Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-04-13
STRIFE NEWS ITEMS.


cral towns. has been the cause OF many
sensational incidents in the two states.
Not in the suits history in the past
10 years. though. has there. been a
more startling episode than that OF the
other day. when n dozen United States
deputy marshals placed under arrest
an entire train crew and almost every
passenger aboard. This incident oc-
CURED on the West Virginia & Cum
berland railway, n branch line ur the
Norfolk q Western. The deputy mar
shals went into Mcdowell county tho
other day for the purpose of summon.
Ing large number az witnesses To tc>s.
tify In some contempt cases which
grow out OF the suits. The witnesses
left on the carly morning train TO-
Huntington Deputy Marshals A. C..
Hunord and \. H. Jennings. of WEIGH.
Mcdowell county. were the chief OH
Gals. the other deputies having been
sworn in by those officials. The train
had proceeded down Knox creek but
few miles until trouble began To-
brew. Finally n fist fight between ono
of the witnesses and n deputy began.
and I'm less than n minute half n dozen
were engaged. The deputies rallied to
the support OF their fellow officer and
for time riot ruled supreme. Finally
the deputies ordered every man i'm one
passenger coach under arrest. and as
the conductor CHANGED to be In that
car he was included. A moment later
the passengers in another coach were
taken into custody. The deputies pull
ed revolvers and announced that tho
nj mi nd ri hnr Vin
lence would be shot on the spot. and
the rioters subsidized. Many bled pro-
fusely from the wounds inflicted In
the encounter Deputy jennings was
quite seriously injured. but will re.
cover. As indictments are pending
against many prominent men identi-
fled with the famous King land suit.
some of them of Now York. the pres
ent session of the United States court
will be watched with deep interest by
hundreds of people In the two Vir-
ginias.
While celebrating Easter at Camden
on Gauley Logan RAIDER. II is charged.
fatally beat Harris Morton. RAIDER
locked himself in room at the hotel
and is defying the officers.
Morgantown the democrats who had
the support OF the union labor organi-
cation elected j. j. Wharton mayor
over w. c. McGrew and Lewis A. Yen
ger recorder over NJ: r. Sisler.
Stones were hurled through win
dows OF the Camden Interstate electric
cars I'm the east end of Huntington
Tracks were INSTRUCTED by running
box cars across the line Motormen
and conductors were also stoned. No
passengers were injured
At Proctor. d. Fenton Hufr and
Chas. Black quarreled over a seat in a
poker game and Black struck Huff sew
eral times on the head with his fist.
HUFF fell to the floor unconscious and
died several hours later. An autopsy
showed rupture of a blood vessel.
The screw boys at the Iaughin
plant OF the American Sheet and Tin.
Plate Co. at Martins Ferry quit work
without explanation. compelling the
closing down of 10 OF the % mills i'm
the plant after being operated only
about a week
Thomas Ford, OF Grafton freight
conductor. was killed. Freight Engi-
neer Thomas Pennington was fatally
injured. and Passenger Engineer Ed
Shaffer. Of Grafton. Fireman w. Il.
Beans. of Volcano apd William Thorn
dale. OF Grafton. were seriously In
| jured in a head-on collision between
west-bound passenger train No. / and
east-bound fast freight No % i'm tun-
mel near West Union. on the Baltimore
&, Ohio railroad. No passengers werc
seriously injured
Fire in the grocery OF Holderman
Bros. In Benwood. destroyed a five.
story tenement owned by the same
firm. the two-story dwelling Of August
IIOlderman and the saloC.l Of Daniel
| Cleary About 300 people living In the
/ tenement had narrow escapes from
| death George Hehee. q baker. Is miss
ing. and is believed TO have lost his
life. Two explosions preceded the dis
I covery Of the fire which is thought to
have been of lnccndiary origin. The
loss was 800 900
At the city election in Parkcrsburg
the other day the democrats elected
their entire ticket and carried every
ward in the city but one. electing seS-
en- out OF eight counclmen. II is the
greatest democratic victory ever
achieved In Parkersburg. The riotous
republican convention Disguised many
republicans who refused TO vote
Those elected are. For member board
of affairs Edward c. Stephenson: for
councilmcn, First ward. James S. Nc.
Clure; Second ward. John r. Hiehle:
Third ward. II. f. Murphy: Fourth
ward. Clifton Oliver; Fifth ward. n
J.. stout; Sixth ward Frank Heyden.
rich: Seventh ward. NJ r. Flower:
Eighth ward. Kenner B Stevenson.
IIeydenrich IS the only republican
elected