The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-03
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Justice" Expresses his Views on tho
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800 Situation.
To the Editor OF tho IntellIgencer.
s1R:-"Come now and let Us reason
together" These words have come
down TO US as spoken through one OF
Gods prophets well-nigh three thousand
years ago.
as citizens OF the metropolis OF West
Virginia and of the most thriving In
dustr!al city on the Ohio river between
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, we have rea-
son to congratulate ourselves upon the
manifold blessings and comforts we en-
Joy In spite OF the nntagonIsn existing
between owners Of capital and those
who In the vic!ssltudes OF life earn
their daily bread by manual labor.
The friction existing between the
wheeling Railway Company and It's
past employees. Is forcIble reminder
OF this antagonism. an antagonism that
should not exist. but which, through
some queer freak or fatalism, lives and
IS encouraged In our midst and does not
live and is not encouraged by any other
community.
WA!do not wish to convey, the idea
that We believe millennium as between
labor and capital exists In all cities out
side OF Wheeling, but we do say NO
city In the Union has permitted It's
business interests to be suspended for
two months, Its merchants unable to
transact business, liable TO be thrown
into bankruptcy. Its citizens and pa
irons OF It's merchants annoyed and In
convenienced by single corporation
and scarcely hundred and fifty de-
pendents and employees. Some method
IS certainly available to ascertain which
or the principal parties is at fault and
When this Is done 1t will not be hard
matter to determine which of the con-
testants Is most deserving OF sympathy.
II Divine Wisdom advises the one OF
reasoning power In matters spiritual 1t
VIII not be aniss to call It into action
In temporal things. We cannot reason
spiritually without faith in Divine rev.
elatior, nor can we reason on things
temporal without statement of the
matter In question, In which we can
place our faith.
From tie striking employees OF the
railway We are willing to accept the
statement that 16 cents per hour is
small recompeuse for the service ex-
pected OF them. and that 20 cents Is be-
Ing paid In Pittsburgh: here Is some
thing tangible upon Which TO reason.
We appreciate the situation OF the
railway people that statement of their
position and condition cannot be pub
llshed without prejudice, perhaps In
jury, to Its stockholders. Yet such
statement can be made and verified by
a thorough examination of the books OF
the company, by disinterestcd parties
OF undoubted integrity. and Submitted
TO a committee selected in part By the
principal contestants and In part by
those thus selected. We believe q COM
mlttee thus chosen and empowered and
further empowered TO arbItrate, can
settle the contest to the satisfaction Of
the community II not to the pleasing
OF either contestlng party.
Inc fact that ZONE Pittsburgh roads
nre paying 90 cents per hour does not
prove that the Wheeling railway can
DO so. Pittsburgh has seven times as
many people as Wheeling and Pitts
burgh conductor will handle from
three to five times as many fares IN
day as Wheeling conductor will. But
this Is matter that should be consId-
cred In arbitration and we will not dis
cuss 1t further. Yes, give US a point to
reason from, then let us reason togeth-
er, that we may determine whether We
are sympathizers or merely towards.
Wheeling. June .. JUSTICE.