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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

I AS to the initiative and referendum
and the recall, we again accord Mr..
WEIGH the right of his own opinion
relative to the same, but we would
ask If it is not fact that the most
progressive labor organizations have
adopted the initiative and referendum
and have advocated the recall as a
political measure? This being true,
We will leave it to the rank and file
whether they will take Mr.. Welch's
opinion against their own good judg-
ment and the advice of all labor lead
ers OF national repute
AS to the assembly not allowing the
local unions to have referendum vote
on the adoption or endorsement of the
new charter, we most emphaticany
claim that this was dune, in effect.
The first endorsement by the assem-
bly, was unanimously declared on De-
cember 20; the charter was unani-
mously re-endorsed March 9. Between
these dates all delegates referred the
question back to their local unoins,
and not one delegate reported of being
instructed to vote against the charter
II any delegate had voted against the
instructions of his local, then the To-
cal should certainly have exercised its
rights of withdrawing a mis-represen-
tative.
As to the action of the delegate
from Mr.. Welch's own local, that body
had ample time to instruct it's delegate
how to vote on the charter and If it
did not instruct them before the as
sembly took final action, we feel that
local unions are duty bound, as true
trade unionists, to support that pro-
position, being the action of their own
delegates.
Now as an appeal to all working
people to support the new charter
we say If they will read the new char
ter, consider the source from which
the opposition comes, consider, how
for years the trades assembly has
fought to have charter for Wheeling
that would take from the hands of the
politician and big interests, the power
to control the representatives of the
people for their own interests, then we
do not believe that the statement of
Mr.. Welch or any other person who
may have a personal motive in view for
opposing the same will be sufficient
to defeat the charter on March 25.
To the working people. whom this
committee represents on the commits
sion charter, we refer to the standing
Of the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly in this community, and ask
in all fairness if any member of a
local union. could consistently accept
the words of old politicians, or new
politicians against the recommends
tons of members of the committee on
questions that in any way involve the
good and welfare of the working PEG
pie of Wheeling and vicinity?
Upon the good common Judgment of
the working people labor rests it's case.
(Signedl LEO j. LA FLAM,
] President O. v. T. & L. A.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

respondent.
By referendum vote of the Finnish
Section of the Socialist party the fol
lowing comrades have been elected as
the executive committee of the Sec.
ton: Agatha Aalto, Victor Watia, A i.
K. Pitkanen, E. Savela, K. p. Pub
kanen and John J. Qolu. Agatha Aalto
is woman.
Motion by Simons: That Comrade
Branstetter as general correspondent,
be instructed to prepare and present
a report to the National Committee
and that the Woman's National Com
mittee proceed at once to elect a
member of it's committee to prepare
a report for the committee on plans
and prospective work, to be presented
at them ational Committee meeting.
Motion No. by Simons: That Com
rade Kaneko, editor of The Progress
i've Woman, be requested to submit a
report of the financial condition OF
The Progressive Woman Publishing
Co. to the Woman's National Commit
tee before its meeting on May 18th.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
COMPENSATION BILL FAILS

Washington, March 19.-The work
mems compensation bill, which passed
both Houses, ran into filibuster in
the closing hours of the Sixty-second
Congress and failed TO become law.
The compensation bill was first pass
ed by the Senate and then passed by
the House with amendments, and the
Senate, owing to the filibuster, did
not concur in these amendments. The
measure, which grew out of an inves.
tigation by a special commission, was
approved in a general way by organ.
lied labor. 1t was recognized that ii
was not a perfect bill, but the belief
was expressed that it formed a foun
dation upon which to build salts
factory and effective workmen's com
pensation slaw The Sixty-third Con
gress will be asked to pass a. similar
measure, and it is considered practi
cally an assured fact that compen
sation bill, satisfactory to all con
cerned. win be one Of the results O.
the coming Congress.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
NATIONAL.
SOCIALIST NEWS
weekly Bulletin, National Office, So
nf1I;eA nau&N ThiNanA lily


