The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-10-08
OF the West Virginia Miners.
Churches and Schools.
All Candidates Who Are Aligned With the
Promoters of the Law1ess Practice Should
Meet Singing Rebuke at Polls Next Month.

The great aim and object of or
ganizcd labor is the building up
and protecting the homes of ali the
people.
The American home is the most
sacred institution on Gods foot.
stool, and the man who strikes q
blow at the sanctity Of such a
home IS an enemy to his country
and disgrace to the human
family.
In West Virginia the criminal
corporation .'intcrcStSH and their
hIrclings the guards and politi-
cal tools are the arch enemies of
the God given homes OF America.
Ne guard system tends to
>hattcr the ties and bonds and dc
Ntroy the blessings, the inspiration
and pcrpctuity ofthc miners homcs.
The wages and working con
ditons Of the toilerS is the main
stay of the home. Any act to
lower that wage and rob the work
rrN OF their constitutional freedom
and force slavish working condi.
tons upon them is an act of
hostility to the home and all it
stands for. The ''guard' is not
the maintaincr Of respectable
wage nor an advocate of Freedom
and iusticc. His position and
actS-thc majority OF which are in
VOCATION of the laW-tcnu to lower
wages, impose the most degrading
working conditions and creates a
virtual wage slave system. and
causes Il reign Of terror among
the toilers at all times which
makes the workers powcrlrss to
assert their rights or make Il
~t'ugGIc for fair and Just con.
,itions.
For this reason the guards
:md political Office holders who
make it possible for them to hold
their positions III violation of the
law. arc prttcd and londled by the
criminal corporations who hold
their employees in Il. state Of slavery
compelling them TO work for the
wages and under The conditions
which thcy dictate.
The Individuals. politicians or
p"ll!ca! party that stand for this
-l>lcm ana refuse to aiG in the
abolition are the lawlCSS practice
n" better than the criminal pro
muicr~ and the brutal guard, y
",'r,i~r they arc aiding III lower
,a- the standard OF the homes Of
u" " est Virginia toilerS and as
sting Il lawleSS and Drutal black
r""urgc that has disgraccd our
state throughout the entire country,
hA't dccrVe to be oStra ciScd in the
community in which they dwell
aHd should be made to feel that as
l-'N do not labor to preserve tho
"""l-u and halIowed influence of
Gig" AmCriGan home that they are
ant u"sc1Timg of the respect of the
.'"rtN loving American citizens
Organized labor has lifted the
.nl'HG masses from the depths OF
poverty and degradation to Il
"'an" "t comfort and respcctabiIity
'n th" sections of the state where
Ja" workers are allowed their free
u0nl. 10 do this ii has cost those
'"gH@cQ i'll the struggle an cnor
lHou> amount in time and money
~ view OF these facts it is {
rl"Ic on the part of the guards
"H- their supporters to be en-
aged III an effort TO dlslodgc o.
"rti'cn the forces of organized
.-for.
Ina th., organized section OF Ncs
'rGinia the business man owe
..~ success 20 the elevation an,
."ltrr conditions OF the laborin:
.a~> which i all ,lt;c Ia thc Sacri
.'''~ ana Eutiring labors Of tn
industrial unions. The advanced
conditions Of the churches is du
." The elevation OF labor through
'a" efforts Of organized industrial
SIN and our schools. of whicl
're1yone Is proud, are largely i
t-~wer to tlI" demands create
trough the advanced condition
-rrurcd by the laboripS men Il