Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-09
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Thomas blackburn. OF Ccredo. died
from wounds received In pistol duel
with Solomon Tngler. also of Ccredo.
the result or the late congressional
fight in the Huntington district. In
the duct Tinglcr had his right ear shot
m. Roth men were well known in
Wayne. having been active in repub-
,ican politics for years. Tinglcr is
now under arrest
DR. George w. Gandcc. of parkcrs.
burg, one of the best known mon In
the state. swallowed PA grains of
bromidia and IN ounce of laudanum
the other afternoon with suicidal IN
tent. The poison was sufficient In
quantity to kin ~ persons under ordi-
nary circumstances. but he will re-
cover.
baltimore 4 Ohio passenger train
No 4. from ST Louis tO New York.
was wrecked near Rowlcsburg. Fire
man Alden Mckenzie. of Cumberland.
Md. was killed. and Engineer William
IL. Bowdeu. also OF Cumberland. was
probably fatally scaldcd No passcn-
gers were injured. The accident oc-
Tho backbone of the strike ut tho
Parkcrshurg steel plant broke the 9th.
or afternoon. when a majority OF the
former employees. who have been out
two months. submitted formal appl.
cations for work, asking the company
to make no concessions whatever. Re.
ply was given that only men needed
would he taken back and that the ap.
rlications OF the strikers would be-
given the same consideration as those
al others who had no former councc.
ton with the company Three hun
drcd men struck. and less than one
third will be re-cmpluycd.
A monument OF coal. towering fO9
feet above the ground. will he erected
nj St Louis to advertise to the world
one of the natural resources OF West
Virginia. The black diamond shaft
will represent the - workable veins
Of coal found I'm the mountains. and
each vein will be the exact thickness
OF the original vein from which the
coal was taken, and each vein will be
placed in its relative order. II Will be
the largest. most unique exhibit of coal
ever made. Tho shaft will be - feet
square. AT night 1t will be brilliantly
illuminated so that it can he seen for
distance of IL miles. Some idea of
Its cost is gathered from the state
ment that this shaft. together with the
lumber exhibit. will cost 500 900 The
state appropriated $4,000 and the
rest is paid by individuals. mostly
hn To
exhibit is practically ready for ercc-
ton.
When the ice from the Allegheny
river ran out some six weeks ago.
while the river was out of its banks.
cake OF ice landed in front Of the
home Of Frank Turner. janitor at the
city building. Parkcrsburg. 1t began
to thaw during the warm weather of
the last few days. The other day Mr..
in the ice. He chopped up the cake
and placed the frog in barrel OF wa
ter. II revived and is now swimming
about in the barrel as lively as In its
native stream.
The Benwood works of the Wheel
Ing Steel and Iron Co. are idle. 900
men striking against a new scale.
A gang of craftsmen had n pistol
duel at Elm Grove suburb Of Wheel
ing, the other night, with McCombs
Bros. saloonists. and placed the vii
laee under a reign OF terror. The es-
adjustments OF NJ. II. McClansland
Sons. J. l.. Kimmins, J. s. Bedilion &
Co. and the Elm Grove Coal Co. were
robbed and small sums secured in
each When the McCombs saloon was
reached there was a fight The
thieves fired several shots and they
were all returned so far as known
none was hit.
X. III. Clendenin, special officer on
Cabin Creek for the G. IL o. railroad
arrived at Charleston the other night
and reports a fierce encounter single.
handed with Italians at Kayford.
Just before | left a gang of 90 drunk.
en- Italians opened fire on me. was
sitting In the hotel at Kayford and
had laid aside my big Colts when !
heard shots fired just outside rush.
ed out and saw three or four Italians
shooting away as II they enjoyed IT,
They were not fighting, but simply
amusing themselves shooting. When
went up and took the pistol from
one Of them ! found had undertaken
more than had bargained for There
must have been more than 20. and all
anxious TO meet me. I was still crap
ping with the first man when a stone
thrown at me struck him and put him
out Of business. I held him for q
breastworks and began shooting over
his shoulder with my small revolver
/ dropped two Of the men. but when
all the shots were fired had to- drop
the man and run while bullets came
singing around me. You can see here
on my coat where one of the -hsIlets
cut. over little further and It would
have been good-by for me" Another