Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-12-11

I'VE pick it up along the rum Are
you allowed to do so?" They can
not stop US. Virgin tried to stop US,
went on Mrs Brown, land said thai
we we're stealing. But told him that
I didn't consider it stealing in broad
| daylight, and that / intended to take
1t as long as we needed it, ! am MOI
| now discussing the delicate question
| of ethics herein involved. / am mere
| ly reporting facts and conditions as
we observed them. Mrs. Brown alst
informed us that she had packed up
| most of her things - Il was reported
others told US LIS eoo--that the
company was goiIE: 70 put them out
Of their little hon IN. Monday next
| December 1st:) All can say is that
if they do they viii be guilty of
crime before God whether it be a
crime in West Virginia or not. The
weather is inclement, and the chill
dren are sick, and no man has a RICH:
to put them out of their shelter, wheth.
er he holds a lease under God to tina
| shelter, or not.
| Let me mention at this point tina
all the people with whom we spoke
and We spoke with quite number
were pleasant and agreeable, and seem
ed to be peaceably disposed and to de
sire only fair treatment. and peace
lbove~ all things. And Romick too
/ occasion time and again to say tt
different ones: Now mind, Pm tell
ing you straight, avoid trouble an
do not allow any liquor to be brough
/ m under 9nV pirnl1m stance
| We next made a brief call at tn
| house of a Slavish woman. She an
her children, and a number of mel
came out on the porch to greet us
and invited us in, but it was gettinS
Hate. She was very pleasant woman
md L shall not coon forget the picture
that little red shanty with the
roup standing on the porch. of men
md children, and the woman. and two
goats,-a white one and brown one.
! There were several otlsNs = es We
wanted to go to. up on the hill, but
we were informed that il would be.
quite dangerous for us - Go so. and
IS it was beginning to grow dark, and
we had long walk bt lole US. We de-
cided that discretion vas the better
.,lrt of valor, and set out to re-tres-
nass the way We 1 aid come. We re
turned without adventure, except for
one rather amusing incident. Neither
Ron ick nor I had worn rubbers, as we
knew how muddy the roads would be.
But Richie had worn his, and we had
oeen telling him that they would get
lin into trouble, or at least that they
would not get him out of it So on
| 'e way back, we got quite little
i n ao1x uyn
lie stuck in the middle of the road anG
trying to pull his feet and his rubbers
out7of the mud at the same time. But
was persistent and patient. and
cry determined, and presently mind,
won out over the matter, and he came
tp with us again. . ~4
Now about the purpose of our mis-
ion We were not there in the inter
st of the strike. Our only interest
was to investigate the conditions, and
see for ourselves what the real need
If the people was. We heard quite
lumber of stories and rumors that
lrgued the seriousness of the situation
but what one could not very well~re-
peat without affidavit from those whom
we heard them. That the company is
to blame for conditions as we found
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sert; but that the people are respon-
sible would fbe likewise untrue, as
there is certainly nothing in their
work. nor in their surroundings to con-
tribute to their uplift, and very much
10 drag them down. My own opinion
is that they are deserving of assistance
and that they are of a kind to respond
to any assistance that is offered in the
} proper spirit.
What can be done? Well for one
thing an investigation can b. made by
the proper authorities, whether Coun-
ity or State; and the very least that l
can say is, that the conditions that we
lobserved with our own eyes demand
such an investigation. And that, is
the value of the hearsay as we'll as of
1.-THE direct evidence, for the very rumors
that are in the air form not the least
!, share of the dangers of the situation
And personally and / think can
sneak for the two gentlemen that were
with me, shall be glad to cooperate
with the authorities, and do anything
in my power to restore the conditions
in Golfers Triple to normal, a state in
which they certainly cannot be said
to be in at the present time.