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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
He Was Going to Arrest the .strik-
ers," But They Threw
Him Out.

Don't draw revolver in here. We
eat guns. bullets and dynamite" ex-
planned Joseph Kelly, generally known
around the bridge" as Joe" to Harry
Doell. a Baltimore 6 Ohio railroad de-
tective. f..
I've got the crowd covered with
this gun and the nrst man that moves
will get daylight through. him." exS
claimed Doell, who hadn't been df
tective very long and had. read Of old
Cap Collier" and other dime novel eel
ebrities.
cav, fergit it." growled "Joe," who
has the reputation of being good natur-
ed unless pains are taken to "ri1e''
him. as he went for the detective
When the latter emerged from the
fray he was minus collar, badge and
revolver. plus an excoriated chin, a.
bleeding nose and large lump over
his left eye.
SCI Justice Grannon, Of the Central
district, heard the story this morning
when Kelly and Doell stood before him,
Kelly being charged with assautting
the detective.
Captain Kehoe, of the Baltimore &
Ohio police service, told the Justice
that Doell did not want. to prosecute,
and also that he had been dismissed
from the service. Kelly told his story
of what occurred in Nunnally's saloon,
Gay street. near the bridge, yesterday
afternoon. '.This guy comes into the
place." said Joe" "and draws a gun
and says We are B. & o. strikers what
he's been trailing I'm ON yer track
says. he, pointing the gun at me-
You're OF your track says /, and IL
you've got to point that somewheres,
point 1t out Of the window or up Nhe
chimney He kept pointing it at me
and has to swat him, that's all; then
the gang jumped in"
They did handle me pretty rough"
said Doell.
Justice Grammar said: "As the do
tective seems to have been the sunwar-
ranted aggressor in this case l dismiss
the charge,"- Baltimore News, Decem-
Der 8, 1909. -..
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
Revolutionary War Principles Being Fought
For Again By Mill Strikers At New Castle
the miserable devils who caused their

the miserable devils who caused their
misery.
These molly-coddles reckon not ths
awful harvest they must reap. This
day in twenty-eight intense souls is
the destructive seed of a sense of
wrong sown. Twenty-eight souls. from
which the awful fruit of compulsory
anarchy may be planted! Do Mayor
Lusk and Sheriff Waddington consid
er well the consequences of their. az
lions of the last few days? Allow me
to suggest that they have this week
paved the way, by their new process
for much transgression in the future
And mark you, Mr.. Mayor and Sheriff
these twenty-eight men are intelligent
men, who may use their brains IN
crime if forced to do SO.
In the name of reason! In the.
name of the law! In the name Of
society! In the name of God! be fair
Simply, be fair. In SO doing lesson
crime Of the future.
We do. not wish be criminals.
We all wish~to~be fondly cherished
in the affections Of our dear old
mothers, as is Tommy O'Rourke. Help
us to do right, Mr. Mayor. Justly ex-
ert the majesty of the law Mr. sher-
if. Meet us half way, 10th of you,
and you'll meet set of fmen who are!
fighting a righteous fight. If you will
do them no good at least do not try
to do them HARM This striving to
perpetual right entails enough de-
privations and suffering without the
additional misery you are inclined to
impose on them. Be men! We ask
nothing else. Be men! And the
world shall bless your memory. Be
men.. Even Christ will say, Well
DONE, Refuse to be, may. the con
sequences be on your own heads!
w. H. DAVIS.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
Big Union Label
Campaign Planned

Union labeled goods will be boosted
through the Belmont county towns.
The movement was inaugurated at the
meeting Of the Belmont Trades As
sembly at Bridgeport, Sunday.
The plan is to have a committee
visit every retail merchant in Bel
laire, Bridgeport and Martins Ferry,
and get from them a statement as to
what union labeld goods they handle.
This complete list, showing who is
union and who is non-union, will then
be published in the Majority and in
booklet form and distributed among
the working people. 1t will also be
stated whether or not the merchant
employs union clerks.
Following are the committee men;
X Be1laire-Tharp, O'Poole, Snyder.
idgeport-Shafer.
Martins Ferry-Feldman Arch
Jones, Hans Criswell.
The action followed the union label
talk of Delegate Tharp, who told of
much trouble he had had in search,
Saturday. He was unable to get one
to suit him in Bellaire and went to-
Wheeling. He went to the Hub, where
they tried to coax him to get a scab-
made overcoat. and then vent to
House & Hermann,s, where pc was
given that old fake about "ttking a
youths size, and it being imlossible
to get label in youths sized gar,
ment." This IS a lie, pure and simple,
as explained by Editor Milton, VI 10 as.
'sured the Assembly that House 9 Her,
mann could, Aif they desired, to get all
the union labeled garments they de-
isred, in sizes small enough to fit any
body. e.s
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
Harry, New Sleuth
Lost Fray, Also Job

