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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13

Under the provisions Of that grand
old statute, the Sherman Antitrust
Law. there was handed down in the
Federal court at Charleston on last
Saturday, indictments against IL
officials Of the Mine Workers Union
who are charged with conspirine to-
eether and making an effort to secure
living wages for the West Virginia
coal diegers, which act is against the
peace and profit of the coal barons
of the state aforesaid, and breach
of the Sherman Anti-Arust Law.
Some block-headed working people
used to tell US that the Sherman Anti
Trust Law was for the purpose Of
protecting the poor producers Of every
thing from the greed OF the trusts
which are rapidly grabbing everything.
Alas! They were mistaken 1t was and
is for the purpose of preventing the
poor from attempting to Withhold any
Of their product from the the trusts.
The aforementioned indictments
further charge and allege that the
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
Socia iaIi!sts F allied
As Invest; t;igatC)zs S
Their Report A Weak Mass Of Hisstatements In Regard
to Present Conditions and 4 SickeninS EuIosY
Of Dictator Hatfield

and stats jailed, the Socialist COM
mittee arrived on the scene.
The personnel of the committee
was unfortunate. Germer, an official
of the U. NJ. w. of A.; Berger. a conf
promising vote hunter, and Debs. the
sentimentalist. Furthermore the COM
mittee was bound by instructions
from the National Organization TO
COOPERATE WITH THE U. N.
W. Of A.
We claimed them and still claim,
that the officials in charge of the
Mine Workers organization are hostile
to Socialism, Notwithstanding the fact
that 80 per cent of the rank and ii!a
of the West Virginia union miners are
Socialists. The committee arrived ct
| Charleston and was met by COM
mittee from the Charleston Socialist
Local: likewise by a committee from
the U. NJ. W. of A, headquarters. Tie
Socialists were ignored and the vlsi-
tors we're taken in charge by tic
NJ. W. officials:
The Socialists realized thai the
only hope in getting the true slliat!un
! before Dei.$. This attempt was m"Ge
whcl Dcbs, alone, visited those then
con ned in the Kanawha coun>y jail.
The writer together with Merrick and
others explained existing conditions
TO LIN and warned him that the mine
wo-. ers officials we're lea&ued with
the state government and through il
with the Coal Trust in an effort to
force an empty, compromising settle
ment upon the rank and file and that
| they were equally guilty, Wlth Others
| in causing the destruction Of Socialist
papers and our Imprisonment.
For four days the committee vas
monopolized by the miners officials.
They poured into its ears the same
| stnries that the coal ODeratOrS news
papers had been printing-that Hat
field was friend of the miners; that
the socialists we're to blame because
the strike had not been settled
months ago (The Socialist plead
guilty-that they didn't want 70
SETTLE the strike, they wanted 20
WIN IT'D and that we were all Wild
Continued on last paee)
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
The {. & 0. Suspension.

Almost the entire force at the c.
< 0. Shops have been put on seven
hour a day scale, while scores Of
n.achinists and others have been dis
charsed indefinitely, There is a singu-
lar sinister phase OF this situation
that, commands attention. At the
tine that these men were discharged
aud tie others put Oh slack time. the
news was proclaimed that this month
is to be the banner month in the his
tory of the road Queer. is it not?
Traffic on the road is heavier than
ever. More rolling stock in operation
than ever before. More work to be
done than ever before. Yet the work
e-s are thrown into unemployment
and consequent misery, Right here
is where the ridiculous yet terrible
effects of the profit system are clear
" revealed. The workers we're not
DISCHARGED because there was no
work, but because the money that
was to pay their wages must be paid
out in dividends Dividend, divide up
with the capitalist class. do you get
il The workers have earned their
wages and paid dividends on le8ltl-
mala amount Of stock. and now must
suffer in enforced itIenesS while the
money that should 90 to pay their
wages is transferred to the pockets
O! he idle ruling class for water stock.
And when the capitalists see tit to
order the slaves back to work, the
Su2rrintendantS, bosses, foTemen. etc,
will be ordered to speed them up and
clear away the accumulated work
without an extra appropriation. Say,
railroad slaves. you that have about
.,3 rentS on pay day when your bills
are paid. do you still believe that
Socialism will compel you to divide
up
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
United Mine Workers Are
Indicted By Federal Court
Charged With Consprins to Increase the Wages Of The
West Virginia Coal Miners

