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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
BY John M. Work.


Labor Day comes on the first Mon
day in September.
Capital Day occurs on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in Novem
Der,
On Labor Day, we working people
pat ourselves on the back and tell our
selves that we are the people.
On Capital Day, millions of honest
Workingmen vote for Capitals inter
est and against their own, while the
capitalist laughs gleefully and says:
'.What an entertaining and accomo:
dating damn loot labor is, anyway
\ 1t is to the interest of the capitalists
to keep on exploiting the workers out
Of the most of the values of their labor
It Is to the interest of the workers
to put an end to exploitating.,
Exploitation of the worker by the
capitalist is the core and essence OF
capitalism. 1t must continue so long
as capitalism continues.
The capitalists are numerically
weak. Their votes are t. clcl.
t continue exploitation one hour.
Exploitation is continued by the
votes of the workers themselves. The
workers walk up to the ballot box on
election day and vote the capitalist
tickets,
Therefore, the capitalists have conf
troll of all the public powers,
When they use their public powers
to Cypress labor, why should labor
complain? Labor voted for oppres-
sion.
= When a capitalist judge issues an
Injunction against labor, why do you
growl? You voted to have MIN do it.
When a capatilist governor or presi-
dent orders out the troops to shoot
down workingmen and assist the CAPT
talists to win strike, why do you
swear at him?' You voted}to have him
do it.
When the periodical. hard times
come and your wife and babies cry
for bread, why do you object? You
voted to have the hard times come. .
The United States is a popular gov
eminent. ALI statements to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, the people rule.
Their will. as expressed at the ballot
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10

sears u tas DrIatea gIssMze. W.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
an|ntGfnatiOn3| WOrkinqnlan'S Nati0l

Revolutionary, was the The States
counted five instead of four million
people. A million of Welsh miners,
Scotch carpenters, German masons,
Irish laborers, and so forth, came and
built new nation on this side Of the
Atlantic Ocean. Cities sprang up and
trade followed in their wake. This
was the first period of our industrial
growth, when the fruits of early Euro.
pean Inventions were utilized and pro
NOTED by the new government.
The effective application of steom
to the machinery increased our activi-
ty and gave new impetus to the in
flux of of foreign labor, especially was
this noticeable after the European
strife during the decades following the
year 1889. 1he new arrivals helped
to; utilize the new invention of steam
Efocomotion and the factory method of
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
LABOR DAY AND CAPITAL DAY
box, is approximately carried into -ef-

box, is approximately carried into eff
fleet.
You get what you vote foI! . h
So long as the Worke continue. t
vote for exploitation, bullets, injunc-
tions, lbacklists and HARD t1meG, ,-ley
will surely get them.
When they quit voting for their
enemies interests and begin to vote
for their own, all these outrages will
dissolve like the mist before the morn
| ing sun, and Socialism will begin.
There is on other way.
I The Republican Democratic and
Bull Moose parties get their campaign
funds from the capitalists. They are
run in the interest Of the capitalists.
+, The Socialist party gets it's cam
paign fund from the working class
1T is run in the interest of the work
ing class. =
The Republican, Democratic and
Bull Moose parties stand for the con-
tinuation of exploitation, military OPP
preston, injunctiens, blacklists, pow
erty, and all the miserable retinue of
capitalism.
Tie Socialist party stands for the
abolition of exploitation, military OPP
| pICSSlOu 1uJunCIlOHS, DldChIlSIoS pOf-
erty, and all the rest of the wretched
retinue of capitalism.
The howl which we hear in favor
!. of the humiliation of the trusts is the
doleful wall of the middle class. The
small capitalists in the middle class
want to smash the trusts so that they
can, explicit labor themselves, instead
Of letting the big capitalists get the
lions share of the swag as at present.
Does 1t make any difference to you
whether the bandit who robs you car
ries a rifle or a pistol?
| No?
| Well, then, it doesn't make any diff
ference to you whether the Republic
can or Democrat or Bull Moose party
wins No matter which of them wins,
you have to hold up your hands and
| be stripped OF the bulk of the value
of your labor.
| The tariff question, the trust smash
ling question and the trust regulating
question, are merely squabbles be-
tween the capitalist robbers as to how
they shall divide the booty they steal
from the working class.
None of these issues tuch the inter
ests of the. workers. The thing which
the workers must have to secure per
manent relief from poverty is the col
lective ownership and control of the
exploiting Industries.
To accomplish this, the working
class must capture the powers Of gov
eminent.
Then, the benefit will go to those
who do the necessary and useful men
tai and manual labor.
This can be accomplished only by
voting the Socialist ticket.
so long as the workers vote the CAPT
talist tickets, election day will be
Capital Day.
When they ote the Socialist ticket,
election day will become magnificent
Labor Day. %
That time is not far away. It is.
steadily approaching. Every time
worker finds out what's what, he be
gins to vote the Socialist ticket.
Thousands of workingmen have
found it out of late. Thousands more
are finding it out right now.
At the present rate, we shall not
Aave to wait long until labor will
emancipate itself by making election
day a Labor Day.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10

