The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
CRIMES CHARGED
TO IRON MOLDERS
TROUBLES WITH STRIKERS
uAvFa REACHED AN ACUTE STAGE
AROUND CINCINNATI.

v..,ou. Degrees of Lawlessness
charged Against Some of the
S,rsLxers or Strike SymPathtzers
a Directors-ThOse Who Have
Reen Arrested-Gravest Trouble
threatens at Newport, Kys-Dynn-
mite Used.
cincinnati, Nov. 22.-Charged with
,.arious degrees of lawlessness in con-
nection with the strike of union mold
ers Of Cincinnati. Covington and New
mort. KY. a half dozen men are un-
dor arrest tonight and others are un-
dor surveillance. Those in custody are
william Patton alias Friend, charged
with murder; Eugene Trainer, charged
with murder; Thomas Bracken, charged
with murder: Fred Rauhauser. Jr.,
charged with malicious destruction of
nroperty; Fred Rauhauser, Sr., ana
John Hook. charged with aiding and
abetting the destruction of property.
A warrant was issued to-day for
Joseph F. Valentine. president of the
Iron Molders' Union of North Amer
,ca. but as he is out of the city the
service could not be had on him. Val
entine telegraphed from Cleveland
that he would be here tomorrow. The
headquarters of the Iron Molders' IN
ion is in this city, and it is claimed
that President Valentine has been di-
recting the strike that has been in
progress in Cincinnati. Covington ana
Newport for several months. During
that time there have been disturbances
at different foundries. and on the
streets of the three cities.
Crimes That Were Committed.
On Oct. 27 Samuel Weakley, a nom
union molder, was killed and Frank
Brown, who accompanied Weakley,
narrowly escaped from strikers who as
saulted 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 Foundry, and
their alleged confession, duplicating
others, promise sensational develop
mentS.
c. F. Waltz, secretary. and Charles
Williams. attorney, for the Employers
Association of Cincinnati, and Commits
sioners Briggs and McClintock 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 in
ternational and the local unions will
be involved in charges of aiding and
abetting lawlessness.
Says Officials Not Guilty.
Edward Bergen, secretary here of the
union molders' strike committee de-
MES that any officials of the union have
even countenanced lawlessness. He
says they are making no defense for
ration, held as the principal in the
murder OF Weakley. He denounces the
reports about plots as maliciously false.
he does not believe that Bracken or
trainer are in any manner implicat-
ley.
While there is much excitement in
the foundry districts tonight, there
were no reports up to a late hour of
iurther disturbances. In addition to
the strong guards that have been main
tained Tor months at these places, the
ponce OF the three cities assisted ma
terlally tonight. The employers here
toIore have complained that police pro-
lection and assistance had not been
cities.
Plots Are Charged.
detectives to-day charge two plots
against certain strikers, one for the
murder or Weakley and a companion
named Brown, who escaped, and the
other Tor the poisoning of a number of
non union men who were stopping at
large boarding house. After the
Iuruer OF Weakley a number of de-
eec,lves disguised as workingmen Sc
sured d union cards and joined the strik-
ers IN order to gather evidence.
Inc detectives claim to have evil
uence involving a number of union
5xII,oluers not only in the plot to kill
oakley, but also in the general plot
70 poison the non-union molders at the
th tih.oiueTs boarding house. 1t is alleged
@ @slae the plot to poison the non-union
xa n moiders was to have gone in eff
80 tomorrow night. One of the de-
sctlVes, who says he had been assign
10 aid In the poisoning, claims to
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