Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-11-26

by wholesale houses, his checks were
turned down by banks. But since
,reaking with the union, Bache haE
plenty of money The best attorneys
IN the state have entered court on his
oehalf He, himself, lives in princely
style. to say nothing Of the expense
Of the army of gunner, stockades
guns and other implements of his war
fare.
Two supposltions as to the source
of the money used by Bache are cur
rent Some believe that he is backet
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com,
pany. That this company would like
to divert public rage from itself and at
the same time extend its persistent
and persistent war on the cause OF
unionism to the Southwest, is urged
Another opinion is that this money
is coming from the SouthW estern In
terlState Coal Operators Association.
ton, he sued them for $4,000, charg-
ing the misrepresentation Of funds.
The u. M. w. of A. became interven-
ors in the suit and the testimony of
the operators was that the money an
accounted for had been paid to bride
two men. in the union ranks - Alex.
Howat, of Kansas, and Fred Holt. OF
Oklahoma. TIE nearest proof produc.
ed were vouchers given one coal opera.
tor by another. And at no time were
they able to show where these mes
relinquished a single point for which
they had commended, where they -waver.
ed in the least from the aggressive,
fighting stand which distinguished
them in their oranization. Through.
out the hearing the Association opera
tors protested extreme friendliness for
the union and deep regret that the
alleged facts had come to
light. Yet w. D. Ryan, one time pro-
eminent official of the U. M. W.. Of A.
and later commissioner for the South.
western Interstate Coal Operators
|Association, testified that ne had been
INSTRUCTED by motion Of the Assoc9a
Etion Executive Committee, eighteen
months before the hearing to "p It
John Up. White next" again. No word
was obtainable as to the purpose OF
negotiating the 1914-16 korking COLI
tract, until the destruction Of the
Bache properties. Then %here was an
Immediate settlemnt-
More and more the questions are be.
ing asked whether Bache and the As
Esociation are not working hand in
Ehand? Is he simply attempting to
pull their chestnuts from the fire
Was the law suit not fake one
Mo more has been done about IT..
Were; not the charges against Holt and
EHoWat but for the purpose of dividing
1.-THE men at a crucial time?
| No Hardship Too Great.
/ Bache alone, though backed by the
government. is not seriously menac.
fling figure. What is to be. feared are
other and larger forces. III any event
1.-THE men and women of the section are
| a unit and will count no hardship. OF
sacrifice too great to preserve the I'm
] ion. And through the uncertainty and
! fear many, are coming to turn 'thei,
faces and aims to q better day
/ This is not the first time the mer
of Hartford Valley have felt the strong
arm Of federal authority. In 1900, q
Democrat federal Judge, under a Re
publican president, blanketed the val
Hey with drastic injunction. This
time it is a Republican judge under
q Democratic president. But the in
functions are identical. The difference
now is that the seab operator is d Fed
eral Oficer and has troops to iDrotect
him.
The men are learning that Socialism
| is their only hope. That before the!
lean win, they must put their class o.
the judges. bench and likewise com
Inland the United States marshals.. tn,
larmy and the navy. - Is !
i With Gene Debs President and Dal
i Hogan, Arkansas last Socialist n0mi
slnee. Governor. Bache would have beSl
beaten before he got started. 80
i Industrial despotism Is unjust t,