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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
1
A resolutions committee will review a plan requiring all guards or detectives involved to be bona fide citizens of the state with good moral character. The measure aims to ensure integrity in mine operations and enforce lawful conduct.
The United Mine Workers of West Virginia backed by other unions urge the Republican state convention to pass a resolution backing employer liability legislation and a federal act to curb injunctions. They propose a law placing guards and private detectives under bond and requiring state citizenship and good moral character for appointment.
The statement pledges an employer's liability law for workers and families, opposes injunctions in labor-dispute cases without existing disputes, and calls for jury trials in contempt procedures not committed in court presence. It aims to protect workers through federal action and state enforcement.
The credentials committee met in Fraternity hall and elected Christopher G Callahan chairman with D H Linebaugh secretary. Five states and the District of Columbia filed notices of contest including Pennsylvania Idaho Illinois Ohio and New York. Committeemen from involved states were excluded during adjudication. Idaho's case opened proceedings.
Scherr stays confident though not fully satisfied as rumors spread the auditor may bolt the convention if the Hearne delegation from Ohio County is seated.
In Fair View Lincoln Neb July 7 Bryan stays busy with telegrams and mail for the Denver convention. He says no plans to attend the convention and will stay at home while monitoring ballots and harvest conditions.
The convention will appoint a temporary chairman, with general expectation that a northern state figure will be selected. Congressman Joel Gaines is mentioned as the probable first chair but no formal decision has been announced.
At 10 o'clock tonight the state committee is hearing the Mingo county contest in Charleston. No decision on the Ohio county contest has been reached. The committee will attempt to complete its labels tonight.
In Roches Point New York July 7 counsel for the Standard Oil Company urged Judge Mazel to grant a new trial in the rebate case recently found guilty. The ten day trial charged the oil firm with violations of the interstate commerce law by accepting concessions from the filed tariff on shipments from Olean to Rutland and Bellows Falls. Forty counts were on the indictment and a upheld verdict could lead to a maximum fine of 800000 dollars.
An old ad touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel as especially good for piles and promotes SAUER’S Lemon and Vanilla with Bold by druggists. It cites the Standard and mentions over twenty years and ten American and European medals.
The 1908 Democratic National Convention opened in Denver with vast crowds and pageantry. Key moments included Theodore Bell’s opening address, a heated Pennsylvanian delegation dispute, and a growing push to nominate George Gray for vice president alongside William Jennings Bryan.
Supporters from 33 counties gather for a warm meeting. They state a large portion of Scherr delegates favor a separate convention to name Scherr.
Charleston July 7. The state executive committee seated the Hearne delegation from Ohio county and a 60 member Scherr supporters conference, covering 33 counties, voted to hold a separate convention. Committees to organize were named as the night wears on for tomorrow’s critical fight amid charged accusations of nomination theft by Swisher backers.
A kitchen tip stresses that using Blue Ribbon Vanilla or Lemon flavoring yields consistently perfect desserts. The note cites flavor quality as the key to reliable results.
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