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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

s.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Said the Workers to the Lawyers,
what we need
Is some safety in our mills
Ard the mines that pierce our hills.
And to clothe our loving families, ano
SHELTER them, and feed"
Said the Lawyers to the Workers:
What you get q,
Is our sanity Sunday wish
That you're not alolwe1 to fish
Or hunt, or see a ball game OF make
little beti"
Said the Workers to the Lawyers:
Nov we plead
For a law to pay our wives
If we lose our limbs or lives
Grinding profits out for Capital-'twiR
allay their needt'
Said the lawyers to the Workers.
I'VE will give
Just law to suit your ilk:
Making. you drink buttermilk!"
Nothing more is straining through the
legislative sieve. Il
+ About the only food THAT we can
afford nowadays, is food FOR thought.
The question arises as to which IL
the more useful to the state, the ieni:
tentiary or the legislature. The peni-
Gentiary is at least self supporting.
saE 80 -
What if Iowa's Congressman Pepper
should be unequal to the Washington
temptation and become a picked
Pepper?
AI1Labor organizations wishing laws
passed for their mutual uplift, should
address their communications now t.
Clarence w. Watson care U. s. Senate
Washingf0n d G.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
IF YOU OWNED A CITY LOT and a man came I

IF YOU OWNED A CITY LOT and man came to
you and said H you give thirty year lease your
lot will agree to erect upon 1000 building if you
furnish the building with light and heat and water during
the thirty years. Then make money enough to satisfy
me will give you what make, and above what
want, and will let you buy the building from with
that How would you answer HING
Well that proposition made to you last Tuesday
night and you accepted it. Your city council acted for
you. You agreed thatyou would furnish that building
with 100000 worth of light and heat and water, and for
good measure you threw the 100000 that you would
make from that city lot during the next thirty years
That the amount you realized above all expenses in
the last thirty years, from market stall rentals.
IF the owners of the Auditorium get all the money
they want and let you have the building you will receive
it at the end Of thirty years. when will be old enough to
replace or remodel But the chances that the Auditor
ium promoters viii that there is not much for you
at the end of each and that will dig down in your
jeans take the money you need for street paving and
other things, and buy the stock from the promoters
The Majority warned you against this, but all the
other papers of the city dubbed into submission by
the Auditorium promoters The Majority might possibly
be dubbed to DEATH but it viii not be dubbed into sub
mission to wrong.
But you didn't have anything to say about this You
are not permitted to vote matters concerning your
selves. Your councmen assume that you do not know
enough to vote for your own interests And Judging by
the same councilmen you evidently don't
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consideration, the Assembly appointed
the undersigned committee to make
answer thereto, with instructions to
forward copy Of said answer to your
New York, Chicago and Boston Office.
In answering we desire to say that if
your Mr.. Manchester of Bellaire, Ohio,
informed your company that the rep
resentatives Of the Belmont Central
Trades & Labor Assembly had inform
ed him that they did not get a favor
able reply, that they would call a
boycott on your store, he has either
misunderstood or misinformed you re-
garding our course Of procedure in
cases Of this nature.
When there Is any dispute between
. firm and Local Union of cur As
sembly, we extend our good Offices and
endeayor t. ADJUST all difficulties 10
the best interest Of all concerned. AS
we can assure that we do not solicit.
trouble; our only aim is t. settle
trouble where any exists.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

