Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-10-19
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ers in some stores, the organization
was launched with a goodly number Of
craftsmen as charter members. with
applications from a large number Of
clerks from all branches of the retail
trade. The local Immediately aft
Hated with the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly, and at once pro-
ceeded to show organized Labor that
they were friends and not opposed to
Organized Labor, being willing to
fight for the principles involved.
In the last few weeks the union
store card of the Retail Clerks have
been placed in the following stores,
which are at this time thoroughly or
gained: Wheeling NJ J. McFadden's s.,
Kline Bros, Lester Shoe Company;
Fulton, Roth & Shook; Martins Ferry
Friede1's 5 and 10 cent store, and Sig
Wolf. Other stores will be lined up
in few days and complete list will
be printed and distributed among the
members of Organized Labor. No
store is union unless all clerks eligible
are members, and Organized Labor is
asked to demand the union store card
in all stores where they do their pur-
chasing.
Where clerks have refused to be-
come members of the union, the mat
ter is being placed up to the manager
of the store, and every store refusing
to- deal with the organization will be
placed on the Eve don't patronize" list
| of the Retail Clerks and the Trades
Assembly will be asked to take like
action.
Some merchants Of the city for
sometime have taken an active part
in organizations which are antagonis-
tic to Organized Labor, and the or
ganization of Clerks will be the
medium which will place merchants
in either fair or unfair attitude to-
wards the entire Labor movement.
Every. retail store in the city can dis
play the official store card of the
clerks by complying with the rules OF
the organization, which are similar to
those of other organizations, and every
merchant will be asked to place the
card in his store and comply with the
rules of the Organization. The move
ment has been started by the ap-
proach of the organizer to a number
of merchants, some of whom have
readily consented, and in fact, insist
ed that all clerks become members,
while other merchants have taken an
obstinate view of the matter, all Of
whom will be taken care OF through
the labor movement. The clerks
readily realize that every merchant
should answer to organized labor in
dividually and will not bite off more
than they can chew, but will act by
taking the matter up with one mer-
chant at time.
We now have an organization OF
the clerks, and have some union stores
and it is the duty Of every union man
and his family to assist the clerks by
patronizing only stores displaying the
union store card. Remember, this. is
your duty and that the success of this
organization means much to the en-
tire Labor movement.
Woolworth Affair.
The F. w. WoolWorth corporation
is still unfair to organized Labor, the
strike of the Bellaire clerks still be-
ing on and the attitude of the man
ayers of both the Martins Ferry and
the local store being the same as 1t
was. The local manager still con-
tinues to discriminate against the I'M
ion clerks and in every way has by
both word and action said that he does
not want the trade Of the union people
and their friends.