Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-12-04

something vas holding him down, that
he had an aneher somewhere. And /
found IL was the woman. Often as
not you'll be doing the wise thing to
give the woman Inc union cara anu
let the man carry it,;
The Lathers viii help you make
Wheeling hnlon Town.
Miss Emmelinne Pitt
Miss Emmehnne Pitt, OF the Wom-
an Trade Union League OF Pittsburgh
Was the next speaker. Sc addressed
herself particularly to the ladies pre-
sent, ana urged them 10 speak the gos-
pei OF uniOnlsm among the women
Her talk Was brief. but to the point.
Rev. w. r.. Fields
Rev. w. H. FIELDS was then called
on Tor a teWfemarKS. Mr.. Fields was
not on the program, but ne was noticed
IN the ato1enee as welcome and in
terested nearer, and the chairman call
ed upon nlm.: :. He spoke briefly but in
j way that pleaseu the auulence I'M
mensely. He assured the workers that
lis church, and that ne felL that he
coul0 speak authOritatiVely. for the
board OF trustees, would welcome the
Alen OF labor to explain the aims and
| objects OF the class movement to the
congregation.
Grant Hamilton
| Grant Hamilton enQe0 the list OF
speakers. Mr.. Hamilton, the chair
| man explained, had been reserved Ior
| LAe last Oy Inc Committee IN preparing
the program because ne Was Tie repre-
| sentative OF Inc last Woru Ia me LABOR
movement, the parent BODY, the moth
er OF them all, the American Fe0era-
zion OF Labor.
Mr.. Hamilton, after joking bit at
the expense OF MIR. Lovely, VINO hau
sdld Where ne was MOI from, but ha0
not said where he was from, but VINO,
he explained, was sally from st. LOUIS,
iduncne0 directly lnlO ms subject by
ueclallng LuaI the Labor movement
was not BASED upon desire Tor sympa-
| Thy OUT Was a sirlcLIy business pro-
gLsluOn IN mat IL Was an arrange
--4cnL ny Wnlcn the Wo1Aer could get a
iigher price 1or The only thing he hao
| 70 Se1I-nlS labor power.
i He cOntended that all churches
should hot De concerned because
some OF the members were hypocrites
..ud anLagOnisuc toward organized La
DOR. Nellher should there be a line
VI delnarcaIion between the worker
and the snirker in the matter of cloth
eS
Il sometimes wear a silk hat" said
MI. Hamilton. Il nave swallow tail
coat on now. l 1ave patient leather
shoes. | dress well, because | believe
that if anybody in the world has a right
loo dress well it is the workers to pro
duce it all.
The Labor organization" he con
tinued, lis formed for the purpose OF
getting the highest possible wages, the
shortest possible hours and the best
possible conditions. When it is tried
20 include more thap that trouble be.
There have been given great epoch
al periods in history: Once men were
not allowed to think, and that battle
was fought and won; then they had to
light for free speech, for free assem-
Dlage, for free press, and now the last
and greatest has been for the right to
worship God according to the dictates
of our own conscience. These battles
have been won, but the price of liberty
lis eternal vigilance, and we must have
a card to keep these cardinal princi
pies from being infringed upon.
"The Labor union then, in it's last
analysis, 81 but,a business method OF
gaining the things your own sells in
terest dictates. 1t is just because it is
this exactly, that employers who are
not afraid of the politicians.
i $50 your movement here, if con
dIcted properly, will debound to the
DtAei-t IF the entire state But all
contentious must be eliminated, and ii
men are big and broad minded t.ey
will wipe out the contention, if any
exists, and if they are small and mar
row they will not. But all that is don
must be done by hard work. Benefits
cannot be accomplished by legerde;
main. The age Of miracles in past.
think you will have great success an,
| want to promise you my assistance an.
my personal best wishes.