manufacture extended itself to many
branches. Success followed, glory
came-ours is among the greatest ma
lions of the earth. In industry, too,
We rank among the first, while our
trade is worldwide and wealth fahul-
GUS.
But, workers, you who made this
glory possible, you who have given
freely of your brain, sfnew and mus
cle-you, the, real creators of all that
wealth, don't you realize that you have
protted but little by/it,
Is it not time that you bark to the
clarion call--"Workers of the World
Unite?" Make common cause, you
toilers of all >nations gathered under
one flag, serving one master, suffer
ing of the same disease oppression,
for you must seek common remedy
to rid yourself of it
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10

cream from He'll is guaranteed pure
and cooling"
Still another bears the inscription:
Have you been to He'll? Its the cool
est place in Farrell"
When a stranger enters Main street
he is startled by big billboadr read
ing: Hell is here; don't miss the
place."
A block further down the street this
sign is. encountered: "You will find
everybody there on a hot day: He'll
is always open"
The big sign which, however, at
tracts most attention is in front of
Hell's place of business. It represents
young couple eating ice cream and
the young woman saying to her escort,
Hell for mine; always"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
ThePoets Corner

UNSEXED.
BY Berton Bra4ey. "

It does't unsex her to toll in a Factory
Winding the looms from the dawn
till the night;
To deal with schoolful Of children
refractory
Doesn't unsex her in anyone's sight.
Work in store where her back aches
inhumanly-
Doesn't unsex her at all you will
note,
But think how exceedingly rough and
unwomanly
Woman would be if she happened
to vote!
To sweat in a laundry that's torrid
and torrider
Doesn't substract her from womanly
charm;
And scrubbing the flags In the echo
ing corridor
Doesn't unsex her-so where is tha
harm?
It doesn't unsex her to nurse US witt
bravery,
Loosing deaths hand from It's grip
on the throat;
But ali! how the voices grow quivery
quavery,
Wailing: "Alas, twill unsex her to
yote!"
tshe's feminine still when She juggles
the crockery,
/ Bringing you blithely the order yor
n give; M
Toll in sweatshop where life is 3
mockery,
/ can live +
THAT doesn't seem to unsex her a par
Labor is noble 80 SOMEBODY
wrote
but ballots are known as dangerous
/ article,
/ Woman's unsexed if you give her tn
vote! -
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
BY Theresa serber MalkieI.

Ours is, and eyer was, a'%natlon
composed of the workingclass OF all
races, From the very beginning --from
the hour that the white man set foot
on these shores lit was theAw orers OF
many nations who held alofte the torch
of progress as they markeds the path
after the red mans trail.
The abused and disinherited of Eng
land, Spain, Holland and France were
the first permanent settlers on this
soil. With pick and shovel, saw and
axe, they moved ever onward-c1ear7
ing forest, laying roads, slowly turn II Il.
ing the wilderness into Th4blt
land, gradually laid the foundation for
the wonderful achievements to come.
These were made possible: under the
changed economic and political con-
ditions. Within two, decades after the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10

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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
HELL IN BUSINESS

The Damn family, of world fame,
bids fair to lose its reoo~'p v
coYery of the Hell family In the town
Of Farrell, built by the United STATES
st 4" ration.
Members Of the Hell family are not
ayerse ito using their name in Bust
ness way. The. head of the family,
Conrad Hell, an ice cream manufac-
Iturer, has. signs reading: 60 to Hell
f. j - crea+a!" scattered throughout
the city, Another sign reads: 'Tce
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
Year Of Remarkable
Socialist Progress
an q. a. IHoEHN.

