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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
The Poor, Poor Man

apply to charity"
He knocks at the door of the church.
He hears them praying inside.
He listens and there falls upon his
ears these words: -.
"Our Father who art in heaven; hal
lowed be thy name"
Whose father?
OUR father" u
1t must be his father, too.
But listen.
Give US this day our daily bread"
"Sure!" thought the Poor. Poor Man.
.that's what / came for" and almost
unconsciously he exclaimed: Amen.
When they had finished the prayer
the Poor, Poor Man walked into the
building and humbiy asked for piece
of that bread they were praying for;
I he was very hungry.
"Are you honest?" asked one OF the
sanity deacons who wore an affidavit
face.
aSure." answered the poor man, "ol
lPd be stealing instead Of begging; but
ITm very hungry wont you please
Igtye me come of that bread
"Do you drink asked the deacon:
4No only just before the elections
when the candidates are giving Liquor
Iaway.
ldrink3
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

AUGUST BEBEL has written biography "My
Life, (The University Of Chicago Press Chicago) which,
addition to it's interest recordof onewho shares
with Ker Hardy the honor Of being the greatest and
ovabe characters in the world of Labor has the added
value Of being history Of the development Of the work
ing class movement in Germany
trade Bebels early life spent in the poverty that is
the customary lot of those who do the useful work Of the
world His education acquired in this hard school Of
experience and when he tried to tell his fellow workers
that they should get together and take control Of things
he sent to prison for high treason While ncarcerated
he wrote his epochal book woman" The masters sent
him prison but his fellows sent him to the Rechstag
and in both places he served his fellow workers so well
that his will be embamed forever in the hearts of
the working people of the world I
No other book published contains the wealth of his
torical matter relative the growth of the German labor
movement expressed ndustray in the Trades Unions
and politically in the Social Democratic party Bebe has
been the thick of from the beginning for his hardest
abors at time when working class agitation
punishable. crime and Marx and Enges were exes
in London.
The book should be read by every Socialist and Union
s every friend Of the oppressed and every student Of the
progress Of mankind
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

Spreading from land to land-e1n-
.bracing class after class as they rose
toward thel ight-from king and priest
to noble and patr1cian, to merchant
and guildmaster, to burger and jour,
neyman, down to the man in the ditch,
the negro in the cottonfieA, the VIZ
man in the home. Shall then in the
face of this all-embraciHg woFld-con.
Quering force despair at democracy;
or shun it as a weapon of my class?
This republic started as sham
democracy, ruled by slave owners and
traders.
Less than one hundred and thirty
thousand people enjoyed the franchise
at the first presidential election. These
were property owners.
Then little by little it grew. Every
new territory that entered the sister
hood of slaves, brought withsita larger
mSIsure of self government. Gradual
ly property and educational qualities
ton disappeared from the statue books.
Manhood suffrage became the rule.
And of late direct legislation and wo-
man suffrage is sweeping: state after
tate.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
Fannie Sc||iIlS
Tells Of Strike

Fannie Sellins, representing the
United Garment Workers. appeared be-
fore the Belmont Trades and Labor AS
sembly Sunday and delivered a most
interesting talk on labor conditions in
general and the st. Louis strike situa-
ton in particular. There the Gar
ment Workers are on strike, and these
workers. mostly women and girls, are
fighting valiantlY for the right to or
ganize and have some little voice in
the conditions under which they work
Her talk was given the closest atten-
ton by the delegates, and the inten-
ton of all present is to report the
matter back to their locals and~have
them all hustle to help the Garment
Workers of st. Louis. The Assembly
broke it's iron clad rule, and made a
cash donation to help the strikers.
Miss 'Sellins is most capable rep
resentative and is a hustler for her
fellow workers every minute of the
day. She is visiting labor unions every
night and will be in this section for
two weeks at least. if the St. Louis
strike continues that longs She is a
Socialist candidate for school board in
the St. Louis municipal election now
pending.
New Delegates.
The following new delegates were
obligated.
Brewery Workers No. 34S-George
Miller and Charles Kuhner
Bottle Blowers No. 73-Luther Kin.
mes and Charles Lemming.
| Eocke's Still Unfair.
| The Iocke shoe stores were renOrt
ed still unfair.
| New Business Agent.
| W. C. Upperman's place as business
agent was filled by the election OF
John ], Sheehan, of the Engineers.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
Socialists Hear
|. w. w. Speech

