Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-31

telling him what We were going to do, and
up to the night of the strike we had got
no answer. Then the night of the strike
we telegraphed and again got no answer.
Then inside Of a week We wrote again and
we did not get an answer. Then we ap-
pointed man as committee to visit the
small towns in Ohio and appeal to the sub
scribers to cease from patronizing the
paper. He was delegated to visit Colum-
bus and find out why the Organizer did
not sanction the strike and why he did not
answer the letters and kilograms he receiv-
ed from us. When the man got to Column
bus he met the Organizer and
was snubbed by him. He
would not take the snub, but cornered the
Organizer so that he had to recognize him,
and 1t was then for the first time that Cleye-
land Union learned that they knew nothing
about sanction for q strike and knew
less about the strike fund, from which
they expected to get so much money. The
Organizer did all that was in his power to
help us--and he did exactly the same for
the Wheeling Union He wrote an appeal
to sister Unions to help US, and we received
less than $50 up to Saturday last and if
it was not for the kind assistance which
we received from the local ASSEMBLIES of
X. of L., together with an entertainment
that was given for our benefit at one ofthe
theaters in that city, we would not have
had enough to pay each striker IS for only
one week.
This same man who was appointed as q
committee received 1852, $23 Of which
went for travelling expenses, which left
him S129 for salary, while there is not a
member in the union who got as much as
S25 in the eleven weeks we have been out
with which TO pay his board / went to
the Chairman of the Executive Committee
two weeks ago for some money, and he
opened up on me as follows:
--, do you people want money all
the time? If there are any more men who
ask me for money | will---."
He is member of the executive commit
tee and is registrar in one OF the wards.
Another member Of the committee is q
X. of l.. man, and is advocating X. of l..
intelligence bureau and laying for the presi-
dency of it. The other one can
say nothing against and is good man.
The President of the Union is also regis
trar, and is laying for the position of First
Deputy under the Sheriff, A former
President of the Union was expelled from
the X. of l.. year or so ago. The Union
also agreed tOpurChase ), 900 copies Of q pa
per which is printed by one Of the strikers
and which was purported to be
gotten up to fight the paper
ON, ,r,i.h tha ut,il.a ,hn .jit,r
Of which said he would publish in the pa
per the day we purchased the ocpi,s, ar
ticlcs makinga tight against the Republi.
can candidate for Sheriff. The owners Of
the paper also said they would never take
an add from firm who advertised in
the paper on which the war was being
waged, and you can imagine our chagrin
when the papers were printed and did not
even have an article against the candidate
Tor Sheriff, but did have two-column
add" of leading clothierwh0 advertized
in the boycotted paper. This is only one
instance Of the workings of the |. T. U.
wherever strike occurs. and if the or
ganiZcd men of Wheeling will take cs-
pecial notice of printers strikes through
out the country they will find them all
alike, and will also find that the union is
run by certaia clique, and if a man OBJ
iects to any thing they do in a meeting,
that man is treated with scorn, and is
talked of by every one until he be-
comes disgusted with the organiza-
ton. Such is my case, and while have
the utmost respect for organizations that
uphold the rights OF workmen and do it in
proper way, ] heartily condemn the ].
r. L. as mananaged all over the country,
although | must acknowledge that there
are some very good men in it, but they are
rapidly becoming disgusted with it.
T.. A. l..