We are in the Labor movement to
assist the wage workers to better
their conditions. And if the wage
workers in your employ or Of the F..
w. Woolworth Co. appeal to us for
assistance and t;,elr apl cal IS / just
one, you may rest assured that they
vii. receive it; and If your company
persists i'll refusing to allow sy"ur
manager here in Bellaire to sign the
closing agreement of the Retail Clerks
Association, you can rest assured that
the Trades Unionists of Belmont
county are going to stand with the
clerks and assist them in every way
possible.
1t appears very strange to us that
the F. w. Woolwerth Co. cannot come
into a town and agree, as every other
merchant has done, and close their
stores at reasonable time, and allow
their employees to enjoy some of the
pleasures that the good Lord has
created for them.
If the F.. W. Woolworth Co. is so
hard run for cash that It. cannot afford
TO close its stores when other stores
are. closed, but must destroy the health
of he yong girls Of OR city ia their
EMPLOY as well as other cities. by
working longer hours-if that is-s fact
then allow US to speak for the PEG
pie of Belmont county, as we believe
in this case that they are right and
that you should grant them. their re-
quest: by signing up the closing aeree-
ment of the Retail Clerks. as a" other
merchants Of Bellaire, o., have done.
We regret very much that the r. w.
Woolworth Co. are the only people
who have refused to sign up the clos
ing agreement of the Retail Clerks
Association. Inasmuch that the en-
closed agreement was decided upon
at meeting consisting of representa-
tives of merchants, clerks and of this
Assembly The mere fact that your
Company are heavy purchasers of
products from our BelIatre industries
does not appeal to us as having any
thing to do with this case.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
Would Protect
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tanned in the rags is promptly assas-
sinated by being impaled on the pins
of the picking machines as the rags
passed through the machines.
Officials of the health department
are of a different opinion and have Of
dered that the use of rags be discon-
tinued or that these be sterilized.
Cooperate With Chicago.
AS much o. the product of these fac
tories is shipped to distant points, an
attempt will be made to cooperate
with the Chicago health department in
an effort to stop the practice of using
unsterilized rags in the manufacture
of quilts and mattresses.
Orders have also been issued requir-
ing that dust collectors be installed III
the faetories to safeguard the health
of the empolyes, as the air in the fac
tories is at present laden with dust
which the workers inhale.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

What if Iowa's Congressman Pepper
should be unequal to the Washington
temptation and become a picked
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

The point is: Do you desire to lie
fair? Your answer will be yes" Do
you desire for your clerks 20 wcrk a
fair number of hours for day. Your
answer will again be Eyes" DO you
desire to work along with other mer-
chants of our city by opening and
closing your stores with them and
taking equal chances for tho trade?
We do not know what. YOUR answer
to this will be. But if it Is yes, then
why not show that you want to be fair
by signing up this agreement or by
allowing your manager who, is here
on the ground, and fully understands
the situation.
Trusting that you will give this mat
ter your best consideration, and that
same will be the means of settling this
small difference, we beg to remain,
anticipating reply:
Yours Very Truly,
THE BELMONT CENTRAL TRADES
& LABOR ASSEMBLY.
M. J. SNYDER, Pres.
GEO. w. PYLE. Secy
EDWARD E. THARP,
ANDREW CRUNELLE,
THOS. HUGHES,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
SUBMITTING THE PROHIBITION AMENI

SUBMITTING THE PROHIBITION AMEND
MENT has proved it is possible to submit
something to the people. It is strange that of
legislators have thought of this before It could
have been done in the of the senatorial aspran and
the people could have said whether not they wanted
Watson It could have been done the of the Wheel
ing Traction grab and the Auditorium grab in Wheeling
Councmen and legislators would thus be relieved Of much
responsibility that bows their young backs and would
escape much temptation that Warps their conscience
STILL it is better late than never, and since the people
are to be allowed to vote whether not they will
allow other peopleo buy liquor legally or compel them
to buy it Illegally perhaps not too much to hope that
whether corporations shall be permitted to continue to
crush out ves and whether the systematic stunning of
little children shall go two questions which the legis
lators have successfully kept the people for many
from deciding.
Let's not stop with the liquor problem; let's go on
with the referendum while about it and settle
other problems which by comparison make the liquor
problem dwinde to the proportions of grain of salt to
salt cellar. a sa
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
"THE RELIGION OF ABRAHAM
LlNCOLN."

