The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-06
SOME SOLID FACTS
ANESR EHE PRINTEas' sTRIKE
Puussntly Put by "cold shOrt"-whersin
Labor RsfOrmsFs" Resemble the Lily
of the Fislds-ImpOrtanos of the
OR, Railroad to Wheeling,

inc weekly DuuRet OF Boou thlnga Whtcn
Mr., Philip Henry Moore sends to the St.
Louis Age Of Steel over the signature
Sold Short" brlstles with matters Of
local interest this time, Of which por-
ton follows;
The printers strike Is still on in Wheel.
ing and all the terrors, penalHes, pro-
scTiptions and threats have been called
into full swing, and these weapons of the
unhghteous avail NOT. The papers, the
INTRLLIaENcER and the Register, seem to
thrive on the diet, This sltsmptto boy.
colt is an illustration OF the old Latin
phrase Mons psrturient, etc, Wheeling
hRA suffered some in reputation by these
labor dlstuIbalces They have been well
calculated 10 repel enterprise and 10
make capital avoid the city, but itshould
be borne in mind that the good sense Of
her people, the solidily aud solvsncy Of
her establishments, and the mRnliness
aud courage Of her manufacturers and
business men generally have defeated all
these efforts OF uuQuiet spirits and the
fights have been more bitter there than
elsewhere, |. 10 the very irony OF the
times that q few disContented men-a
bakers hali-dczsn-should mar the pro-
gTess and IL iura the reputation Of q whole
community, Other sections are also be-
ing disturbed, and 1t really seems TO be an
effort to bring sbopt q class craze. In
the atrnggle which labor Ia making
to secure Just recognition 1t has
the sympathy Of every rightfeel-
ing citizen; hut there Ia o line be-
\ tween Justice and assumption, which they
80 often ignore, and hence invite defeat,
The proper Specification OF The term labor
includes all vacations In which the
animal man 10 engaged in maintaining his
lphysiCafe xistenCe, whether with brains
or hands; and there should be no antagO'
nism created between them. When the
scriptures refer to labor, as they do in
many passages, there are no distinctions
made, no barriers erected, The deIestable
growth Of mOnopolies has distorted the
visions Of these sslf.CreRted leaders OF
WACO workers., and in every aggregation Of
capital iorcarEylng on business enterprises
they discover imaginary combinations to
deBpoIl artisans Of their God.CTeated
rights, and excite them, as class, to tear
down that which they should endeavor to
build up. l am not the special advocate
Of the manufacturer or proprietor, but In
my plain way ] oppose s0phlat!y. Arti.
sans and dny lRboTers have been imposed
upon to their cost by droneg and skulkera
who would starva aud rot in their vsRa'
bondage, ifCompeled 10 turn 10 honora'
BILE labor--"for they SOW not, neither do
they reap they toll not, neither do
they spin, hut they Bubsist on the sweat
Of other mems brows, by intoxicating de-
lusions and IcmentiDg turbulence and dis
order,
THE OHIO RIVER RAILROAD.
The extension Of the Ohio River railroad
will furnish The section with another out
let for its products to the South and
Southwest. Thls railway starts from
Wheeling aud Is about completed to Point
Pleasant, W. Va. 1t Is 10 be built to
Huntington, forty miles further, where II
will connect with the Newport News &
mississippi Valley road. At Wheeling
the Ohio River road connects with the
Pennsylvania Bystems and the B. 4 o.
Wheeling will DO the very center OF the
best transportation facilities on this con.
| BbbNGHA bAu huhhSlu h4I bup
great West and Tho Gull States. Wheel.
Ing originates very much the largest ton.
age Of any intermediate point between ter
minalH Of the B. K o. system, and nhe III
really more important city than
she has credit for. Somewhat overshad-
owed by Pittsburgh, which Is making un,
precedented progress, che hiss been only
known as the place where nails are made.
There has never been sufficient capital 10
develop her adyantages and resources.
NstuiRl gas is bringing her TO the front
now and foreign capital and enterprise are
taking her into consideration. Her bus.
Iness lnen, aa q rule, are too much occu.
pied with their own voCations TO sppre'
ciate her claims, and strangers until very
lately, might with good reason Imagine
that they were not wanted. Her FIRE.
brick street pavpments also forced her
into notonety, and 'she is actually so un-
accustomed to It that ahe 10 growing
timid,