the latter proved himselg more Of a
gentleman than Hirschberg, and did
not dip in the barrel of filth.
On motion, a committee was ap-
pointed to see Maier Hirschberg and
ask him for a written apology to the
Clerks Union and labor in general,
through the Belmont Central body. +
The committee comprises ]. B.. o.
Toole, Geo. Reukauf and President M.
J. Snyder.
Assembly Notes.
There was fine food of oratory.
The usual attendance. for the tail
end of the season. -
Unity, seems. to be the watchword
Everybody wants to get together;
they only differ as to the means.
Maybe a Building Trades Council
for Belmont county is being born.
And the union label got a boost.
Now all together for the new year
and the new assembly.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23


The following appeal is sent out by
the Bedford, Indiana, Branch of the
Journeymen Stone Cutters Association
of America:
December 9Th, 1909.
Brother Unionists:
The great stone belt of Indiana is
obliged to appeal to you for sympathy
and support Thousands of men are
engaged in a life and death struggle
for the right to govern themselves in
Union Organizations.
The State troops have been called
for and an injunction issued which
threatens our homes, our liberties and
our rights as American Citizens. We
must defend our position at all haz-
ards, or surrender the privileges guar
anteed to us by the Constitution.
The Journeymen Stone Cutters of
North America have been assailed, and
their Organization threatened with
disruption. They are calamity meet
Ing the aggression with every pros
pect of success; BUT we. need immedi-
ate funds to support an army of men
in other avocations whose wages in
many instances are but sixteen cents
per- hour, and who are on strike for
Union principles. \
We know that many demands are
being made upon your generosity, and
in view of that fact we ask you to con-
tribute but one dollar to our cause, and
do it now, as the cold weather is about
due aRd these men need immediate
aid. MI
thanking you in Rehaf of~the work
sfs in the stone beltA> we>are
FgaternaIl1 and sincerely,
JAMES, CHALMERS,
CHARLES GRESHAM,
B. MCCARTNEY,
FRED. sPLITBERGER,
WIN. WHITE,
Committee.
(SEAL)
Endorsed by:
j. F. McHUGH, G. ST.
10 EVANS, Pres, J. S. of N. Al
Make all remittances payable to
James Chalmers, Bedford, Ind.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
Will Fight By
Filling The Jails

The spot light in the sheet and tin
mill strike has shifted to New Castle.
The Trust is using all the methods
THAI have now become so well known
and particularly the scheme which
the9 tried In the attempted Aetna
Standard resumption-the subversion
of The elected officials. Mayor Lusk,
of new Castle, is proving as willing
a Il n Of the Trust as Mayor $resock,
of bridgeport, showed evefyxwilling-
nesE to be, and Sheriff Washington,
of New Castle, is of the same Trusti.
fed stripe as Sheriff Amrine. of Bel
md county; though, to man up a
tres, it does look as though Wadding-
tnohad bit the better of Amrine in
the matter of PHYSICAL courage, for
Warrington did manage once to at.
tack weak woman.
ID New Castle. it appears that. they
have gone through with the tactics
so iimbly started by Bresock and Am.
rind here. They have arrested strik-
ers for walking on the streets and
have jailed them in default of fines,
which the men refused to pay. In,
stead OF cooling their ardor, however,
the men are simply showing greater
courage, and the Trust is having a
harder time crushing its employees
thai 1t has yet experienced.
! The following is from the New Cas-
tie Free Press:
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
Cecil Robinson
- - 49, y
Gently Fired

AS forecast in the Majority several
weeks ago, Cecil Robinson has been
fired. He was sacked" by the Trust
Off his inability to make good his con
tention that the mills of the Wheeling
district could be successfully run non
union. He saw the inevitable and
some time ago put in his resignation
to take effect a month from now, but
the Trust went hi none better and
excused him from the delay.
: Doulin Barrett will likely be the
next to go. In afct, it is wonder to
many that he is still on, as the Trust
has no greater incubus. But what
ever pull he may have will hardly be
great enough to keep him on the pay
roll.
The Trust underlings, who cost the
Trust SO much money by claiming
that the mems union could be crushed,
are meeting with the same fate as the
B. & o. officials, who forced the Ma
chinists' strike with the result that
the oficials are now ''resignipg' and
the Machinists striking harder than
ever.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
B. 30. NEEDS MORE CASH

