Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-20

THE NEWSLETTER land ITS PRO-
POSED POLICY IN ITS NEW EN-
TERPRISE.
It was announced in yesterdays Ne'rs
Letter, that a new daily paper will this
evening be asking the patronage OF the peo-
pie of Wheeling.
If there isa field for another Wheeling
daily we will be glad to see it succeed, pro-
vided that its policy is such as will en-
nance the interests of our city.
A newspaper can be a great promoter OF
a city s prosperity, or can work great detri-
ment.
But we fear that if the Seirs Letter ex-
meets IN enhance the best interests of the
citv. it has begun the wrong way. In her
aiding the publication of the new dailyit
fries by malicious Misrepresentation and
lying to iniure the business OF the three
existing daily papers.
The Necs-Lefer says that with prompt
ness which could only be the result Of de-
liberate Encouragement, rat printers
made their appearance in Wheeling on
Thursday" 1t further says that the &c
ton of the Wheeling dailies shows a de-
Eberate purpose to antagOnize not only the
Typographical Union, but to defy the
natural allies of the Union"
These statements are both false. No
effort whatever was made by. the REG
IsrEI to secure printers till Tues
day night, several hours after the
publishers had been officially inform
ell the printers had determined to
walk out in the morning. kilograms were
then sent to various points in u own state
and in the neighboring counties OF ONO,
and Washington, Pa. No effort was made
70 get printers from Cleveland until the
day after u printers had quit their jobs,
As we have said before, help from any quar-
ter. so it was help, was absolutely necessary
to prevent the suspension OF publication
and the ruin of our business. There was
no deliberate purpose to a~ntagonize' the
Typographical Union or any other body oil
organized labor. The only purpose was
that of sell representation. When the printers
walked out of the office for higher wages,
they meant une~quivOcally, right or wrong,
that this paper must accede to their de
mandS. or SD far rs they were concerned
not another issue should he published. In
other words our property should 20 to COM
plete destruction, and we the owners must
not dare raise our hands to preserve 1t.
This is what their action meant, no more,
"
no less.
The Newsletter published t~alsehoods,
hoping to iniure the three Wheeling pa
papers, in the hope OF thereby gaining
support for itself. 1t takes advantage Of
the present difficulty to try to curry
favor with the labor organizations OF the
the city and bring itself into prominence.
1t assumeS the position OF the BoycoHcr as
tar rs its action toward the Wheeling
papers are concerned.
Now rs we have said, we would like to
see the new enterprise succeed If 1t Is con
Quoted with the interests Of the city III
view, and upon fair business principles,
But is its course in the beginning an index
of what it will be in the future? will it a
o rs it has become established become
a serpent in the bosom Of those who have
been its b~cnefactors? will it, following out
the course it has begun toward the news
papers. soon begin a war on our manuiac
iacturers. OF business men who seek Il
protect their property from loss, OF
/ do not conduct their business according to
tine dictates of the NcirS-Lettcr? These
are very grave questions that will arise
in every mans breast, and persons may
ask themselves, in the language Of the
Good Book, whether
They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity
and their belly prcparcth deceit.