The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
President Of the
iron MOldeTS
Arrested.
DVnamiterS at Gin
CilIlati Make Con-
feSSiOnS.

CLEVELAND. Nov. 23.-Joseph F.
Valentine. president of the Iron Mold
ers' Union of North America. was placed
under arrest here to-day by the Cleve-
land police upon a telegraphic request
from the Cincinnati police authorities.
Valentine made no resistance to being
taken into custody. and instead Of try
ing to avoid such action waited at his
hotel several hours for the expected Of
ficers
Valentines arrest is made in connec
tion with alleged violence by members
of the organization of which he is the
head in Cincinnati. where a strike is on.
He was not locked uo. but was de-
tanned in the Central police station. He
was permitted to address a local union
Of the Cleveland molders tonight, in
accordance with an engagement he had
made several weeks ago.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 23-No addi-
tional arrests We're made here to-day
IN connection with the alleged plot Of
the striking molders TO destroy the
Eureka foundry with dynamite The
day passed quietly at the foundries.
Chief interest centered in the arrest of
Joseph Valentine. president of the Iron
Molders of North America, in Cleve-
land. The charge against Valentine is
aiding and abetting in the malicious
destruction Of property. The warrant
for his arrest was sworn to by Presi-
dent Henry Gossiger of the Eureka
Foundry Company, personal friend of
the accused A detective from this
city started for Cleveland late this
afternoon to bring Valentine back TO
this city. Another detective went to
Detroit for Thomas Bracken. who is
charged with completely in the murder
Of Samuel Weakley. a non-union mol
der, here October Z.
The cases of Fred Rauhauser Jr.,
Fred Rauhauser Sr., John Hook. Joseph
Hollowell and Joseph F. Valentine were
called in the Police Court to-day and
On motion of their attorneys their trial
was set for December IA. the cases of
Edward Trainer and Thomas Bracken
were set for next Saturday.
1t was learned tonight that the
officials of the Iron Molders Union will
ask the courts here for a restraining
order against the Employers Associa-
tion and certain members of the asso-
citation to prohibit them from continu-
ing the investigation in the conspiracy
case, on the ground that the examina-
ton Of the case has reached a point
where it is persecution rather than in
vestigation.
CONFESSION OF APPRENTICE.
1t is said that Fred Rauhauser,
the apprentice, aged 19 years to-
day repeated his confession with
out contradictions. and that ii
is confirmed by his father, who is
also under arrest. Young Rauhauser
insists that John Hook, committeeman
of the local union, sought him and his
father on the night of November 16.
Later that night Hook brought in Jo-
seph HolloweI. who went out for the
dynamite after Hook had made ar
rangements with the apprentice. Hol-
lowell was to get the dynamite at
Heinekamp's office. Finding that place
closed, Rauhauser said:
Il then was asked to return to Heine-
kamp's office on Sunday morning, No
vember 20. 1 went alone to Heine-
kamp's office at the appointed time and
met Joseph Hollowell, went from there
to Valentines office, where we met
Valentine.
RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS.
Il was instructed in the use of dy-
Mantle by Joseph Hollowell, at the
same time he told me 70 destroy the
mold Of the shear punch, Valentine
agreeing to pay me $40 if 1 succeeded
in destroying the shear punch. 1 was
told by Joseph HollowelI to destroy all
the molds / could and was given five
cartridges by Hollowell.
Il left Valentines Office at 10 o'clock
and returned to my home, telling my
mother what / was expected to do. 1
went to work as usual on Monday, No
vember 21."
In the remaining part OF his confess
sion Rauhauser tells Of having put the
cartridges in lathes at $3.50 o'clock on
November 81 and of the first discharge
at o'clock, while the workmen were
pouring metal in the mold.
William Friend, alias Patten, who is
held as the principal in the killing of
Weakly, in an interview denies all
knowledge of a plot in which he drew
the short straw to do the shooting and
others were assigned to- their respective
parts.