BY G. a. HOEHN.
Within the last twelve months the
international Socialist movement has
made wonderful progress
In a number of countries, general
elections have taken place during the
year and in every instance the Social
lists gained in votes and mandates.
In Italy, our comrades almost doubt
ed their previous vote, and the number
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10

of members elected to the Chamber OF
deputies the total Socialist vote
reaching almost the million mark 1897 ;
OOO), electing 70 Socialist members to
Pertinent
In the Argentine Republic, the So
cialists increased their representation
to the National Congress from 2 to :,
increasing their vote correspondingly.
Sweden had general election, and the
socialists increased their number OF
members in the Rigsdag (Congressl
from about 40 to "a.
In Bulgaria, where the Socialist par
ty had practically no representation IN
the Sobranje (National Legislafure)
There are today. 81 Socialistsm embers
in the legislative body, finland IN
lcreased the number of Socialists In
1.-THE National Parliment from581 to 80
lin spite of the Russian Cars tyranny
and persecution. III
The latest news of unprecedented
ISocfalist progress comes from France
iWhere the Socialists sincreasedN tnei1
Evote by about i300,000-re aahing the
IL 400 900 mark-gaining 26 new seats
lin the Chamber of Deputiee, where
Itney are now IepIoseuteU ny AtAoA.t
bers,
in Germany, Holland and other coun
tries, good Socialist progressaWas alst
sEmade in municipal and local M specia
ELECTIONS. Mfs'A1
/ The three central European coun
tries Austria, Germany and f'rance-
1have today combined Socialist Vot'
of over 100000. n
Il What a magnificent army of labol
working for freedom and internationa
Elpeace! =
1t is now up to the Socialists of tn
United States to add to thase~ man.
victories of the Internationa Social
| ist movement at the next Noyembe
election. q,
Now is the time to prepare for tn
great Socialist campaign. "a -.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-10
HIS HEART WAS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE. Ii u a.

An Irishman applying for "a pension
at Washington insisted upon the jus
tice of his claim owing to the Tact that
he had been wounded while in the
service of his country.
.sHow and where were you wound
[ed?" one of the committee inquired.
Placing his hand over his heart, he
said: 81 was shot in the brf lass on 9
Iretrate from Bull Run, Yer Honor.
stShot through the breast on q, re
ltreat?s said the committeeman. How
lcould You be shot through the breas1
ion retreat?n
& had the indiscretion to turin am
Hook back, Yer Honor"
ssBut if you were shot through tht
breast in the place you indicate, TIL
hall would have gone thro you
heart. How is that"
Me heart was in me mouth at tn
thine Yer Honor."
Il He got his pension.
Evening star., 1914-12-30
THE EVENING STORY.
THE POOR GIRL.
Copyright. 1914. by W. wernerl

Copyright. 1914, by W. Werner9
The girl who worked for her board
at Mrs. Crandalrs-worked hard, too,
that she might get little more school
ing and learn to teach-came down.
stairs on that perfectly gorgeous octo-
ber afternoon eager and happy for the
hours airing allotted her before it was
time to prepare dinner.
1t had been a busy Saturday; but
then all Mrs. Crandalrs Saturdays
were busy. On that day Muried did
the sweeping and busting and rug
shaking, changed the beds and the ia
BILE, secured the faucets and baked
beans, cake and pie, besides running
innumerable errands. Mrs. Crandall
had two boarders and was an old hand
at the game of keeping help" She
of service out of Muriel, and she did it
unfailingly. And Muriel. young and
innocent and eager for an education
which should, by and by, be used to
the profit of a houseful of young sis
ters, ran and waited and obeyed and
tried gratefully to believe her task
mistress kind
Muriel was twenty and usually tired
looking. She had smooth. fair hair
and gray eyes, with perfect cascade of
eyelashes falling over them. and an
oval face. Frightened by a darling
mouth. Today she had a little color
also in her cheeks. for just that morn
ing her mother had sent her two
dollar bill and told her to buy with it
lily two-dollar bills were of rare ac-
count, and she was going forth now to
spend the treasure on white kid gloves
at a dollar pair for herself and on
Evening star., 1914-12-30

