The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
Union Men Accused by
the Detectives.
HALF A DOZEN JAILED
And Others Are Under Close SurveiI
lance. The Affair Grows Out of a
Great Strike of Founders at
Cincinnati, Coyington and
Newport.
(By the Associated Press. }

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 22.-Charged
with various degrees of lawlessness in
connection with the strike of union
moulders of Cincinnati, Covington
and Newport Ky, a half dozen men
are under arrest tonight and others
are under surveillance. Those in GUS
tody are William Patton, alias Friend,
charged with murder; Eugene Trainer,
charged with murder; Thomas Brack-
en-, charged with murder; Fred Rau-
hauser, Jr., charged with malicious
destruction of property; Fred Rau-
hauser, ST., and John Hook, charged
with aiding and abetting the duStruc-
ton of property.
A warrant was issued today for
Joseph F. Valentine, President of the
Irion Moulders' Union, or North Amer
lea, but as he is out of the city the
service could not be had on him. Val
entine telegraphed from Cleeland that
he would be here tomorrow. The
headquarters of the Iron Moulders
Union are in this city, and it is claimed
that President Valentine has been d1-
recting the strike that has been IN
progress in Cincinnati, Covington and
Newport for several months. During
that time there have been disturbances
streets of the three cities. In October
n, Samuel Weakley, a non-unlon
moulder, was killed and Frank Brown,
who accompanied Weakley, narrowly
escaped from strikers who assaulted
them. During the past few days the
situation became more threatening
around the foundries and attempts
were made last night to blow up two
of them with dynamite, one in this
city and the other in Newport, Ky.
No arrests have been made in New
port, although the situation is more
threatening there than at any other
locality. The arrest of the father and
son, (Rauhauser) in this city charged
with dynamiting the Eureka Foun-
dry, and their alleged confessions i'm
plicating others promises sensational
developments.
Charles F. Waltz, Secretary, and
Charles F. Williams, attorney for the
Employers Association of Cincinnati,
and Commissioners Briggs and Nc
Clintock, of the National Founders
Association, who secured large force
of detectives from Chicago, are still
working on different cases involved
in the protracted strike and claim
that officials of both the International
and the local unions will be involved
in charges of aiding ana abetting law
lessness.
Edward Bergen, secretary 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 malicfously
false. He does not believe that Brack-
EN- or Trainer are in any manner i'm
plicated with Patton in the killing of
Weakley.
While there is much excitement in
the foundry districts tonight, there
were no reports up to late hour of
further disturbances. 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 en-
ployers heretofore have complained
that police protection and assistance
had not been accorded them in either
of the three cities.