Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
WHITWELL.

.Sbetial 10 tie Ne7os.
George Pickett had very severe
stroke Of paralysis Friday.
Thomas Smedley, of Daus was in
Whitwell Saturday and Sunday.
J. F. Bowden and Pat Gary return
ed Saturday from the International
Convention of U. M. W. of A, which
was held in Indianapolis, Ind.
Pres. Suits, of Soddy, Tenn, was in
Whitwell from Thursday until Satur-
day mixing with the union miners
here.
The Rev. Mr.. Thrasher, of the Chat
tanooga News, was in Whitwell a few
DAYS last week in the interests of the
naner he represents. He secured sever
al subscriptions while here.
Davis Layne was down in Whitwell
Saturday and made very interesting
talk on union labor. Davis is a hust-
Well, Mr.. Cherry Blossom, it is
not your put in. You boast about
your freedom. Let me give you lit
tle advice. You said this was none of
your business. Don't NEEDLE with
that which don't concern you, and
YOU are sure not to get into any trou-
BILE. Stick to your freedom and let
other peoples business alone and you
will always come out all right. You
knew YOU told a falsehood when you
said to Pumpkin Roller that he had
nothing to eat but soup. You just
said that to be throwing off on the I'M
ion people. Did you ever see com
munity that was not at unity with
each other that ever did any. good in
ANYTHING? Did you ever see a church
where the members didn't stand to-
gether that ever did any good as a
church, No, you did not, and neither
will you see the laboring class Of peo-
pie do any good until they stand to-
gether as unit In union there is
strength. United we stand, divided
we fall. The union people have plen-
tv to eat but | would rather live on
soup if it was necessary than to scab
some one else out of job A very in
telligent young man came to my house
last summer and after he ate his din
ner he and his brother said they want
| ed to go to the mines to look around,
and asked my son to go with them but
he (my SOM was not allowed to go tC
| the mines. If he had gone he was liza
BILE to be arrested for violating the in
| junction, so you see, Mr.. Cherry Bios
som, that it is not as free a country as
you claim it is. This young man and
his brother got job and worked q
while Finally he went west where ev'
cry kind of labor is organized. Ii
talking about the matter to his uncle
out there he said he had always beer
taught that unionism was leading tC
anarchism yet he was raised in a civil.
lied country and by christian parents
| He knew better than that He JUS
wanted some excuse to ride out on. HI
had got into it and had to have some
way to get out.
The union people are getting alons
very well here considering everything
They go to the supply house on Thurs
day and get their supplies and to thei,
meetings on Saturdays. They go hunt
ing through the week, when they arr
not off somewhere at work Gardening
time will soon be in and they will en-
gage in making gardens We hav'
been on strike nineteen months, and i
will continue to go on to a finish. w
have fought the company an homes
and fair fight. 1t is true some of GU
men have been arrested and searched
for pistols and none were found. The.
stood the test before a jury of inques
and they came out without the hen
of their garment being scorched. TIL
court, the jury and the attorney wer
their enemies. The NJ. E. Churcl
was denied the privilege of worshipinl
at their usual place of worship becaus
the pastor was in sympathy with tn
union people When the soldiers cam
here they took charge of the hall wher
those people had been worshiping an
left the seats out in the weather whel
they left the town. The hall is on tn
company property. This is the infor
nation we have concerning the matter
No union man or any one who sym
pathises with them can get coal fror
the company even when there is sick
ness in the family. With all thes
trials the union men stand firm.
Uncle John