At the meeting of the Wheeling
Branch, Socialist party, in the Trades
Assembly hall last Monday evenin. F.
G. Green, a visitor, was given the
floor upon the conclusion Of the regu-
lar business, at his own request, and
RECALLED his hearers with a typical /.
w. w. speech in which everybody who
lid not agree with the ]. w. w. was de-
and in which the A. F., of L. was de-
clared to be but comparatively small
organization and the !. w. w. was de-
dared to have 100000 members. He
was answered by A. L. Bauer, w. A.
Peters and Walter B. Hilton.
The former, veteran OF the Labor
movement in all its phases, knows the
talIacies of /. w. W.ism through long
years of bitter experience. He was
for years delegate to the central Ia
Dor body in Chicago, and later, Gin
cinnati. Mr.. Peters, decorator, and
member of Painters No. 81, spoke
from experience, too, having been a
delegate to the New York Central
Federated Union for years, and having
been familiar with the tactics Of the
old s. T. & L. A., the forerunner OF
the l. w. W.ism, which exploded finally
after a fitful existence.
Not Consistent.
Mr.. Green is as inconsistent as the
average /. w. w. booster. He talks OF
solidarity" while he is sowing the
seeds Of disruption and dualism in the
city of Wheeling, city in which the
solidarity of labor at present is re-
markable. He talks Of the workers
being exploited and being falsely
taught, when he himself is book
agent, and when he makes sale to a
workingman, knows that he is .charg-
ing him SIP for books the mechanical
cost of which is less than So, and in
ducing him to read the Cosmopolitan
Magazine, which will feed his mind for
one year. on capitalist hodge podge.
He is ready to charge Gompers with
selling his opinions for his living, while
he, himself does this to the workers
for the commission he gets out OF the
sale. He is willing to let the capital
list make Sc on the workingman, if he
gets So for himself. He beasts Of sell.
ing 35 sets In the Red Letter factory
in one day.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

II don't know" anwsered the Poor
Poor Man, but I'm hungry; won't you
give me small slice of that bread?"'
why don't you sell something and
buy your own bread?" persisted the
deacon.
Il amt got anything to sell, but my
labor, and can't find job" said the
Poor, Poor Man.
"Why don't you own some land?'
asked the deacon.
ut was all gobbled up before l was
born" replied the Poor. Poor Man.
"Was you ever in jail?"
mo; but I'm very hungry; are you
going to give me some of that bread
that you prayed for Our Father tt
give us?"
Were your mother and grandmothel
good women?"
yes, can't l have some of thai
bread, now?"
"Do your wife and children attend
church and Sunday school?" continued
the deacon.
my wife is dead, and my children
have no clothes fit to wear to Sunday
school or church. Now, I'm very hun
cry; won't you please give me some
of that bread?"
The deacons conferred with several
of the members and all agreed that
the geneology was not good enough tc
warrant them to treat him as fiji
subject for charity, and the deacon
told him that he must first find jot
and then buy some better clothes fol
himself and children SO they could at
tend church and Sunday school, then
they could have some of the bread
which "Our Father" would send.
The Poor, Poor Man turned away
with a, sad heart.
verify" he muttered to himself, 90
voted for bread and got stone, ,and
he straightway hiked his way to 6
saloon to bum. bowl of soup.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
Better Organize


