Discharged workers and a hanging at the state prison
The Tygart Valley Glass Company discharged 15 workers amid open shop vs union tensions. Arthur Brown, a new gro man, was hanged at Moundsville prison for murder in McDowell county. Brown, previously of Sparta North Carolina, shot Will Shannon after a robbery, with Joe Davis and Cecil Brown involved. Rev J S Robinson and family returned home from Fairmont.
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Brown
Tygart Valley Glass Company
Flint Workers Organization
Arthur Brown
Moundsville
McDowell County
Will Shannon
George Williams
Jefferson County
Criminal Court
Sparta
North Carolina
McDowell
Joe Davis
Cecil Brown
Roderfield
Cecil
Davis
Shannon
Mannington Methodist Conference Opens September 30
The annual Methodist Episcopal conference of the state meets in Mannington starting September 30 with an expected 300 ministers in attendance. Bishop Luther Wilson of Cincinnati will preside and prominent church leaders from outside the state will speak. Temperance is a main agenda item. Laymen meetings follow October 1. Both sessions run at least a week. Local ministers are key figures in anti vice work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mannington
Luther Wilson
Cincinnati
Antikeresiea
Veteran B&O Engineer Charles M Helms Honored With Medals
Charles M Helms, an old B&O engineer visiting his sister on Maple Avenue, earned a gold service medal for fifty years of railroad service on the third division with few accidents. He also holds a gold watch from fellow engineers upon retirement and served three years in the Union Army. At seventy three he lives with his daughter in St. Louis and plans visits to West Virginia friends before returning east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Helms
Charles H. Goudy
Maple Avenue
Helms
St. Louis
Capt. Helms
West Virginia
Strike Breakers Quit At Pressed Steel Plant
Four thousand five hundred strike breakers overwhelmed guards at the Pressed Steel Car plant in McKees Rocks and walked out claiming vile conditions and forced confinement akin to a war prison. They report sick food, missing pay, beatings, locked box cars, and fear of death. government officials promise investigation. John Martin of Oakland and Lena Sinsel of Fairmont were among visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Libby
Andersonville
Martin Hart
Billies
Morse Will Rehabilitate His Fortune
Charles W Morse, once a leading ice magnate and convicted bank wrecker, plans to regain wealth by buying a majority of Metropolitan Steamship claims. He aims to purchase the company at foreclosure next month with bondholders’ consent, funded by Morse Security Co. He must still surrender for a new trial in October while nearby Cumberland prepares a new brick and concrete warehouse on Dr Mackin’s West Side site, with plans by Holmboo and Lafferty.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Ice
Conq
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Metropolitan
Boston
Morse
Morse Security Company
Bath
Maine
J. C. Orrick & Son Company
Cumberland
Grafton
Williams Makes Case for Ousting Kidd at Conference
A. B. Williams of Marlinton Pocahontas county spoke at Morgantown for the Methodist Protestant Conference. He hinted a pro prohibition stance and predicted a Mr. McClintock will replace Senator Bob Kidd. Williams backs the Preachers Aid Society and awarded Rev. W. H. DeLong $500 for fund-raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Williams
Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Morgantown
Williams
Bob Kidd
McClintock
Senate
Kidd
Preachers’ Aid Society
W. H. de. Long
Hacker's Valley
Olive Hodges
Japan
Far East
B. M. Simmers
Huntersville
Prompt payment of life insurance by Modern Woodmen
U S Commissioner Charles R Lilly acting for the Modern Woodmen of America paid Mrs. Mary Rogers a $1000 life insurance, the policy carried by her late son J B Rogers who died of typhoid fever in Grafton City hospital on August. Certificate number 1389950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Charles R. Lilly
Woodmen of America
Mary Rogers
J. B. Rogers
Grafton City
Harriman to Undergo Possible Operation Rumor
Newsmen in New York report Edward H. Harriman may have surgery after two oxygen tanks were rushed to Arden, his home, fueling speculation. Dr. Lyle refused to confirm the rumor, noting no clear signal of a serious change in his condition.
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Turner
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
Erie Road
Arden
Lyle
Mr. Harriman
Wall Street
One Killed And Another Dying In Auto Tragedy
In Brooklyn last night Florence Lillian Wood was shot by Frank K Williamson who then shot himself. Both were hospitalized but thought to survive. A letter in Miss Wood's blouse urged a double death with Williamson, who had proposed marriage despite parental objections. The mother witnessed the event.
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New York
Brooklyn
Florence Lillian Wood
Frank K. Williamson
Frank
Williams
Bushwick Hospital
Williamson
Miss Wood
Sweethears
Papa
Brighten Beach Motor
Drome
N. Y
Walter Goorke
de Palma
Christie
Allen Kingston
Hughes
Fairmont Horseman Travels With Car Load to Clarksburg Fair
J B Wisenell a well known horseman from Fairmont passed through the city today driving a car loaded with his horses. He was taking them from the Elking fair to the Clarksburg fair where they will be raced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Wisenell
Fairmont
Clarksburg Fair
Revivalist H Y Heyard Preaches In Andrews Church
Rev Dr H y Heyard greeted two large congregations in Andrews M Church on Sunday after vacation. Morning sermon titled Happiness and evening sermon Outside Losses and Inside Gains drew praise. Scott Willis Boothsville jockey, injured by a horse, arrived from Hikins in critical condition and rests at home in Boothnyfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Willis
Boothsville
Hikins
Boothnyfe
Murder and Highway Robbery Rampant at Elkins Fair
At the Elkins fair in West Virginia an upsurge of robberies shattered crowds. Gus Abramson, a Swede, died after being found on Tannery Row with a fractured skull following a robbery. a notebook identified him and he died at Davis Memorial Hospital. District supervisor Kirk King of Metropolitan Life was robbed of about three hundred dollars near his home. revolvers and flashlights were stolen from band members resting in the local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Gus Abramson
Davis Memorial Hospital
Kirk King
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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J. 8. Robinson
Frank Robinson
Washington Street
Neer Her
Glass
Case
Andrew Horn
Jersey City
Bernardsville
Hoboken
Summit
Summit Station
Overlook Hospital
Litt
Ben Money
Orrick Company
John Martin
Oakland
Lena Sinsel
Bury Steamship Company
Ketchikan
Alaska
George Eccles
The
Ohio
Eccles
Will
Kidd Williams
Harriman
Westporter Herald
Westport
Conn
Frederick Powers
Jimmy
Milarkey
Girl
Brighton Beach
Lonng Cole
Sterns
Laurent Gross
Aome
Pateheke
Maynard
Acme
Gross
Cole
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