Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14


through Breathitt county, KY, and
who was acquitted several months ago
of the murder of j. B. Marcum, was
shot and killed by his son, Beach Har-
gis, in his store at Jackson, Feb. 6.
The son had recently been thrashed by
his father for drinking and was under
the influence of liquor when he fired
the fatal shots. The feud In which
Hargis was engaged was known as
the Hargis- South Cardwell controversy.
The Cardwells had brought suit for
property willed to- Hargis, and when
the case went against them they went
to live with the South family, and out
OF this grew numerous fatal encoun-
ters.
Women Smokers Not Barred.
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York has
vetoed the ordinance which forbids
women from smoking in restaurants or
other public places.
Against Lone Women Diners.
A jury has decided that Mrs. Har-
rlet Stanton Blatch cannot compel the
Hoffman House of New York to serve
meals to her after in the evening
when she is unaccompanied by man.
Mrs. Batch at once appealed the case,
and she will be supported in carrying
the matter to the highest court by the
Consumers league and the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. A bill to prevent
the discrimination against women by
hotels in this way has been introduced
in the legislature.
Blow at the Boycott.
The supreme court of the United
States has administered another blow
to organized labor in its decision de-
claring the use of the boycott Illegal
when it injuries merchandise going into
other states than the one where 1t is
manufactured. The case which brought
out the decision was that Of D. E.
Lowe & Co., hat manufacturers of
Danbury, Conn, against Martin Law
Ter and 200 other members of the local
hatters' union to recover $4,000 dam
ages to the firms trade by reason of
the boycott inaugurated by the union
as result of the refusal OF the manu-
! facturers- to unionize their factory
The case was carried step by step to
| the supreme court. The opinion of the
court as delivered by Chief Justice
Fuller was unanimous, the ground on
| which it was based being that the boy
colt was the result of combination
| "in restraint Of trade or commerce
\ among the several states" in the view
Of the Sherman antitrust law and
therefore an Illegal act.
Typothetae Loses Suit.
Judge Thompson in the United States
court at Cincinnati has handed down
q decision adverse to the United Ty-
pothetae in its case against the Inter
national Printing Freshmen and AS
sistants' Union of North America ask
ing for an injunction to prevent the
officers of the union from calling a
strike. The Typothetae set up an
agreement for nine hour day until
Jan. l, 1909. This, while signed by
some Of the officers, had not been rati-
fed by the union; therefore the court
holds that 1t was not binding upon
the members.
Three Thousand Coal Miners Strike.
Three thousand miners employed III
ten mines owned by the Pittsburg Coal
company went on strike Feb. 4, and
4 1t is feared that within a few days a
general strike throughout the district
will be declared. The cause of the
strike was the enforcement Of the rule
that the miners must use smokeless
i 1 ~ III
l.powder which has been used exclusive.
ly heretofore. The mine inspectors and
operators insist that their only object
in ordering the use of smokeless pow.
der is to prevent the mine horrors
which have cost more than 100 lives
In the Pittsburg district within two
months.
Ice Trust Men In Jail.
i Roland Beard and Compton Demmar
of the Hygeia Ice company and JOSEPH
Miller, manager of the Toledo Ice an6
4 Coal company of Toledo, o., have com
menced their terms of six months i'm
4 prlsonment in the county Jail for VIC
lating the antitrust law. They are sai6
/ to be the first trust officials convicted
In the United States to serve sentence
Beginning of Hartman Suit.
The government suit for the dissolu
ton of the alleged combination of the
Hartman railroad interests in the wesl
was commenced in the United States
circuit court at Salt Lake City Feb. !
a large number of railroad corpora
lions and individuals are made defend
ants.
Thaw Goes to Asylum.
i After having been acquitted of muir
der on the ground of insanity Harry X
4 Thaw was committed by Judge Dow
ling to the New York State Asylum
For Criminal Insane at Matteawan
An effort is being made to have him re
moved to another institution, where his
surroundings will be more agreeable.
Massachusetts, Official Indicted.
The Essex county grand jury at Sa
lem, Mass, has indicted John N. Cole
speaker of the lower house Of the Mas
sachusetts legislature, on the charge
4 that he used his influence with the
Boston and Maine railroad to get re
duced rates for Andover students. Mr.
Cole says that the charges were
brought against him solely for politica
purposes.
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