Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-25

euC WASOu Inc xule ana kaEY8e0 ere
Fights Nas they appeared hsfofe the con
any other side of the conflict but that
Of the workeFs-no one has heard
me say anything contrary to that de.
Eclaration and for you to base. your
accusation of disruption it required
the reputable testimony of news pa.
pers for whose veraeity most workers
can attest.aaaF - st.- 4.
The needs of the miners struggle
with sense of working class loyalty
when even we are face to face with
the enemy compels me to refrain from
taking up certain peantS of your criti-
cism in the ahticle aSd letter. f
agree with the Trades Assembly
that there is no shyrs cut to econo-
mic freedom" but we insist that the
shortest routetB labor emancipation
lis that whichsfne conflict of classes has
made and not the ono of compromises,
contract, check-off systems, given long
notice to employers before striking La
boris freedom is not TO be attained by
INDUCING in Civic Federation BAN
quets, nor with uniforms of the mill
tia Of Christ5and much less Boards of
Arbitration.
Your A. Of L. is not a road to
Iabor's freedom either short or long
it is a mesh in which the workers
are trapped 9TH the bait Of harmony
of interest between slaves and mas
tiers and tied up to capiEalisva by time
contracts that pssyeEt ti9 " to often
the workers to siif. IS heiz solidarity
for each other It is the contract that
binds the coal miners Fof Montana,
Wyoming, New Mexico and Kansas to
dig coal against the long struggling
and valiant miners of Colorado-and
best we forget many of the miners of
the mentioned states belong to Saint
ly John D.
It is the sacred contract that binds
the Pennsylvania coal diggers to dig
coal for 5 cents less than that asked
by the miners of Ohio. The holy jur-
ament that causes union min
ers in all surrounding states of Ohio
to dig coal and union railroad work
ers to! transport this union coal into
Ohio. The coal miners are the Civ
ers of fuel to industry, yet one part
of the army is fighting and the big
gest part of it continuing to obey the
flaws of the union" by virtually act
ing as traitors. The contracts expir-
ed in the competitive fields" at once
this year-but Illinois, Indiana and
Pennsylvania have gone back to work
and Ohio is left to fight alone.
Therefore the agitation and the nee.
essity of general strike in all mines
Of. the east in aid of the Ohio strug-
gle and general strike of all miners
in the middle and far west in aid of
the Colorado fellow workers. The
mine workers are tied up. with con-
tracts to dig coal for definite period
of time, for stated aprices-but the
mine owners have signed no contract
as to where the coal will be sent.
The workers are confined and bound
in their activity but not the employ
ers.
In Ohio the coal diggers have been
on strike three months but the com.
pany men" pumpmen etc with union
cards in their pockets are permitted
to work. These men in fact are mine
doctors keep the bosses property in
good conditions, pump the, water and
foul air out of the mines. At the
same time no company stores, no COM
pany butchers, no company doctors
are sent by the companies to take care
of the coal diggers property, their life
the coal companies mules are fed by
union hands but the miners kids can
go hungry for all the coal barons
care. There is no constitution mol
contract to care for the miners life
and health during the negotiations.
Hundreds, yea thousands of miners
are demanding that company men
be called out on strike and rather
than be affected by your criticism
am proud and shall continue to be-
that have had the opportunity to add
gers against such shameful conduct on
the part of company men," You
make an effort to show the duties OF
Officers" and the minority" It's the
old conservative cry-but you must
know the majority has only made
such progress as the minority spur.
red it to make, always by violating the
rules, precedents and constitutions OF
ia dead past.
We repeat that with you thet there
| is no short cut to economic freedom,
but If we undertake the march and
lon the road we feast at Civic Fedora
ton banquets and join in the drills
| of the militia of Christ as your A. F,
lof l. officers have been doing, then
we are not only not ON q short road
but on q spur track that leads back
to slavery.
Il we sign tFuces for years that only
ldisayma TIE AIRY 6 lahaE then ilaeed