOSAL.
Virginia Constitutional Convention
in Session Twenty-One Minutes.


in Session T~wenty-One Minutes.
RICHMOND, Va, July 15.-The con-
stitutional convention Of Virginia was
in session but twenty-one minutes to-
day. The most important resolution
introduced was that offered by Mr.. Pad
igo Republican,. of Henry county,
which aims to prevent l%ynching. 1t
provides that the governor shall offer
a reward of $500 for the arrest and
conviction Of every person who shall
engage in the offense. That the crime
shall be murder in the first degree
where the hanging or lynching is ac-
complished. and that it shall be the
duty of the governor to pay 81 900 to
the heirs of any person lynched, the
money to come out Of the state treas
ury and be chargeable to the county or
city in which the crime was COM
mitted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
DIR. STEPHEN vANKIRK DEAD.

Special to the Register.
GRAFTON, w. Va, July 15.-Dr.
Stephen Vankirk died at 7 o'clock yes
terday evening at the home OF his faith
err, Or. w. F. Vankirk, on Washington
street, OF Bright's disease. The de-
ceased was q years old. He graduated
from the Philadelphia Medical College
with high honors, and passed success
fully before the State Board OF Medical
Examiners at Charleston last March.
and had entered into a partnership in
the practice OF medicine with his father
at this place. He vas bright. industri-
GUS and popular, and his death was a
shock to the community. the funeral
will take place Tuesday from the Cath
Ollie Church at $50 a. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
NoN-UNION MILL CLOSED.

The American Steel Hoop Company's
supposedly non-union mill, known as
the Painter mill in West Carson street,
was closed this morning in all its
branches The tie-up at this mill was
said to have been a surprise to the mill
owners and officials in charge of it.
The other plant known al the Lind
say & MoCutcheon mill in Allegheny,
Was shut down completely. All the
skilled wprkmen refused to enter the
mill this morning and the company did
aot even operate the five furnaces. The
finishing department of the mill was
working during the day, as the men
are not in the union, but it is claimed
by the workers that the employees in
that department will not go to work in
the morning.
The American Steel Hoop Company's
mill at Monessen was not closed to-
DAY. 1t has been non-union since it
was built two years ago and the COM
pany says the men will remain loyal.
The Amalgamated people would not
discuss the situation in that mill at
present.
While all the mills Of the United
States Steel Corporation are included in
the general conflict, the three compan-
les are the first attacked. What the
next move would be, the workers would
not say.
II is announced tonight that the cir
cular letter, which was expected to be
sent out to-day calling on the men in
the mills of the Federal Steel Com
pany. the National Steel Company and
Ike National Tube Company to come
nut would not be issued at present.
A DISPATCH FROM NEW YORK.
The most interesting report to the
A~malgamated men to-day was the de-
apatch from New York which said that
a conference of manufacturers was to
De held in New York to-mor-
row at which Warner Arms,
vice president of the American Tin
rate Company was to present a de-
tailed account of the experiences Of the
committee that met the Amalgamated
association in this city last week. 1t
was stated that the question of again
extending the olive branch to the strik-
efs or OF taking up the fight and crush
ing the association would be determin-
80. Generally speaking tho workers,
rom President Shaffer down. seem to
De looking for some sort OF a settle
ment.
The general oflcers Of the American
steel Hoop Company are In this city,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16

