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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
Ask Priests And Preachers
And Civic Bodies To Hear
The Voice Of The Workers

The priests and preachers and all
the civic bodies of Wheeling have
been asked to listen to the voice of
Labor
The Ohio Valley Assembly has ad-
dressed communications to Bishop
Donahue for the Wheeling diocese of
the Catholic clergy, to the Wheeling
Ministerial Association, the Ohio
County Bar Association, the Ohio
County Medical Association, the
Wheeling : Municipal League, the
Wheeling Municipal League, the
Wheeling Business Mems Association,
the Wheeling Council fthe United
Commercial Travellers, and other bod
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
tinue to pay the usual strike benefits
until victory crowns our efforts. \
Presents For Children

tlnue TO pay the usual strike benefits
until victory crowns our efforts 4
Presents For Children
About two hundred presents an
.hi1slmas bags, the gifts OF Tt
Majority Fund for Striking Miner J,
Children, the Officials of Sub-Distric
No: ), the Elm Grove Socialist LOG.
and the Moose Lodge, and Owls LluL
Of Wheeling, were distributed among
the children of the striking miners
and G.ese gifts certainly helped t.
make Christmas day a day of enjoy
ment for the youngsters.
Miners Extend Thanks
Through the medium of the MAORI
ty," the Elm Grove miners desire to
extend their sincere thanks to all
those WHO contributed in any way to
their own, and their family's Christ.
mas joy; and also to. heartily tnank
all those WHO have in any way assist
ed them in their strike. ~
These miners are OIL strike 10 win
JUSTICE They are all siickers and
are going to WIN. Let all brothers
throughout the valley lend every as
sistanee to VICTORY in this good
cause.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
MINE owners GREED IN CALUMET
KILL SElENTYF|VE, MOSTLY CHILDREN

Dastardly almost beyond belief has
been the actions of the copper mine
owners of the vicinity of Calumet,
Michigan, during the past week. A
wild stampede of thousands from q
hall, resulting in the death of Is per
sons, As of whom were little children,
would have been hell enough for any
grede crazed lunatic to have raised,
but these wild business" men did
not stop, but two days later assaulted
and shot Charles "A. Meyer, president
Of the Western Federation of Miners,
and assaulted Charles Tanner, audi
tor Of the organization, and drove
both men from Calumet.
The holocaust occurred in the
Italian hall, where a Christmas eve
celebration was being held and gifts
given to all the children of the str1k-
ing miners. Some murderer stuck his
degenerate head throuhg the door and
yelled "fire!" and in the resulting
stampede the u lives were lost,
trampled beneath the feet Of the ex-
cited thousands. Witnesses have tes-
tifid that the man wore the button of
the Citizens Allan 20" an organiza-
ton sired by the mine owners and
damned by the traitorous merchants,
and which has for its sole object of
existence the driving out of Calumet
the Western Federation Of Miners,
so that the mine barons can crush
their employees into absolute helpless
slavery.
A grand jury investigation is being
hold NTH no INN m nD0lhnrC
Of this same Alliance. In spite OF
this the governor has blocked Federal
Investigation under the false plea that
the grand jury will give all fair deal
Following this wholesale murder
the essential murderers brazenly an
nouneed that they would raise a fund
of $25. 900 to take care Of the funeral
expenses of the victims their greed
had made. The Western Federation
Of Miners spurned their blood stain
ed money, and for this crime the OIL
GERS Of the organization we're as
saulted and beaten, and shot,. in theil
own room at a hotel and then deport
ed from the state by armed thugs
and all this with the direct conniv
ance of the sheriff of the county.
And the governor, the cringins
slave Of this heartless capitalist mas
tiers. will not interfere, or permit thu
United States government to inter
fere.
Wilson Sends Investigators.
Secretary W. B. Wilson, of the La
Dor Department, has sent an investi
gator to the scene, whom the govei
nor has declined to aid. Presiden
Wilson has so far refused to TAX
action. claiming that the matter j
within the authority of the state.
Meyer In Bad Shape.
President Meyer was taken to CHI
eago, and is still confined to q hosp
tai there, pleading with his physician
to allow him to go back into the cor
per country. It Is believed that b
WIN recover from his wounds. Tn
bullet, from 50 calibre automatic
has been extracted from his bacI
where one coward shot him Will
other business" men held hin
auditor Tanners wounds are not mo-
considered serious. Both, men wer
assaulted in their own rooms, with n
charge whatever against them, thei
olSenss being that they woul
nos tel the weeping mothers an
WIDOWS % take money from the blood
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01

