Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-17


~ the Company and the utter disregard OF
the Board OF Public Works and the duty
impressed on them in their failure 10 nave
the streets put in the same cendltlon they
were in before being torn up by the PRIV,
ileged Company. When this corporateo
body disregards its obligation TO the guar
dams OF the city in placing our streets IN
as good condition as they found them IS IL
any wonder that they would insist on tneir
employees to accept the iron-clad oatn or
agreement, to bind themselves down oy
their signatures to agree to the rules Tue
Company dictates and all rules that may
hereafter be put in force! Now, viii the
citizens of Wheeling and vicinity give their
approval 10 the manager OF tnls
Company in his un-AHerlcdh
and tyrannical act 10 seaTCn
the "BIue Laws" Of old England for his
iron clad agreement handed down BY the
fendal tyrants and oppressors OF LABOR III
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, ahd
impose it upon his employees IN TINS en-
lightened age OF the nineteenth century,
VINO are all American citizens ana TAX
payers? Is the public prepared to con-
denim the spirit and manhood OF American
wage workers when they will not OBEY IN
humble submission the dictates OF TINS eA-
acting and arrogant representative OF LOT
eign capital! / should think not. America
properly belongs 10 Americans, ana IL
would be inconsistent and unoecomlng IN
deed under the freedom Of the granoest
government on earth 10 censure American
wage workers when they resist attempts 10
maze slaves and serfs out Of themselves.
The power given this heartless reprepSeE-
tative of capital 10 WELD domlneerlng
sway over his employees, is an OBJECT lesson
well illustrated, what capitul Will ana can
do when once in power to dissolve aud rup-
ture labor unions.
What redress or prospect have the street
car employees in gaining the strike when
they have TO encounter the Stubborn ana
answering determination OF this Com
pauy3 Does not its menaclng attitude TO
labor unions in other parts Of the country
show very perceptibly that its full intent
and purpose is 20 annhilate the LABOR or
ganiZation OF its employees here as well as
in other places. The only peaceaole ana
sensible redress the employees can resort 10
is 10 have public meetings during theif
strike and hear addresses, appealing 10 tue
sympathy and support OF the pubic 10
maintain them in their fight for justice ana
American fairness against oppression
The action of the Trades Assembly, recon-
mendinC the trouble 10 b. brought before
the Council, is not as commeGdable as hrst
supposed, as the meetings or Coun-
eli are few aud far between.
as that cody is composed OF
a large number Of conservative fathers
who are SUCKERS on trItijng points. Inc
strikers should not content themselves IN
nursing the DEUS on that Council VIII act
Immediately on the Wheeling Railway C0m-
panv In regard TO its franchise; and II -
not probable tnat Manager Jolly viii re-
tract his declared and positive intention or
reverse his former decision as mis- ultima
tum, rs 70 how the strikers will get rein
stated in their former positions.
The managers declared decision as TO
how those men will get back, is as follows:
II, the Undersigned hereby make appll-
cation as mOtOrmau or conductor on your
line, and if given such position will agree
10 conform to all the rules and regulations
OF the Company now in force or hereafter
10 be put IN force"
What concessions or fair treatment could
be expected from al employer that says his
employees shall conform 10 rules and regd-
lations that are 10 be hereafter put IN force:
What INSCRIPTIONS eXaclion tins IS on
American citizens. Could IL be any more
stringent or severe if they were convicts IN
the State penitentiary! 10 is a vicious and
un-Americau method OF dealing with EN-
ployes, and demands the condemnation OF
every Wage-wOrker and taXpaylng citizen
Of Wheeling.
Men who glory in the freedom OF our in
stituuous, in fairness and justice shoula
lend a helping hand 10 defeat the tyranny
and oppression OF this foreign corporation,
and scourger c. the oppressed and down
trOdden Units vicious and nefarious scheme
to eXtermin3te labor unions. The public
press in scathing terms condemns Anarchy,
Socialism, riots and violation OF law and
order There must be some cause
for those disturbing elements break
ing out as hrcOrands in the land
But the cause is never given 10 inc pup
lie by the press. but the acts committed
are heraldCG over the world. Is II not the
avarici0us greed for wealth, the oppres-
sion or the poor and the inhuman disregard
capital has for labor that causes anarchy,
riots and violation Of law and orderl Does
not such demands OF tyranny as JOliy's I'M
perial ukase have a vigCratlng influence 10
enlist people 10 do and say certain things
that they would not previously counte-
nance! There was 20 violation of law and
order by the Street Car Union or their
friends in this city until the venomOus
spirit of the railway company showed IT'S
teeth. There were 40 bloody riots or muir
der at Homestead before tyrant Erick Is
sued his proclamation notifying his en-
ploves of q reduction in their wages and
fOrbidding them 10 belong 10 or be mem
bers Of the Amalgamated Association Of
ironworkers. There is no anarchy and
disruption of law and order where EN-
plOvers act with true Christian charity
Justice and fairness with their employees
American workugmen are all peaCeaDie
and law-aoicing when dealt with in
spirit Of justice and moderation. And
whenever they depart from this line OF
action and become anarchists and riotous
mobs, the fault viii not be theirs, but
must be placed whore IL properly belongs,
al the door of capitalists and employers.
The public is doing admirably in not
patrouizug the cars TO any extent since
the strike took place; and if the striking