Baltimore Evening News, December
IL, 1909; Although financial circles
are as yet without definite knowledge.
assurance is felt in well informed quar-
tiers that Baltimore & Ohio financing
announcement is due any day. The
facts that the company viii have $15,-
10000 new equipment Bills to pay
soon. III
An examination of the companyfs
balance sheet and construction ac-
count emphasizes further that new I'm
ancing in the near future is inevitable.
and also leaves little room for the CON
clusion that means other than stock
issue will be employed. The company's
treasury is practically dry OF availa-
BILE bonds. The permanent nature Of
the capital requirements is agafnst-the
issuance of notes, even though market>
conditions did not preclude such a
course. ...-. 4 =
4 ). Big Equipment Expenditures.
Equipment expenditures In that time
entailed total amount of about $32,-
100000, making total requirements for
plant and equipment 61,S17 ,6SS. This
is an average Of $12 1888 year.
1t is obvious, therefore, that If the
road is to continue development on
this scale, substantial stock issue, Of
which $20.000,0O0 or Whereabouts will
be<used almost Immediately, win be
necessary.
H..
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

with broken frame. Engine 1857 haul
ed in. cause unknown. Engine $3.50 IN
on one side. with. broken rod strap
bolts. Dec. 1s-Passenger NO. S, 90
minutes late; passenger No. 8, rs min
utes late; express No. a. 1 hour and
Is minutes late; passenger No. Is, ~
minutes late; express No. 46, As min
utes late. Engine 1864 came in on one
side. with eccentric blades broken.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
from one of them, w. H. Davis:
w. a.1Davis Writes on Jail Sentences.
... New Castle, Pa

December 20.
Editor The Majority AS pleasing
to my mind as til eface of my dear
old mother is the recollection of an
incident which occurred during my
incarceration within the confines Of
Mayor Lusk's lowsy hole-the city
jail. Believing that God intended
that the good things of this earth, al
well as the bad, should be shared in
common, / herewith attempt tQr di
vide my pleasure with YOU by gefating
the incident.
The ciaRg of the door, Which mark
ed my first separation from the fierce
turmoil peculiar to life within. the
domains of/sheriff Waddington's and
brought me face to face
with an incident the beauty of which
| would not miss for all the wealth OF
this rich land. .
Il had just completed the count OF
my twenty-seven fellow prisoners,
when the stridant voice of the jailer
called forth Thomas O'Rourke!
Thomas O'Rourke!. A'woman to- see
you'll =
n Thomas O'Rourke worked his way
through the silenced crowd of fellow
prisoners until his expectant face peer
ed through the bars that separated
him from Gods sunshine. Reeogniz-
ing an old acquaintance on the other
side of the bars, the following<dia.
logue ensued -
How are We, mother?"
G"A1l right, my boy. How areSyou p
"Fnie, mother, God bless you.AAnd
what are you doing here?s
Thomas, my boy, I have twenty
five dollars with me. Do you want
out?'
NO, thank you, mother. : I'll stick
with the bunch"
+. "AH right, my boy, stick, and God
bless you.r
The writer turned to fellow pris-
oner who had Witnessed the incident
and said;
"Leny. what are you going to do?"
In an instant came the answer from
the father Of as pretty a family as
ever blessed a home:
I'll stick till hell freezes over.
Twenty-seven men prosecuted for
reminding us that America is the
home of the brave and the land of
the free Every last man said:
.Tn stick. And they are doing it.
despite the starvation diet doled out
BY the mayor and his creatures.
Shamei Ten thousand shamesl that
stalwart citizens are treated as felons.
May God have mercy on the souls Of
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
uNsPEAkAsuE o.lszA aE'
= III s.gf
Strikers Jailed for Simply Walking
- the Streets.