hands of those who had bereaVed
them.
The country is much aroused over
the barbarous actions of the copper
barons and their lick spittle business
associates, and the strikers are more
than ever determined to win their
battle for justice. Every official OF
the Western Federation of Miners
will be on the scene Of action at once,
and they say they will stay there
until they win for their fellow miners,
or they win give their lives in the
attempt.
From all over the country come
protests against the actions of the
mine owners. Six thousand locals oil
the Socialist party have sent protests
to Washington, and practically every
|frSde union III me country ms uoue
the same.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
BLY,.
0TESI IS.

Sunday the Ohio Valley Trades and
labor Assembly unanimously adopt
d a stirring protest against the high
anded and murderous actions of the
inc owners and business men of
alumet, Mich, and called upon the
nited States government to take i'm
lediate action looking toward a COM
lete investigation of the horror by
5hich rs persons, mostly children.
Dst their lives.
The resolution was ordered sent 10
he West Virginia senators and con-
5ressmen and to the president.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
ORGANIZATIONS GENEROUS

Wheeling's fraternal organizations
proved themselves. generous during
Christmas season. The Owls Club
gave $500 to Christmas gifts to the
overlooked" and the Moose lodge
gave out 1000 bags Of candies and
fruits.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
ELECTRICAL WORKERS

Electrical Workers No. al have
chosen their delegates to the central
bodies for, the ensuing term:
Delegates to the Belmont Central
Trades and Labor Assembly: Albert
Dolan, Walter Mylnarski and A. Keis-
er.
Delegates to the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly,: ]. A. Arms
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01
JOHN HALEY BENEFIT

The benefit arranged by his fellow
sheet metal workers for John Heley,
who has been incapacitated for work
for some time has been concluded and
the holder of ticket No, 259 will re-
eeive the prize, gold watch fob.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01

trong, H. Brandfass, &c. R. Conner, j
Ford, Edward Emblem.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-01

In the Ohio Vsllsy--The
Workshop efztAe world
{ At. ring to los. 900 Indus
trial PopaIAtior.
Evening journal., 1914-10-12
LICENSES.
Isr or PERSONS LICENSED no

4 IST OF PERSONS LICENSED TO
- retail goods. wares and mer-
chandise, and other property Of what
socver kind. manufacturers Of all
kinds. persons licensed 10 sell intox-
icntlng liquors. eating houses, real
estate agents. brokers, auctioneers,
photographers. optometry. osteopathy,
lawyers, conveyancers. doctors. dem
lists, stations. circuses, veterinary,
peddlers' license and special license
to selling Intoxicating liquors, merry
go-round. switchback, amusement
park, exhibiting amusement for profit,
theatre OF moving picture, selling
deadly weapons, Laundry, Dyer and
Scourer Mercantile Agency from
October 1. 1913. to September 80, A.
ID. 1914, with the sum by them re-
spectively paid for each license tC
the Clerk of the Peace of New Cas-
tie county for the use OF the State
Of Delaware, and pawnbrokers ant
junk dealers for the use of New Cas-
tie county.
HARRY A. BROWN, c. p.
Wilmington. Del. Sept. 80 1914.
Evening journal., 1914-10-12
MERCHANTs YEARLY.

HARRY A. BROWN, G. p.
Wilmington. Del. Sept 30, 1914.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
MAYOR OF AMENS
SURRENDERS CITY
CITY IS 70 MILES NORTH OF
PARIS BATTLE LASTED
THREE DAYS.
GERMANS ENTER SINGING
Entry Not contested-Mayor Urges
Citizens to Make No Disturbance.
Municipal Authorities Visit
German Commander.

