Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-06-09
Labor Papers
Cry For Help
Free Press and Solidarity Be-
ing Attacked by Steal
Trust. ].
FOUGHT FOR LABOR;
THIS IS CRIME
Whole Power Of Capital Being
Brought to Bear

= New Castle, Pa.-(Special)-"Free
Press" and Solidarity" the two
weeklies published here in the inter-
ests of the working class. the one Pc
litical the. other industrial, are doomed
to destruction and their sacrificing
promoters doomed to long jail sen.
fences unless the workers Of other
parts of the country respond quickly.
The papers have been fighting the bat
tie of the mill men here until the
Steel Trust has become so frantic that
every effort lis to be made to crush
them., The editors are in jail, and are
mo sooner freed from one false charge
than another is trumped up and they
are Jailed again.
49, APPEAL FOR AID.
The following official appeal for aid
HAS been issued:
Fellow Worker: The editor and
press committee of Solidarity have been
thrown into Jail, afterward released on
bail, and held to answer at the March
term of court on the charge of violat-
ing an obscure publishing law Of
Pennsylvania, which provides that the
ownership and the name of editor Of
SNCAy t4ACWPPdPCA.t SAdAA[ 0PPCcA O4 O4EC
editorial page of every issue.
With this law we have strictly COM
piled, both in the spirit and the let
ter; but we are heldkto the grand jury
just the same A quibble raised by the
prosecution that the names of the
press committee should appear, as well
as the fact that Solidarity is published
by the two local unions of the I. W,
W., is made the pretext.
The source and purpose of this
prosecution are evident and plain.
Back of the prosecution is the stee'
trust. which having pretty well broken
down the various craft unions in its
employ now view with dread the ap-
,pcarance of new and more effective
form of unionism and is determined to
crush it, come what may. The idea
is to wear US out with costly litigation.
and heavy fines, which will Of course
be- imposed. law or no law, If there Is
shadow of excuse.
1t well may be that in the persecu-
ton of Solidarity the capitalist inter-
estss throughout the country have q
common understanding, and 1t Is sig
nificant that the arrest of our editor
and press committee took place on
the very day set for the re-opening Of
the Spokane Free Speech Fight. The
edict has gone forth from the ruling
class that Solidarity must be de-
stroyed. The hell hounds Of capital
ism are out for blood.
But in this open declaration of war
by the ruling class there is only one
answer that can be made. Solidarity
must be maintained. Are you ready
Are. you, fellow worker. ready to rise
to the occasion2 Will you answer the
insolent challenge of the ruling. class
by coming to the rescue? The finances
Of Solidarity are low. As it stands we
have no funds with which to carry on
defense, and this present prosecution
will no doubt be followed by others
later on, and this, no matter how care
full we may be, will involve heavy ex-
pense. Are you ready to help? We ap-
peal to you to do your share to
strengthen the hands of Solidarity now
locked in death-holds with the rob
bers and oppressors.
If YOU realize that this is your fight,
fill out the contribution blank below,
ana remit as large q part of your
pledge as soon as possible. We need
lit now.
j Down with capitalism! On with the
revolution! Up with the working
class. Down with the masters! Sol
idarity shall be sustained.
Come on, let's be men.