The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-02
Ringing Protest Against
Criminal Trust Tacticts
Many Able Addresses
Delivered at the Big
Mass Meeting. o

Thu most cnthusiastic' labor demon
s,ratipm ever Witnessed in Wheeling was
held ON last saturday evening when be-
tween 5000 and 5000 union men marched
over the principal streets of the stogie
ri'y TO- tn" inspiring music of union
bands
The demonstration was given in be-
hall of the striking members of the Anal
gama'cd Association of Steel, Iron and
Tin Workers and the members of the
other trade, unions turned out in large
numbers. The parade was followed by
q big mass meeting at the Carroll club
auditorium which was addressed by Il
number of prominent labor leaders.
Tn" strikers from the LaBelle, Aetna
Standard aud l.aughIn mills turned out
go force aud la add to the success OF
'N" demonstration Stcubcnville and Fol.
Ia~hr" sent larry" delegations, each dele
CATION beng headed 10y a band
IN" line of march was Il long one, be-
ng from Tenth street to thirty-third and
AIl along tn" line of march the streets
We're packed with spectators as the parade
passed The streets in the business dis
'rrt wcr" very much rougcsted, the crowd
beng one Of the largest ever turned out
I" witness any kind of Il demonstration.
ih" mHrch"r~ from Wheeling and those
from ~t",'hcmsvilr and Follansbee form
ed "n Fourteenth. Fifteenth and Six.
'''h'H >'"r.'e, east Of Market, under the
direction of Chief Marshal IL. b. VESSEL,
secretary ni m" OH" Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly.
Ia" uan.horS from Bridgeport and
Martins Frsry formed at their halls in
.". '"' towns and marched across the
T''r II "as : clock when the divis.
''i~ from this side moved toward. Tenth
street. N4"r" they were joined bv those
'r"r. t." ONO side.
Il" parade was headed bv = s0nad of
i''r' fro charge Of Chief Hastings
''.'"''h"m Huc"y and Lieutenant Buch.
wam.
'"" parade dlsbamdcd in front of the
''f''" '!Hh :u1d the marchers filled the
.'"'..""ln &" oEcrfowng to hear the
>i'"n''S address the monster meeting
Walter b. Hilton editor of the Wheel
'"1 Majority. called the meeting TO orde,
'".' after q few preliminary remarks he
."'''!.'.'i Charles Lawyer. secretary
.t'.''E"F of th" |. r. p. w. a. A., who
Na't 20 iHrt:-
"'N often been said that the mem
"' 'A' AmaIgamated are too modest
''.E H""ri" have asked since our strik,
'..'''' "lo are the tin plate workers
'""" j. true of the officers of the
.i states steel corporation, many OF
..'.. mot knowing that there was an or
-'".]i'i"" in the tin houses. But the,
'''h mad" aware of the fact re
ant this strike has done mucl
-'l ,"r "Ur organization.
" ."n ia" United -,tatos stool cornor
'.|~ y"n they want an open sho,
" hey want an open shop TO
men. They will ask you t,
"H agreement and that agreemen
a."..'" 's:Ht you won t join labo
ana 'h"n If You do try to joil
'"h vii find that you will be IL,
against q proposition such as the Goa
"'' of West Virginia found them
against in the injunction issue,
..' them The speaker closed wit
N...'''"ent that the strike will only b
3 'ii when the American Sheet
'.'i'" Go. signs the scale and the me
'''' /" return with Il clear conscienc &C
'' MeArdlc. president of the ANA
.'."d association, was next intro
President McArdle opened hi
N~ with reference to the big stree
'~'fation saying:
ne splendid demonstration over til
Roots Of Wheeling tonight recalled t
lie old saying, Actions speak loude
words. for the manner in which til
'nrncd out showed their determir
" and brought most clearly before tn
Of the community the principle
'i iflng the strike. | sometime
mat It is only organized labor whic
before the people the human sid