Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-23
ALMOST. BEYOND BELIEF.

ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF.
We take the following from special
dispatch ID tbs New York World from Bra
zil, Indiana:
This is the centre ola great coal mining dis
trict. The mines are controlled by q syndicate
Of Republicans, the principal being II. q. Porter,
National bank aud railroad President OF Chi
caro-. Il. W. Perry, the LEGAL superintendent
does the oulldozing for the syndicate. few
weeks ago he compelled the bosses to make q
poll Of the miners, giving each miners name
and politics. Every Democratic mine boss was
discharged as soon as he announced his politics
and the Democratic miuers were blacklisted for
dismissal. In four Of the fourteen mines the poll
showed large Democratic msjorities. On Mon
iay last these mines were closed down and the
Republican miners were transferred to other
mines, while the Democrats were LEFT without
employment. From the political poll black
list has been made and put in the hands OF the
mine bosses who are Instructed TO refuse en-
ployment to all Democrats and doubtful voters.
rhe miners many Of whom are Republicans,
say that more Infamous sy.tsm Of coercion was
never known in any mining district.
Perry, the superintendent, is in the habit OF
soinV from mine to niue, calling the men out
and making speeches. in which he says that II
Cleveland is reelected they will he paid VI a
dsy. while on the other hand IL Harrison Is
elected they will receive 81 In addition totbts,
the company will not employ any man who does
| not vote for its Interests Such things may sound
incredible in the East, but the truth Of them was
July established by the World correspondent to-
day who met not only discharged employees, but
others who have os.ensibly at least surrendered
their political convictions to save their wives
and children from want during the coming
winter.
This is almost incredible, yet it ia GODS
truth. There may be many q poor, half
starved miner who will, by these deVilisb
means, be forced to vote against his honest
convictions, sacrifice his rights Of Ameri-
can citizenship and become the mere slave
If his heartless taskmsster, but there are
thousands whose blood will boil at these
,utrages, who will vote to oppose the
| tide that countensnces them, for that sid,
must bs wrong and no friend of labor or q
tree ballot.
Judge THURMAN was told Of these
things at Brazil aud the noble old man
altered the following grand words con-
sernipg them:
"whoever says to you, You shall not
sarn your daily bread, You shall not feed
YOUR wife and children, you ought not to
have q comfortable home in which to
dwell, yOu shall have nothing to give to
the education of your littls boys and your
little girls unless you will surrender your
own freedom, unless you will ceHe to be
independent American cit z,ns and will
Tote as I dictate is No good citizen Of the
United States. Great spplsuse.l
"You live in country of free institu-
tions, where every msn stands, in law, the
,qusl Of every o,h,r man; where you can
walk with head erect, as high rs the proud
sst man in the land and as much entitled
to reNpsct if you bshsve yourselves we'll
and live virtuous and upright life. You
have the righ's Of an Independent Amsri-
can citizen. Applause. A vo:cs: Thank
Iod.'1 Whenever you allow those rights
to be tram pled upon; whenever you sur.
render your in dependence, whenever you
i've up that Gol-bsssowsl right which
makes You tbs equal Of all msn and enti-
ties you TO receive the rewards of your
own thinking aud your own voting; when
ever you give that mp yO1 will no longer
be free American citiz,ns, but you will be
the slaves Of so many dictstors, who will
ride You booted and spurrsd for their own
interests aud not for yonrs. Applause
aud cries Of Yes, yea That's the thing
and That il right.
''You have certain rights. It is your
duty to uphold them, but in upholdiug
them it is also your duty not to resort to
violence. My friends, the cause Of labor
is the cause of Justice aud right. We are
tod in the good book that The lsborer is
worthy Of his hire 1t is Gods own reve
lstion to you that you are worthy Of your
hire, and that principle, that doctrine,
must prevail. All hsll can't prevail
sgsiust YOU. [Applsuse. Il snot necea-
sary to resort to doubtful msthol Is, il is
not necessary to resort to strikes and VIC
lencs. Your moral force is so crest, the
force Of your votes is so great, thu nscessi-
ty for your labor is so great, that no man
can stand out against your rights and hope
TO be successful. Therefore ! say to you:
Uphold yoar rights aud do it according to
the laws of the land. Applause, and a
voice, That is right and another voice,
That's the way to talk to menpl Uphold
them, stand by them, preserve your res-
sooable organizations. DJn't let them run
wild, but at the same tine don't let them
get too cold. Laughter and applause
You hear Republican speaker get up
and say thst high tariff is nee sssary in
order to give high wages to tae lsborirg
men. Why, my friendS, the laboring or,
CARNATIONS Of this country-sore Of them
may not be exactly right, some of them
may need amendments in their constitu-
tons and their mode Of procedure, but the
nake1 truth is that the labor Organizations
of the United States have 6oae more to
secure good wages TO the laboripg men Of
America than sll the tariff laws that ever
were" IGrsst applause.
The Irish WORLD"
Two wagcn.losds of Irish Worlds have