The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-14
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lWOrkeIS, suggests tnat tle questions DC
tween the operators and the miners bt
referred TO a strike commission, or con
citation board, and declares that the in
crease in wages demanded will increase
the prices of coal to the consumers
Sales of stock Of the San Francisco
Lumber Company to the Bellngham Bay
Lumber Company for S2soooo marks tho
death of a giant combination which foi
IS years has absolutely dominated the
lumber business OF the western coast oi
America.
Several officials, clerks and contractor.
OF Brooklyn, N. Y, have been indicted
charged with conspiracy in sewer swim
dies by which the city is said to have
been defrauded out OF several hundred
thousand dollars.
Patrick Dolan, president Of the Pitts
burg District, United Mneworkers, Sc
cured temporary injunction retrainine
delegates to the convention from inter
fering with his powers as president.
Application was made to the Pittsburg
courts for a receiver for the Piitsbure
and Morgantown Packet Company.
The building Of Harrington & Whitney
New York City, was burned. Los:
$ISs,ooo.
The Illinois coal operators decided tc
refuse the demands OF the United Mine
workers.
Vice President Lewis has failed to re-
move from their Offices President Dollar
and Vice President Bellingham, of the
Pittsburg district of the United Mine
Workers, although National President
Mitchell wired that the convention had
authority to remove its officers. The an.
thracte miners scale committee met at
Wilkesharre
Rufus Johnson, the negro who muir
dered Miss Allinson at Moorestown. ~
J., January IS, and was captured in Bal
timore, was found guilty of murder in
the FIRST degree by jury at Mount Hol-
ly, N. J., and sentenced TO be hanged
February g.
Rev Justin c. Wade, OF the First Con-
gregational Church OF Waukegan, H.. ac-
cused OF sending obscene litearture
through the mails, tried to commit sui
eide.
Reported that there was nearly a mu-
tiny on the United States cruiser Mar
blehead on account of alleged tyranny OF
Commander Muligan.
The independent window glass man
ufacturers' organization committee met at
Cleveland, and decided to form a selling
company.
The grand jury at Jackson. Miss, has
returned an indictment against Mrs. w
{. Stewart on the charge Of poisoning her
husband.
Col. Solon W. Stocking, Of the board
OF eSaminers-in-chiei OF the United
States Patent Office, died OF cancer OF
the throat
Chicagos City Council passed an or
dinance requiring gas companies TO
charge IS cents, per 1000 feet to consum-
ers.
Tenants in a fashionable apartment
house in New York had a narrow escape
from death in an early morning fire.
Five passengers were injured in a
collision between two trains on the Geor-
gia Central near Forsyth. Ga.
Colonel Mann, OF Town Topics, turned
on his solicitor for Fads and Fancies, in
the perjury case pending against the pub
Usher of Town Topics, the lawyers for
the Colonel drawing from Moses Ellis
Wooster, at the Colouels suggestion, the
fact that Wooster married the wife of
a friend, was in 40 publications and ori-
ginated the idea of Fads and Fancies.
A blaze in an upper story OF a New
York warehouse where the Henry Wal
ter's collection OF Italian art worth a
million was stored reveals the fact that
the old masters and tapestries are packed
IN vault under the building, and were
uninjured
It was testified in the Greene Gaynor
trial that former Capt Oberlin NJ. Car
ter, Of the United States Army, accord
ing to the books of stock brokerage
firm, invested nearly half million dol
lars in stocks.
Miss Carrie Wormster, daughter of the
New York banker, thought she heard
a mouse in her room, screamed and hid
under the bed covers, while a burglar
carried off the contents Of two jewel
cases.
William J Clothier, noted tennis play
er, fell from his horse near Philadelphia
and was badly injured The head gard
cner on his fathers place died OF fright.
Elder Murrell, OF the Mormon Church.
who had nine wives and 40 children, is
dead