Mine Workers had feli0# conspiratnrs
in the person ofnumeroGs coal barons
of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, etc
but none Of these were indicted. The
whole conspiracy it is charged in The
indictment is for the purpose Of ruin
ing the W. Va coal operators, and
just about the time the indictments
were being handed down. the Cover
vas declaring that what was really
the matter with West Virginia was
that its coal mines were owned by
foreigners and absentees.
Wires crossed somewhere. So sad.
We presume OF course that Thomas.
J. Foster, W. L. Connell, and J. K.
Griffith, the big coal operators Of
Scranton. Pa, who also own the Paint
Creek Colleries Co., with its II mines.
are concerned in the conspiracy, as
well as the Hooking Valley Coal Co..
of Ohio, which, incidentally, ownes
all the mines on the North side of
the Kanawha river.
Sad case. Very sad.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
4 Reminder.

70 the Prosecuting Attorney, Mayor
Chief Of Police and other defenders
of the capitalist system: The workers
Of Huntington have not forgotten
that mass meeting on May 5th held
under the auspices of Huntington
Trades Council in the shadow of the
Cabell County Court House was BROKEN
up by hired thugs; that the officials
were given the names Of the parties
Sus0ected and We clearly perceive
tl:aa these same fficiaIs do not care a
rap whether these hired thugs of
capitalism are apprehended or not.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13

We have received the official report
of the Committee sent into West Vir-
einia by the National Socialist party
TO investigations growing out of the
miners strike, and the persecution Of
socialists in connection herewith.
The report, while a keen dissapoint,
will be no surprise for the West Vir-
ginia Socialists. They could have told
at any time after the members OF the
committee began to give out inter-
views to the capitalist press at Char
lesion, lust what the document would
deal with.
The report covers five typewriter
pages and about three pages of it are
given up exclusively to white wash
of Governor H. D. Hatfield. We will
not reproduce the report here; the
local capitalist dailies have gladly
handled it, under display heads, which
\ is as it should be. We have never,
and will never, devote any OF our
space to whitewashing a cheap tool
of the capitalist ciass--not even
when the white wash is mixed by
members of our own party.
The committee arrived i'll Charles
ton at a time when tle local officials
of the United Mine Workers had,
evidently leagued themselves with
the Hatfield Military government
against the Socialist. This statement
is fully bourn out by the repeated
declaration by Hatfield to the effect
that he was keeping martial law IN
effect only at the request OF the U.
M. W. of A., and no denial has ever
been made by the union officials.
Now, it is we'll known fact that
only Socialists had been prosecuted
under it during the last few weeks OF
martial law, during this time the two
Socialist papers we're suppressed and
their editors and attaches jailed.
4 Therefore, if martial law was being
retained merely for the convenience
of the Mine Workers, it is plain that
they were in a measure responsible
for the persecution of the Socialists.
At the time when the war on So
cialists was at its heieht-when two
of our papers had been arbitrarily
/ suppressed, their plants destroyed
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
The Catastrophe

unnecessary detail here the destruction Of plant the
cofcation of paper Imprisonment those
comrades actively engaged the production Of the
paper maandng mnjons of the states military dictator
Sufficient say that suffered loss estimated at
S21O500 contrary report circulated by the Socialist In
yestgating Committee WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE PENNY
FROM THE STATE OR THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES AS COM
PENSATION FOR OUR LOSS
acting upon the report broadcast by the Socialist
that would be for the destruction
plant Charleston take the up
with the King When they themselves known this
gentleman gently exclaimed: Go hell will have nothing
to do with you people," OF words to that effect.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
CTSanization In The Coal
Fields.

