Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-23
| New Turn Taken In the
Prolonged Contest Between
Moulders and Employers
ALLEGED PLOT is UNCOVERED
Half Dozen Men Are Taken Into Gus
tody and Others Are Under surveiI-
lance, Suspected With Being Con-
nected With Plan to Destroy Prop
erty-Two Charged With Murder.

Cincinnati, Now 23.-Charged with
various degrees of lawlessness in con-
nection with the strike Of union mold
ers of Cincinnati, Covington and New
port, KY, that has been in progress
for months, half dozen men are under
arrest and others are under
surveillance, so that dozen or more
arrests are expected at any tme'
Those now in custody are William Fat
ton, alias Friend, charged with murder;
Eugene Trainer, charged with MUIR
der; Thomas Bracken, charged WIN
murder; Fred Rauhauser, Jr., charged
with malicious destruction of property
Fred Rauhauser, ST., charged with aid
ing and abetting the destruction OF
property.
The most important warrant issued
was for Joseph f. Valentine,
president of the Iron holders Union
of North America, but as he is out OF
the city, service could not be had on
him. Valentine telegraphed from
Cleveland that he would be here to-
day. The headquarters of the Iron
holders union are in this city, ana 1t
is claimed that President Valentine has
been directing the strike that has been
in progress 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 cities. On
october Z, Samuel Weakley, non-union
molder, was killed, and Frank Brown.
who accompanied Weakley, narrowly
escaped from strikers who assaulted
them. The past few days the situa-
ton became more threatening around
the foundries and attempts were
made to blow up two of them with
dynamite, one in this city, and the
other in Newport, Ky. No arrests have
been made In Newport although the
than at any other locality. The ar
rest of father and son Rauhauser IN
this city. charged with dynamiting the
Eureka foundry and their alleged con-
LESSONS duplicating others promises
sensational developments. Charles +.
Waltz, secretary, and Charles f. Will
Jams, attorney for the employers as
ISOLATION of Cincinnati, and Commits
sioners Briggs and McClintock OF the
National Founders Association, who
secured Superintendent E. S. Reed and
a large force of detectives from Chi
cago to investigate the numerous
cases involved in the protracted strike
and, claim that officials of both the in
ternational and the local unions will
be involved in charges of aiding and
abetting laWleSSneSS.
Edward Bergen, secretary here Of the
union moulders' strike committee, de-
MES that any officials of the union have
even countenanced lawlessness He
says they are making no defense for
Patton, held as the principal In the
murder of Weakley. He denounces
the reports about plots as lnaliciously
false and for effect. He does not be-
lieve that Bracken or trainer are IN
any manner implicated with Patton
in the killing of Weakley.
AIlege Extended Conspiracy.
Superintendent Reed says that five
men had their respective parts in kill
ing Weakley, when Brown was also
to have been killed on October z. One
was to shoot, another was to pick up
the weapon and others were to sur
round the escaping man, while 1T Is al
legged that Bracken was to stop the
non union moulders and start fight
so that Patton could do the shooting.
While there is much excitement In
the foundry district there were no
reports up to late hour Of further
disturbances. In addition to the
strong guards that have been main
tanned for months at these places, the
police of the three cities assisted ma
terially last night. The employers
heretofore have complained that police
protection and assistance had not
been accorded them in either of the
three cities.