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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
SETTLEMENT REACHED

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 9.-Confer-
ences have been going on since May
between the management of the Kan
sas City Southern Railroad and the
committee representing the different
shop organizations have resulted in an
agreement. Among the principal de-
mands made by the committee repre-
senting the shop men were future ne
gotiations with the federated trades
and an increase in the wage scale. 1t
is stated that the railroad representa-
tives at first refused to deal with the
federation asserting that they would
only treat with the representatives OF
each trade separately. 1t is now said
that, although the settlement has not
been given out as yet, the railroads
finally receded from their position, and
will now deal with the federation OF
trades, as well as agreeing to an In
crease of u cents to 2 cents an nour.
and also six-day week OF nine hours
each.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
.NOuhdSVi||e Body
Has Busy Meeting

Moundsville Traces and Labor As
sembly was we'll attended last Sun
day, all the crafts being represented
but three. President Clark being alb
sent on account of sickenss, Brother
Roy Morris presided as president. A
report was made that Lawyer Martin
Brown who made application for the
Injunction of the local newstape i >,
was in the employ Of the Uniteu .Mlne
Workers of America. The secretary
was instructed to write the mine work-
ers. The Legislative Committee was
instructed to take steps to have a I'M
ion clause inserted in the franchise
being asked for by the Bell Telephone
Company for the purpose of running
their lines through Marshall County.
Joseph A. Armstrong, the Assem-
bly's delegate to the Metal Trades
Section at Wheeling, made his repofa.
The committee on the Printers
made report that the merchants
were still standing solid in unions
favor in regard to advertising.
The Label League made a fine re-
port showing they are busy, getting
lots of pledges that the signers will
not buy any good newspapers, etc,
without the union label
A committee was instructed to get
out Moundsyille edition of the Labor
papers in the near future. 1t will in.
clude views of prominence and citi
Zens of Moundsville.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
Great Crowds Everywhere
Hear The Working Class
Cand nate For Congress

Everywhere great crowds assembled
to hear Walter B. Hilton, the working
class candidate for congress in the
First District Although there are no
brass bands, and in. spite OF the fact
that the capitalist controlled daily pa
pers everywhere ignore the meetings,
the crowds are larger than those as
sembling to hear the candidates of the
old parties and their spell binder as
sistants.
For days before an old party meet
ing the dead walls were filled with
boosts and the ward heelers make
every effort to swing the crowd. of
hangers-on into line, and the fact that
with all this the crowds are not as
large generally as those gathering to
hear Hilton shows that the workers
are awakening, and they cannot much
longer be fooled by the paid foolers OF
capitalism.
~ Prevent Meetings.
At Fairmont, following the Labor
Day demonstration at which Hilton
spoke in behalf OF the Trades Assem-
bly,, the subservent city council pass
ed, at the behest of fhe Consolidated
Coal company, an ordinance prohibit,
ing any open air meeting or parade
without the permission of the chief of
police and mayor. Since then Both
officials have refused all requests for
permits The Hilton meeting at Fair
mont was accordingly held in the court
house, as the local workers have start
ed test case In the arrest and con-
vlciton of Anna Maley or speaking in
Monongah.
At Clarksburg the same soft of an
ordinance was passed Immediately az
ter this was rushed through the Fair
mont body. Both towns now deny the
right OF free speech and free assem-
Eblage. II these RusSuain statutes are
allowed to stand it will go a long way
toward preventing ,the organization OF
the United Mine Workers and toward
preventing any strike or labor demon
stration Of any sort or character. The
Socialists and trade uniOnists intend
to fight this legislation and carry it
to the highest courts if necessary, to
establish in West Virginia the rights
guaranteed by the constitution of the
United States. instead of the arbitrary
rule Of the Coal Barons.
Many Meetings.
Meetings were addressed by. Hilton
during the past week al FollansOee,
Weston, Shinnston, Faifmont, Man
nington and MeundsvilIe. He will
speak at Clarksburg at 1880 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon and at Salem the
same evening. On Sunday afternoon he
will address sansmeeting of miners at
Mt. Glare, and on Monday close the
campaign with meeting at Wells
burg, where Mayor Caldwell attempt
ed to prevent a meeting the last time
Hilton spoke there.
Great Enthusiasm.
Everywhere the enthusiasm among
the workers runs high and it is as
sured now that the vote for the So
cialist candidate will. be surprising and
Isend the shivers Of fear up and down
the backs of the robbers and grafters
of the First Congressional District of
West Virginia.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
President NcNu|ty.
Visits Wheeling