Washington, April 1O.-The Court OF
appeals in an opinion by Justice Van
'orsdel has affirmed the opinion of the
lower court in favor Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, which
was sued by &c orge r. Robinson. a
Pullman porter, for injuries received
1910. The appellate court holds, with
tne lower court, that Pullman porter
IS not employed by the railroad COM
pany' over whose lines the car is being
uIawn. The court decided that at
me time OF the injury Robinson was
not IN the employ OF theNB. & o. rail-
aoau, and also that his. contract Of
employment with the Pullman Com
pany constitutes q bar to recover from
The railroad company This decision
Is said to be the first one az this
United States - u =
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
Call
City Convention

wheeling Socialists will have a full
ticket in the field for the election on
| the second Tuesday in May. There
| never was any doubt of it,. except in
the minds of some place hunting poll
ticians, who hoped that it would not
come, but the final action was taken
last Monday night, when at the regu.
|,lar meeting of Wheeling City. Branch
convention call was authorized for
Monday, April FL.
Teh Socialists are enthusiastic over
their prospects, particularly if Bull
Moose ticket is put in the local field,
which now seems assured. The bust
ness interests have it all arranged to
elect H. l.. Kirk, the present appointed
incumbent, and it seems to have been
arranged to keep all strong candidates
off the Democratic ticket so as to
make the election of Kirk assured.
Pete Haberstick finally took the job of
Democrat candidate against Kirk, Col.
Jere A. Miller, who would have made
strong candidate, having declined to
run.
The Socialists will have a complete
ticket. not alone for the general offices,
but, for every councilmanic office in
the city. They realize that this is to
be hard fought campaign, for the
corporations, always on the job, have
brought out hundreds of candidates
for council, and the average citizen
can smell franchises this far off.
The Socialists plan red hot cam
paign of three weeks duration. A
weekly paper will be placed in every
home. and half dozen of the most
noted Socialist speakers in America
are to be brought here
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

THONGS Carnahan, one of Wheel
ing's oldest printers, died Monday al
his home 1852 Main street of neurf
tbs, after a two Weeks illness, at the
age of 20. He was a member OF
Wheeling's old National. Typographical
Union that disbanded after losing the
strike of 1877, and has been continu-
Gus member of No. 70 of the Interna-
tional since its formation in 1880. He
has worked. in the offices of all the
dailies here, and during recent years
hassbeen employed in the News job
rooms. He leaves one son, Thomas,
Jr.. of the Geo. M. Shook store. The
funeral was held Wednesday, with in
terment 81 ae nall bearers
were all old time printers: Richard
Robertson, George Barr. John Winder,
Frank Neer. James Harvie and Ned
Sims. The Printers had a beautiful
floral offering Our Brother" in the
design of a union label
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

During the Socialist administration
many successful undertakings have
been started by the working class adj
ministration, and they have uniformly
been carried to success.
The campaign leading up to the cleo
ton Monday was hot one. All of the
forces behind the former Democratic
and Republican parties augmented by
plenty of laid" from the mining inter
ests fought the Socialist candidates.
Aided by the daily newspapers of the
city, they poured forth their yitriolic
wrath upon the working class admins
tration, but the work Of the Socialists
Twas too well known to suffer from the
lattacks Of the combined old parties.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
MoundSViIIe Journal
And Echo Unfair To
Organized Labor

