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

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chosen as the spokesman for "one O
the largest Labor organizations in the
world, and to represent the Wheeling
division, W hich was 100 per cent or
ganized on the street railway lines
entering this city. 4
This is the best city of the worsr
state in the Union" continued Mr.
WEIGH, speaking from Labor stand
point There are men in slavery In
this state. And We who are more for
tunate, in Wheeling, must gather into
our ranks the 5000 men and women
among the wage earners who are still
outside. of the ranks Of Labor, and
then, with our files closed up, advance
upon the .non-unionism of this state
and put it upon the map of civilized
commonwealth.
And in this work. my friends, can
assure you that we will be with you
for have received orders from my in.
ternational to extend all possible as.
sistance."
NJ. F.. Tighe.
M. f. Tighe, secretary-treasurer OF
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, was the sec
ond speaker.
"fhis Assembly,, said Mr.. Tighe
and in this hall, l consider the higi
school of my education. AL that /,
have learned l owe to the workers,
and all that have learned teaches me
that as long as a worker is outside Of
the union he is a menace to the man
inside of the union.
"The first thing we must consider
about this proposition is that it is a
hard proposition that must be worked
upon practical lines that will appeal
to the people whom we want to reach
1t is hard things to reach and educate
the masses in their own interests. To
get them we must ourselves be en-.
thusiastic. We must try and enlist in
the campaign every man carrying a
card. This is the only way to success
We must advertise, agitate and or
ganize. -
Among the suggestions that seem
me to be advisable would be good
ipeakers to tell the people, and you
night have buttons that the men could
year and show how they stood. The
novement must be along educational
ines.
"By all the means possible we must
ell the people what unionism means
o them. 1t is big enough to explain
1t is the greatest movement OF the
present or past ages But we must,
first, interest our own membership in
he campaign; second. we must prove
our benefits to the people whom we
want to enlist, and third, we must ad-
vertise these things in all the ways
we can SO that all will know"
e. e. GreenawaIt.
E. e. Greenawalt, representing the
Cigar Makers International Union, and
ex-president of the Pennsylvania State
Federation of Labor, was the next
speaker.
He said, in part: rs
I'm union there is strength, and t:.e
stronger we are the better able we are
to battle for the necessities Of life.
This, in brief, is the labor move
nent.
Solidarity is the only thing the
workers need. Personality is no part
of the creed. 1t should not figure in
any way. This makes it clear that
there is nothing hard to understand
band together, first in spots. then in
crafts and industries, and finally in the
giant Federation of Labor. Only in
this banding together are we able to
fix standard of our wages.
I'VE have today the machinery with
which to carry out our plans. It was
not always so. The labor movement
was launched in America by men who
rode in box cars. and it is only as
result of their untold sacrifices that
we have today the magnificent labor
which makes it possible for
every toiler to better his conditions If
he will but take the hand held out to