The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-26

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his question he said the people we're do
Ing some thinking, and he believed this
state OF thought was pn Ting the way for
the elevation OF the poorer classes. The
speaker was applauded when he eulo-
gized municipal ownership, and again
IN stating Its accomplishment In De-
troit. Mr. Orr made lucid address,
and he closed by arguing against moes-
tation OF the cars or the non- union
men: continuance OF the present cam
paign OF peaceful abstinence from the
cars would win for the men In a short
time.
FATHER ALTMEYER's ADDRESS.
The next speaker was Rev. Henry
Altmeyer, OF the Cathedral. who was re-
ceived with deafening applause, and
this demonstration OF approval punctua-
ted his address throughout Said Father
Altmeyer:
Citizens OF Wheeling ant5riclnity:
am here tonight, because sympa-
thiZe with the strikers, because / be.
lieve that their demands are Just:
am here tonight because sympathizc
with the laborer, because my heart Is
with the men who earn their bread by
the Drawn Of their arms and the hot
sweat OF their brow: am here tonight
because / believe In labor unions-in
the workmen uniting for their mutual
protection and advancement-I believe
that labor unions are the only feasible
practical way at present, by which the
tollinS masses can hope to get hear.
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ties.
II believe not In socialism: I believe
not In anarchy; socialism Is impractic-
able; anarchy-as long as men have the
faint OF Adam In them. as long as men
are promo to evil governments there
must be, law there must be. But. gen.
tlemeH. ! do believe In social reform;
| not the sudden revolution Of old estab-
lished customs. not the suddea upheav.
al of old cherished principles. but a
| gradua. social. Christian revolution In
| the labo: world. Something must be
done to relieve the struggling. toillng
masses; when men are crying for work
and children for brend-and there Is
plenty in the land-when boys and girls
| OF tender age are huddlcd together
from: early morn till late at night In
factories, performing the work OF men,
but not given the wages Of men. but the
| miserly sum OF two or three dollars
| week-compelleG to do this. to help to
keep away hunger from their ilresides;
when the mothers are obliged to leave
| their sucking infants in the morning to
| the Gaze Of charitable friends, and re.
| mai- away from them until the dawn
| OF evening remain away from babes
and small children. performing labori-
Gus work-all to get only the small bite
they cat. Is not something wrong, GER
| tlemen! Is there not call for some
drawn from Imagination. You who OBJ
serve, and hay, travelled some. who
have read and reflected, does not this
| picture meet you in every large city?
Gentlemen, l believe poverty will al
ways be in this world. The Goldman,
| Infinite Wisdom. has said so; "the poor
you shall always have with YOU" I be.
| lieve, too. there must be inequalities In
wealth. and social position. ] do not
condemn wealth, but l do raise my
voice against Its unjust use. raise
| my voice as priest OF the Catholic
church with Leo Kill, its present
earthly head; raise my voice with
| him, and many other bishops and
priests OF the Catholic church, and say
| to the rich. say to the employers. say
to the capitalists. that they have not
| an absolute ownership over their
wealth, that they are only Gods stew &.
| ards to use their wealth. to give work,
| happiness and life to their fellow man.
l raise my voice with Leo XIII. and
say to the employers and the rich that
they must not look upon mans labor
| simply as commodity-that they must
| consider man as social being. with
social wants, and In forming contract
Il Ill To- III 1rh Ht,.-r
| slider the wants Of his family, give him
enough wages to keep his family in
| frugal comfort; sufficient that he may
put aside some for sickness and old
age and other misfortunes. that the en-
ployer In bargaining with him must
not oblige him to work so many hours
as to deprive him OF family social life
and the time necessary to improve his
moral intellectual being. Where the
rich and employers take not these
things into consideration they commit
an Injustice against the workingmen,
| and do him great wrong.
Gentlemen. am on the side of these
strikers because I believe they are
only asking for such consideratlon-one
dollar and eighty cents day for nine
hours labor is just demand. A fam
| lily cannot be kept properly on less
wages. Increase the number OF hours
and what time have they for family
social life and moral and intellectual
| Improvement?
Citizens OF Wheeling and vicinity: I
am personally acquainted. believe,
with two-thirds of these conductors
and motormen, having met them riding
to and fro on the cars on my crrandS
OF mercy. l say I am personally ac-
quainted with them. and know them
as rule to be respectable, law-ablding,
Industrious citizens. They respect law
and order. and ! know have not, and
will not, interfere with the property OF
the street car company. nor have, nor
| Will they. encourage interference on
the part OF others.
Citizens of Wheeling and Vicinity,
stand by them to man-keep off the
cars-encourage all your friends to do
the same--let the community stand to-
gether rs one moral whole - sacrifice
your convenience for while. l, my
self, have as many occasions to ride as
any OF you. III walk for year II I
can't get bus. hack or wagon. by
way OF advice: Perfect the hnck sys-
tom: run them on schedule time. Let
every man resolve tonight to walk for
year II he cart get Il hack. BY so
| doing you will touch the e0mpany's
hearts through their pocket books. and
win the strike. II the company can't
afford to p?-- the wares, let them sell
out to Wheeling capitalists. and we will
have home rule"
MIR. DRYDEN SPEAKS.