Moundsville, W. Va, April g.
The Assembly was we'll attended, al
trades affiliated beingsfepresented but
the engineers. 1t is hoped that the
OV. T. & L. A will have more dele
gates present, some of the delegates
have never appeared to be eRAgated.
Busy on Mound.
The committee on the mound report
ed they had been busy on the matter
the idea is to get an appropriation
through the legislature to buy the
property in front Of the mound facing
JEFFERSON avenue, giving clear view
from the state penitentiary. The sec
rotary was instructed to write to dlf:
ferent locals throughout the state and
get their help in the matter.
Label Committee App0infed.
The Assembly came to the conclu-
sion that the idea Of the Assembly as
whole acting as a label committee
would mot work, so new label COM
mittee was appointed, as follows: Don
ley, from the Flints; Lowe, from the
Printers; White, from the clerks, the
secretary to act as treasurer.
Must Quit Barberinq.
A glass cutter started Saturday
Tnight barber shop, the BARRIERS brought
action against him in the Trades AS
sembly. They claim he never learned
the business and could not join then
union. The Assembly instructed the
secretary to write the president OF
the Flints in regard to him, as the
local to which he belongs did not seem
to want to take the matter up.
Receives Charter.
The charter was received from the
American Federation Of Labor at
Washington. ]. w. Martin was elect
ed as district organizer of the A. r.
of L. The seereta ny was instructed TO
write the Cutters local of the Fllnts
that they had better join the Assembly
while the joining was good, or that
the matter would be- referred to
President Gompers, as the Assembly
is affiliated now and all locals must
join
journal and Echo Unfair.
A lot Of talk was enaged in regard
ing the Printers trouble at the Journal
and Echo offices. 1t has been claimed
by some that Mr.. Shaw said II the
union had been represented by men
he would have soon settled it; that
got the Arbitration Committees goat,
as they have been working on the mat
ter. and they do not want to be called
boys. The Printers were commended
by the Assembly for their action, anC
the former action placing the Iourna
and Echo on the unfair list re-endorsed
The committee re ported that they had
reduced the subs ription list for the
unfair papers, and also had the prom
Use of some of the large advertisers
that they would withdraw their ads.
May Launch Paper.
The Assembly learned where they
could buy newspaper plant cheap, sc
after some discussion a committee
VAS appointed as follows: J.. w. Mar
Tin, Jack Nye. Geo. Clark, S. Zunbren
nen and Jos. A. Armstrong. They arr
to view the plant and also find out thu
necessary outlay to start daily pa
per- which will also be a labor papel
as we'll.
The Memorial Committee is getting
things in good shape for the Mem
ORAL Day, which comes May 25th
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
Creek Min Resumes

The creek mill will resume next
week, repairs of flood damage having
been completed. Mills Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4,
6, 10. II, IL. IA and is will start at
midnight Monday, and'7, and will
go on as soon as the motors Tor the
doubling shears are ready. There is
no mo. 49," - ;,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

WHEELING TELEPHONE GIRLS could with pro-
fit themselves tear leaf from the book Of the operators
Of Boston who have just secured wage increase from the
New England Telephone Company Of $25 for the first year,
$50 for the second and subsequent years. and 800 for the
ninth year. This wage increase Of from SO cents
to So week. It gained through the power of their
working for less than the cots Of living and if but organ
lied they could gain for themselves similar advantage.
And the whole Labor movement of this district will be glad
to help them.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10

STREET CAR MEN working seven days week are
not getting the full advantage of their unionism There
is no excuse for day week the street Con-
tnuous operation is necessary for occupations in
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-10
War In West Virginia

of West Virginia, the military commits
sion, by James I. Pratt, its president
says, relative to Mother Jones and her
co-defendants: Defendants deny that
the petitioners are, innocent Of the
charges against them, but on the con.
trary believe and So aver that the
|lPETtTioNENs 10 Guilty. there
Of"
The Supreme court, after having this
evidence before them, remanded the
cases of Mother Jones. Boswell, Par
sons, John Brown and others to THIS
SAME MILITARY COMMISSION TO
BE TRIED BY THEM.
In other words, the military commits
sion expressed in print and under oath
its belief in the guilt of the parties to
be tried, and the supreme court Oh
West Virginia then authorized this
commission, that had expressed its be-
lief before trial. to hear the case.
Never was such an unfair thing done
in the history of America.
1t was to be expected that the de-
iendants would have been convicted
IE6 case WAS LTfcU uuOSE CuCuA-
stances that we're peculiarly brutal.
1t was not a trial, but a cruel farce.
Mother Jones, over eighty years old,
but fighter from the word ago., who
has seen all sorts of injustice and
every kind of suffering, was SO over,
ONE by the horror OF the situation
that she tainted three times and was
inally borne from the court room in
4 helpless condition. ~
That isn't ell. The court was pre-
pairing to try the accused without
them being present, and when objec-
ton was made to this outrage, the
Judge advocate of the commission ex-
planned that they did not think the
presence Of the petitioners was neces-
sary and that If thee would lima
CINE they were present" it would do
Just as well. Such Vigorous protest
was made that finally the prisoners
were brought into court under armed
guard.
The cases grew out of strike that
has been on in West Virginia for a
year. The mining companies refused
to recognize the union and a strike
followed. An appeal by the mine own
ers was made to the governor and
troops were sent into the territory and
martial law declared. The brutality OF
1,OvrmrurUn nm DanR
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