grave and his touch was SO consider
ate. He made them up into a parcel
again and tied the parcel securely.
You see," he explained. Il worked
in a grocery store once on time.
There you are! I guess it won't give
you any more trouble"
THANK YOU" Muriel murmured. And
then because she could think of moth
ing more to say, she said again, Thank
you.'' more fervently. and fled.
The two teachers looked up as she
mounted the steps.
Did you find that adventure you
were after?" Miss Smith asked, with
amusement.
Muriel flushed. yes, I think-I did,"
she stammered, and sped indoors to
where Mrs. Crandall was waiting, very
grim of face, to receive her excuses.
"And I told you the new boarder
was coming she said. zone I'm very
particular about, too. He's the new ed
itor of the Exchange. Miss Van Street
knows him, and I suppose if it wasn't
for her / wouldn't have got him at all
You've put me out considerable, young
lady, ] can tell you that
Tired as she was Muriel went be-
tween kitchen and dining room as If
other unpleasantness, she had had
real little adventure, and she liked to
remember the frank eyes that had
looked into hers so kindly. Even
though She never saw him again he
would always be a glad memory for
her.
Dinner was under way. In the kitch-
en- where she was waiting to serve the
meat she could hear gay voices at the
table. Miss Van Streets voice was gay
est of all. Then Mrs. Crandall, who al
ways ate with her boarders. rang the
bell and she went in with her tray
load.
And there right opposite her at the
table sat he of the frank eyes! He was
the new boarder. Muriers heart gave
turn and she felt her pretty dream
turning into a nightmare. For she was
only the girl who worked for her
board.
But when she came to his side he
spoke. How do you do?" he said, IT
hope you got that bundle safe home ?"
Yes, I did," Muriel breathed.
Miss Van Street coughed. where did
you ever meet herr" she demanded,
sharply.
The young editor looked earnestly at
Muriel's sweet face, and there was both
reverence and the joy of having dis
covered a great prize in his voice as he
answered in that final way a man has
of settling the question with the wrong
woman forevermore.
Where did I ever meet her?" he said,
dreamily why. I've known her al
ways. We were-friends on another
planet thousands Of years ago"
(THE END.)
Evening star., 1914-12-30

SO that she always had to go with her
mouth little open. Miss Van street
had brown hair and tried to powder
out her very persistent freckles. She
did not dress as well as did Miss
Smith, but she used more color. and
so was always the more conspicuous OF
the two.
Where are you going?" inquired Miss
Smith, negligently.
'Im going out to look for an ad-
venture" replied Muriel. breathlessiy.
and to buy a pair of white gloves,
"Cotton?" asked Miss Van Street She
exchanged a glance and tontemptuous
smile with Miss Smith.
Both smile and glance stung MurIel;
to her gay little Familiarity. They
felt above her. She was merely the
servant. She ran down the steps lest
t&ey see her quivering chin. But the
splce was all out Of her little after
Moons concoction of happiness.
A side window opened and out came
Mrs Crandalrs head Now remember,
you can't be away more than an hour"
she called. There's extra for dinner
tonight The new boarders coming"
I'll be on time" choked Muriel.
Just for a moment she felt that all
the dollars in the world could not buy
back the joy she had lost somewhere
between Mrs. Crandall's screen door
and the front walk. But once in the
lightful errand. 1t is no trivial matter
when one Is buying ones first pair OF
white kid gloves. And then there were
all the other things, from a rubber ball
for the baby to u cheap novel for
mother. who still had a girlish fond
ness for love stories. So many pur-
chaseS made considerable parcel.
When Muriel left the store she was
laden. Across the street the great clock
in the jewelers. window startled her by
pointing to a quarter past 5. She was
five before she reached home. What
would Mrs. Crandall say? In her dis
may she had relaxed her hold upon the
parcel and it fell upon the sidewalk
with 4 thump that burst it asunder.
Poor Muriel gave a cry and looked
down at all her foolish little treasures
lying there at her feet. The colored
ball. indeed, with all the instability of
rubber. was hying itself straight across
the path of 4 passer-by.
He picked it up and then he saw Mu-
riel and realized what had happened.
He was a tall. dark, bright ced young
fellow in exceptionally good clothes.
Muriel had never seen him before, but
when with a quick Let me help you."
he came to her aid, she felt gratefully
that he was the kindest person she had
ever known. Deity he got all the
various trif1es together. Somehow Mu-
riel did not feel ashamed that he
should be handling them, he looked SO
Evening star., 1914-12-30