Levi, ". Na..-On Sunday June S,
practically all the citizens of this
little mining camp listened attentive
~ to an address on Socialism by
Cc,uradc Geo. F. Parsons, of Hansford.
AfSe- tie speaking a Socialist Local
was formed, composed of every voter
ii the village. 1t is the intention of
the West Virginia Socialists to organ
ize a live local in every hamlet of the
state.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
TIED STATES OF AHlE;RTTCA
IHi|AII))EEtS WEST VIRGINIA

office at Ronda and he did not get his
mail for three months. Counsel for
the operators endeavored to show
that the miner was not regular resi-
dent Of Ronda and that he expected
no mail.
Are you an American citizen ?"
asked Senator MARITIME.
Yes"
And you could not get your mail ?"
No"
That's all exploded the senator.
Whether this man expected a love
letter or a check doesn't make a
damned bit Of difference"
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
Act Quickly.

iniSt's Local.
The spectacle of a so-called union
man upholding the Military despotism
in w. Va. has caused all intelligent
workers to demand his expulsion.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
MILITARY JUSTICE.

lords Of tie military jr.;D-
."t have yielded up nUIec1uS
Ing sentences and acts OF
One entry waS to the
that Private Long, accused Of
.-."s,a miner named Ira Kidd.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
MAJOR Tom DAVIS, EXPELLED.

BY order of VIM H. Johnston, Inter
national President of the Machinist' S
Brotherhood, Tom Davis OF Hunting
ton, has been kicked out of the Mach
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
Financial Assistance Needed
Quickly.

AS result ouages perpetraed upon The Star find
the first unable pressing financial ob
cations appeal in this time of need
the efforts the have been dedicated
Donations especially desirable but there other
which financial assistance can be extended, as follows
STOCKThe company has remaining its treasury 1000 shares
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JOB PRINTING-We have first class job printing plant
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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
AN Ape { a.. I
TO All Those Who Desire The
Continuance of The Star.

Our readers doubtless noted the fact that during the year
and more of columns have been nguary
free from appeals for financial assistance that the che
characteristic of so many working-class papers ~
While lot of every newspaper which devotes its energies
entirely to the cause workers always of financial
strngenc still The Star had by good management attsr our
selves enabled in the its obligations and accumu
late property shape Of printing plant and business
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-06-13
Follow Debs' Example.

writing this following arrives from comade Debs
Terre Haute, Ind, June 9th 1918
Dear Comrade Thompson,
Editor Socialist s Labor Star:
glad have started again and wish contribute
mite to up your financial loss which you will find express
order enclosed
With greetings and best yourself and comrades
Yours fraternaly
EUGENE V. DEBS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

1t has been said that the richest as
set that Chattanooga has is historic
Lookout mountain, and the saying is
trucl Lookout mountain is really a
beauty spot in a land where scenic
beauty abounds. And while this scenic
beauty con not be eXcellcd any wehre
on earth, Lookout mountain is also
probably the most historic eminence in
the world. 1T bears the marks of many
wars and carries on its tablets the his
tory of two races Of people.
Lookout mountain was first a habita-
ton of the Indians, as Indian relics
gathered on its summit and sides clearly
show. The Tennessee river got its name
from the Indians. The state of Tennes-
see was named after the river. In the
Indian tongue the name signifies spoon.
Some historians contend that Indians
named the river from Il view they of the
stream from the point Of Lookout noun
tain. The view from the point of Look
out mountain is certainly one of the
finest III America. Many people who
have travelled over the world declare
that there is nothing so COON in scenic
beauty in all Europe. Quite a number
Of European p0tcntates and geniuses
have visited Lookout mountain, and
their verdict is unanimous that the view
from Umbrella rock on the highest point
of the mountain is uneXcelled.
Looking to the west from the point Of
the mountain the spectator sees a blue
line of mountains of almost equal alti-
tUde. These are RaccOon and Sand noun
tains III Tennessee and Alabama. Fol
lowing the blue line of these mountains
to the north, the vision crosses the Ten
neSSce river takes III Moccasin bend and
enjoys WaIdcn's ridge, the far famed
spur of the Cumberlands. This noun
tain overs $500 feet above the level Of
the sea. and presents to the eye as fine a
picture of mountain scenery as can well
be imagined. Off to the east a low line
Of hills. across the valley, is seen. This
line of hills is Missionary ridge where
one of the most Sanguinary battles Of
the civil war was fought. Following
this ridge to the south, monuments may
be plainly seen Of a clear day on the
Chickamauga battlefield. while away to
the east, a hundred miles on a straight
line, tower the peaks Of the Great Smok-
les, and farther still the peaks of the
Blue Ridge mountain. If the atmOs-
pheric conditions are perfect, the tour
ist on top Of Lookout mountain can see
into a half a dozen states. 1t is but
natural that Chattanooga should treas
urc Lookout mountain as a point of
great interest and one of the richest as
sets of the region.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
FEW cIRCUsEs VISIT TExAs.

