The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-23
Wholesale Murder Con-,
spiraCy Said to Have.
| Existed inCinCinnati.
ONE WORKMAN
ALREADY DEAD
Detectives Disguised Themselves
as Moulders and Lived With
Strikers for Several Days.
Half Dozen Men
Are Under Ar
rest.
(By Associated Press, }

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CINCINNATI, Nov. Charged with
various degrees Of lawlessness In con-
neotion with the strike union moulders
Of Cincinnati. covington and Newport.
KY. half dozen men are under arrest
tonight and others are under surveil- Y
lance. Those In custody are VIM. Pat
ton. alias Friend, charged with mur-
der: Eugene Trainer. charged with mur-
der; Thos. Bracken. charged with mur-
der: Fred. Rauhauser, Jr., charged with
malicious destruction OF property: Fred.
Rauhauser. Sr.. and Lohp 41ook, charged
with aiding and abetttng the destruction
Of property. f3 s$&
To Arrest President.
A warrant was issued to-day for Joseph
F.. Valentine, president OF the Iron Moulds
ers' Union Of North America, but as ho9
is out Of the city. the service could not
be had on him. Valentine telegra phed
from Cleveland that he would be here to-
morrow. NJ 4 asis i'll 1;;3
Il The headquarters OF he Iron Moulders'S
Union are in this city, and 1t Is claimed
that President Valentine has been direct
Ing the strike that has been in progress u
In Cincinnati. Covington and Newport
for several months. During that time
there have been disturbances at different
foundries and on the streets OF the three
oities On October 7th. Samuel Weak
ley, a non union moulder was killed and
Frank Brown, who accompanied Weak
Hey, narrowly escaped from strikers who \
assaulted them. During the past few
days the situation became moro threat
ening around the foundries and attempts i
were made last night to blow up two of
them with dynamite, one In this city
and the other in Newport. Ky. No arr
rests have been made In Newport, al-
though the situation Is more threatening
there than at any other locality The ar
rest OF the fatherEand son (Ranhauser)@
in this city charged with dynnmlting the
Eureka foundry, and their alleged con-
I'fession duplicating others promise SEN
sational Developments. Chas. +. Waltz,
secretary, and Charles #. Vi!liams al tor
ney for the Employers Association OF d
Cincinnati and commiss Briggs and m
Met Clintock OF the National FOUNDERS
Association, who secured q large force 4
Of electives from C,ca go. are still work --f;
ing on different cases involved in the pro-
tected strike and claims that officials of, |,
boil, the international and the local
unions will be involved IN charges OF aid-&
Ing and ahettlng lawlessne ess, n
Denies Reports.
Edward Bergen, secretary here Of the
Union Moulders' Strike Committee, de-&
tnIes that any officials OF tho union have
even countcnanced 5lawlessness. He sayzS +
they are making no defense for Patton
held as the principal In the murder OF (
Weakley He denounces the reports about
plots as maliciously false. lie docs not \
believe that; Bracken or Trainer are IN
any manner implicated with Patton IN
the killing Of Weakley.
While there Is much excitement IN tins
foundry districts tonight, there were ne
reports to a late hour OF further dis
turbances. In addition to the strong
guards that have been maintained for
months at these places. the police OF the
three cities assisted materially tonight.
The employers, heretofore, have complain
cd that police protection and assistance
had not been accorded them In either OF Z
the three cities. t5S;8
Alleged Poison Plot.
alleged murder OF Wealkley. detectives TO-
day charge two plots against certain
strikers, one tor tho murder Of Wenkley3
and a companion named Brown, VINO es- =
caped. and the other for the poisoning
OF q number OF non-union men who were
stopping at a large boarding house.
After tnG &UluTutri VI 1NSSahleS q. '.ahAAGl
ber of detectives, disguised as WORKING
men secured union cards and Joined the
strikers In order to gather evidence
The detectives claim to have evidence
Involving q number of union moulders,
not only In the plot to kill Weakley, but 4
also in the general plot to poison the enon-
union moulders at the moulders' board
Ing house. 1t Is alleged that the plot 70
poison the non-union moulders was to
have gone into effect tomorrow night:
One OF tho detectives. who says he mad
been assigned to aid in the poisoning,
to claim proof OF tho poison had been
bought.
Eugene Trainer. employed at the Mowry
car wheel works. was arrested here,
charged rs accessory with Bracken IN 4
tho murder of Samuel Weakley the nom
union mouldcr. on october 7tll. The
detectives in the employment of the City
Employers Association and the National
Founders Association, state that there
will be at least two more arrests as access
sorles by being In the plot 10 XIII Wealilay
and Brown. The other two suspects are
no, now In this State. In addition tp,the5
local officers seventeen detectives from
Chicago have been working us, nioulders v
some rooming with them.
EM0MEY. CH0T EG