Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
o9uow THEY LOVE M'KINLEY.


The workingmen who were cheated,
robbed, lied TO, bamboozled and bun
coed in the last campaign by the paid
agents of the Hanna-McKinley trust
combination are speaking their minds
on the subject of the prosperity bunco
game quite freely now. They see clear
" now how they have been betrayed
into the camp of their enemies the gold
bugs and high tariff monopolies. And
they feel severely the fact that instead
of more work. higher wages and pros
perity. which they were promised from
every stump by the Hanna Mckinley
agents. they are getting less work at
reduced wages. while Hanna and Nc
Kinley are doing their level best in
Congress to boost the prices of their
necessaries of life. which in very many
instances have already risen in antici-
patton of the increased tariff taxes.
No wonder defrauded labor can
scarce contain its indignation. No
wonder that such scenes as the follow
ing depicted by a Pittsburg contem-
porary as taking place in the Wilmer
ding plant of the Westinghouse Air
brake Company, are occurring in vari-
Gus places over the country. These
workingmen like all the rest were fool
ed. deceived and now that they have
been discharged or had their wages
fearfully reduced. in the impotence Of
their wrath against those who defraud-
ed them they have torn down and into
a thousand pieces and trampled in the
dirt the pictures of the Advance Agent
of Prosperity" which hung upon the
walls of their work rooms. Our con-
temporary. describing the incident,
says:
Many Of the men dropped from the COM
p8nys pay rolls are among the most
skilled mechanics employed at the big
Wilmerding workshops a large numoer
have been with the concern for periods
ringing from 10 TO 10 and Il years.
a
bers OF the John Dalzell Republican club
Of Wilmerding during the recent Bryan
Mckinley campaign. They wore costly
uniforms; the best grade of capped mack
intosheS. white plug hats, etc, eno car
rad rich. gOld-colored silk umbrellas, IN
dicating they were for Mckinley and an
[ honest dollar protection. reciprocity and
good times" They went 10 Canton. toy
ged i'm their campaign regalia, TO hear
how the mills would be opened and how
after they were set going the minis
would open themselves.
The working force Of the WilmerdinE
plant consists OF 5000 men. November 3
the company could ind employment for
only l.90O of them. owing 10 the silver agi-
tatiOn il was said. Many believed Bryan
should be elected and hesitated before join
ing the Dalzeu club When IL became
known that all the workmen were expect
ed 10 make the trip 10 Canton open rebel
lion was talked of. Il was considered
best. though. 20 so.
After the campaign all the pictures,
banners and honest dollar emhlems
were beautifully framed and hung IN the
fitting room, the largest IN the workshop,
, where men of the highest skill were en-
ployed. Among the various other things
was picture Of President Mckinley
heroic size. in a frame 6XS feet. Beside it
hung another great frame. containing 4
picture representing Mr.. Mckinley pull
ing aside curtain displaying a great
mandatory with dense columns OF smoke
belching out Of the smoke stacks. Pros
perity's advance agent was bidding a
great number Of workmen. starved-look-
ing individuals who were supposed to
have had no employment during the
| Cleveland reign. go within and ind en-
ployment. All the gaudy banners were
| there. too.