FORT WORTH, Tex, March 29.-The
call Of the new saw dust ring, the clown
and the wild animals are becoming more
scarce in Texas as the years roll around.
According TO the state controller, only
20 Of these shows paid the occupation
tax in 1912 as against % in 1911. The
in 1912 paid into the revenue of
the state $13,G0O. A comparison with pre-
vious years. made from the records kept
by the Texas Commercial Secretaries
and BusinSs Mems Association. shows
that in 1911 circuseS paid into the state
treasury $1S,500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
LARGEST COTTON WAREHOUSE.

HOUSTON Tex, March 29.-The lar
geSt cotton terminal and warehouse III
The world is proposed for Houston by the
Chamber of Commerce which is under
taking the sale of a million dollars stock
for the establishment Of adequate fac
ilities to maintain HouStOn's prestige rs
the largest inland cotton market i'll the
world. Options have been secured on a
10-acre tract, fronting a half mile on the
Houston Ship Channel, on which it is
proposed to erect the warehouse and com
presses. Nearly every cotton plant now
in Houston, with the exception of the
Weld-Neville company. will be absorbed,
nd the congresses from these plants
will be used in constructing the first
unit Of a greater plan. The stock IS being
sold by citizens committees and it is
proposed to place the entire million BY
l.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
n u II III n MHM E E N zAAME III HI A EME aMMHmE E m mi hi EM E En
FOR A L WANTED
WANTED

WANTED-POSition as stationary engi-
neer. Now employed in smelter No.
>, Monterrey. ID. Il. Laro. Address
A. f. Laro, 1916 Elizabeth street,
Brownsville. 3-26-7t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-TwO Jersey milch cows.
Frank G. Gay, Olmito, Texas-322-7t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
+ HEIR FUND.

Ms. Ncwlywcd-Dad'S just sent us a
check fr our new baby! Wasn't that good
for him?
Mr.. Newlywcd-I should say 50. I'll
write him at once and thank him for
his contribution to the fresh heir fund.
-Tit-BitS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
FURNISHED o

3 LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS
with na:h. Large. Comfortable. Excellent
location rear car line. No children. Rent
very reasonable. Ask Moore at County
Clerks Office. 3-5-tf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
GOOD NEWS For AMGLERs.
dBy G. s. Ncws Scrrice.)

DENISON. Tex, March 29.-Dr. III. II.
Walker, city fish commissioner, has re-
ceived more than 5000 young black bass
from the government fish hatchery at
San Marcos. Nearly half Of the fish were
given to the Denison Rod and Gun Club
and the remainder will be placed in the
Shawnee reservoir four miles north
west Of this city. Several other ship
ments of bass have been received here
this spring for the same place.
Too many boom towns blow up before
they take root
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29
HE COULD HELP HER.