London.-A dispatch from Amiens,
France, to the Daily Mail declares that
the Germans have taken possession of
Amiens, after three days fighting.
Amiens is the capital Of the depart
ment of Somme. 1t is 10 miles direct
ly north Of Paris. 1t is a manufactur-
ing city, has a population Of 80, 900
and is on the line of the railroad to
B%oulogne. 1t is about so miles to the
west Of La Fere and other points in
the department of ASne, where there
has been fighting during the past few
days between the allied armies and
the Germans.
"A party of uhlans entered Amiens,"
says the Mail. after a brief recon
noissance they retired to the German
main body at Canon. A half hour
later they returned, accompanied by
an envoy bearing a white flag. The
latter interviewed Mayor Figuet at the
town hall.
After an hours discussion the
mayor appeared in front of the town
hall with trumpeters and officially an
nounced the surrender of the city. He
urged that the citizens make no dis
turbance.
Later the mayor and the municipal
councillors drove out in carriages to
pay a formal visit to the Grman com
mander, who told them that they would
be held responsible with their lives
for the good conduct Of the citizens.
1.-THE Germans %thereupon went to
the town hall, where they hauled down
the French flag and hoisted the Ger
mar colors. The German troops en-
tered the city, singing as they came
Die Yacht am Rhein' and 'Deutsch-
land Uber Alles.'"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
PRINCE JOACHIM
GERMANS ADVANCE CHECKED
Start Colossal Move on Rear of Gers
man Right-Both Sides Claim Vic
tory-BattIe Raging.

Paris.-The following official state
ment was issued by the Var Office:
"On our left wing, as a result of the
turning movement of the German army
and in order not to accept battle under
unfavorable conditions, troops re-
tired toward the southwest.
London.-Good news from the allies
at the battle front in France has been
received. The morale of the forces is
excellent and losses all along the line
have been made up. Nor has the line
been really pierced by the Germans.
This latter is very important, for II
shows that the cavalry raiders appear
ing near La Fere were merely a de-
tachment circling around from the
North Belgian frontier and conse-
quently without support from the Ger
mans still hammering frontier de-
lenses.
We get only fragments of news, in
finitesimal and unsatisfactory, but such
as we have leads to the surmise that
there is now progressing a colossal
r%earguard action by the allies as well
as a continuance Of the assault on the
allies front by the Germans.
1t is believed the British army is the
second line. The fate of Paris hangs
on these operations, but it 10 possible
that the War OFFICES magnificent
strategy may give a counter stroke In
time.
Still the great battle is raging from
Vosages to Abbeyville: still the great
German line of steel is hacking it's
way to Paris; still the result of the
worlds greatest battle hangs in the
balance, in the western theater of
war, where the kaiseris legions are in
overwhelming array, fighting with saw
age desperation, that history may re-
peat itself on the 44th anniversary of
the Battle of Sedan, and may be for
ever remembered as a day upon which
the Germans smashed the allied ar
mics of France and England.
There is no news from the immense
blood-soaked battle1elds except that
there is terrible fighting in the dis,
tricts Of st. Quentin, Verdun and HAM
peronne; that a general battle is still
in progress in the center; that on the
French right, in Nosges, Lorraine.
French troops r driving the enemy
before them, and that on the left the
Anglo-French corps are still greatly
outnumbered and have had to give
ground, but it is hoped by France and
England that the Germans will never
fulfill their threat to raise the kaiser's
flag over the Eiffel Tower.
The bulletin of the battle ends with
the thrilling phrase: "But nowhere
have the French and English lines
been broken through" ,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
ALLIES ARE DRIVEN BACK
French Claim German Right Has Been
Turned-EngIish Troops Rest.
Fighting at Amiens.

London.-Taken at its face value
the official announcement, which men,
tions that the progress of the German
right wing has forced the allies to
yield further ground, would seem to
indicate that the Germans, notwith-
standing repulses, are making daily
advances toward Paris.
The statement of Field Marshal Sir
John French, commander of the Brit
ish troops, however, spoke of fighting
on the French left, but this, according
to n report, resulted in the German
right being slightly turned.
The Austrian invasion of Russia in
the Lublin district, which aroused the
apprehension of the allies has, if Rus
sian dispatches are to be relied upon,
been blocked and the Muscovites
claim to have turned the Russian de-
fensive into IN offensive action. There
is no confirmation Of the report that
the Russians are in Koenigsberg.
The Post editorially calls attention
to a statement issued by the French
embassy as indicating that the allied
forces have again been compelled to
fall back before the German advance
tn the sneighborhood of IsAfere, which
is owe 20 miles nearer to Paris than
the Cambrai-Le- Cateau, where the al
lies reorganized after the Germans
crossed the French border. Fighting
is also reported in the vicinity of
Amiens.
Lafere is only a little more than 60
miles from Paris as the crow flies.
The Post says: "a statement by the
French embassy discloses a situation
Of much gravity. A German army was
attacking from the east the line of
Launois,Signy-L'Abbaye, while another
German army was attacking from the
west the line of Lafere to Guise and,
though unsuccessful at Guise, was
making rapid progress at Lafere.
These two German armies were there
fore only 40 miles apart.
"The German army attacking on the
front of Guise and Lafere has clear
country behind it and a sharp offensive
turning movement on the southeast
by this army will interpose 1t between
the French and Paris"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
TURKEY TO JOIN GERMANS
First Move Said to Be Against Russia
and EngIand-To Send Army
to Egypt.