weekly Bulletin, National Office, So
cialist Party, Chicago, llD
The National Committee is now vot-
ing on the following motion made by
Lee. of New York, and seconded by
Brown, of West Virginia; Germer, of
Illinois; Goebel. Of New Jersey; Roew-
er, of Massachusetts,, and Wright, of
New York: sf5Hg.
'"That the National Secretary be in
structed to send at once $4,000 to
the Secretary of the International So
cialist Bureau as contribution to the
fund for the assistance of the Social
list Parties of Bulgaria and Servia,
and that he be further instructed to
issue call to members and subdivi-
sions of the party for additional funds
for the same purpose"
Proposed National Committee Motion
By Sawyer, of Massac husetts:
~That we instruct the National Sec
rotary to send at once 500 to Little
Falls Defense Funds, Box 458, Little
Falls, N. T.. to assist in the legal
defense of the imprisoned labor lead
ers." r
The National Committee motion
made by Lanfersiek, of Kentucky, that
the National Committee express itself
as opposed to Intervention in Mexico,
has been seconded by Lee, OF New
York. 80
The State Executive Committee of
Colorado has seconded the referendum
proposed by the State Committee of
Washington, first published in the
Weekly Bulletin, of January 4, 1913,
that Job Hartman be recalled from
the National Executive Committee.
T The Woman's State Committee of
Oklahoma, composed of one member
from each congressional district. was
recently elected by referendum vote
as follows: Matilda A.. Hodges, Still
water; Mrs. y. w. Fletcher. Ana
dafke; Blanch Riehm, Muskogee: Net
tie B. Adams, Lamar Mrs. M. A..
Stallard, Snyder.
| This committee has elected Mrs. N.
A. Stallard, Snyder. okla., as state cor
respondent.
BY recent referendum In Michf.
gan. Annie G.. Lockwood, Kalamazoo,
has been elected Womanss State Cor
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
PLAYING "SHANNINGAN''

Washington March inspectors
of the Post-office Department through
out the country have been notified by
the department to keep a close look
out for violations Of the parcel post
laws by express companies. According
to- information coming from reliable
sources, a specific case has come to
light in which an express company Is
charged with having received a pack
age for shipment ), which it, in turn,
sent by parcel post; thereby securing
approximately 100 per cent profit by
the scheme. AS the story goes, man
having suspicion against the express
companies paid 40 cents expressage
on box of cigars from Detroit to
Milwaukee, addressing them to HIM
self. He then proceeded to Milwaukee
and received the package, but it had
been sent by parcel post, % cents in
stamps having been placed upon the
shipment, which left clear profit Of
18 cents to the express company. No
action has as yet been taken by the
| Postoffice Department in reference to
transactions of this character, but
even if there are no records to be had
against the express companies, incl
dents of this character will give the
express companies notoriety of such
an undesirable character as to accent
uate the growing feeling that the
business of these companies should
be taken over by the government.
|
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
Textile Workers GROWING


Fall River, Mass, March 19.-Pres-
ident John Golden, of the United Tex
tile Workers, in resume of tn ac-
tivities of the organization, says: CAS-
the result of a splendid organizing
campaign among the silk workers of
Scranton, Pa, and vicinity, nine local
unions have been organized and in
every instance was followed by the
securing of increased wages ranging
from 10 to 20 per cent. AT four of
the silk mills strike took place, and
after four days duration, increases
/ in wages were granted averaging 121a
per cent, with 100 per cent organi-
zation in each mill and seats provided
for the use of the girls. At Dover,
N. j., the employees of silk hosiery
mill were locked out because they
! had formed union and were inform,
ed they could not return to work
until they had agreed to give up
their union. The employees refused to
leave the. organization, and after
eleven weeks the firm receded from
it's position and the union employees
returned to work. The employees in a
textile mill at Pompton Lakes, N. J..
recently made a demand for an in
crease averaging Is per cent, but the
management of the mill refused tc
accede and a strike followed. 1t last
ed only one day, however, when the
new price list was accepted by the
company and all returned to work.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
NEVER WENT OUT ON STRIKE
(By the Rev. Charles steIzIe)

(By the Rev. Charles SteIzIe)
Passing through the office of a big
manufacturing concern the other day,
noticed the photograph of an old
man hanging near the door, evidently
for the purpose of giving it prominent
display. Curious to know why he was
thus honored, I stepped bit closer
and read the legend which was type
written upon the margin just beneath
the picture. 1t read something like
this:
JOHN JONES
Oldest employe in this factory.
Born in Wales, Jan. IA, 1888.
Entered our employ Feb. 10, 1916.
HE NEVER WENT OUT ON STRIKE
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

