The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-29

beAIs upon him. The attacks that are
made on organized labor are
made systematically and tell you gen
tlemen this community will never be sat
ishsd until each man owns himself, A
printing Office belongs to the owner and
no may put his own price upon its pro-
duct,
But he must not be allowed to put his
price on the product OF the COM
pCsitori he must not dictate what the
printer shall sell his art at,
at this point Burt branChed of into
some dreaTy platiLudes that were appar;;
emily wesIylng to the audience, as several
went out.
II the papers are unable to pay the
price demanded II ia not the printers
ianIt; they are not to blame II the paper
business here Ia oyerdone.
RATHER COOL, THIS.
Asa remedy, would suggest that the
men who have money in this oyerdone
business sell ont; it's no excuse that the
newspaper business Is in that condition
hsre, Take the INTELLIGEScER, There
are three propristors-Frew, Campbell
and Hart. In the frat place, they must
Rrst get out Of the revenues their large
salaries and their individual and jolntprot-
| its, then the expenses OF the Office must
come out. What is left goes to the printer
Now, would II not be o good idea Il TWO
OF those men would hunt jobs some where
else and let their share Of the propits 20
to he printers2 Applause from me
corner Take the West Viz
GINA Publishing Company, which
gets out the Register, and apply the same
rule that paper has large State contraets
that / have bsen told pay oil the eXPen'
sps Of the concern. The stockholders,
who are engaged in other business be-
sldey, must have their diVidends,you know;
now let Tom Darrah and his kind surren-
der their interests and then the printers
will BIZ able to fare better, for the diyl'
deGds left to divide among them will be
Ilarler, But that sort Of thing, my friends,
ia never done, because II Is not business
These proprietors enjoy privileges which
no printer has. We are sorry they are
placed at a disadvantage now,
but would they be sorry or would
thew care II the priuters were
paid "Ilal.ean" wages, Sl,l0 per day, so
long "a they, the publishers, were S9l COM
fort ,bleP
Oar estimate OF them 10 confirmed by
their stopping to quarrel when the prinit
era desire their wages raised. lie told
ab ,ut being in Prosperity Assembly
and seeing several now members
zen in. The worklngnens eyes
ar4 opened to people who
W luld wind them up and draw them down
to "I.tal.e.an" wageS, 81 10, as ia being
paid on the B. & o. road. We must acl
together or the American scale OF wages
comes down, Here followed an attack on
Mr. Keprer, and he concluded with boom
for Goodhue.
A scARClTY OF NATURAL GAS.
There was again some applause. Mich
ael Moran waa called for; II he was pres
ent he did not respond.
Henry Foster was called for but declin.
ed he had not had chance to study the
question.
A man named Davidson was inquired
for. There was au embarrassing pause
the oratorical supply appeared to be ex'
haunted.
Burt finally suggested that Chairman
Owens make O few remarks, and the
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did not understand the points Of differ.
enCe between employer and employee, OF
what 1000 ems was, but that made no dit'
ierence-he would talk anyhow
A FRANK AvowAL.
In this strike it Is not our intention to
inquire or understand whether 1t is just
or not. We let each union or branch at.
tend to It's business; they know what's
right. II opposed and they are satisfied
they are not getting justice, we believe In
the cry. "The strike 10 iust-we endorse
what you do" Tho strike Is on; Is 1t
necessary for me to tell you our
part in the matter; look at
both papers-you find them com.
ing out juAt as full OF news as they
were before the strike; apparently they
carry on their business as though there
was no strike. Gan the printers do moth
ing2 refer them to q power in their
handa-no matter what they may
call it-that should be used, and
every workman giving the papers
any support after 1t Is used 10
guilty Of just as much wrong as the rats.
II everybody pulls the rein and enters in
to what ia called the un.AmericRn boy
colt, the papers will have to give in. Il
is the only weapon the printers have and
it has only just began. The papers are
trying TO atamp out organized labor and
the effort Is being withstood. / am sorry
that It 10 eyer necessary to boycott, but 1t
is tho only natural resort the striker has
TO gain bio end, like everything else what
Is good for ono is bad forianother. While
It Is IN impoesibility almost to boycott
nail mill or glass house, printing office
is about the easiest thing to put tho boy.
colt on that know Of.
PRECEDENT FINLEY.
There were calls for NJ. ]. Finley, presl-
don't Of the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly, who had B!rolled in and was
In the rear part OF the place. These