International President F. j. Nc
NultV. of the International Brother
hood of Eietrieal Workers, visited the
city. In Nnnversation with a repre-
sentative Afthe Majority he stated the
Electrical Workers were in the best
shape theyhave ever been in. The
revenue was heavier than ever before
in it's history, SO, he says, you can see
We are not hurt by the seceders. He
stated the next court battle with the
seceders will come up in January
at Cincinnati. The convention just
closed he stated, was the longest and
best attended one ever held, but
through new arrangement it will not
take SO long again. He will leave in
two. weeks for Seattle, Wash, to at
tend the A. F. of L. convention. He
stated in his opinion, Sam Gompers
would be elected again and in fact
as long as he would have the office.
President McNulty said 3he was just
paying Local No. 141 fraternal visit
no particular object in view He thinks
the Federal Unions are means for
good work in the small towns, as mem
bers of Electricians are Joining where
there are not enough to form local.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
The Only Working Glass Candidate for Congress in the First District
Socialists To Have Judges---Other Ohio News

The Socialists will have judges in
three different pr eincts at the com
ing election in Bellaire besides clerks
in three different voting booths. Two
of them will be in the First ward and
one in the second.
The article in last weeks Majority
in reference to the notice given the
miners in the daily papers when they
gave their parade in Wheeling Miners
day, met with the hearty approval of
all union men who were fortunate
enough to read it. Had it been an
article on some obscene and degener-
ate subject that the company had for
publication or an account of monkey
dinner by some Of the people from
whom they beg living by advertise
ment, it would have held two columns
on the front page. but being an &C
count of working men, it was relegated
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09

to the middle of the paper. The
Wheeling papers should kindly bear
in mind that fully one third of their
readers are miners and that when the
the Majority becomes daily they'll
have a chance to scrape up new
bunch of readers.
Notes of Mines and Miners.
Albert Greenwood prominent coal
miner of South Bellaire, who has been
unable to be out owing to injuries re
ceived in the Pultney mine while at
work is able to be out again after a
ccnnle of weeks illness.
The mines in Ohio on the C. & P.
were unable to work Saturday and
part of Friday owing to scarcity of
flats. 1t is thought that they will be
able to resume in full alter couple
more weeks. All of the mines have
plenty of orders and it is the desire OF
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
INTRODUCES LOAN BILL.

Washington Oct Representative
Frank Buchanan, of Illinois, a member
of the labor group, has introduced a
bill in the house amending the act
of June %, 1910, and act to establish
postal savings repositories for deposit
ing savings with the government HE
bill contains an elaborate scheme
whereby the government is to receive
deposits from individuals and corcpra-
tons. It. is also contemplated that
there shall be created loan bureau
under the supervision of a board q
trustees, for the purpose OF making
loans on agricultural lands ard : :
provements, homes and or other pur-
poses. The annual rate of interest Is
placed at 3 per cent, and with a time
limit OF twenty years. It is further
provided that counties, cities, villages
townships school districts, or any
other public taxing body can borrow
money from the government for the
construction of public works within
Ia prescribed limit. One provision
makes it possible for those who desire
to purchase homes to borrow a sum
not to exceed so per cent of the assess
ed valuation. \ The scheme of the bill
is for the purpose of providing means
for those who have small means to
secure home at reasonable rate of
interest on deferred payments, as well
as affording states and subdivisions
thereof, empowered to levy taxes, an
Opportunity % promote public works,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
CONTINUED ON PAGE Q
CONSTITUTES 54-HOUR LAW