NASHVILLE, Tenn. July ia
minority underlying the bondholder
has made a motion in the United States
District Court to be allowed to inter-
vene on foreclosure proceedings against
the Nashville Railway, brought recently
by a Baltimore trust company.
The petition alleges that the members
of the syndicate pro-rated the stock
and bond issues Of s13.50O, 900 among
themselves without paying in full for
them.
The petitioner seeks to recover
50, 900 900 from the syndicate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
OHIO DEMOCRATS AND
THEIR mem PLATFORM,
SUBJECTS OF CRITICISM At THE
HANDS OF WILLIAM JEN-
NINGs BRYAN.
TO IGNORE FREE SILVER,
HE THINKS WAS INExCUSABLE.
SAYS 1T is STILL IN POL
ITICS.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 15.-In extended
comment on the platform adopted by
the Ohio Democratic convention, W. ].
Bryan criticises the convention for its
failure to reafirm the Kansas City
platform and for what he regards as the
weakness of some of the planks 1t did
adopt. Mr.. Bryan insists that the o n
yention made a mistake In making him
self an issue and says:
"Mr. Bryan is not a candidate for any
ONCE and a mention OF him might have
been construed by some as an endorse
ment OF him for ONCE. The vote
should have been upon the naked prop
osition to endorse the platform OF last
year. and then no one could have ex-
cused his abandonment OF Democratic
principles by pleading his dislike for
Mr.. Bryan"
Referring to the platform he con-
tinues:
The convention not only failed but
refused to endorse or reafirm the Kan
sas City platform. and from the man
ner in which the gold element has re-
joiced over this feature OF the conven-
ton one would suppose that the main
object of the convention was not to
write a new platform. but to repudiate
the one upon which the last national
campaign was fought.
THE gold papers assume that the
sas City platform because 1t contained
a silver plank. II so 1t would have been
more courageous to have declared open
ly for the gold standard. II the gold
standard is good 1t ought to have been
endorsed-if bad 1t ought to have been
denounced. To ignore the subject en-
tirely was i~nexcusable.
1.-THE money question Is not yet out
of politics. Every session OF Congress
will nave to deal with 1t. Republicans
declare that 1t Is dead. but they keep
working at It."
Mr.. Bryan comments on parts Of the
platform, especially those referring TO
state and municipal affairs. He en-
dorses the nominees Of the convention
and urges their support.
Referring to the senatorial fight and
the reported candidacy OF John r. Nc
Lean, he says:
did the leaders ignore the money
question in order to please those who
bolted? Or does Mr.. Mclean want to
be left free to affiliate with the Repub-
lican financial questions in case OF his
election?"
He concludes as follows:
IF any Of the Ohio Democrats feel
a~ggrieved because OF the organizing ell
ement OF the party t%riumphed at the
convention let not them visit their
disappointment upon the state ticket,
but rather see to the nominations OF
senator's and representatives who will
select a Trustworthy senator. Let them
see to it also that the state platform
is made at the primaries next time
rather than at the convention"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
SHOT HIS PRISONER.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 15.-
Officer Matt Spreading, while attempt
ing to arrest six young men on a war
rant for malicious cutting, shot and
fatally wounded Monroe Asbury, a
farmer, one of the parties wanted. The
young men live on Kelly's creek. and
when arrested we're b~arricaded in AS
bury's house, and were armed with shot
guns.
they attacked Clayton Bailey and
Lucius McClenahan at a picnic some
days ago., and seriously cut both OF
them. Officer Spradling gave himself
up, but was released by Justice Cot
trell.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
ANOTHER POSTAL THIEF.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-A cable
gram received at the postofhce depart
ment to-day from San Juan announces
the arrest on July 10th Of Ricardo Ma
varez Rivera, assistant postmaster At
Mameyes, Porto Rico, for embezzling
letters containing valuable Enclosures.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
ANOTHER LIBRARY.

ST. JOHN, N. F.. July t5.-Andrew
Carnegie has offered $4,000 under the
usual conditions, to build a public IL
ibrary in st. Johns. II the arrange
ments are effected, it is likely that the
Duke of Cornwall and York will lay
the foundation when he visits New
Foundland in October.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
CAPTAIN srRoNG's CASE

In Secretary Roots Hands-Wil be
Decided
WASHINGTON, July 15.-The case
of Captain Putnam Bradley Strong is
in the hands of Secretary Root, who
will determine whether or not Strong
will sail on the transport Grant to-mor-
row. The department has been in tel
egraphic communication with the sec
rotary on the subject.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
HANNA SEES

CANTON, Ohio, July Ex-senator
Hanna spent the afternoon with Presi-
dent Mckinley and returned to Cleye-
land tonight. 1t is said there is no
significance in his visit, that he had not
the President for a long time and
that he came here to pay his respects
and to talk over some personal mat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
LIST OF THE DEAD.

Alfred Courtrite, nfty years old, en-
sfue~r ohio valley Express, lived
at = Main street. wheeling,
leaves wife md four children.
william Busby, fireman Ohio valley
Express, twcnty-four years old,
lived mt 3020 Eon street, Wheel
inRt leaves u wife.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
ALL o DOWN.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, o.. July Is.
The plants Of the American Sheet
Steel Company in the Tuscarawas val
ley are closed down to-day owing to
the strike. The mills Affected are
those at New Philadelphia, Dennison
and Canal Dover. Two thousand men
are idlA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16

pTpSBURG, Pa, July 15.-Reports
-eceived from all sources connected
viii the great strike of the steel work.
ers to-day indicate that the members of
The Amalgamated Association had mat
ters we'll in hand and that the strike
order was generally obeyed.
kilograms from various points
where the mills of the American Tin
plate Company, the American Steel
Hoop Company and the American Sheet
steel Company are located told Of the
shutting down of these plants in large
numbers.
In many cases the plants had been
shut down by the first strike order
which affected the sheet steel and the
steel hoop companies only. The last
order brought out all Of the union
pfants of the American Tin Plate Com
0any with the single exception of the
new mill in Monessen, which is still
running.
AT the A~malgamated Association
headquarters it was stated that the fig
nres given out Saturday night regard
ing the number of men who would be
actually idle in the mills of the three
companies had been proven correct.
This number was placed at $4,000.
The strike, although one of the great
est that has been declared in recent
years, will affect Pittsburg but slight
L.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
xAcH1N1srs BACH AT WORK.

