Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-08-10
WoollOorth Store
Strike Continues
eio Crowd Gathers About Store In
7eIIalre saturday
Night.
GIRLS SELL 1900
COPIES or MAJORITY
WooIworth Company Runs hiany
-. Stores and Low Wages
Prevail In Al.

Prevail In Al.
o.
The attempt to secure girl stril g
breakers to fill the places Of the
striking girls N the Wooiworth & and
10 cent store at 'se.laire. has proven
almost a complete failure, in fact only
four girls have so far been induced
to disgrace their names and that OF
their family and friends By taking the
places offered them by the manager,
even when a greatly increased wage
was offered. Since the strike was
called several girls have been taken
from the store by explaining to them
the enormity of the offense against
the striking girls and in several In
stances financial assistance is being
rendered the girls induced to join the
strikers and positions have been Sc .
cured for others.
The Majority was in evidence last
week and the article appearing iri that
issue was read with eagerness by all
who secured a copy. About 1900
copies were distributed during last
Saturday by the girl strikers and rep
resentatives Of the clerks, many
copies being sold by the girls
during the evening business rush,
AT least ESQ union men, their wives
and sympathizers with the strikers
congregated in front of the WoolwOrth
store during the evening, and wht1e
the crowd was orderly, every honor
able means was used to keep people
who were unaware of the strike, or
those who were indifferent, from the
store, with the result that at no time
were there over half dozen custom
ers in the place, many of which were
curious to see the strikebreakers who
would face such disgrace.
During. the past week the strikers
have received the assurance Of con-
tinued support from many trade I'M
ions who had not been called upon
before and many trends have 'volun.
tarily contributed moral support to
the girls in their fight against this
foro;or ror,,oro ton {S-s
The F. w. Woolworth company own
and control about 800 stores over the
United States, three of which are
located in this vicinity. one in this
city, one at Martins Ferry and the one
a Bellaire, all of which are affected
by the refusal of the manager and
company to deal fairly with theil
employees and the other stores ovel
the country will be placed on the we
don't patronize list of organized labol
if present plans are carried out.
The starvation wages paid clerks
by this company has reduced TIN
wages of clerks IN every city WHERE
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this corporation opens q store. girl
being compelled to work for as low q
$3.50 per week and in some instances
even less. While girls are sfartes
at this small wage they are told y
increase is possible. and afher work
ing for five years and over. the YER
most paid in the local stores is sou
per week, after experience Of years
This state Of affairs has caused clerk
to receive smaller wages, even %
skilled statesmen, and now. that tn
fight is on, many interesting facts wa
be brought to light which have nere
totore been unmentioned and the pull
lib will be appraised Of true cond'
tions of the workers who daily mel
to make the world brighter and DenOe'
while they themselves suifer even pn
pangs of hunger. during which slm
the greedy employer profits Ct the e
pense of the patron and clerk.