Twenty-ofur of tho l1ost substantial
and useful of the citizens of New Cas-
tie are lying in, ,jaiIa default of q
$25lfne because they wouldn't be or,
4 depsd off the streets like dogs by the
acting lackeys of the Steel Trust, that
is, the police and the company bulls.
Including the unspeakable big. Liz. "
Thees men have lived here, some of
them nearly all their lives; they have
built homes; some of them have rear.
ed families; they have paid taxes;
they have built the very streets which
they. are ordered to keep of like so
many slaves under task masters
whip,
Now they are in jail because they
didn't jump when they were spoken to
and sneak away to their homes as
though they were felons guilty of
some crime for which they dare not
stand erect or walk the streets OF
their home town in the sight Of all
men. "
Is Liberty dead?' Is America Rus
sla? Have Bunker Hill and Gettys-
burg been ofught in vain? Are we to
be henceforth the bound and gagged
slaves of the Steel Trust, driven at
will like cattle off the public streets?
Is life so dear or peace SO sweet as to
be purchased at the priceaof these in
suits and indignities? Are air the ira
dtions of the English speaking world
to be flouted. spit upon and dragged
in the mire? If not, ACTION; IMME
DATE ACTION; DIRECT. ACTION;
DRASTIC ACTION at once is neces.
sary.
The offense for which these twenty
ofur strikers, We're jailed by the i'm.
speakable incubus who now-fnfests
the Mayors chair on Tuesday last was
this: A number of them were walking
on the street. not so far from the She
mango mill, where they had formerly
worked. They were walking there
peaceably. talking quietly, minding
their own business. Most notural
thing in the world Off striking work
men to drift toward the scene Of their
formeremployment., Any man natur'
ally has a tendency when not other
wise engaged to revisit the place
where he has formerly worked, or at
least the neighbrohood. The power
Of association and former habits nat
urally draws him. But these men
weren't even trespassing. They were
not on the company's property. They
were on the streets-the streets that
,ald been built and Simproved with
their own tax money.
Along come the police. '.Move on.
Get out of here. Shoe fiy. Strikers
not allowed to stand on the streets.
Sherif's ORDERS" Just some might
oder . troublesome cat or dog out Of
: the way.
Back of this action Of the police are
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

the orders OF Waddington, and back of
Waddington Mayor Lusk's court, and
back of Mayor Lusk the legislative
ana judicial machinery of this capital.
list cursed government, and back CT it
all, the power of the equity plutocracy
who have thieved, and continue to
thieve, the earnings of the common
people.
What rights has workingman in
law courts? Absolutely none. Why
should he have any respect for them
or any TRUST in them? Not 4 fhost Of
4 reason for it. They talk about
equality and justice and patriotism
and all that, but they exist for only
one purpose, to help the robber class
DO through the pockets of the wage
Garner and make a cleaner and bet
ter job of it. "The voicesis the voice
of Jacob. but the hands are the hands
of Esau."
The working class must take mat
tiers into their own hands. In New
Castle there is only one line .of tactics
that will save the. day now, and that
is the tactics that are now winning
out in Spokane. Openly resist the des-
potic orders of this barbarous Sherim
and og to jail not by the dozens mere
ly. nor by the scores, but by the hun
dreds. Don't be coward and pay fines
or let others pay them for you. Be
man and go to jail, AS fast as one
batch are run in let another crew take
their place. It'll the jajls to over.
flowing. Make the ruling class feed
you while you are on strike. Let the
wives and children of the Jailed strik-
ers march in body to the office Of
the Poor Commissioner and demand
relief. Demand it in tones SO loud as
to be heard. See that you get it. Make
the ruling class feed you.
Don't hire lawyers. Dam p them;
they stink of blood money-the most
OF them. Don't bother about having
witnesses called and going through
the stupid and dreary ofrmalities OF
examination and crossrexa9mination
and all that truck The power is IN
your own hands when you ACT. And
the line Of action just now is simply
to line up defy the Sheriff. orders.
go to Jail, make the ruling c1ass Ieeo
YOU till they're sick Of it. lit them
in the pocketbook. That's WI ere their
heart lies.
In such fight as this IT IS no elLne
to ask whether man belongs 70 TINS
labor organization or to that It IS q
working class fight. For working
man who has q drop Of red blood IN
his veins there is only ore pace
where he can be found and tna' =
standing shoulder to shoulder WIN
the strikers in resisting as fnsolent'
as autocratic. rs despotic, as corrup..
as consicenceiess q municipal despoe-
ism as ever cursed the earthl
Come ON: let's be men.
Below is given 4 sample o. tne Ieei'
ms 81 the martyr strikers y 2 letter
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

I'm the recent New York City cleo;
ton Edward J. Gavegan, who holds a
card In the Musicians Union of that
city, was elected to the Supreme Court
bench for a term of IA years at a sala-
ry of $17,500.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

Boston, Mass, Wood, Wire and
Metal Lathers' Union does not ask the
employers to sign an agreement, but
yearly makes a verbal agreement,
which is always adhered to by both
employer and employee.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

According to the last figures,
those Of 1906, switzerland has trade
union membership Of 1887.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23

AFFGA pllRI IGh1I0N Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Trades andLabor Assembly.
WNED RV Belmont Central Trades and Labor Assembly
V"HLU VI Stationary Engineers No. 1S1; Glass Packers
No 1883; Bricklayers and Masons Nos9; United Mine
ers No: 68 and thirty two individuals. N
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-23
STONE BELT TROUBLE.

