Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-18
Packers Winning
Imperial Strike
Wicke's Trumped Up Case Against
Union Picket Proved Flimsy.

RaDidly the packers are Wlnnins
the strike at the Imperial glass hou@e
The trial Monday night in the mayor
court OF the trumped up case brought
AGAINST union picket by WI
showed how weak the case OF =
nnenshoppers is, and the continue
da.ar.ions fro mthe force Of stri.A>
assertions from the force of strike
bow certain the strike is to end
victory for tie men.
The Flimsy Case.
Monday evening the assault al
reaie ing case was heard be
..tly5r Il assnan. After an hour
due 10 he difficulty Wicke ~.
aaals MS lawyer, the case proceeds
l iorejgnel, a Greek, giving the ia
nj Joe SA.aes, was induced by Wicke
nd Nea to act as the stool pig
br.n..ng a. case of ''attemptel
AID tareatening' against ia
r. union picket. Sarges
De at to say tina. Mr.. Dorf lad
e.;tned 10 shoot him if he WEI.
Nh, as S. alb, and that he saw l.
aide ii a pistol in DORIS possessio-
orr tes tilted that he had new
e..tol in is life, that he had no.
.teaed he Greek, and that he hs
+ isned him to cease work in L
egi.l packing room and offeres
assist him in getting another job. M
~. testimony was substantiated by
he onIB witness to the conversation
lam NJ. Andrews. Yet on t.
Creeks unsupported testimony
DRY which he admitted he had n
even told his room mate, and had on
ike and that whole day late
.,cr Wassman held Dorf in ST.
= the grand jury. The crowd
=. orIngmen, unionists and Soci
flied the room, were unani
Gus in considering the case the fill
Il hey had ever seen brought into
court Of Justice; and stated that the
eleFed Dorf was held over onls
save Wicke's face.
certain it is that on the next day
91geS cam la;es to the glass house
vas eloseted an kour with Woke an
then departed and has not been sec
; Ut town since. 1t Is not believet
that anything. moe will be done in
The matter, as the prosecution seem
to realize fully that they have not
wen the shadow of case. Yet SUI
e'power of capital that Dorf +
the shadow of an. indictmen
:" though it will never hold.
Five More Leave.
i've more strike breakers left dur
the week. Union pickets were
able to talk with them and convince
that s5ey were acting agains
interests Of themselves and their
9ther workers, and in the interests
y 'p aiists who cared nothing fer
e. 7 packing room, crippled
~ re is thus left in ridieul-
IN where a few men and
t-rOu, ooth;uO IF uoNkfnp
lie trying TO do the work that kept
experienced men busy. Now that
'e plant has started the troubles,
II goods pillng up in The packing
oal' is expected to shortly bring
|Oout a serious situation.
Nicke claims that he will shut the
'lant down for three years before he
Vii cease his persecution Of the
uni on men. He says that the board
" directors aeld a meeting last week
auo authorized him to take this stand
" THIS Is true, 1t will be interestinf
70 the small stockholders about
wheeling 10 learn that their inVess
uea's are to be sacrificed to the in
Sfests Of some big capitalists whose
'uiy desire IS to crush the unions.
Al any rate, Wicke seems to have
"''norawn from the piekea line, fol
nc is MOI in evidence there any more.
A Foolish Trick
such is the desperation OF Wickt
sls' ne wept much that W. W. An
s.sTs, a union picket, talked to +;
sssO in Benwood. Wicke evidently
~Dat know that state line made
- =! difference He VS. sore than: An
s'xs' being prevented from talkins
me man in Bellaire, had gone t.
- nome in Benwood and explained
se situation to him, with the resuI
va, he did not report for work tn,
NeIt morning.
~ .Aueed there was much sorrow abou
s,s - 0ace Monday megning. when seV
!. - strike breakers rallied to repor
SuS' and when they did cor,
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