The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-23
NINE GUARD STORY pusI,snso
BY THEM a JOKE.
Tom / Is~is bitterly oenoune.s IN.
sSi Moose etory-Other POLL
teal Ewenta.

AEain the Democratic pres .x.,,.
OF west virginia are In wrong Reing
an every day occurance this An MOTH.
ius pew but this time their dope n
s aosard that u has become the
Iaosning stock OF the state The press
agents OF the WatsonChilton machine
are nov telling the good people OF
West virginia. that the RepubIicsn
party Is responsible for the mine
guard system. and all the iIis. real
and fanc'ed. which anlict the mine
Since the press asents h.v. h..,
spreading this kind of news broad.
cast IL 10 well at this time TO relate
Z Few facts which may have been for
sotten Dy the voters on this subject
mother Jones'" who has been In tha
Paint Creek district since the recent
trouble. has done much In this line in
her speeches.
workers OF America made their f,rst
entrance Into West Virginia. in a vain
sttempt to organize the miners. or
ncers OF the union went 10 Fairmonf
where they attempted To organize the
miners employed by the Fairmout and
consolidated Galleries, OF which Clar-
ence W. Watson. now United Stafes
Senator. was president. AS every ner.
son well knows who reads the pa
pers and were acquainted with the ait
uation. Clarence w. Watson and the
combine he was head OF resisted the
organizing OF the mines By employing
mine guards. special United States
mar blanket injunctions issued
by the late Judge John Jay Jackson.
and all the implements and resources
mat are now being employed in the
Paint Greek field. The court sat
night and day during the DAYS the
ofncials tried TO organize the men EN-
ployed in the mines. in dlsposing of
so-called contempt cases as fast as
sne poor prisoners we're arranged be-
lore him by the mine guards ard spe-
cial deputies employed by the Watson
interests. The coal baron conquered
In the end. after many union men
nau oeen thrown in Jail and like the
Siberian exiles the miners were
forced back In the mines without the
| corporation recognizing the union.
clarence w. Watson since becoming
United States Senator has resigned as
head or this corporation. but his
money Is stih invested in the properly
and as every one knows the mines are
still operated by non-union workmen
Mother Jones' was a prominent
nsure IN The attempted organization
OF the Watson mines.
The gray-haired woman was arrest
ed on one OF the contempt" charges
and lodged in Jail She was found
guilty but received no punishment for
her alleged offenses. When the time
came for her trial the backbone OF the
attempted organization OF the miners
was broken and Watson was victor.
ious. These facts have been told The
people OF West Virginia By Mother
Jones" in all her addresses In this
state since the now famous Paint
Creek strike In the sections where
| this aged woman has made her ad-
dresses Watson has been shown in
his true light. much 10 the delight OF
her hearers. according TO the press
dispatches.
All the benefits that have been be-
slowed upon the miner in this state
have been made By the Republican
party. The miners hospitals. where
| the manned are cared for. were es-
tablished by the Republican party.
The state laws which govern min
ing and which are so satisfactorily ad.
ministered by John LANG and his
stan OF eficienct inspectors. were
composed and enacted by the Repub-
| licsn party.
No better friend Of the miner ever
ran for a political Office In the Little
| Mountain State than the able states
man and leader. DR.. ". d. Hatfield.
| the Republican nominee for governor
| DIT. Hatfield has sacrificed much OF
his time TO work among the poor coal
| miners OF Southea stern West Wiz
| g!nia. From there stories have come
\ from the lips OF the unfortunate min
ers feelings Of the noble deeds OF this
J great leader. who spent DAYS and DAYS
with the manned and sick miners
without any compensation.