Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-12
BELLAIRE UNION men OUT
BUT THE MILL IS RUNNING.

uent IArklns ana spoke hrfeuy. lie re-
marked that he did not know his
brother was a speaker, and this was
his first attempt-when he went home
and told his parents what a fine speech
his brother had made. they would
grow wild" Some fellow In the
audience said. then don't tell en-"
and there was roar Of laughter Mt the
speakers expense. "It is the first time
| have been in such q struggle - this
and for the sake or mankind I hope we
will win It. and that It will be the last.
I say this. however. not because ! fear
for the result. Mr.. Pierpont Morgan
will scratch his head ere this battle Ia
ended. and Mr.. Schwab will get burned
in the neck. | hope we shall stand "a
one man."
The expression, burned In the neck
seemed to be a bit Of mill talk. that
met with the approval of the men.
Mr.. Walter Larkins. Vice P~residentof
the Second District Of the Amalgama-
ted Association, was called for and
said: "Mr. President and Brethren: l
am not going to talk much at this TINA
Some two years & I intermingled
with the men at Benwood. and succeed
ed In raising the flag of unionism there,
and 1t has been there ever since.
When the twig was planted there It
was planted to grow: and now 1t 10
branching out.
IN 1900 we made a fight there that
resulted in benefit to every outside
man in Benwood. We were beaten, but
not conquered. The lesson then taught
by the ~Amalgamated Association has
been learned by the Tube Company's
officials. and they advanced wages.
"The time has come. for a great
struggle. The Amalgamated Associa-
ton has changed It's tactics. Its on
Gals and members now say we will
not go to work until you pay all men.
union or non-union, the SCALE
mo one but Mr.. Schwab was against
unionism at the late conference: but
Schwab said he had learned of Car
negie how to fight unionism and that
as President OF the United State Steel
Corporation he would not yield. Mr..
Schwab will ere long come down to tho
dust, for unionism will not be crushed.
ssYou are, some Of You who
are not yet In the Ama1gam 1ted
Association, askfnG! "If we go
out with you without jofnoing
will you stand by usr We
have tried his method before
and found At n failure. The
nOn-union men weakened and
went back. The only way In
which we will stand by you IL
when you join the Association.
Then we Will stand by you
and you by u.s.
1.-THE Riverside management Is foxy.
They made the non-union men believe
that Of they stood by them they would
be Ministers to Russia. or Turkey, or
somewhere else, but 1t has not happen
ed yet. Uaughter.)
I'VE have taken a stand to fight the
United States Steel Corporation for the
life OF unionism. 1t Is not the first
battle fought for liberty,-not the first
battle waged to free slaves.
AT the conference they asked III
why we were fighting for the non
union mills; why we insisted on the
Association scale for those mills. and
we told them because the Association
was opposed to slavery and wished all
mill men to receive just returns for
their labor.
"They have n%on-union mills In which
than existed In the blacklist days OF the
nations history. The officers Ut the
United States Steel Company say they
will trasfer their mills from this place
and that to such a ~place--to Wander
grift. Possibly they might conclude 10
move the whole United States to vau-
dergrift.
"At Vandergrift, the Corporation
owns everything. The land, the stores
and everything else. They will build
you a house! But, If you don't pay a
fixed amount each month you lose your
job for they garnishee your wages and
that means you lose your job and your
home. Here is one OF their pay enve-
Iopes: here is what is printed on It,"
Here the speaker passed about a used
pay envelope from the mills named. 1t
was printed across its back al follows:
Claims for shortage in cash will not
be recognized"
"a garnishee forfeits the employees
position"
The speaker continued:
This is what they do at Wander
grift, where It is n~on-union and the
owns everything. II there
are those here who have not Joined the
Association an opportunity will b
given them to do so in q few moments.
II say to you unionism means better
wages. 1t means more money to cloths
80 S>od yo,r familv and aducafA voup