NC MAJORITY makes Il the best -.
lertising medium n this section.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20
VALVE WORKERS. STRIKE

Pittsburgh, March Refusing the
compromise offered by the company.
200 wonkmen. at the Pittsburgh Valve
Works are on strike. The walkout
followed demand made recently by
the employees for raise in wages
from $1.70 to $500 per day. The com
pany offered $1.75, an increase Of
cents. This was refused and the
strike followed.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-03-20

honorable. HE NEVER WENT OUT
ON STRIKE" That could never be
said about Moses. But perhaps this
would not make him feel very sorry.
He had done some other things of
which he might we'll be proud, in spite
OF this humiliating fact.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
GsSh hMAR
HHBlSdlN.l!!S:'!c!:EHXy{35BS :'!!:Hy3B
SOLDIER ADMITS WAS SCARED
No Possible Escape From Death at
kenesaw Mountain by Order, AZ.
teeWards Rescinded.

by way OF making him talk, for ne
was afraid Of the reminiscing habit
OF soldiers and It was nearly impos
sible to get him to speak Of his ex.
perience In the Civil war, the woman
asked him. Were you never afraid?"
"Of course. was afraid"
THAT sounds human, When were
you the worst scared-if you don't re-
sent the word?"
Not q bit. 1t is q good word to ex.
press one kind of a state Of mind.
Why. 1t was at the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain. We had been fighting all
day and driving the other side before
us. Just about dusk we came to the
foot OF the mountain and found the
Confederates had strong Notifications
well up toward the top Of 1t. Word
was sent along our lines that at dawn
the next day we were to scale the
mountain and take those Notifications.
Al the word was passed from man to
man every face turned white. never
have seen 80 sick looking lot Of men.
At dawn we were to march straight up
to certain death, and we had all night
t. think about It, There would be no
possible escape for any one Of US.
knew my comrades. There would be
no deserters. There would be only
corpses. and would be one OF them.
don't know II was the whitest man
In the lot. but know he would have
been hard to pick out. never have
been ashamed that was scared that
night"
But you are here. How did you es-
cape?'
We'll. some one had blundered.'
The order had been given. but it was
fool one. and fortunately its folly
was seen before we had an American
Balaklava. The order was recalled.
and In its place We received the sane
order to move under cover Of darkness
to position where our work would
have some value. A man doesn't mind
fighting. All he wants Is to know that
he has, a worthy cause and is not
acting the fool"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
PETERSBURG FORT BLOWN UP
instance Related Of the Efficiency Of
the Engineering Service In the
Northern Army.

Blowing up Of the Petersburg fort
was a desperate attempt to end the
siege that had been going on for sew
eral weeks and was destined to con.
tinue for many months longer. In ad-
vancing on Lees army Grant had been
badly defeated at Cold Harbor June 2.
1864, and had also been unsuccessful
in cutting off communication between
Richmond and the south. A force was
left to lay siege to the fortified city
Of Petersburg while Grant continued
operations in other parts of Virginia.
The fort destroyed by the explosion
was one of many in the line Of earth
works. that, with the Appomattox riv-
er. surrounded Petersburg. To break
through the defenses In one place and
establish strong position would have
brought about q quick end Of the
siege and perhaps have fastened by a
little while the surrender Of Lees
army. The success OF the explosion.
though not taken advantage Of. was
an instance of the efficiency Of the
engineering service Of the northern
army.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE
cindy Claimed Caller Was Her Bro.
ther, But She Was Willing to
Take Another Look.

The woman left the girl arranging
the dinner table sand went to the
kitchen for something. A great, hulk
ing negro was sitting in the kitchen
rocker. Indignant, the woman hurried
back.
"Cindy." she demanded, what have
I told you about having your beaux in
the kitchen?"
Laws, miss, he amt no beau! Why.
he's muffin but my brudder"
Somewhat mollified. the woman
went back to the kitchen.
so you are Cindy's brother?" she
said kindly.
Law bless yo' no. MISS" he an.
swered. Il amt no lation tall to her.
Use jes' keepin' comp'ny wifi her."
The woman sought Cindy' again.
"Cindy," she asked sternly. why did
you tell me that the man was your
brother? He says he's no relation"
Cindy looked aghast.
''Fo' de Lawd's sake, miss. did he
say dat? Jes' yo' stay here q mint
an lemme 60 look ag'in."
cord-Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
NJ \

