Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-05
SOME LOCAL COMMENTS
ON THE GREAT LABOR WAR.
GENERAL OPINION SEEMS TO BE
THAT THE CONTEST WILL
BE LONG AND BITTER.
VICE PRESIDENT LARKINs,
OF Martins Ferry, Returns FROM
the Conference in New York.
schwab the Dominating influence.
Morgan Nervous and Angry-Pre-
pairing for the General strike
Order.

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| pairing for the General Strike
order.
Representatives of the Register were
about the cities yesterday noting the
views expressed by citizens OF all
/ classes on the great steel strike, in its
latest phase of defiance.
group OF workingnen on Market
! street were discussing the matter as
! reporter came along.
This def of Morgan's will put every
workingman worthy of the name OF
| man behind the Amalgamated Associa-
ton in its efforts to win. II they don't
win workingmen will be the slaves of
employers in this country"
THAT'S the ticket said another
'Tts fight fer the life OF unionism.
| No matter what union We belong to.
we must help them out even II we have
| to starve ourselves to do 1t"
1.-The big steel fellows have said they
| will crush the Amalgamated men and
! another brawny man in the group. i
don't belong to their union, but that
makes no difference. It's life or death
| for all of US now
! At another point was group evil
| IDENTIFY handlers of the heavy metal in
| the mills. Their faces were stern and
earnest as in low tones and brief SEN
| fences they discussed the vital question.
well, it's a fight to the finish now
and that's all there is to it," said one
"If we were to lay down now 1t
| would simply mean the death OF our
| Association. and we won't let these
trust fellows crush the life out OF u.s.
remarked another.
"There'll be more of this strike than
that man Schwab expects before it is
over It's only beginning now in dead
earnest" chimed in third in quiet
tones.
There were but few business men
abroad and these were averse to Civ
. ing an interview. One was seen and
said This declaration by the trust
magnates that this would be fight to
the finish and that no quarter would
be given, can mean but one thing to
the men, If they yield now they must
60 out of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. If they do not yield, the fight is
to continue until their places have been
filled by other; then the Association
will be powerless."
"It is a problem-a hard problem
not only for the men in the mills, but
the business men of the community
are interester, deeply interested, as
we'll. For this fight, II continued to
the end mapped out, means smaller
purchasers all along the line, and con-
sequently smaller sales by all our mer-
chants 1t will make a big difference
here and in every mill town, and the
whole country will feel it later on. 1t
ought not to be. Don't you use my
name"
The strike situation on the Ohio side
remains about the same, with all the
men standing firm and with deter
mination that is marked by the cool
and quiet attitude shown by the
strikers and their leaders
Yesterday all was quiet. Groups of
mill men gathered in the shady spots
and discussed the situation. Many OF
them stated that they believed in max
ing no concessions, and that their best
policy was to fight for what they had
first stuck up for.
Mr.. William Hilton, president OF the
Louis Avon lodge. stated yesterday
Tat he felt better satisfied than at any
time during the strike, as he fully
understood their position at present,
and that he believed all the men were
better satisfied since they know just
what they must face.
William Joy, prominent mill man,
voiced the above, and stated that the
men had no fear of losing the strike.
All the strikers and local officials
were anxious to see Vice President
Walter Larkins, of Martins Ferry,
who returned yesterday from the con-
ference at New York. A Register man
called on Mr.. Larkins last evening. He
said he had nothing more to give out,
than what had been published. When
asked as to the local situation. he said
he had not yet been able to confer
with the local men, as to their work,
as he had been absent, but that prob
ably to-day they would report. He said
the Federal and National Steel compan-
les plants and the National Tube plants
would all be called out. Mr.. Larkins
said Mr.. Schwab is the whole thing, and
it looks as IL he had it all In his
hands In SneakinR Of the conference