"Oh. dOctor!" exclaimed the woman
patient, II was suffering 50 much that
| just wanted to die" We'll" said the
physician, "you did right to call me in
at once" GLASGOW Scotland Evening
Citizen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

FOR RENT-S-room cottage; all modern
improvements; well located. See r.
B. Creager. 1-15-tf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

If any one is troubled with doubts
about prayer, those two simple words.
"Our Father" if he can only really be-
heve them in their full richness and
depth. will make the doubts vanish in
a moment and prayer seem the most
natural and reasonable Of all acts
Kingsley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

when a man says he does not believe
me story Of Jonah and the whale. he
should remember some of the stories he
expects his wife to swallow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

HELP WANTED-A young man who
speaks both English and Spanish to
work in drug store; must have had
previous experience. DR.. 4. Won Mat
thesius, Rio Bravo, Tams. McX-325-7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

Lucky is the town that possesses a
good live local newspaper. PatrOnize the
paper and watch your town grow into
a real city. : ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-29

just tell the truth about your town.
1t pays in the long run. If you honest
" cant think Of anything good to say.
Just keep still.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-14
EXTREME HEAT CONTINUES.
Mercury Awaiting For Eleven Days
No Relief In Siqht.

Kansas City. Mo, Aug. l4-Fresh
reports of an exhausted water supply.
illness from bad water and heat and
cate weather conditions remains un-
changed here, on the eleventh conse-
cutive day of extreme heat in Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Oklahoma. Wells
from which the water supply of Law
renee, Kansas. n city of fifteen thou
sand. was to be obtained were dry to-
day and water from Kansas river, now
very low. was turned into the mains
tisterns in Lawrence are also dry
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-14
Want CHAPLAIN LORD TO
REMAIN WITH THE THIRD
DISTINGUISHED e r G Y M A N,
NOW OF MILWAUKEE,
WOULD RESIGN.

The officers and members of the
Michigan National Guard. particularly
the Third Regiment, have started a
big movement which has as its pur-
pose the retaining of Archdeacon Lord
Of Milwaukee, as chaplain of the
Third. This distinguished clergyman.
formerly rector of the Episcopal
church at the 500. is now located in
Milwaukee and desires To sever his
connection with the Third regiment,
feeling that it is unfair To the guard
and To the other ministers of this Sec
ton for him to retain this post and
the commission as captain, it brings,
while resident of another state
Chaplain Lord is immensely popu-
lar with the boys" however, and they
will be immensely disappointed if he
carries out his announced intention.
Gen. y. l.. Abbey and Col. John
Boucher of the Third are heartily In
accord with the movement to retain
chaplain Lord. At u round robin
meeting of the officers of the Third
regiment Monday evening. IL was voted
that the chaplain remain with the
regiment despite his removal to an
other state, and the matter has been
pm up To- the chaplain in such a light
that he cannot well refuse.
Chaplain Lord has left for his home
~ milwaukee, Yesterday. finding u inn
peiative that he get back to his parish
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-14
MANY COPPER COUNTRY
STUDENTS GET DIPLOMAS
TWENTY FOUR GRADUATES or
MARQUETTE NORMAL FROM
THE NORTH COUNTRY.

.. 20 students who completed thch
courses al the Marquette Normal col
lege losr week, Nrniy-rour are from
towns an Eamaa, Onlunapun ant
Hougbton counties Copper cuuulrs
students receiving certificates are "a,
follows.
GLADYS Kincald. IIoughton; Irene
Kennedy, Hancock, Lucille Larsem
Calumet lrcnr lanpist Huucoek.
Naunr Murphy Hancock. ida Simons
calumet. lane simmons, TrHuomtan:
Cathcrin, Walsh Greenland. Mary
white. Calumet. Anna carroll. Ham
cocR Ella Crowley. Calumet Nannir
Eerrrr L'Nusc. Mary Gatherer. Rock
land, Lorna Macdonald. Dollar Bay,
Ruth Mcssucr Rockland: Cresencc
Schroeder. Calumet Ina Paisa. I.au-
rum Lulu PAUL, Calumet, Amy Trey
arrow, Calumet: Lillian TrcviIllan.
Iaurium, Lauctta War,ham, Calumet.
Mary ferguson. Outouagur: Mary
sullivan. Calumet, Ruth TIndcau,
Greenland