Abraham Lincoln said: Whenever
a church shall write over it's altar as
the sole qualification for membership:
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with al lthy heart, and all thy mind
and all thy soul and all thy strength,
and thy neighbor as myself that
church will 1 join with all my heart
and ali my soul.'
!, What would this religion mean if It
were seriously believed and practised
in modern life? Rev. Peter Molly
neaux will discuss this at IL o'clock
next Sunday morning in the Board of
Trade Assembly room. All are cor
daily invited.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

The question arises as to which IL
the more useful to the state, the aeni.
tentiary or the legislature. The peni-
rentiary is at least self supporting.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
ABOLISH wHIPPINe-PosT

Salem. Ore. Feb "a bin to abolish
the whipping post for wife heaters in
Oregon was passed by the state legis-
lature.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09

IT WAS QUITE NATURAL that the Wheeling city
council should oppose the report of the Municipal Code
commission being enacted into law AS long that bill
contains provision taking fat franchise grabs out Of the
hands Of the city councmen the councilmen be
pected to fight it to the very last ditch.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-02-09
Do Not Miss This Great
& Opportunity

This great sale will soonbe at an end.
Every day sees our stock getting lower.
Buy now while the lew prices last. The
credit is a privilege and means no ad-
dition toprice. Buy anything you need
and have it charged Cut-to-the-limit
prices on credit. That gives everyone
a chance to get all the clothing they
need.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
MACHINERY FOR NEW PUMP
STATION EN ROUTE TO TULSA
Work on Foundation Progressing
Rapldly-SlXty Days to Install
Pump After Its Arrival.

