Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-02

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the workers. Business Mems Associ-
ations have thrown off their cloak of
hypocrisy and started in to wipe out
all organizations of labor and the
whole city administration, police and
judges, are acting like hired hang
men. The following letter sent by
a man who escaped from San Diego
and reached here. tells the bare
truths. but only in part, the whole
truth is indescribable.
The attack is made by the COM
bined business interests, merchants
and manufacturers, against all or
gained workers, including the mem
bers of the American Federation of
Labor unions, the /. w. w. and the
Socialist party. The fight took the
form of stamping out the right to
free speech, free press and free as
semblage.
The Letter.
Following is the letter.
Gust line to let you know the
state of affairs in and around San
Diego. Well, to start from the be-
ginning.
Fellow worker Schwandt and /
left Frisco Monday April 1st, and ar
rived in Los Angeles, Tuesday April
the End, On arriving here, we pro-
ceeded to find the local here. After
search of half hour or so, we final
ly found it. Then we were informed
that large number of the boys had
left there some two hours before, or
more, and. were on the road to San
Diego. On being informed that the
party would stay in Fullerton, which
is about twenty-three miles south of
this city, Fellow Worker Schwandt
and / decided to go to Fullerton on
the car and catch the boys there.
We got a car from Los Angeles about
5 o'clock which took us to Fullerton
Roads. From there we walked to
Fullerton, a distance of about four
miles and a half, arriving in Fuller
ton about $3.50 p. m. There were two
other fellows left Los Angeles with
us also. Arriving in Fullerton, we
had supper Then we started to look
for the other fellows. We found
them down the railroad track around
big fire. There must have been
about seventy of them. Well. the boys
made our little addition welcome and
then proceeded to plan on our next
move. The plan was to take a ride
on a Sante Fe freight train as far
as Santa Anna, and hold meeting
in Santa Anna, and also see the boys
in Jail there. Well, we had just fin
ished making plans when freight
trai nhoye in sight and we proceeded
to board her. eW all climbed aboard
a flat car, and when the brakemen
saw the bunch, they never said a
word. Il don't blame them, do you?)
"WeH, we reached Santa Anna
about eleven o'clock p. m., and we
were met by the village policemen
to the number of three. They seemed
very much surprised to see such a
crowd and asked US why we did
not stay aboard that train. Fellow
worker Sebastian being the spokes-
man, he told the policeman that we
intended to stay in town all night
and see the boys in Jail the next day
and also that we would like to hold
a street meeting in that town. Well,
the policemen were in very nerv-
GUS condition and did not know what
to do about the matter. guess they
had read about us in the capitalis1c
press and thought that we Wer dan
gerous characters. They seemed
surprised when they saw what an
orderly and cheerful bunch OF men
they had to deal with and they were
soon laughing and Joking with the
boys. / believe we could have made
II. w. VS. out of them if we would
have stayed and talked to them.
Well fellow worker, they finally de-
cided to call the Mayor and Chief
Marshal of the town by telephone,
and shortly after, these gentlemen
appeared in an automobile. They,
too, were surprised to meet us but
they treated us very gently and in a
soothing voice asked our spokesman
what it was we intended to do whilst
amongst them. Our spokesman ans
wered that as it was pretty late that
night we had no desire to do any
thing just then, except sleep, and that
he would oblige us if he would show
us place to sleep in. and that after
boys in jail and we would like to-
we had rested we would call on the
have our meeting on the street. Well,