Austin, Tex. Oct. 9.-The fifty-four
hour law passed by the recent legisla-
ture limiting the hours of female en-
ployes applies to women employed as
operators in private telephone ex-
changes, providing such employees are
working in towns of more than 5000
inhabitants. This was the ruling OF
the Attorney General when the Ques-
ton was brough up by the Labor De-
partment of the State. Prior to this
decision there was doubt as to the ap-
plicability of this act when operators
working as such in private exchanges
were on duty as operators for only a
few hours of the day, but the remain
der of the time working as stenograph
ers and clerks.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
FAVOR AMENDMENT.

New oYrk, Oct. g.. The New York
State Workmen's Compensation Com
mittee of the National Civic Federation
met here for the purpose of planning a
campaign to arouse interest in the
adoption of proposed amendm ept to
the constitution of the state of New
York. The amendment if adopted by
the people, will enable the legislature
to pass compulsory workmens com
pensation law at it's next session The
State Federation of Labor has indors-
ed the amendment and was represent
ed at the conference of it's president.
Other labor officials of national repute
also attended, and a number of large
employers were also present.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
CHANGES PLAN

Washington, Oct. 9.-Recently it was
announced by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels that Navy Yard employees
would be represented on the wage
boards but it now develops that a
change is to be made in that plan, and
the United States Department of La
Dor is to be called upon to determine
the wage scale for the different yards.
The law requires that navy yard en-
ployes be paid wages equivalent to
those in civil establishments in the
.cinity.' The Secretary of the De-
partment of Labor therefore will make
the investigation and report his find.
ings Ito the Navy Department, thus
eliminating the former plan of placing
representatives of the navy yard
workmen on the wage boards as pre-
viously.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
Senator Montgomery
Makes Statement
To The Public.

Senator Samuel B. Montgomery,
Legislative Representative of the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America, in West
Virginia, gave out the following Off
cial statement in reply to a query as
to the position organized labor would
take in response to the concerted ac-
ton OF the coal operators of the N. &
W. and Fairmont' fields, at the Hunt
ington convention called by their Or
ganization, The Coal Operators Pro-
tective Association.
'AThe object of the meeting held in
Huntington, and which brought about
the formation of the Coal Operators
Protective Association was officially
declared to be for the purpose of:
Making concerted action for the
protection of the property of all the
coal operators in West Virginia, from
destruction by the Socialists, other
wise9known as the United Mine Work
ers of America.
1And for this purpose a Million
dollar" defense fund was raised and
as much more pledged as the ton
mage will stand
"a gentleman prominently identi-
fed with the newly framed associa
ton, made this statement:
We intend to elect conservative
men to Office. Demagogues and agita
tors are a menae to business and WI
will drive the radicals out
Practically every big coal operator
in the Norfolk and Western region
attended the meeting. The Con-
solidation Coal Company of FairmeS
had representative there. The meet
ing was called by the N. & w. opera
tors after they had received the let
ter from Mr. Thomas Haggerty, rep
resenting the United Mine Workers,
in which he asked the operators of the
N & W. fields to meet their employer
in joint conference, at which scale
of wages and conditions of employ
ment would be agreed upon without
an industrial conflict. 1t was then
that the N. & w. operators attempted
to hold a statewide conference of the
coal operators, union and non-union, IN
the hope that they could create an
issue by which they would not only
enlist the active support of all coal
operators in preventing their men
from enjoining the union, but also en-
list at -least the synpath a,gesssst
of various business men through their
organization.
in their concerted action the Coal
Operators Protective Association have
made the bold statement that the So
cialists are working here in this state
under the guise of 'The United Mine
Workers Of America This is merely
a subfnrfuge, an excuse, a blind. dust
thrown into the eyes of the fair-mind-
ed citizens of West Virginia in order
to make it easy for the operators to
continue to Cypress the miners and
deprive them of their natural, legal
and common rights Of humanity. The
United Mine Workers of America is
made up of men Of all parties. The
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America is not socialist and
another high officer is now serving as
president pro TEN of the State Senate
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
ENGINEERS THREATEN STRIKE