Word was received yesterday by
the Tulsa water works department
that the first shipment of the new
machinery for the pump station had
been shipped this week from the
factory at Milwaukee. 1t will take
three freight cars to carry all of the
parts to the big six million gallon
pump, which. when in operation,
will more than double the present
daily capacity of the plant and give
Tulsa water supply sufficient to
furnish a city of $4,000 people.
Work on the foundation for the
new pump at the water works plant
is progressing rapidly. 1t is to be
the largest solid block of concrete
for commercial purposes in the state
of Oklahoma. The handsome new
pump station, which is to be the fin
est in the state, will probably be
completed about the same time the
new pump is placed in operation. 1t
viii take at least sixty days to in
tall the pump after 1t has arrived
here.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-Ollla-
homa, fair Saturday and Sunday. not
much change in temperatures.
~~~~~~~~~-~-~~~~~>~~>~~
command Vigorous measures conse-
quently We're taken to stop them. but
the mems spirits were broken by thu
hardshlps Of the campaign. and still
they kept deserting.
"One day while / was riding with
Clusters troops" said Guerrier. my
horses back got sore and I got into
wagon ] was lying there amid lot
of miscellaneous freight when
heard General Custer inquiring for
me. | knew what was coming. ana {
had no desire to participate in it. so
I lay low In the wagon. The driver
had not seen me get in. so [ escaped
the service.
Il heard Custer then order Major
Joel Elliott to ride forward with a
detachment and shoot down some de-
serters who could be seen far ahead
Of us on the prairie. moving painfully
away on foot An ambulance went
along and the men were out OF sight
when the shooting took place. When
Custer reached Fort Wallace he was
arrested for shooting deserters."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
SHOULD AID The Cause
SAYS IT Is THE PROOF OF WHAT
HE HAD CONFIDENTLY EN-
PECTED FROM FIRST.
Mother CAN'T believe IT
She l. Forced TO Consider Them Gull
t, hut Declares That She Knows
They Are Innocent.

Los ANGTLFS. Dec. 1.-Gen. Har-
rlson Gray Otis. publisher Of the
Times issued a statement tonight de-
claring that he had never denied the
right of labors of nh classes 10 or
ganlze and act lawfully. and that the
more enlightened ltadcrs among So
cialists and labor unions found
themselves unnerved and unnamed"
and for this reason pressure was
brought on the accused men to con-
fess.
This ought to be Of great service to
organized labor itself, which, with the
criminal and monopolistic element,
may go on in a career the like OF
which II can never achieve by max
ing 1t the alley of vengeance, monop-
oily and crime" says the statement.
with these elements eliminated,
there is no reason why organized la
Dor may not take a defensive stande
In this country"
OF an alliance between socialism
and trade unionists and OF the con-
fessions, II says "The result of the
confessions of the Mcnamara broth
ers In open court is a great triumph
for truth and law 1t Is proof Of what
we suspected from the outset: that
this union eXampled crime that was
Inspired by organized labor; that il
was done by desperate members Of
organized labor, who knew before
hand that they would have the SYM
pathy of their lawless fellows; their
lawlessness is out of reason"
Mother Can't Believe II.
CINCINNATI Dec. Had a bolt
descended from a clear sky. II could
not have cast greater shadow Of
gloom over the home of James b. and
James j. Mcnamara in Cincinnati
than did the news of their pleas of
guilty today.
81 know my boys are innocenti"
walled Mrs. Mary Mcnamara. their
grief-stricken mother II am forced
to believe that they have pleaded
guilty but | know they are innocent"
When questioned as TO her plans and
as to whether she would go to Los
Angeles to see her boys, she said.
II don't know In fact | cannot
decide upon anything now" {
Tears that had been brayely held
back during this short interview came
to the surface and in a burst Of sor-
row. the aged mother was led into
another room by her daughter. Miss
Mary Mcnamara.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

LAREDO, Tey, Nov. 30.--Lco Fier-
ros, charged with the embezzlement of
$4,000 Of bank notes of the Banaco
Nacional de Merico, which was taken
from the office Of the Wells Fargo
Express company at Rincon Antonio,
was arrested today Young Fierros
was turned over TO the officers by his
father, who notified them htat his
son was in his room asleep and told
them to come and get him.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

Since alfalfa is a permanent crop
the ground should be prepared with
more care than ordinarily. making Il
level. free from stones or other IN
cumberanees.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
Mcnamara Brothers Plead Guilty

ploding, or attempting 20 explode,
dynamite, nitrogycerino, etc. In the
buildings, or near the building adja-
cent to, the LleweIhu iron works.
You have been arrai-u,d on that In-
dictment and entered your plea Of
not guilty DO you now wish to with.
draw that plea of not guilty?
The defendant DO.
Mr.. Frederoks DO ypu wish now
Ut this time to plead to the mdict-
ment?
The defendant-I do
lie, Also, Pleads Guilty
Mr., Frederick. j. Mcnamara,
YOU have heretofore been arraigued
on this indictment This is the time
agreed upon for You TO plead to the
same. Do you want 10 plead guilty or
not guilty?
The defendant-GuiltN
Mr. Frpdericks Guilty. your honor.
second Sentence ON the 5th.
she court-Well. / viii appoint the