Washington.-With 100000 veteran
troops modified and ready for instant
action, Turkey has declared war on
the allies. Authentic word to that ef-
feet was received here, 1t was said,
on the highest authority.
The same authority declared the
first move of the Turkish campaign
would be directed simultaneously
against Russia and England. A fly
ing army would be sent into the eau
casus to strike the Russians on their
flank and rear. The other army would
go directly to Egypt, where it was
said the Mohammedan troops of Great
Britain would rally to the Turkish
cause.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
DROP NJ ON PARIS
Two AeropIanIsts Give French Capital
A Shock-No Damage Was Done.
Paris Is Now Tranquil.

London.-A Paris dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company says:
"a German aviator few over Paris
and dropped five bombs, which fell In
the most populous quarter of the city.
In n case two women were wounded.
Zone bomb fell in front of the shop
of a baker and wine merchant at Rue
Abby and Rue des Vinaigriers; two
on Quai de Valmy, one Of which did
not explode, while the other struck
the walls of the Night Refuge, behind
St. Martins hospital. Two others
dropped in the Rue des Recollets and
Rue MARGIN, neither of which ex.
ploded.
'The aviator, who signed himself
Lieut.. Won Heissen, dropped mani
festoes on which was written: The
German army is at the gates of Paris;
you can do nothing but surrender :"
acknowledgements fighting contin.
ues along the Austrian frontier, says
an official statement issued at st.
Petersburg and telegraphed here by
the correspondent of the Reuter- Tele.
gram company.
"In East russia" says the Russian
wal office, the garrison and fort.
resses of Thorn and Graudenz least
of the Vistula) are taking part with q
large number of siege guns. We have
taken 5000 prisoners
Near Podgerz (just south of the
Vistula) the enemy lost 5000 men and
we captured four guns, a number OF
caissons of ammunition and nine guns
abandoned by the Austrians when
they crossed the Zolokia. North OF
Tomacheff we took 1000 prisoners
and surrounded and defeated the Hun.
garian Fifteenth Division
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
SAYS PARIS WILL NOT FALL
Hudson Maxim Expresses Himself on
VA Situation-Fears Russians
Want Territory.

New York; do not believe that
Paris will fall" said Hudson Maxim.
for before that can happen it is my
belief that the Russians, who are ham
mering at the German rear, will call
back enough of the kaiser's forces
from France to enable the allies to get
together in such numbers as to block
Germany in France.
England will a little later, when
this war is over, need all her military
power in the coming struggle, in union
with what may be left of France and
Germany, to persuade the Russ,an
horde to return to its northern isola-
tion."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
VALLEY OF M TAKEN
Teuton's Right Wing Pushes a Little
Closer to Paris-La Fere Taken
After Bloody Battle.

London.-A French dispatch to the
Times says:
"The Valley of the Somme has been
abandoned. La Fere has been taken,
after a bloody combat. We were
obliged to retire.
THE right wing of the Germans"
says the correspondent, "is too far ad-
vanced, and there is a chance that II
will be cut and caught between two
fires if the British should be found in
force, Our center is resting very we'll,
and the right wing of our army an
pears to be taking the offensive"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11

Conflicting Reports Come From Scene
of Battle in Prussia-CIaim
10000 Prisoners.

