Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-01-18
GLEN MARY, TENN.
Special 10 the Nt7OS.

wei, MI. EulLOr, L UuOuSuI SlhSo
had been idle for some time | would
try and come again. see you have
received my renewal to the News all
right of which am proud. l want
the readers to know that I am still in
the land of the living.
News is certainly scarce in this neck
of the woods. / know of nothing in
the way of news to write that would
interest the readers.
1t seems raining or showing is the
order of the day.
On January 1 the U. M. W, of A.
Local here gave an oyster dinner, af-
ter which we had the pleasure of lis
tening to some good speaking and sing
ing Those who spoke were Joe Vas
ey, /. N. B. NJ. of.the U. M. W. of
A., and Gus Carter, G. NJ. of Glen
Mary Coal and Coke Co., and Supt.
John Keene of said company, Chas.
Birch and Jesse Davis. All made good
talks and to the point. Bro. Massey
held his audience for about one hour
and the greater part of his talk was on
organized labor and organization in
general. Bro. Vasey was well received
in Glen Mary Too much cannot be
said in honor of him and the noble way
in which he performs his duty as an
official of the U. NJ w. of A. | am
sure he is the right man in the right
place. We, the people of Glen Mary,
are ready to receive and welcome Bro.
Vasey in our midst any old time and
Messrs Keene and Carter expressed
willingness open and above board to-
wards working union men in lieu of
non union labor, giving their reasons
for same. Everything went off nicely.
Bill Boyd and Clark Young returned
from Petros this morning where they
| have been working for a few days.
They say there is nothing in loading
coal by the acre. They say they don
want any more loading coal after ma
| chimes.
Well, Mr.. Editor, the reason haven
written before now have been wait
ing and watching to see what would
develop / wanted to see how .''Watct
man. and More Anon would make it.
More Anon used some very broad
assertions in the issue of the 18th. HI
said the sooner the miners would learn
| to lead themselves and not be led by
such ilks as John Mitchell and Debbi
the better off they would be- Il
"More Anon would send w. B. Will
son, of Indianapolis, Ind, dollar fol-
the United Mine Workers Journal fol-
one year and read his interview with
me he would be better posted mar
on unionism in the course of 10 months
than he even thinks he is now. II
"More Anon will visit the White
House in Washington there he will fine
the photographs of John Mitchell ano
the chief ruler of the United States
hanging ON the wall side by side. De
spite all that might be said about
President Mitchell he is honored by thu
honor of the world.
The editor said eighteen months o.
the strike had elapsed. Wonder how
many more the money men think il
will take before they can force men t.
abandon their principles. He should
have said how many more months will
it take for them to see their financial
ruin.
Well, dear readers of the News, be
fore this goes to press the Information
al Convention of U. NJ w. of A. will
be in full session, which will be tn,
greatest convention on record Their,
will be no less than 1900 delegates pres
ent representing close on to 400, 900 Tn
tied Workers, besides the few delegate
that will be there representing tn
Federal Labor unions of the American
Federation of Labor, which their las
official report showed a paid up mem
bership of 1000, 600, so you can infe
from this that the laboring people o
America don t lack so much of bein;
completely organized as you might
suppose While there are several re
naming outside of the organization
they are largely in the minority.
would to God that every laboring MAJ
in America could see just for one mo
ment the position that he was in, tn
few that he is standing with as agains
the vast number who are IN the OF
ganization. He certainly and undoubt
eddy would not wait any longer thai
the first opportunity presented to .ge
into the organization. For fear tina
l might infringe upon space for som
one else, l guess had better ring OF
for this time with a promise that,
this misses the waste basket, | will tr
and come again some sweet day. Wit
best wishes to the News and its man
readers, | remain. Far Away David