Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
Victory
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Just before going to press (Wednes-
day night telephone message from
Rankin and Braddock, Pa, brings in
formation that at meeting of the
unions of steel workers at the places
mentioned the strikers received an
offer from the Steel Corporation of an
advance in wages, and the strikers
were also assured that the company
would not discriminate against the
union men if all returned to work. The
unions have accepted the proposal
and returned to the mills.
The organizers of the American
Federation of Labor will now proceed
to other districts in Pennsylvania in
an effort to secure similar advances in
wages and better conditions for the
steel workers. -
Pittsburgh, Feb. 12.-Thel mill COM
panies involved, with their usual fac
ility, have their customary quota of
thugs and deputies, and these company
bandits deliberately fired into a crowd
of citizens, composed mostly of Wo-
men and children, resulting in the
death or murder of one, and the prob
able fatal wounding of another, with
a dozen seriously injured. One man
was murdered in cold blood, the victim
being George ,Kaminski. AffidaVits
have been made which declare that
the man was shot by deputy, who
fiendishly followed his victim, shoot
ing him several times. No effort was
made by the authorities to hold an
inquest and place the guilt until a de-
mand was made upon the coroner to
perform his duty. .f
A committee of the Iron City Trades
Council called upon Coroner Jamison
and demanded that an inquest be held
on the death of the victim, George
Kaminski. Jamison informed the COM
mittee that he would hold an inquest,
and do everything he could to place
the responsibility. The committee of
the central body intend to see the
and enter criminal proceedings against
the officers of the company who hired
| the guards, and who were the cause of
the murder of George Kaminski and
the wounding of dozen others.
The Iron City Trades Council,
through committee, has also COM
municated with Governor Tener, and
urged IAN investigation of the shoot
| ing. The President of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor secured the introduce
ton of q concurrent resolution in the
Legislature, now in session at Harris
burg, Pa, Monday evening, which had
to lay over, under the rules, until
Wednesday,. The resolution called for
| the appointment of a committee of the
members of the Legislature to investi-
gate the shooting of the citizens at
Rankin, and the intimidation of the
representatives of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in pursuing their
legitimate mission of organizing the
steel workers in Pennsylvania.
Upon the heels of the strike comes
the announcement from. the Steel
! Trust to the effect that wage ad-
vance is forthcoming. This raise ap-
proximates Is per cent for the unskill-
ed laborers and about 10 per cent for
skilled mechanics. In other words,
those. now receiving 171a cents per
hour are to receive 20 cents, or %
cents per day increase. The increase
flor the skilled workmen is somewhat
indefinite, and the employees are as yet
unable to determine how the raise is
computed by the trust, for there
seems to be no general basis of com
putation. The raise is exceedingly
small, in some cases amounting only
to 221s cents per week.
| Organizers for the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, speaking the langu'
ages OF the workmen, are in touch
with the situation and endeavoring to
Interest other workmen in contiguous
territory.
= Aside from this field the A. F. of l.
/ has placed organizers and literature
| in the various steel centers, and the
reports from these places are to the
erect that much interest is being