CINCINNATI. O.. July 1.-two
thousand machinists who have been OF
strike here since May goth. returned to
work to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
FEW IN PITTSBURG.

Despite the tact That TINS city is, Il
for years has been the recognized in
Gastrial center of the world, PRECEDENT
shaffer's action in calling the men of
the American Sheet Steel, American
Tin Plate and American Steel Hoop
companies out on strike, will have but
little bearing on the commercial life OF
Ptttsburg.
OF the $4,000 men idle, $500 are In
Pittsburg. 500 in Allegheny, and 1,5O0
in McKeesport.
President Shaffer has it In his pow
er to close many more Pittsburg mills,
but it is not thought that he will do
anything of a radical nature until he
is compelled to.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
SOME REPORTS RECEIVED.


Following are extracts of reports
from nearby towns up to 9 p. NJ:
New Philadelphia, O.-35O employees
of the New Philadelphia rolling mill
are idle. The Amalgamated Associa-
ton lodge with 200 members is resolv-
ed to stand by Shaffer.
Carnegie, Pa.-No attempt was made
to start work at the Charters steel
works, in Carnegie yesterday, as the
mill Is we'll organized, about 200 of the
employees belonging to the Amalgamat-
ed Association.
Scottdale, Pa.-All departments of
the Scottdale and Old Meadow rolling
mill at this place are running full to-
day and there is every indication that
they will continue to run for an inde4i-
mite period. The officials here have lit
tie fear that the personal agreement
entered into by the men will be broken.
%Johnstown, Pa.-Now that the great
strike is on it has developed that con-
siderably more than half of the IL, 900
employees of the Cambria Steel Com
pany in this city are members Of the
Amalgamated Association. The mass
of them being members Of Pittsburg
lodges. The Cambria mills are non
union and it was believed until to-day
that they would not be affected by the
strike. Prominent steel workers say,
however, that If President Shaffer calls
on the men here to go out, he entire
plant oil the Cambria company will be
tied up.
MoKeesport, Pa.-There was no ex-
element in McKeesport to-day on ac-
count of the strike. w. Devices Woods
and the u. S. Tin Plate plants are idle
and no attempt was made to resume
work at either plant during the day.
The men are looking for an early set
Element.
ADDED TWO MORE MILLS.
In addition to the very general and
in some instances rather unexpected
compliance to the strike order. the
Amalgamated tonight, has added two
more mills to Its list, both OF which
were claimed to-day by the companies
to be beyond the reach Of organization.
When the VIM. Clark Sons company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-16
ENCAMPMENT D

Together mt Wheelfng~An EIcc-
ton Ordered.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July To-
Governor White tonight ordered the
National Guard into annual camp at
Wheeling for ten days, beginning Sep
TENDER II, and ordered an election OF
a brigade commander to succeed Gen
eral Curtin. resigned, to be held at Par
kersburg Thursday, July IL.
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Special by Long Distance Telephone.
SISTERSVILLE. w. Va, July 10
The failure of Jesse Day. an engineer
OF the Short Line Railroad. while TAX
ing a light engine to Parkersburg from
New M%artinsville to note the time of
the Ohio Valley Express on the Ohio
River railroad, caused a frightful wreck
near Paden's Valley this evening.
Day was no acquainted with the
Ohio River road, and had for a fireman
o. V. Carter, who has been a hostler in
the Short Line round house at New
lMa~rtinsville until yesterday, when he
was put to firing.
Day was ordered to take his engine
and tender to Parkersburg, under the
usual running orders, which required
him to take a siding and wait for all
regular trains, giving at least ten min
utes clear track under the schedule.
He failed to notice that the Ohio Val
ley Express was due and that he should
meet 1t at the siding at Sardis.
To have taken the siding at Sardis
would have given twelve minutes.
There was another chance to side
track and avoid a collision, at Paden's
Valley, where the express would have
had three minutes.
TOOK NEITHER SIDING.
But he took neither siding, and at a
curve about half a mile south OF Paden s
Valley he met the express.
The express was running forty miles
an hour, and Days engine being light,
was making about t~hirty-fve miles an
hour.
The location OF the curve was such
that neither engine could be seen by
those on the other till they were to-
gether.
There was not eve time for the en-
dangered men to jump or push a throt-
tie.
The impact was terrific. Both en-
gines we're completely stripped. The
boilers burst from the violence OF the
shock. The express being a heavy YES
tibuled train, its weight carried the
light engine back and the wreckage OF
the two locomotives was scattered for
fifty yards along the track. while one
huge piece of the light locomotive was
thrown fifty feet from the track over
the river bank.
When the flying monsters came to a
stop, engine "a, OF the express was lying
on the east side of the track. and No.
101 was alongside of 1t on the west
side.
A TERRIBLE SPECTACLE.
The ~egineers and firemen Of the W o
Trains were both under the wreckage
when assistance came from the train.
body and head were hidden.
When a little gravel was dug away the
body still lay under the weight Of the
but the head and neck, crushed
free from the trunk, rolled out to the
side of the track. His death was in
Simultaneous and the body is crushed
to pulp.
Busby wal also caught under the en-
CINE, but was not dead when discovered
by the conductor. who was the first
man to reach the scene. He was con-
scious. but too badly crushed to speak.
His features were visible and he gave
signs Of recognition, but died within
ave minutes. before anything could be
done towards getting him from under
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AMALCAMATED ASSOCIATION
CLOSED MANY IRON MILLS.
Reports of the Most Encouraging Character Came to
The Headquarters of The Workers.
4 SOP FROM THE GREAT STEEL TRUST
To Its Non-Union Men-Advance in Wages Given
Some Surprises For The Trust
Managers.