New Haven, Conn, Oct. "a vote
on the question of giving support to
the officers of the United Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
even to the extent of going on strike,
10 enforce a demand Tor the Wltiu. j "
al of rules recently promulgated by the
general manager of the New oYrk,
New Haven and Hartford road is now
going on. The rules where ii ic proyid-
ed that in promotions or assignments
to special runs, engineers fitness must
De as much a governing condition as
seniority" The engineers object to the
word fitness, owing to the fact that
it is feared that the construction which
can be placed upon the particular word
would in effect destroy the seniority
custom so long in vogue
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
SILK WORKERS STRIKE

Hazelton, Pa, Oct. 9.-The plant of
the Luzerne Silk Throwing company
in Larksville has been closed down be-
cause of the strike of its employees. The,
employees joined union some time ago
and upon the officers of the company
learning this, things were made as
s.npleagant as possible for mem
bars of the local union employed at the.
mill, and finally two of the employees,
the. President and Secretary 1of the
Union, were discharged. The other
employees made an ineffective effort to
have the discharged men reinstated
but, falling, went on strike in self
protection. This company also oper-
ates mill at Freeland, and unless the.
company recedes it is rumored that the
employees of the latter plant will also
go out. :.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
LAWS IN EFFECT

Albany Oct. Practically all laws
enacted at the regular session of the
Legislature, improving working condi-
tons for factory and mercantile en-
ployes, went into effect October 1.
Prominent among these measures are
at least one full day of rest in seven,
providing for additional sanitary appli,
ances, protection from fire and mach
inery and placing greater restrictions
on sweat shops and tenement house
industries, as we'll as labor performed
by women and children Most Of these
laws are the result of the researches
and recommendation of the State Fac
tory Investigating Commission
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
Against
Moundsville Workers

The injunction given to the local
newspaper by Judge Heryey has not
yet been tried. The Assembly and Off
GERS and following locals are named:
Typographical No TIP. American Flints
No. 10, Flints No. SO, BARRIERS No. 1893,
Painters and Paper Hangers No. 423,
Musicians No. 1872 and Retail Clerks.
They did not get their number, but
named their officers all right. The
rest Of the locals were not mentioned
but covered members and associates
of the MoundsVille Trades and Labor
Assembly.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09

the company to get full time if pos
sible.
In Saturdays paper the Wheeling
trust daily had<a lengthy story of a
new mine to be opened by the A. J.
Morgan coal ompany at Fairpoint in
the near future. The Ma1ori's print
ed an article as to the>s tartins of this
mine nearly a month ago.
The trouble at the Webb mine of
the Geo. Jones company at Weegee
below Bellaire was satisfactorily set
tied to both the men and the company
this week and the mine is working in
full The men went to work pending
settlement, said settlement being
that the boss over whom the strike
was called be given eight days to leave
the mine. 1t is thought the company
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
LAso R MAN GETS POSITION.

Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 4:-The Com
mission Of Labor and Industry has ap-
pointed Francis Feehan of Allegheny
county, as supervising inspector for
the Western Pennsylvania district Mr.
Feehan is well and favorably known
among the coal miners of the country,
and during the last few months was
one of their legislative representatives
in Washington, D. G.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09

bids on bolts from the Midvale, Beth
lehem and Carnegie Companies, and
each submitted a price of $548 per ton.
of 500 more per ton than the figure
named by the Carbon Company. To
the same end, and for. similar reasons
the New York Navy Yard has secured
a contract for making two tons Of
bronze bolts, the figure named by the
three companies being very much high
er than that made by the New York
Navy Yard>
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
TO BOOST PAY.