No. I, Sisters cuItIvatlns the Corn.
fleld-No. 2, A Farmers Daughter
In Charge Of the horse.power-No.
3, Women HuskIne the Corn-No.
4, Rolling the sod-No. s, Woman
Flowing.
all day long. and with equal skill
they cultivate the corn later on. Pre-
pairing the sod with the land roller
and sitting ON a disk harrow are all
tasks that OF late years have been
done by women, since the country
cousins have seen fit to 90 to cities
and help city cousins twist cigars in
factories. or work in the iron mills.
They have become "the handy girl
around the barn." instead of the for
mer handy man around the house.
They have been reading agricultural
papers, some have attended agricul.
tural schools. and quite few have
not only studied domestic science to
be useful In the farmhouse Kitchens;
but they have studied feed rations.
dairy methods and soil fertility. so
that they know better how to feed
dairy COW correctly than did their
fathers q decade ago. They are also
able to enforce the sanitary methods
in and about the dairy barn, SO that
meat and milk inspectors need not
spend extra car fare to inspect their
farm premises.
Still some OF their work Is done as
mother and grandmother used to do
1t. Small farmers. who do not wish
to 60 to the expense Of buying all the
modern machinery. still cut their
grain with the cradle. and the daugh-
ters bind the grain. No corn husk.
Ing machines have yet been invented
that husk corn like O human hand
can, 30 women are seen In corn fields
In great numbers. Those farmers
who still cut their grass fields, and
particularly wet meadows. still use
the forks to spread out the grass to
dry instead Of using tedders. and this
work is all done by young girls.
Many farmers still use the horse
power for operating their threshing
machinery. and here the young WON.
en- find numerous tasks they can do,
such as acting AZ driver, whipping
and urging the horses around and
around the customary circle in the
horse power shed. feeding the sheaves
into the threshing machine handing
them to the fedder and pushing the
straw from the barn.hoor to the sta.
bles below.
In this respect cooperation. how.
ever, lessons this kind Of work. For
In many sections It is customary to
have some farmer make the rounds
Of all the farms In the neighborhood
with his gasoline engine and grain
separator and cleaner. doing the work
quickly; but even here woman takes
her position In helping to nll the
sacks. hand the sheaves to the opera,
tor and see that all the straw gets
into the NOW or the extra straw
shed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
Valuable Beetle Now.

Not long ago a Washington scient.
list. an enthusiastic student of natural
history. captured fine specimen OF
beetle. On reaching home he, In .
moment Of haste. pinned the beetle
to a library table with his diamond
scarfpin.
When he returned to the library
from his dinner, he found the captive
had got loose and was flying about
with the diamond pin glistening from
his back.
Man and bug made q rush for the
window at the same instant. says
Harper's Weekly. The beetle got
there first and triumphantly sailed
away. barely eluding the scientists
hand. Neither bug nor pin has since
been seen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
Equal for Him.

An American naval officer brought
Chinese servant named Quong
home with him from the far east.
One day the Oriental asked permits
sion to attend a funeral.
go ahead. Quong." consented the
officer. Then he supplemented: II
suppose you will place different kinds
of food on your dead friends grave.
as they do In your native country?"
Same as In China" said Quong.
"Now. Quong." continued the ON.
Ger, good-naturedly. when do you
think your friend will come up to eat
what you have placed on his grave?"
"Allee samee time that Mclean
man comes up to smelle flowers you
put on his" retorted Quong In the
same spirit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
City Grass II Different.

A remarkably interesting fact was
brought to light by Lord Redesdale be-
fore the advisory committee Of the
King Edward memorial fund for Lon
don, which was discussing the lay.
ing out Of Shadwell market site a. Q
pleasure garden. It was curious, he
said. that grass brought from the
country withered- away in London, ON
the other hand. grass from London
grown seeds flourished. That IL q
striking example Of what scientists
call adaptation to environment.-Lon
don Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
new slogan. "Stay on the farm" with

