Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
NEILSB|)RG.
LABOR DEMONSTRATION AND PA
RADE WAS A GREAT
SUCCESS.
COL. RoBT. WHITES LECTURE.
sEyENTY-FIvE HANDSOME TREES
PLANTED AT PICNIC.

| SEyENTY-FIvE HANDSOME TREES
PLANTED AT PICNIC.
| WELLSBURG, w. Va, October 81
Amid whirfwind of enthusiasm and in
a shower of shooting rockets and food
of red fire. the labor demonstration
launched forth Wednesday evening III
a monstrous parade. On every hand
were hundreds of cheering union sym
pathizers, who made the neighboring
| hills echo and re-echo from the con-
| tinual din of their believing horns.
Horns of every description and size
| were ressurected from no one knows
where, and youth and age alike Joined
| in to intensity the stirring strains OF
| trumpetfng bands and thudding drums.
! Shortly after O'Clock the various UNI
| ions began forming on. Liberty street,
and on scheduled time, 7:30, with many
| and unique banners flying, the process
| sion, nearly 600 strong, moved south
| over Charles to Third then west to
Main and North to Eleventh, thence
south over Charles to Barth's opera
hall, where ranks were broken ard a
mad scramble was made to gain adAis-
Hundreds were turned away, unable to
get sight or hearing OF the inside pro-
ceilings. Ulyssus Higgins, of the flint
glass workers, called the meeting to
order and introduced Thomas Rowe,
who was made chairman of the meet
ing. Mr.. Rowe made a neat little al
dress and introduced John j. Coniff, of
Wheeling, as the speaker of the even
ing. After few preliminary remarks,
Mr.. Coniff struck out boldly and deep
ly on the theme union, as viewed from a
disinterested party. His arguments
were concise, conclusive and highly in
teresting. He spoke for over an hour
and was frequently applauded not q
soul leaving the hall during his speech
though the building was packed TO suf-
location. Following Mr.. Coniff. John
r. Tobin, a member of the executive
board A. F. G. W. u, spoke along the
line of the cause of the present trouble
now existing in our city He cited fig
ures from tire union list and from the
price paid by the non-uniol factory,
which were from 80 per cent to 70 per
cent below the union list. lie also
scored those parties who accused the
union organizations of making this
demonstration for political gain. The
most striking feature of the whole af-
fair was the absence of politics Many
of the campaign buttons whioh hereto
fore had been so conspicuous were
missing, and in their stead wee badges
worn universally which read Union
Forever" The wage-earners simply
outdone anything politically or other
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this city, and great is the credit due
them.
Col. Robert White, of Wheeling. lee
tured in the Presbyterian church We'd
nosday evening. on the Passion Play as
seen by him while on a visit ID Europe
last sumner His large audience was
well pleased with his graphic descrip-
ton of the famous play. and speak only
in the highest terms of the Colonel as
lecturer
Harry Oliver, the colored boy, aged
about II years, WHO has been with the
family of Mr.. Geo. w. Russell. or
some years, died Thursday from par
alysis Of the ..eart, caused By a severe
attack Of diphtheria from when ne was
just recovering. This is the second
NsVuII II ulpuluSIld III Tue IlSl week,
both being colored.
Ed. Harvey, while at work in the T..
George Co. sack factory, Wednesday
afternoon. WIS unfortunate enough to
have his LETT hand caught between the
cylinder and Shaft of a coating MA
chine, brulsing AMI crushing the wrist
and forearm considerably. Luckily no
no bones ere Groken, but Mr.. Harvey
suffered a great deal, as he was held
in the machic1 nearly half hour be-
fore being recessed.
The teachers of Buffalo district will
hold a district institute at lewis
school house, 81 urday, Novemher 10TH.
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. All per-
sens interested in school work, 'yhether
teachers or nat. arc invited to attend
Hon. A. B. White, the Republican
candidate for governor, and Perry A..
Shanor of Sistersville, are slated to
make addresses at Barth's Opera House
October 81. at 1880 o'clock. Some more
Frost.
There was quite large number of
our people who attended the tree plat
ing picnic at the Bellview camp grounds
on Thursday The weather was ideal
and the merry planters succeeded in
setting about rs handsome trees. the
majority of which were maple and
poplar.
The Wellsburg High school football
team and fair-sized crowd of rooters
went to Wheeling yesterday afternoon
and defeated the Linsly Institute team
by score of 6 to 5. The home boys
are highly elated over their victory and
mean to have the Linsly team come
here in the near future for a return
game.
Some miscreant has been distributing
a great deal of poisoned meat through
out the town here of late. causing the
death of quito number OF dogs. The
able terrier of w. R. MilleSsoecame
a 'ctim of " homo I ~ Sew
eral of our best dog doctors worked
with him for some time, but to no
avail
The ladies of the Christian church