Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-08-14

be put when the contracts were ac-
cepted, as it is alleged men not at all
directly connected with the company
manipulated the arrangements.
Organized labor in this town. is be-
| ginning to take cogniZace of those who
appear to be over jealous in their at
tempt to serve the company or it's pres
ent hirelings, and already several
saloons and other business houses
are beginning to feel the effect of a
lack of patronage from their former
customers. The unionists here pro-
pose to forcibly apply the slogan, ere
ward your friends and rebuke your
enemies.
James ODonnell, who shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff George Griffith,
and who was indicted by grand jury
for second degree murder, was admit
ted to bail Saturday afternoon, which
was furnished, it is alleged by the
company. A report has it that he is
again back in the mill.
| AS long as the city officials hau
charge of the maintenance of order in
the strike zone at Steubenville there
were no serious disturbances, accord
| ing to Director of Safety Freeman, Di-
rector of Service Gavin and City All
ditor Hugh w. Patterson, of Steuben-
benville, who testified in the United
States Court, in the injunction suit
brought by the Phillips Sheet & Tin
Plate Company, against it's employees
now on strike, and the officials of the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers.
| John Williams of Pittsburgh, presi-
| 4bo 1oroY m tod Association
was the first witness for the defense
He told of interviewing the officers
of the Phillips plant June 80, with
Walter Larkin, the Associations vice
president. An effort was made then,
according to testimony, to bring
about an amicable settlement OF the
impending strike. When the COM
pany's officers declined to accept terms
of mediation, Mr.. Williams called a
strike, he said. Ameeting was held IN
aEgle hall, Steubenville, that night, at
which employees were urged to stand
united" Admonitions against any
form of violence were given the men
by the association officers, said both
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Larkin, who tes,
tilted later
Judge Safer ruled in an oral opinion.
the presence of pickets within the
vicinity of any such plant could not
he considered unlawful so long as no
violations of the law were committed.
1 Attornessa Cor the strikers on Wed
Inesday called astheir first witness City
ISolieitor Roy N. Merryman. He testl-
fed that he Travelled short distance
from the plant of the Phillips COM
pany in going to and from his home
nearly every day during the strike;
that with the exception of the night
the strike started he saw but few per
sons gathered about the plant. His
! testimony also indicated that there
had been but little disorder to his per-
sonal knowledge, and that the lawless
ness testified to in court here was "a
revelation ito him" Mr.. Merryman said
that John WiIliams( assistant to the
lcompany's president( talked with him
about getting permission to carry
gun. at which time Williams said they
had no out of town guards and dldn
expect to have any; that they would
+ depend upon local officers, and the
j Solicitor stated that if the company
didn't have such guards they had then
> not many hours thereafter. Merryma1
made an excellent impression upor
the court and was telling witness
for the strikers throughout. The com
) pany's attorneys could not make any
) headway against him in cross examl
| nation. r.,
=, Harry Griffith, union organizer, fol
Ilowed. He said in his June Both speecf
! he had called upon the men to organ
!. ize and strike for their protection. HI
4 denied emphatically that he had eve
1 lcounselled or committed violence O
any kind, but had urged the men t
r act within thel aw. He said the chaui
! feur for the company tried to run MN
o down many times with an automoplle
4 and on one occasion in Weirtol
threatened Griffith, and said he woul'
Q blow his head off and roll 1t into TN
4 river. and called him vile names. GIRL
!. fifth claimed he never made repl
. and did not carry any weapons. II
4 said he had been enormously reporte
n regarding a recent speech. He sal
!. his exact words were mo court ha
the right to say / cannot walk tn
" streets or speak to the men. If
: does. here is an Amalgamated ma
d who will speak to the men for IN
v sake of humanity, even II l have TO 9
n to iail." He said the company wa
. irving to hide behind the courts, an
\. didn't believe any count would lssu
:. an Injunction under such c1rcun
= William Ottenfellow and Richard
q Selway members Of the union, follow