Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-03
STRIKING DEMONSTRATION.
All Union Men ofthe Country
to Cease Work.
Nothing will be Done by Member of
a Union on That day-0bject Lesson
Of the Strength of the Uni0ns-Plans
are all Perfected for the Movement.


CHARLESTON. May 3-On May 18th
every union workingman in the coun-
try, no matter Of what trade, will lay
down his tools and refuse to work Tor
one day. So exclaimed Mother"
Jones today on her return from an
extended missionary trip up the
Kanawha and New river valleys where
she has been working in behalf Of the
labor organizations in order to perfect
a union among the miners who so far
have failed to join the ranks of the
many who use the pick in the hitumi-
nous coal fields of West Virginia.
.'Mother" Jones tells that it is no
secret. She says that at meeting of
all the labor organizations all over the
entire country this question has been
presented and discussed and that so
far all reports received have been fav-
orable.
The purpose is merely to give an
object lesson Of the power of labor If
it sees fit to assert itself
The assertions of the great labor
agitator coming at this time when it
appears on the surface that times are
good and labor is receiving wages that
are considered the best, has caused a
sensation among the capitalists CT the
State, especially those who are in line
Of control among the mines and lum-
Der industries of West Virginia. She
makes no bones of telling why labor
is dissatisfied with its present condi-
ton. Trusts and the consequent adj
vancement Of all supplies, materials
and articles of food are the causes for
the unrest that is manifest and she
says the people who live by the use of
their hands are becoming so tired of
the imposition that they have decided
to give capital an object lesson that
will be remembered for years to come
There has beer little heralding of
the purpose of the labor organizations
says "Mother" Jones. 10 fact it has
been kept extremely quiet for pur-
pose, but there Is no question accord
ing to her but that they mean bust
ness and the country will see general
strike such as never was recorded be-
lOIe. hNtIy iu0DIuSI VI All bJS VIZ du-
izations OF labor and their sympathi-
zers will stop work and unless con-
cessIons come from the magnates
who rule~the various trusts of the
country without delay, there will be a
cessation Of activity along all the
lines of commerce, both state, nation
al and foreign.
The recent action Of the beef trust
in placing the product that is most
used among the working class beyond
the reach of the working man has so
infatuated the masses that nothing
short of a general strike is thought OF
by them.
"Mother" Jones stated that she
herself had visited hundreds Of the
various lodges OF the country and
with one acclaim all are in favor of
the measures herein outlined. The
railroads have pooled their issues in
such a manner and have so discrimi-
mated in freights that none except
the very wealthy are in a position tC
receive any benefits from them. So
it is with the great iron and steel in
dustries and in the sections formerly
benefited by them, there is now moth
ing for the independent producer tt
do but to submit to the inevitable.