The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-03
THE CHURCH AND LABOR
|n;s.ussed Pro and Con at Meeting
=, the Belmont Central Trades and
Labor Assembly-Messrs. James
rou,ie the Sneakers,

Labor Acknowledgements. James
4 and Lewis the Speakers. ll
r,o Central Trades and Labor Union
ao,mont county had one OF the best
o.,yprs In It's history ut Bridgeport yes
',I,v afternoon, there being a large
tendance OF the delegates and many
I,',ors The debate on the question
rho churches are not doing their duty
,,vords harmoniziug the existing dif-
t.,orces between labor and capital"
=. the feature OF the meeting and It
rho card that attracted tho crowd,
4 MI, Lewis. vice president o. the Ma
tam, miners organization, took .he
a,r,,ive side OF the question. and
1p,o,idcu, Charles A. James The mega.
,,re
4 ,..er tho meeting was called 10 order
j,,Men,Ials we're read from Lodge 1870
4 :, ,hs limited Mine Workers OF America.
sting that Rober, Shorts and Robert
jc,oarbaulrh be admitted as delegates.
rhov werr duly obligated.
4 Tho matter of the Martins Ferry
orsr wbo has pcrsistcntly refused tn
s..,ro un,on WINS then taken IN. The
,,-ui,,ce sent to see him .epor,pd that
10 refused to discuss the matter and de-
s,a tho aspnbty to do It's worst. There
rae lively discussion over this mat
,.- after which II was referred tn the
,o,aI Iodres.
Tho debate was the next In order and
", Iamos was thu first tn sneak He
rou,d no. condemn the churches for
r.,, ,hev had done. hut they r,p,d, do
ro,s wn hoy-c In the IJniteu States in
ts reIrhborhood OF more taan aooo
ND, wbo orr wprth 81 ooOo ono and over
No havr more than $4,000 .oo, ppon,e
somr Of MIR churches are worth morr
thar ,,OO ooo Tho dutv of tn. church
I, m draw the peop,e nearer topatbcr
", b,v. n rnod many nrrachprs who
dan, know the wants of tho ,abor,nr
,,se because thew don't comn from tho
-,rk and flo An tho moncv that g,es
!, TIM cburcbos md ,nstjtutjors a, f,,,-
,er,r, kinda co,ne from Nh, monsyed
,,,ss
III, ,,,,o,os c,,ss n. , r,,,, oh,o
-ro,, Fe,I Tho man wb, ,,nh,ns, On
mo thousands ,nd bun5ress ., t,o,-
prds ,s r,tod b,y,,er than III. n,or NJ, n
vim r,nb,es ror loco ronev vsry t.u
porkInrme, ran ,t,an5 tho b,,- ,,s,,tu-
Tins bpcouse thev carnot dre.s ,vs,, IF
tina chur.bes .bor,a ,dyoc,ta RI, We, ~
nancy in ,be building of bo,res on ,h,t
te couId b,v. -, n,oce IN s.av r.,d ot.
tb,r would holm the lobornr TIN
churches ,rs doing s,ma e,.d wor,,
They oro brt,atrc nm ,,o,,, ,ror,.
things Tho ,,borInp ma n ,you,d ,to,.
carr a dollar ,ndenrndentlv I'M, all III,
nopav h, could rat throurb c,.,r,,v +,
ran fee,s small whom he think. bn 10
compelled to accept aims. When he
bUss " tue MIL anu e'ifhs MS ooiar. ne
'se's INDEPENDENT. tH
t"c churc'es EXPECT US 70 educate
'4 e''i'oren' OUT they aoht 90 any
@-Is ioF l"eir' ShuFcnes "ouiu no
"s' 10 advocate inc use OF me union
@'e'. IL 'hey "ou'o take up that mat
~ '''es "ou''i e''eouinse Tue working
peop'e VINO 30 10 church, Inc WORKING
."4'' eoes u 'ne ht'se c''u'ch pecause
Az 'ui"NS ms eio'hes are moi soou
'"Ous" 10 20 10 inc o's church. inc
.4H'eHes snou'u siio" 'ne peopie th'i'
'-.s u0' speru tlleir '''oi'ey properly
we so 10 the churcnes anu near
'Ao0F sermon very seldom anu theh
.'Is Wy special request we would NJ!
WI proud II we khe" that the church
"oa'u '"'nK OIL US on mort 'hah once IN
:. onhnhss. = Ihey cont 90 IL.
d" .Hey e'o thhy "ouid attract more OF
" 'aoosins men.
Mr.. Lewis Responds.
Mr.. lewis then nrose IN ,nkr b,s s,do
Of the debate Tho very dcc,,r,tlon bo
sa!d, carried with /, n conflict bc,wern
two classes n, neon,r TIN church WINS
doing In sp,v ,owo nds barpo,,z,n, -,
relations. II thew obeved c;od tbere
would BE- M necd IN nal, thpm N a, II
|, was his ,r;v,locn IN defend tho ot,i-
,ude Of III. church mi. ro, oras
ton tina, should rrouIre n pre,t ,,on, n,
time for nm ,nte,,,c,rt d,.cuss,o, I'm
would take ne n ba s,s for b,s ,rrumont
tina, no society couId nerform n work
unless It knew III. nr,nc,n,n, M ,hn
work they were TO ncrrorm or Al, tho
reform movencnts In ,his co,,n,rv
among the laborInp ncon,e none or
them could reform untI, tbov tnory tho
work thew wcre n nerfcrn