Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-09
Deliberate Missta tements
By Government Officials

hat the release of Fannie Sellins,
sought for by organized Labor in
West Virginia, and desired by prac-
tically all of the people of this state,
is being prevented by the trickery of
certain time serving politicians and
capitalist tools who happen to hold a
position of temporary authority, is
made evident by recent correspon-
dence with James A.-Finch, pardon
attorney in the United States Depart
ment Of Justice.
1t seems that Stuart w. Walker,
. United States attorney for this
fdistrict, has been telling the Depart
ment Of Justice that Fannie Sellins
was not in Jail, that she never was
really in cell, and that the very mild
confinement, ION the second flood"
disseminated long since, she having
been released on her own bond by the
good and kindly Judge Dayton. /.
Carpenters Begin.
The Carpenters began the cores
iondence when ]. S. Chenoweth, the
secretary, wrote to Mr.. Finch. His
reply was turned over to the Ohio Val
ley Trades and Labor Assembly by
MIR. Chenoweth, and a, telegram of de-
NAL sent Mr.. Finch followed by a
letter giving detail. This was given
as Instructions to the committee on
the Dayton case, consisting of w. B.
Hilton and L. J. Latham Mr.. Finch
replied with a telegram stating that
the United States attorney had given
him his Information, and followed
this with letter, which was again
answered by the special committee.
The Correspondence.
The correspondence which is given
+ below, shows to what depths the hire
lings have gone. Deliberate misstate-
ments have been made with the evil
dent object of prejudicing the. case
against Labor. The latest and acrook-
eldest is the endeavor to make it ap-
pear that Labor charged that Fannie
Sellins was in a "cell' with men,
when it was really charged that she
was in a 'jail" with men She stays
in the cell because to go outside is
to be in the center of a number of
men of all kinds, brought in at all
hours, for all sorts of offenses. These
are all in the jail room, and there is
no separation whatever for women
prisoners.
Following are the letters:
The Carpenters Letter.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. &c.
Greeting:
We blush with shame to be forced
10 tho 81 off
ton of our. National Executive Head,
! to the unprecedented conditions ex-
isting especially throughout the North
ern District of West Virginia, with
! reference to the crushing devices and
UNJUST treatment used against the
working. class of people administered
by Wholesale at the hands of Judge
A 6 Dayton. Federal Judge, North
ern District this tSate..
We feel that the same protection
under our Constitution should be Civ
en- the class of people we represent.
as thai guaranteed and meted out TO
the capitalist class, and that fairness
should be exemplifed at all times by
We are- loyal to our Government
our High Officials.
and State and law abiding and tax
paying citizens under this Common
wealth, and We appeal to you as our
N,atioal Head, to use such means as
ueemed necessary to bring about peace
ana harmony this State, where terror
[eisns supreme, and break the yoke
mat is being forced upon us and drag
glng us back to the old time slavery
days
This fair state of ours is being. ter
[oflzed.e Russianized and Martyrized-
our dear people are being shot down
under our very eyes like feroucious