Observation-Disclosures advices re-
ceived through diplomatic channels to-
day reported two of the most impor-
tant developments of the present war
The German embassy gave out a
message from Berlin, received by
wireless, claiming that German forces
near Allenstein had captured 10000
Russian prisoners, including two COM
handing generals, 300 officers and the
entire equipment of Russian artillery.
The official statement of the big
German victory against the Russians
attracted wide attention. Military OBJ
servers pointed out that II the num-
Der of Russians taken prisoner had
been correctly estimated at 10000,
there must have been great casualties,
no mention Of which is made.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
ASK RICH TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS

London.-Citing the system used in
the American Civil war, when men
drafted had to serve or pay $500,
Hiram Maxim, writing to the Stand
ard, suggests something similar for
England.
in Great Britain and Ireland, with
a population of about 10000, 600, the
majority of the men have dependents
and it is not an easy matter for them
10 leave their families without sup
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11
FRENCH CAPITAL IS
MOIEDFROMP PARIS
RUSSIANS RoUT AUsTRlANs, BUT
HELD BY cERMANs-APs
LAND IN CHINA.
GERMANS ADVANCE ON PARIS
French Admit Left Wing Slowly Falls
Back, But Say Center ls Holding
Germans-Quittlnc Of Paris
War Measure.

Paris.-A proclamation has just been
Issued by the government announcing
that the government departments viii
be transferred temporarily to Dor
deaux.
The proclamation was issued by the
minister Of the interior, who said the
decision had been taken solely upon
the demand Of the military authori
ties because the fortified places OF
Paris, while not necessarily likely to
be attacked, would become the pivot
Of the field operations Of the two
armies.
The building Of supplementary de.
tense works is proceeding vigorously.
Several of the gates of Paris were
closed to traffic.
London.-The allies, still battling
desperately to check the steady ad.
vance of the Germans toward Paris,
held their own, with the possible ex-
ception of the extreme French left
wing, according to latest information
from Paris.
In East Prussia and Galicia both
Russians and German claimed victory.
The Austrians were overwhelmingly
defeated.
The Russians claimed to hold Lem
burg, the capital of Austrian Galicia,
and the report was unofficially cor
roborated from Vienna.
Stupendous losses were reported on
all sides. The Russians declare that
they buried $4,000 Austrian dead on
the battlefield.
The battle line of the allies left
wing extended from Montdidier to the
forest Of Compiegne, ranging from IS
to 45 miles from the outer defense of
Paris, fighting on the French left being
considerably nearer Paris.
The heaviest fighting was reported
from Montdidier, where the German
infantry in great strength is making
a desperate effort to break through
the allied lines. The object of the
Germans apparently is to break
through the enemy's center, separat-
ing the allies into two forces.
The Germans also were reported to
be striving to flank the French left
and turn It back on the center. The
success Of such a move would give q
portion Of the German army a road to
Paris forts, while the rest held off
the main army of the allies.
Peking.-The German legation has
protested to the foreign office against
an alleged infringement Of China's
neutrality by Japan. The protest fol-
lowed the landing of a Japanese d.
vision at the newly opened port of
Lung-Kow, 100 miles north of Using
Tau.
News Of the Japanese landing
caused no surprise here, as the Japa-
lnese legation several days ago re-
iquested the foreign office to remove
the limit of the so kilometers (about
30 miles) radius prescribed by the
Chinese as the fighting area around
Tsing-Tau. The foreign office did not
comply with the request, but 1t was
understood that the Chinese troops
would be instructed not to oppose the
Japanese.
The Chinese officials are described
as incensed, but afraid Of doing any
thing that might afford the Japanese a
cause for territorial or other exac-
lions.
Whether British forces will cross
Shantung Peninsula with the Japanese
is not divulged, but the point is much
discussed here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11

London.-A correspondent of the.
London Daily News who has been tray-
cling through Dutch Limberg has sent.
a dispatch to his paper declaring the,
belief prevails in that section that the,
family of the German crown nrinoa
Frederick William, has taken refuge
at The Hague.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11

Washington.-The British embassy
has been informed by a cable from
London that German officers had gone
to Constantinople to take charge of
the Turkish army and that a declara-
ton of war from Turkey was ex-
pected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-11

Paris.-A dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Ostend says that the In
dependence Beige of Brussels is au-
thority for the statement that the
Germans are fortifying the environs
of Brussels and hat cemeteries have
been transformed into redoubts.