The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-09

Hold Jp IS Being robed by
Represent lives Of United
Mine Workers.
DELEGATE FORD TALKS
Very Freely about The Instance
to Repres sentative of the
GumberIand, Nd, Press.

1 contained TIT following ES4ettlA5 W
the recent hoId-up of William J..
Rodda, labor delegate, on a passep-
ger train, which incident arrested
! nation wide attents on
1t was learned here today that the
national organization Of the United
Mine Workers Of America is probing
the holding up Of William j. Rcdda,
/ of Frostburgs which took place on a
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
at M and K Junction on the might
OF January 19, at which time the
mernbership rolls Of the sub-rosa local
lnions in the Georges Creek region
we're stolen by two men.
William 3 Redda and William J.
FORD have returned from Indianapo-
is, Ind, where they attended the ses-
sions of the annual meeting OF the
United Mine Workers Of America
Witch concluded its Iabors few days
lgo. When seen today by a representa-
tive of the Cumberland Press, they
willingly discussed the affair which
occurred on a Baltimore and Ohio.
passenger train at NJ and K. juno
ion. II was sent to the national con-
gention to represent the Georges
Creek locals" said Delegate Ford,
and / was surprised when saw
m am Rodda enter the door OF Eng
lish's hotel in Indianapolis about
o'clock on the evening of January 20,
he day following the one en- which
ne was held up on a Baltimore and
9hio train. asked Rodda what ne
was doing in Indianapolis and me
handed me the fake telegram ask
ing MIN q come Wilt NY .a1saff
70 y. tls ~ w AZ Liz ~
laa nappeIeu anu tllaL, ln9 10 vs,.e ~
ne georges SlOStais STS,a
sken away Llol1 nilit ~ ~ 20 e,S,+ frcT3
rake t1esralh nan Deen ils,,t - - =
he Severn hotel In lndlanapols ca
ne day Hoaoa ie1t = I...1ts s ~
anne 70 ~ I1,,,,s ~
3attlnore ana OHIO elSAln iol -
apohs.
De1enNs hOauA'
want 70 coETect an 49, 70
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oeAeYeIs 70 TIE .st1.at, i-S,s1,,
lp OF Reuaa WIS
nat II was nor. .4.... 9,
Wnen t.leIt , l9t t e,.e roI,s md the
indlanapoHs 4elV Dhe tol.s s -
veal OF the locals IN f ouoa 49,.
feel certain tnac the men VIZ s.5 $50 $50
he rolls knew TINS ana they ~ - l,Ssa
plans to secure tnell. ~. . miIs
worked out the ploI 70 secals ~ -,
waited until hau arrived ~
dianapohs peLore Etnsy sent eh9 AesfNe
teIegEaIn 20 100 ~ the
The telegram was sent Dy US
Western Union lelesTapn ~ pes tI,s
It was received oy hooef on NJ ~
afternoon OF January -. 1noit 4Sai
fore the telegram was Teceiveu 1s 49,
was discharged from 1olIIl ian, nlliIs
Of the Consoltdatlon- Coal ipsttAy ;
where he was Worklns 6.,,o,
81 was surprised aIter resc !l'sta
cumberland on January II, ano JUS JUS
after had purchased p ticket ~ a. tils :.
Queen City statsonsto see W :, -lt:.,
sylvia standing IN t1e statl OF sal9
William j. Rodda To-Day. - a e.slts.i
Sylvia what he was DONG mere i,el ,5 anu
ne told me he was gong 70 the WIZ ms
Workers convention IN lnolahS ! ~.
He boarded the train with me-. ! rev
suspicious OF him. Kept my over
coat on. The membership Up rolls we're we're
IN another pocket of my overcoat
Sylvia invited me to nave ar I.l s. y
refused Later / arose and wenJ II INTO l.se
another coach on the tram, 1sSe ~
Sylvia followed. When we arrived i. az
VI. and K. Junction It was near n ll'l
night. Some one seized me from pc
hind. / arose partly out OF my seat
and was pushed back into y. Inen Z
strange man struck me in the tempe a[e
The blow dazed me. ~, i.lstil - nv nv
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