Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-24
SIX MEN ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
Master Iron Workere and Their
Moulders Clash.
OPEN SHOP POLICY PREVAILS
Union Men Held For the Killing of
Nonunion Moulder-National Presi.
dent of the Union Charged as an
Accessory.

| Accessory.
Cincinnati, Nov 23.-Charged with
various degrees of lawlessness in con
nection with the strike of union mould
ers Of Cincinnati, Covington and New.
| port, KY, a half dozen more are under
arrest tonight and others are under
surveillance.
Those in custody are William Pat.
| ten, alias Friend, charged with mur.
der; Eugene Trainer, charged with
| murder; Thomas Bracken, charged
with murder; Fred Rauhauser, Jr.,
charged with malicious destruction OF
property; Fred Rauhauser, Sr., and
John Hook, charged with aiding and
abetting the destruction of property.
A warrant was issued today for 10.
seph F. Valentine, president of the
Iron Moulders' union of North Amer.
lea, but as he is out of the city the ser
vice would not be had on him. Val
enttne telegraphed from Cleveland that
he would be here tomorrow.
There were no disturbances at the
foundries in Cincinnati, Covington and
Newport during the night and no
threatening conditions as the men
went to work in open shops" today
Superintendent E. S. Reade, who has
been in charge of II Chicago detec
tives here, went to Detroit today to
Investigate reports regarding Thomas
Bracken and other refugees. Mean.
time the police of the three cities who
had been holding aloof. are rendering
assistance. The charges against
Thomas Bracken and Edward Train.
or were changed today to being acces'
sorry" to the murder of Samuel Weak.
ley, a nOnunion moulder on Oct. 7.
William Friend alias Patton, who is
held as the principal in the killing OF
Weakley in another interview today
denies all knowledge of any plot in
which he drew the short straw to do
the shooting and the others were as
signed their respective parts. All
interest today centered in the charges
made against George Valentine, presi.
dent of the Iron MoulderS' Union OF
North America, and other union Off.
cials. The detectives claim to have
lence before the confession of yester
day were taken and their previous in.
formation they still keep to them.
selves. 1t is stated that Geo. Ranhau
ser, the apprentice aged 10. today re
peated his confession without conf1ic.
tions, and is confirmed by his father
who is also under arrest.
Young Ranhauser insists that the
local union met him and his father On
the night of Nov. 16. Later that night
Hook brought in Joseph Hollawel1,
who went out for the dynamite when
Hook mad made arrangements for the
apprentice. Howell was to get the
dynamite at Heinskamp's Office Find.
ing the place closed Ranhauser said:
81 was instructed in the use of dyna-
mite by Hollowell At the same time
he told me to destroy the mold of
shear punch, Valentine agreeing to
pay me $40 if l succeeded in destroy
ing the shear punch.
81 was told by Joseph HallowelI to
destroy all the molds I could, and was
given five cartridges by Hollowell
81 left Valentines office at 10 O'Clock
and returned to my home telling my
father what l was expected to do.
went to work as usual Monday, Nov.
81"
In the remaining part of his confes.
sion Ranhauser tells of putting the
cartridges in lathes at $3.50 p. M, on
Nov. 21, and of the first discharge at
p. M, while the workmen were
touring metal in the mold.