The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-06

fair in their attitudes toward union
labor.
Tom L. Lewis Speaks
Tom l.. Lewis Vas the second speak
or. Mr.. Lewis spoke In the highest
terms OF the splendid attendance. In
his Introductory remarks he declared
the Labor Memorial Day movement
was not only 10 perpetuate the mem
DRY OF the dead. but TO impress pom
the living the necessity OF organized
labor. by bringing 10 notice the cause
and the reason behind the movement.
The greatest tribute We al pay TO
the dead" he stated. is 10 make
known to the world why We belong to
labor organizations"
we live in an age OF organization.
No man would undertake TO prove
otherwise. Our school systems. our
great manufactures. In fact our entire
Industrial system is the result OF or
ganization. No one man could have
carried out any OF the great move
ments OF the day. The iron inc steel
business. the glass business. the coal
business. none Of them would have
been possible without organized effort
Under this order corporations were
developed. All these things are
sanctioned and rightly so. by the
courts.
intelligent Use Of Ballot.
we ask no more OF the same courts
than that they legalize the organiza.
ton Of labor. To gain that end
stand for the intelligent use OF the
, ballot. by which we may control not
only the courts. but the executive and
administrative branches Of the govern.
ment as well.
Labor unions have been made nee
essary for the purpose of getting such
a wage as will make II possible for us
TO educate our children. 10 keep up
our ~fraternal organizations and TO
support our churches-in fact to carry
on the work Of uplifting the world.
as is being done through these
sources.
we want shorter hours for work.
ing. with more time 10 think and pom
der over the worlds problems and de-
wise means TO tighten the burdens of
the masses. We want TO keep our
children out OF the mills. the factories
and the mines. in order that their
physical strength may be developed,
not stunted. by untimely labor.
These things mean 10 Us a stronger
nation physically. a greater nation in,
~teliectually.
We want 10 keep the women out
Of public work. | do not believe a
. woman should be compelled 10 do the
work a man should do. and I don't
believe the union labor ideal will ever
be reached until every child under 16
and the women Of the land are re.
lieved OF the burden they are now
( carrying.
! Stand for Woman's Suffrage.
Personally, stand for equal rights
between men and women. II you dc
rot agree with me. then you consider
your wife, your daughter. your moth.
or. your sweetheart inferior TO you
! believe the time is coming not only
when women will have the ballot, but
when they will solve the problems
that We men have practically admit,
ted We cannot figure out.
Il am opposed 10 corporations az
corporations. Under the same head
believe the workinEman has the right
10 organize. and that the right should
BE- respected. have no use for the
men outside the union who break the
laws Of the land. Neither have I for
the men who do so inside the union
However. the men In the unions who
violate the law do so without a true
realiza. ION Of the union spirit. I be
lieve in furnishing every yiolator OF
the law. be he union man or EN-
ployer."
Relative the strike az the Mound
ccal mine at M~oundsville. where the
men walked u one month ago. some
trouble following. as a result Of which
is arc held TO the grand jury. charged
with rioting. Mr.. Lewis said that the
most effective way 10 organize West
virginia Will be for the men 10 resolve
that they are going 10 be Law ABIDING
citizens. lie declares that the condl
lions throughout the great Kanawha
and Fairmont coal regions. where the
union spirit I'm a miner 10 not with
discharge. is Oon "a, be changed. In
;erring that a determined EFFORT IL "a
be u%nionize the West Virginia mines
The Mine Workers will never be sat
isfed. he said. until every spark or
opposition is wiped out in West vlr
Einia"
Active Interest Urged.
Mr. Lewis urged the business men q
take an active interest IN the relat
Ions between the employer and the
empiove. as n result 81 which + d.
Clared much Of the present dinicultie.
arising could be overcome
IN conclusion he stated that he hop