but ii was stated there to-day that
President W. E. Corey, who is also ex-
ecutive head of the Natioal Steel Uom-
pany, had nothing to say concerning the
plans of the companies in meeting the
difficulties of the strike, no as to what
condition the mills were in where non
union men had Joined the forces of the
strikers. The policy Of the manufacture
ers. it was said, was TO remain quiet for
the present and await developments.
The officials of the American Tin
Plate Company are all in New York,
and the company's side OF the trouble
was not obtainable here.
A MEETING OF MANAGERS.
At the district offices of the American
Sheet Steel Company a meeting of man
ayers was held to-day. 1t was a close
ly guarded meeting and information
was hard to secure. 1t was said, how
ever. that the reports from the man
ayers referred to the condition of af-
fairs in the non-union plants of the
company. 1t was claimed that the men
in the Old Meadow mill in Scottdale
would not go out on strike. The Scott
dale iron and steel mill is also work
ing and no signs of a strike are visible
there. The alleged attempt on the part
of the association to attack the forces
in the big Vandergrift mills in Wander
grift, Pa, was not regarded seriously.
although the company is watching
closely all such movements.
When President shaffer was informed
of the granting Of the advance to the
McKeesport tube workers, he said:
II anticipated such action on the part
OF the manufacturers, and have warned
our men to guard against being blinded
by such dust-throwing methods. The
tube men in McKeesport are morgan
lied and this advance, coming with the
beginning of the strike of the employees
Of the three companies with which we
are at issue, is an indication that the
steel corporation appreciates the
strength of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton, and is trying to thwart its growth
and aims by such means as have been
adopted in McKeesport. l expect that
similar advances will be given to the
men in other works of the United States
Steel Corporation that have not been
affected by the strike order in the hope
that the workers may refuse to come
out should we decide to extend the
strike to all the nlants of the cnrnnra-
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~Censtantly study
the ssrOng ana
weak spots In all
neafuns Of fnf0r-
nation to custom
IRA. Cheap rates
do not mean re-
n i'd
vertfsfngt often
quite the con-
trary.
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the engine. His head at the back wa
crushed and his body mangled.
Jesse Day was crushed about thu
chest and suffered from broken ribs and
Internal injuries. He was able to talk
a little, but the doctors at l o'clock this
morning gave no hope that he could
live till daylight.
Carter. the fireman Of 10f. has hif
right thigh terribly crushed and ampu-
tation will be necessary. His condt
ton is every serious.
Marble Hill press., 1901-12-18

thlne 70 dive en- sald the cowboy,
moarnnlly. ''unless the little Kid
might like my spurs ia give my gun
10 tho little girl. though on general
principles don't IKE 20 Eiye up .
Ean."
Never mind. boyn~ said The dFqm-
mer.. you come along With me 70 The
haesare car"
50 on they trooped. lie opened bis
trunks aud spread before them such e.
array Of trash and lFlukeis a. took
away their breath.
There" said he, ~inst pick out the
best things and IN donate the lot
mo. you don1f said the cowboy,
"Tm going to suy what want and
pay for Il. too. or else there alnt soIn
10 be no Christmas round here"
that's my judgment too Eaid ths
cattleman. aud the mlnidter agreed.
30 they sat down 70 their task Of se
lection. They spent hours over Il II
breathlsss interest and when theil
rifts were ready there arose the Qnez
tIon OF Christmas tree II had stop
ped showing. and ifampIng out into thl
moonllt night. they cut down a grea
piece Of sage-bfush. The mothe
adorned It with tinsel paper and tn
gifts were preltiiy disposed. Christina