Washington, Oct. "a bill increas.
ing the salaries of rural mail carriers
on routes six miles in length $40 per
month and on longer routes $50 per
month has been introduced in the
House of Representatives by Represen-
tative Woodruff. The increases are
proposed because of the additional
work entailed on account of the parcel
INST
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
NOundSVl||G To
Start Union Daily

Moundsville is to have a new news
paper, to be called the Mounds vile
Advocate" They have 1900 subscrip-
tons signed up for one year, and oyer
three quarters Of the capital stock has
already been taken by local stock
holders. They viii put in an up-to-
date press and Linotype machine The
paper will be run as an evening edi-
ton. 1t will also carry labor news as
furnished by the Associated Press and
Labor Bureau.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
RAILROAD BILL REPORTED.

Washington, Oct. 9.-Under the
terms Of bill favorably reported to
the house by the Committee ON Terri
tories President Wilson is authorized
to take steps to build a government
railroad in Alaska and issue $50, 000, 900
In bonds for its construction. The pur-
pose of the road is to connect the SUI
sitna Valley with the Seaboard and
also open up the Boring River coal
fields, connecting Nome, Valdez and
Fairbanks. A bill of a similar charac.
ter has already passed the Senate.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
eEr NEW coNrRAcr-

Houston, Tex, Oct. 9.-1The Stage
Employees have secured a new contract
which will eventually cover every the
alter in this city. Every house has
signed, except one, and it is expected
that as soon as the manager returns
to this city from an extended trip b.
IN 4lsO sign he sggoomeDt
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
ANOTHER BLOW At TRUST

Washington, Oct. 9.xThe Secretary
of the Navy has awarded>a contract for
sixty-one. tons of steel bolts for use in
the construction of battleship~ No. SO
to the Carbon Steel Company at a con
tract price of $448 a ton. Heretofore
it has been customary to give the con-
tract for furnishing the bolts to the
successful bidder for the armor plate
contract. This year, however the
Navy Department called for separate
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09
WANT LABOR TEMplE

Akron, O., Oct. efforts are being
made by the Central Labor Union to
secure sufficient funds for the erection
of a Labor Temple. Active work is
now being done to raise the money.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-10-09

'7nNwvNTrED IN pAGE ia
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-11-07

c. H. Brickbill, OF the Pacific Tele-
phone system, was in town two or
three days this week, and while here
made several changes in the local
telephone office that are a greater
convenience in handling the switch
board.
Mine Host Grubb is arranging TO
put in a telephone service in every
room of the new hotel, another met
ropolitan feature that will make the
new hotel one of the best equipped
in the state outside of the largest
cities.
Unknown parties have been in the
habit of swiping small jays of lum-
Der. shingles, lath, etc, from Grleger
lumber yard, and in order to make 1t
more difficult for petty pilferlng a
fence is being built around the yard'
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-11-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Several parents visited the school
during the past week.
Sixteen names have been handed
in for places on the basket ball team
A hocky club will soon be started,
and it is safe to say fast team will
be the outcome.
The High School Dramatic club will
give an old time minstrel show on
Thanksgiving night.
The debate, Resolved, That Caesar
was a better military leader than Ma
poleon." held in the I'd English class,
was won by the affirmative. The de-
bators were Owen Wheeler and Miss
Goldie Mitchell for the affirmative,
and Charles Cole and Miss Gertrude
Granger for the negative. The ques-
ton was stated by Miss Daisy STAINS
bury.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-11-07
Mr.. Grathwohl, who was so serious

Mr.. Grathwohl, who was so serious
~ hurt in a runaway two weeks ago,
is resting as easily as could be expect
cd considering the nature of his in
iuries. At the best, however, 1t Will
he upward of two months before he
can be out and around.
Revival services all next week In
the Methodist church. Rev. Morton
will speak next Sunday at IL a. m.
Miss Hayes will speak in the afternoon
at 8. Miss Paine will speak in the
evening at 1880. Sunday school at 10
q. m. Epworth League at $50 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Bean, of the Sim
llkameen valley, were in town We'd
nesday. They came this far in COM
pany with two cousins of Mrs Bean,
who were departing for their eastern
homes after a visit of several weeks.