time for pronouncing the Judgment
in this case at 10 O'Clock a. m, De-
cember ., 1911, which is nest Tues
day.
There was great rush for the en-
closure where the attorneys sat until
court adjourned A group flocSed
around District Attorney Frodericks
to congratulate him on the way he
had worked up his case He smiled
in return-not smile Of eXultation,
but relief.
FrederlcEs No Shylock.
" l don't want a pound of flesh" ."
he explained. u look at this from
two viewpoints. As a lawyer | want
ed these men to plead guilty because
they were guilty; because the evidence
we gathered showed them guilty be-
yond any doubt. But as a man, !
want to say that If ! can recommend
less severe punishment than death,
or be merciful in anyway, and at the
same time rid union labor of its de-
sire to use vengeance to obtain its
end, want to do that thing
Hard Struggle, Says Darrow.
Around Attorney Clarence S. Dar-
row gathered a crowd, too, From
him the questloners wanted to know
how 1t all happened, and why Dar-
rows face was pale. The long wrin-
Eles in his cheeks looked even deeper
than usual, and he talked in low,
husky voice that indicated great fa-
tigue.
1T was a hard struggle to bring
this about, but it was the best thing
that could have happened" he said.
Il did the best l could"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
John J. wi,hdraws plea.

Mr.. Fredericks--J J. Mcnamara
you have heretofore been arralgned
on Indictment No. s55. in which you
were charged with the crime of ex-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

NANKING. Dec. 2.--anklng
has fallen. The entire city is
occupied by insurgents.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

COMING RiGHT--The splendid
postal receipts gain OF s67s,O0. or
IL per cent for November over
November, 1910, stands out in
pleasing relief against another No
vember, that OF 1908 which showed
barely sbs increase over November,
1907.-E, T. TUCKER, Manager
Information Bureau.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
A Baby Pleaded. Too.

tonight who claim to have had
advance on the Information which
came out today, the district attorney
was not sure until just before noon.
that there were to be developments
in the court room. Then he told his
assistants and all brought their wives
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02

DINNER without fuss
or feathers, the big oil refinery
across tho river Is handling 5000
barrels Of crude daily. with a pay
roll of over $50 600 per year, and
paving material IL ono Of It's pro-
duots-E. n, TUCKER. Manager
Information Bureau.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
Court tfxcs sentence Day.

The COURT will make the order
in this case and then ! VIII take up
the other. The court appoints the
time for pronounclng for j. h. Nc
Namaras case at 10 o'clock on Tues
day. the sth day OF December. 1911.
Mr.. Fredericks--Let me have the
papers in the other case. j. J. Nc
Namara. will you stand up, please?
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-02
NANKING HAS FALLEN.

Observation-Disclosures
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
"How SILLY" CHUCKLEs
JOHN JACOB AST0R'S FIANCEE
Miss Force Personally Denies Rumor
Of Marriage az She Sails for
Long Island.

NEW YORK. Sept. S.-Proyisioned
and coaled for q long cruise. Col. John
Jacob Astor,s yacht, the Mona, this
afternoon left for Robins Island In
Long Island sound. for weekend"
Aboard the craft as Col Astor's
guests we're his. fiancee, Miss Madeline
Force, and her mother None OF the
party would say whether the marriage
Is soon to be performed. Private Sec
retary Dobbyn, however. declared no
definite plans have yet been made.
Just before he sailed away, Col
Astor personally denied a report that
he and Miss Force were already mar
ried.
How silly" added Miss Force.
The party was In happy frame OF
mind William II. Force went aboard
with his daughter and Astor. They all
laughed as they waved to the report
ers and crowd OF spectators on the
deck. The colonel promised to be
back Monday evening.
The rumor was that the ceremony
took place at the home of G.. B. Glow.
er, a friend of the Force family, in
Fairfield. Corn. Both Glover and the
town clerk OF Fairfield added their
denials to that Of Astor and Miss
Force.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-08
life CRUSHED out
UNDER HIS WAGON
Abraham Singer, "a Years Old, In
stantly Killed While Trying To
Stop Runaway Horse.

Abraham Singer, "a years old. who
lived at No. 211 Napoleon-st., was
killed by the wheels Of his wagon
passing over his body, Friday morn
ing. While In his feed store, at No.
Asa Riyard-st.. his horse, which had
been left united In the street, started
to run away. Singer FASTENED out
and caught the animal by the bride,
only to be knocked down In the path
OF the rapidly moving wagon. The
wheels OF the truck passed over the
entire length OF his body, with the
result that he sustained internal In
juries which caused immediate death.
The horse continued its mad fight
up the street and was about to tram
Pile on number of women and chill
dren, when W. j. Gainley, colored, OF
No. Ga 1-2 Columbia-st. east, grabbed
1t by the head and succeeded in bring
ing II TO a halt. He was warmly
praised by number of men who saw
the imminent danger OF those In the
way of the horse.
William DeLaurier, Coroner Bur
CESS clerk, planned TO have the re-
mains removed TO the county morgue,
but Mrs. ID. Rosenthal, of No. 351
Winder-st., aunt of the dead man. took
charge of the body and will make
arrangements for the funeral. Singer
was unmarried.