happy days for the little meadow and
forest people. To be sure, Danny Meadow
Mouse had to keep his wits about him
every minute SO as not to furnish a din
ner for one of those always looking for
him, but he was used to that, and, as
he often says, Half the fun in life is
saving it."
To be sure, Peter Rabbit always had
to have at least one eye open and one ear
cooked for Reddy or Granny Fox or Old
Man Coyote, but, as Peter says, lit Is
good for his wits and keeps them sharp
To be sure, Mrs. Grouse never made
a move without first looking this way and
looking that way and listening with all
her might lest Reddy Fox spring from
behind tree or fierce Mr.. Goshawk
swoop from the treetops, but as she has
frequently remarked, she ''enjoys the
spice of excitement"
Watching out for each other was part OF
life, and each felt quite smart enough
to take care of himself, which is just
as Old Mother Nature intended. 1t is
only the hunter with his terrible gun and
dreadful traps who brings constant fear.
and nothing makes greater unhappfness
than constant fear. So now that the
hunter no longer came, and now that
Farmer Browns Boy no longer set
traps, everybody was happy, for every
body could go about his own business
in his own way.
So Peter Rabbit merrily kicked up his
heel, and laughed at Reddy Fox when
he scratched his nose on sly old
bramble at the edge of the dear Old
Brier Patch. Chatterer the Red Squirrel
made faces and scolded at Black Pussy,
Farmer Browns cat, who should have
known better than to try to catch him
Jimmy Skunk ambled about, paying no
attention to anybody. Jerry MusErat pIlt
the finishing touches on his house for the
winter Bobby Coon curled himself up
to sleey, most of the time in his hollow
tree and didn't once dream that it way
being cut down. Mrs. Grouse enjoyed
her meals in comfort. Reddy Fox actu-
ally teased Bowser the Hound to chase
him just for the fun of fooling him when
he had had enough exercise. Little Joe
Otter splashed and played in the Laugh
ing Brook and the Smiling Pool right in
broad daylight, and didn't care who saw
him. Happy JACK Squirrel hunted for
nuts almost under the nose of Farmer
browns Boy.
Oh. those were happy days, very happy
days, And all because Farmer Brown s
Boy had learned to love the little peo-
pie of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows and had helped them in tn
Evening star., 1914-12-30
REPEL MOB OF MEX1CANs.
Americans in Texas Frustrate At.
tempt to Liberate Two Prisoners.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. December 30
Fifty American citizens repelled an at
tack by a mob of $50 Mexicans at Oak
vile, Live Oak county, last night. when
an attempt was made to liberate Ysi-
dor Gonzales. a Mexican sentenced to
be hanged, and Fredrico Sanchez. in
indicted for the murder of Jailer Harry
Hinton, four days ago.
Gonzales and Sanchez and a third
man were captured by mobs and
charged with the murder of the jailer,
who was killed while he slept Prison
ers in the Jail then escaped. The mob
lynched one of the men captured and
turned over the two others to the au-
thorities after Judge Chamblis pledged
his honor the men would be given
speedy trials
Gonzales was put on trial yesterday
and by night had been convicted and
sentenced to be hanged. Sanchez will
be tried today.
Evening star., 1914-12-30

A commission was appointed to take
charge of securing suitable lot and
Evening star., 1914-12-30
Nursed Husband
Back to Health

1864 found her in the Wilderness. Later
she worked in the trenches before
Petersburg. where her untiring energy
and executive methods gave comfort
and aid to countless soldiers. A little
before the close of the war Mrs. Bar
low was stricken by the scourge of
camp fever. She was brought to this
city and died here July 90, 1864. Upon
his deathbed Gen. Barlow conflded to
Capt. Scrymser his hope that a grate-
full nation would some time erect a
sacrifice of such women as Mrs. Bar
low
The beautiful memorial building is
the fruition of that hope. Except for
the Tai MehaI at Agra. India, which
was erected by Shah Jehan to honor
the memory of his favorite wife, the
memorial building viii be the most
beautiful structure in the world dedl-
Gated to woman.
When the corner stone Is laid 1t IS
expected that former President TAFT
will be the orator of the day. and that
former President Roosevelt will he in
attendance. while President Wilson, as
the highest officer of the Red Cross So
ciety, will preside. This participation
of three United States Presidents IN the
event will be one reason for consider
ing it the most notable corner stone
laying on record Cabinet members.
diplomats. officers and statesmen VIII
be III attendance in large numbers. BY
the elimination of the restriction of
the memorial to the women OF the
north, the building will form one more
testimonial of the absolute union or
the north and the south.