Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-30
(By John j. Oates.)

(By John j. Oates.)
The citizens of the ,ntire judicial
district over which Judge Dayton abs
jurisdiction, should appoint day
when ev.ry wheel of industry should
stop and every business house should
close, so that every one could ~partici-
pate o.. that day of sorrow, for the
disgrace brought upon the district by
Judge Dayton, who in sentencing the
miners for alleged contempt of his
orders set aside the constitution and
be so doing insulted the flag and
everything that cherished emblem
stands for, and sent to pail honored
citizens whose dignity would be insult
ed if ever comparison of their NOR
al or patriotic stsndard, was conn.,
pared with Judge Day on's.
The people are as!jng and have tkeI
right to demand why we should send 4
If BATH e9ips, our soldiers and
sailors to Mexico to exact an, apology
Z irs"' our flag end allow oneY
man here, in the hills Of West Virgin
ia to dis g.Td every constitutional
right gua1 anteed by the stars and
stripes, t, at has made ~our decent pat
riotic citizenship hang their heads I'M
shame. Al
As semple of his justice he stat
ed tat he was sorry for James Oates
and t'1at he had found him to be a
truthful and ncnest man, and in the
san G breath. gave him six months in
thu :" 'cker County Jail and to pay the
costs.
Miss Fannie Sellens, who is known
throughout the Nation, as one of the
most effective charity workers, and
whose heart is always beating for the
betterment of humanity, when given
sentence os six months by Judge Day
ton, asked the privilege to say word
and was bluntly told mot word.
The only crime (for such Judge Day
ton calls it,, Mis- Sellins was accus-
ed of, was providing the women and
children with clothing and shoes, and
only last Thursday, gave away 35
pairs of shoes, that she had solicited
to TIE children of the Striking Miners,
in doing this very commendable work
she had to visit the Gents where the
!; miners were compelled to live, by rea-
son of the fact that they were evicted
from their homes by the coal com
4 pany and this Judge, cloaked with the
authority of the United States ((acci-
:ently) insults every woman in the
United States when he said, that mo
decent woman would visit such
places" But what else could be ex-
pc"ted from a character like Dayton?
Is it any wonder we hear of the ter
ribIo things happening in Colorado
and other places throughout the coun-
try, and would it be any wonder to
lhaQr nf tho dnUn "
ers Of West Virginia taking steps to
protect and defend themselves against
the brutalized authority of Judge Day
ton who does not hesitate to order his
thugs to enter the homes of the min
ers, arrest them without cause or war
rant, and even ordered their tents to
be burnt, leaving men, women and
children without shelter, during tile
cold and snow of the past winter
Dayton should remember that there is
a desire Impressed upon the heart 81
every man, to resist oppression and
If ever there was cause to resist
Judge Dayton has caused 1t by his
cruel and inhuman treatment of tie
striking miners, their wives and fam
lilies.
His Own Son.
tbs attack upon the United Mine
Workers organization was an exposi
ton of his ignorance, and there was nc
doubt in the minds of the miners pre-
sent that his rulings and decisions
We're drawn up by the coal compan-
les attorneys, among them being his
sWn son.
He made the statement before sen
encing Mr. Ledvinka, a national Or
ganizer, that *'the United Mine Work
ers was criminal organization" and
for belonging to it and trying to car
~ out the humanitarian, principles OF
the organization, he sentenced him to
six months in jail, and by his ruling
makes every member of the United
Mino Workers of America a criminal.
To think that man like Dayton can
at his pleasure (and he seems to en-
JOY it, send sixteen men to jail and
leave their wives and children land in
these last cases there are So children)
at the mercy of the world, while their
fathers anguish in Jail for months
is almost unbelievable, but such is
the truth
If congressman Nicely does not
stand UP in Congress and move to in
Vestigate Dayton, he should be class
ed among the undersirables and should
never again be placed in any position
of trust. Men of West Virginia wash
out thes tain, that is now polluting
the fair name of your state and never
J rest until Dayton is removed from