Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-08-27
EMPIRE.

ODe[fHI 10 me LFCIDS.
Everything is still in good condition
at hits place The Local meets every
morning at o. clock and | think if all
the locals in the state would practice
this plan it would be great help in
keeping men from going back to work.
1t keeps the men more encouraged.
This local is opened every time it
meets with song and prayer. We be-
lieve in earnest prayer. We have new
er had any trouble The company has
few guards, something they don t
need. for it is more quiet than it was
while the men were all at work. This
local should be proud of having the
name of being one of the best locals in
Alabama. Those words were spoken
by Samuel Pasco, national organizer
of Illinois. During this strike, of al
most five weeks there has never been
any trouble to amount to anything.
This little trouble was spoken of in a
former article.
Friday, Aug. IS, was another big
day at this place. Samuel Pasco and
Mr.. Roosevelt, both national organic
ers, of Illinois, spoke to a large con-
gregation MIR. Pasco said in part
that they would have not had Horse
Creek organized but for the Empire To-
cal coming y full force to Horse Creek,
organizing that whole place at one
time
The first of September is at hand
and the president has made prepare
tions for the miners to move into tents
which will be here in time. Some ex
pect to move to other parts, and |
think by the first of next month the
company will have lost good many
of their best men,. They had as good
a body of men as any camp in the
State, and it was pretty hard to get
those men, We understand that the
company's big labor agent expects to
90 to Tennessee to get men to take the
places of those that are out for better
wages There are about twelve or
fourteen houses that have been empty
for long time. Why is it that this
labor agent don't get men and fill up
those houses? Oh, maybe he wants to
bring them all in body, two hundred
strong, for it will take that to replace
the vacancies, but | think that the
moon will turn blood red when that
happens
We we're little surprised when we
read "Uncle TOMS" letter. 1t was
the first time that he said that union
principles were all right. Now, "Un-
Gle Tom, You being a preacher and
seeing this grand and noble union
principle abused, why didn't you try
and protect it and not abuse it as you
have in your former articles. No, sir,
some of those good union boys have
got behind you, and have given you
such thrashing that you thought you
would slip out from behind the cur
tain and say that YOU believe in equal
unionism, but which has now fallen
into the hands of base party that be-
longs to the organization. If you are
child of God and believe in the prin-
ciples of unionism, in place of finding
fault you should put your shoulder to
the wheel and help to fight, and win
better wages Now. when God made
man in his own image and likeness,
he never intended for one man to put
another down as low us a brute just
look over in West Virginia at the
Paramount explosion They had no pro
lection. The men were considered in
the eyes Of the operators as low down
as mules They valued the widows al
S1j0. 90, and the poor little orphans al
5000 apiece. Can anyone see in
this anything less than slavery God
made man superior to a brute and
when a place is organized, it doe,
away with such a course.
To those that have gone back tC
work after taking an obligation before
God, which bound them upon theil
honor, as long as life remain, how SAD
it is. God will look down upon then
with an eye of pity and the human
family classes them as interiors. Oh
what is their conditions Pedro.