The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-09
Editor Labor Argus:

Editor Labor Argus:
l will endeavor to address word or
to through the columns of your valuable
little paper, which L hope and trust will
be of some benefit to some one. We
can all help by doing what we can. We
can give as the Lord has prospered US.
We can help as the Lord has favored
us. And we can vote as the Socialist
party has benefited us. By so doing,
there will not be any guards, and there
will be courts for all and not for the
few.
There are many in the kanawha field
who claim to be union men, but they
never show it by paying fifty cents
month dues into their local union. On
the other hand, they will 60 in the mines
and work for what we have gained by
struggling, striking and fighting. Broth
ers, do all you can to get them enrolled
under the banner of the U. NJ. w. of A,
and if you fail you know then what
steps to take.
We are getting along very nicely. We
are gaining new members every meeting,
and L don t know as we have any bad
news to tell.
The only thing to do is to stand 10y
ally by each other and elect men to Office
who can be depended upon, and then we
can see the great benefit of unity of
action. Just as long as we elect capital
list tools to office, We need never look
for anything but poverty, evictions,
thievery, graft, and the worst of all,
the internal blood. sucker, in other words,
the infamous guard.
eye have condemned and killed the
just; and he doth not resist you. -
James $50.
Who do we mean by 'Ye7' Listen
to two verses of the same chapter:
$50 to now, We rich men, weep and
| howl for your miseries that shall come
upon you.
90 Your riches are corrupted, and your
garments are moth-eaten; your gold and
| silver is cankered and the rust of them
shall be witness against you and shall
eat your flesh as it were fire.
Yes. they have condemned and killed
the just: where they have not done it
individually it has been odne by their
hired thugs
| Yes. ! want to say, We rich men you
may be like him who lifted up his eyes
in hell. You may call upon some poor
man whom you have known here below
! and doubtless he has been slave for
| YOU many years. but, oh, YOU rich, l
want to say there will be a gulf between
| you. Your gold and silver has rusted
and the rust is n witness against you
| Oh, I would to God that every voter
| could see | see. They would surely
,, follow the command of the blessed
! Saviour: ''Stand fast. therefore, in lib,
erty wherewith Christ has made us free,
| and be not entangled again with the yoke
! of bondage.
| Brothers, can t you do thisf If not
l am afraid that sooner or later there
Will come a time when you will be forced
| to do what our fortfathers did; you
| know the rest. They will keep up their
usury on your toll.
Some of you who have never been on
| New River, where they condemn and kill
the just. you go there and see what the
| writer has seen. and your blood will run
cold You just simply get what they
want to give you, and you must not ask
for more. 1t is a violation of the law
and the guards will pinch you if you do.
Yes. Ego to now, We rich men, weep and
howl. You have condemned the just,
the U NJ w. of A, who are willing to
work in harmony, hand in hand with you.
But. no, you would have = pay them a
| ;,st eb,ra of their yr,res ca vo,,
are Go on in your graft and usury,
and your miseries shall come upon you.
You have condemned Brother Al. Deck,
a just person for a just cause; beaten
and manned, cripple for life! You go
unframed.