The following appeal is sent out by
the Bedford, Indiana, Branch of the
Journeymen Stone Cutters Association
Of America:
16A0
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-14
MUST REGISTER
Partnerships
COURT DECIDES
First Test Case of 1906 Statute
Is Tried Before Judge
LintOtt.

The first test of the statute of 1906
compelling partnership firms doing bus
mess under a firm name to register
with the county clerk a list of the men,
bers of the firm was made in an UNI
expected manner and resulted peculiar
~ i'll the Second District Court before
Judge Lintott yesterday.
A suit was brought by Carlin and
Clark, makers of badges and campaign
buttons, against Frederick Hochbaum,
of this city, to recover $S8 for ban
ners and ribbons furnished last sum-
mer. Hoehbaum claimed, through his
counsel, Frank A. Boettner, that one
Of the firm members was indebted to
him personally in the approximate sun
Of $50, and owed the Consumers Ice
Company a bill of s12. These two items
were deducted from the $SS bill, and
the remainder rendered i'll payment, but
It was refused, the firm claiming that
it could not be held responsible for the
debts OF ali individual member.
Boettner produced witnesses to prove
that the firm had neglected to register
with the county clerk a list of its
members. AS the law provides that
failure 10 do this is d misdemeanor,
he made the contention that the
plaintiffs were in reality doing business
Illegally. Judge Lintott asked John
Bernhardt what answer he could make
to the evidence, and the latter de-
clared that this phase of the case Vas
an unexpected one. Upon this, and
other evidence the case was decided In
Hochbaum's favor.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-14
HERE
JOIN MOVEMENT
To MD MISSIONS
State Meeting at Peddie Church
Tomorrow Called to Fur
Their Work.

AS part of a movement to raise 81
500. 900 In the United States for Baptist
Home and Foreign Missionary work, a
conference of New Jersey Baptist
churches will be held in the Peddie Me-
mortal Church tomorrow afternoon ana
evening. Sixty congregations in the
northern part of the State will be rep
resented. David G.. Garabrant, of
Bloomfield. one of the best known Bap-
fist laymen in the State, will preside,
The principal speakers will be the
Rev. M. D. Eubank. field secretary OF
the United States Baptist Missionary
Union in China; the Rev. DR.. p. S.
Henson. of Boston, and the Rev. Dr..
L. Call Barnes, New York field secre-
tary of the Baptist Home Missionary
Society. These three men are holding
similar conferences all over h coun-
try. The purpose of the meeting is to
interest Baptists in the great mission
airy movement.
The afternoon session will begin at 2
o'clock with a devotional service led by
the Rev. f. E. Ferris. In addition to
the speakers already named addresses
will be made by the Rev. Henry S.
Potter, of Bloomfield; the Rev. Frank
A. Smith, of Haddonfeld, and others.
In the evening DR.. Barnes and Dr.
Henson will speak. A supper will be
served at $50 o'clock.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-14
TO HELP
DEDICATE SOUTH
BROAD WHITE WAY
New Jersey Club Is Asked to
Participate in Saturday
Nights Function.

AS part of the program attending the
gala opening of South Broad street as
Newark's New White Way" members
of the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club lave been requested to
participate with their cars on Saturday
night. Three hundre thousand candle
power. 5000 to each 100 feet will make
the street the most brilliantly lighted
in the world.
Following is the formal invitation. a.
copy of which has been mailed to every
member of the club:
Members of the New Jersey Auto
mobile Club are requested by the South
Broad Street Merchants Improvement
Association to participate with their
cars in the parade on this Saturday
evening, January 16, 1909, in celebration
of the South Broad street illumination.
1.-THE Public Service Corporation has
installed 5000 candlepower flaming arc
lamps at distances of 100 feet and they
state that when the current is turned
in it will be the lightest street in the
world. This illumination will be ain
tanned year In and year out.
"A band of music will be furnished
by the association"
The work of decorating the business
louise on South Broad street with flags
and bunting will be completed tomor-
row. Several scores of buildings be-
tween Market and Court streets are
already in gay attire.