The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-30
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n tous paper OF this, Friday morning,
i,,mber 9Mh, appears the following
,.urp, on your local page, in your nc.
~, o, the conference proceedings OF
Tr,l,y between the iron manufacturers
1.-The workmcu in the mills: laf
.n I. slI lint Mr.. Frank lIcarne, Mr..
u CatnpbclI, OF the iSrrLL,0EycgR
II oher, spoke very strongly against
r,tps any concessions 10 the working
- ind favored holding ont until the
- op,entt1i to their demands"
The utter iaIsity and recklessness OF this
,,,u,en. on the part OF your paper is fully
a,,u by the following card in relation
tsreO;
srbs undersigned manufacturers who
70, present yesterday at the conference
,ntn themselves and the workmen Of
..mills hereby testify that the above re-
,rin the Wheeling Itgisr Of this date
,,Lolly false, and that at no time during,
,t.iOre, or after such conference, did Mr..
C,upbell make any remarks whatever to
4. meeting on the subject OF the strike or
ID .el,lemen,, nor cast any vote upon the
abi.ct.
[Spnell ]. D. DuBoIs,
Secretary Of the Belmont Nail Co. +,
G. K llrBpAID,
President Wheeling Iron x Nail Co.
F.J. lIgAnSE,
General Manager Of the Riverside
lmR Works.
J. L. McCorRrNEY,
President Bellaire Iron Works.
W. IL. HARDEN.
President OF the LaBelle Iron Works.
iaO SrAuLplSG X. WALLACE,
Jefferson Iron Works.
LEWIS JONES,
Manager .E:na Iron Works.
ALOSzo l.oGISG,
Secretary Benwood Iron Works.
L,rGIlL,S NAILCo.,
BY Alex l.auglllin, President.
Htdiny, &pt,mbSr :9ah, 1882.
hi sproper for me to add to this ex.
plici, rein,ation OF your false statement
h4 while am the nominal President OF
the Btnwood Iron Works, ain not, as all
inos who care to be informed on the sub.
id, sctiyely connected with its manage.
ntHL my principal duty being to preside
nneeiings Of i;s board OF directors and
s!,es its official acts. | have purposely
retained from taking any part, even as n
spectator, in nearly all the III ceilings or
conferences OF tue manufacturers in regard
70 he strike, and was present only on
thursday in consequence OF q special re-
las. to that effect, and, rs testified 10
,bOve, took no part either in speaking or
yolias on the strike or its settlement.
A. ". CAMPBELL,
"oi the 1STELLlGEScEE."
The above card is perhaps all that need
hsaid on the subject Of the conference,
We think We can rest q tolerably clear
as Of acquittal on the above array OF wit.
aesss. They will, We think, counterbal.
.lre,he lsgiSsr's malicious and false state
Ien.. And now word rs 10 the position
ol the editor Of this paper towards the
men whom this statement OF the Reyiste'
se intended and expected to reach and tc
Affect. There is 4 cloud OF witnesses to the
iict that day by day the elitor OF this pa
per has argued with visitors to his Office in
favor Of the rightiulness, heal,hfulness
and necessity Of such labor organiza
tions as the Amalgamated Association
Ills position has been, and is now, tha
Eli Organizations are necessary, and tha
tor is in duty bound TO organize for its
I'm defense, and that it has exactly tht
ane right SO to do that capital has 10 or
i.aire for the furtherance OF its interests
We DO not intend 10 be misrepresented il
bis matter by an unscrupulous adversary
We hold that a judicious and intelligentl
oaicered organization OF labor is n grea
sod., The great necessity isto have it E.
Gdeeretl. We deplored the recent strik'
lll.advised, as did no less n persor
than Mr. John jarrett, the President OF tn
Analgamated Association. Knowing tn
delicate position We occupied We felt thu
20 advice or suggestions We could max
would be Of much weight or perchance O
much value, and therefore We made VI
oar mind early in the struggle to be silen,
"ehink it quite possible that We shal
@cupy no such position in the future. W
lie opposed to all tammels in the news
paper business, or to occupying any posi-
Lou .ha, tends to make newspaper opin
pui misunderstood. We desire to be
newspaper editor and nothing else. Thi
Sour chosen occupation, and the only on
.shave any desire to fill. In the iutur,
HF'Il probably be the only one We shal
eaaSeat to gil.
IhE legislature OF 1888, the first tina