Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-16
FEDERATION
rATn0QCEC Political and Indurtrial Solidarity
EVDOIAOAO Wheeling Labor's Fight on Auditorium
nOKNENNIC Amendment to State Wide Prohibition
VUlVDLA'A1NO Guard" System in Sen. Watson's Mines

I state, thugs in the employ of the in
terests backed by United States Sena
tor c. w. Watson, and beaten into in
sensibility and left for dead.
A committee was appointed to
draw up a resolution condemning the
guard system permitted in this
state.
Endorse Majority.
In the afternoon session the report
of the resolutions committee was
taken up and the first resolution in
troduced was one endorsing the
Wheeling Majority for "Its five years
fighting for the toilers in the state, y
and declaring it the official organ OF
the West Virginia Federation of La
Dor.
Retail Clerks Endorsed.
| The Retail Clerks were also endors.
ed. The resolution specified the fight
that Wheeling was making to organize
the clerks, but it was amended to in
clude the state, showing that the
Federation will be behind the clerks
in all the cities of the state.
Against Prohibitory Legislation.
The convention declared itself op-
posed to the prohibition amendment
that will be voted upon at the next
election, having been submitted to the
people by the Democrats at the last
session of the legislature.
The resolution appears in full in
another column.
Endorsed Tobacco Workers Label
The union label of the Tobacco
Workers was endorsed in a resolution
which called attention to the encroach-
ment of the Tobacco Trust, with the
consequent degradation of Labor, and
all members of Labor everywhere were
urged to see that the union label was
on every package of tobacco purchas-
ed by them.
No Stogie Makers Scrap.
The expected failed to happen. 1t
was generally believed that the A. F.
of L. would have representative in
Wheeling to protest against the seat
ing of the delegates from the Stogie
be here for that purpose, but he was
! Makers League locals. 1t was first
thought that Organizer Lewis would
sent south, and it was then reported
that Cal Wyatt, A. F. of L. organizer,
would be here. When he failed to
show up at the eleventh hour, it was
rumored that Secretary Frank Morri-
son would be present to officially pro-
test. However, none of them appear
ed, and there was ne protest.
On the contrary, the Federation
adopted resolution supporting the
Stogie Makers, ard urging all union
list to recognize them as good union
men and to patronize the stogie label.
Later in the convention Secretary
sonderman read the report of the con-
ference held recently between the
Cigar and Stogi Makers at Washing
ton. and this report was read into the
records.
The Watson Investigation.
Delegate Cairns moved that the mat
ter of investigating the Watson mines
in West Virginia, where the Guard"
system is in all its glory, should be
left in the hands of the Ohio Valley
Assembly, and this was concurred In
Secretary Vessel, of the Assembly
then read the correspondence that
nassed between the Assembly and the
senator. It showed that he had taken
exception to a description OF the con-
Iditions at the mines, made by the AS
sembly. and had offered the Assembly
tbe right to send committee to in
vestigate, but that when the Assembly
accepted the proposal, he had sue
ceeded in lodging the investigation.
Discuss Officers Duties.
The first real discussion OF the con-
vention came with the report OF the
committee on officers report. Until
then every matter taken up had been
practically unanimous, but this pro
yoked opposition. The committee
eopcurred in all the Recommendation
of the president, as to demanding
ronadial legislation from the state
opening the charter for the pringine
| in of new unions, demanding the as
sistaiice Of internationals in ORGANIZING
new unions, urging support Tor tine
Labor press, instructing the secretary
Ito send regular letters Of new items
Of interest to Labor to all Labor pa
nars IN the state, urging the formation
of local Union Label Leagues, IN ave =.
Of the Employers Liability ana MoIk
lmen.s Compensation laws, against rs