new slogan. "Stay on the farm" with.
out radical methods.
In eastern Pennsylvania, the sum.
mer season always brings along a
scarcity OF farm help, and here the
Queen Of the Household has during
q number Of years solved the difficult
labor questions. A famous woman
lawyer once said. that woman de-
mands the right to work at whatever
she pleases. and that she also has the
right to compete with the stronger
sex In all branches OF work; because
she was the original worker on this
earth. ever since the human race
sprung into existence, and that since
this period she has been able to
make her own living and that Of her
offspring"
Not on this theory alone. but on &C.
count Of the fact that the wives and
daughters OF the sturdy farm.
ers In this state. love to do
manual work. Mt periods when the
kitchen drudgeries allow her to step
into the open air and take part in
work that her husband. and her broth.
er Is accustomed to do.
With modern farming methods In.
troduced by improved machinery,
women can do great many things
on the farm. which might otherwise
prove burden. In those sections II
Is not only the wife and the farmers
daughter. and daughters OF every
day laborers. who are glad to 60 in
the fields at hay.making and harvest
time, for the wages they receive dur.
ing the busy periods when labor Is
scarce. IL nearly on a par with
that paid to the stronger sex, and
even much more than the factory Sis
ters receive In the cities, besides Civ,
ing them the opportunity OF working
In the open air instead OF a poor un
ventilated factory. receiving besides
the good dinners that are served by
the farmers In those localities, with
fresh milk and butter. friend CHECKER
and ham. good waffles and pies.
Are the manifold duties on tn,
farm too strenuous? The averag,
farmwife. who loves to 90 In tn,
fielA for change. says she prefer,
this work 10 that OF q chambermait
In Q large hotel. who works from
hve II the morning until ten o'clocl
at night: she even would prefer (,
walk behind pow handles all day
rather than scrub waxed doors o.
wash dishes all day long In cit,
mansion.
However. farm work 10 not all Q,
hard - plowing. The self.binder al
lows the farmers daughter to operat,
It around the ten and twenty-acr,
fields. with about az much ease as tn,
farmers son would be able to do II
The improved hay.rakes and hay
.tedders are nowadays easy to operat,
and with little skill they easil!
manipulate them.
During corn planting time womel
with strong muscles think little o
guiding the handles Of . corn planter
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
"llkE MAGIC"
New Food Makes Wonderful chanaea

When q man has suffered from dys-
pepsia so many years that he can't re.
member when he had q natural appe.
tite. and then hits on q way out OF
trouble he may be excused for saying
1T acts like magic"
When 1t is q simple, wholesome
food instead Of any one Of q large mum,
ber Of 50 called remedies In the form
Of drugs. he IL more than ever likely
to feel as though sort Of miracle has
been performed.
A Chicago man. In the delight Of re.
stored digestion. puts 1t in this way:
Like magic. fttingly describes the
manner In which Grape-Nuts relieved
mo Of poor digestion. coated tongue
and loss Of appetite. Of many years
standing.
II tried about every medicine that
was recommended to me. without 70
lief. Then ! tried Grape-Nuts on the
suggestion Of friend. BY the time
I had finished the fourth package. my
stomach was all right. and for the past
two months have been eating with
Q relish anything set before me. That
10 something had been unable to do
previously for years.
II am stronger than ever and con-
slider the effects Of Grape-Nuts ON q
weak stomach ~ something really
wonderful. It builds up the entire
body 40 well 40 the brain and nerves."
Name given by the Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's . reason" and Il 10 OF.
planned In the little book. 1.-THE Road
to Wellville." In pkgs.
Ever PeaA the abeve lsttosS 4 new
enc appears tPo0 tine % tire. They
Ssstsst. st.'s "se' sse -" % ssnas
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
'@y H. Winslow FeStey u

+ q recent convention held
In Philadelphia, Pa. noted
educators from all parts OF
the United States and Eng.
land. gathered to study the
condition OF rural life. A
noted educator and one who
knows the practical condi-
.,. - farm Iifp. aaid the
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-29
Singing Of Wire. Laid to rrsmers.

Singing o. Wires Laid 70 Trsmors.
A new theory Of the singing OF tele-
graph wires has been offered by Pro-
fessor Field. No explanation yet given
seems to have been perfectly satisfao.
tory. and the suggestion IL now made
that the sounds represent minute
earth vibrations. which are trans.
mitted to the wires through the poles.
These vibrations depend largely on
varying air pressure. The song Of the
wires. therefore. may give good baro-
metric signals, sharp sound indicat
Ing that q change 10 close ut hand.
while low hummiug shows that pres
ent conditions may continue day. or
perhaps two.