Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-04-07

save the burglar, SO the good
man. cannot save the bad party. II
can be easily demonstrated that the
Republicans Democrats, Prohibitions
Independents, Populists, Hearsts AM
Whatnots are bad for the workers
as they uphold the exploitation (tht
polite word for robbery of the wagt
slaves. Anybody deny this?
4 AS to "egtting together" on the in
dustrial field the greatest obstacle:
are the lacks in Office" You write
There are about two hundred seper-
| ate international unions in this coun-
try All right. sir, this means 2OG
presidents, and 500 to 400 secretaries
and thousands of 'tsoft-snaps" be-
side, and IL we would "get together
and form. say ten departments of an
industrial union there would be 1876
presidents(?) out of a job. They
want to hang on. See!! Yes. sir.
and continue to fool and cajole theil
dupes. Look at the Geo. Powell ag-
gregation-they had an understand
ing for years with the Tin Trust MOI
to uniOnize the non-union tin houses
And Mr.. Powell was one of the intel
ligent(?) men selected by Mr.. Com
pers at the SanFrancisco convention
as one Of the Committee on Educa-
ton! And the President of the
Amalgamated Association (P. j. Nc
Ardle) objecting to the members to
have a referendum vote in the man
agement and election of their own Of
ficers! Thus the injunction is full
filed: For the leaders of these
people cause them to err and them
that are led of them are destroyed.
isaiah 9:16.
The so-called Labor Movement"
has become q profitable field for some
officials, while thousands who help
pay their salaries, are fighting in
hunger. On page 270 of the March,
1910 number of the American Fed
eratioAlst we find the following:
Jan. 81. 1910 one month
salary. Samuel Gompers. SAFEST
Jan, 81. 1910, one month
salary Frank Morrison. 1888
All expenses also paid beside this.
Two officials draw q salary of
$4,000 PER MONTH from a La
bor(?9 organization. 1t Is NO wOR-
der that Mr.. Gompers is bowling
against Socialism" and claims that
The American Federation of Labor,
in the interest of the workers, is max
ing a contest as best it can against
the cruelty and tyrany Of the United
States Steel corporation"
Any officials Of labor organiza-
ton that draws such salaries as the
above referred-to, are fakirs and
should be turned over to- sCivic
humbugation" where they properly
belong. Your desire for Moses to
unite US Is a sign Of weakness. and
the SOLUTION is here. And this
is the condemnation, that light Is
come into the world and men loved
darkness rather than the light. But
1--WE are the people rousing after
siumber: we are the working masses
note our number. And now begin
to feel the man and brother. and
rush TO- rank, intent to help each
other. BY the eternal, equal rights
ara ours; to mills and mines. to sun
lit fields and flowers
I The working class does. not need
leadership as much as it needs COM
radeship. The world has really had
enough Of leaders. In the last
analysis, it Is the friend and COM
panion that our class need to co-ope-
rate I'm the exaltation of the common
life and all that stands in the way
now, is economic ignorance. Let US
wake up and remember that scabism
and shackles, scripture and scholar
ship, senators and servility. SINNERS
and soldiers, salve and scales, sinners
and suckers. stocks and statesmen
will not establish economic liberty.
The only solution Is what is advo-
Gated by the millions whose war cry
is:'
Workers Of the world. unite. You
have nothing to lose but your chains
and q world to gain.
Yours for the open union. the
closed shop an dthe industrial revo-
luton. Il
Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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