Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-07-30


which is SO badly needed to fight the oppressors of
Labor and devotes il to condemnation Of the Labor
Movement Of West Virginia for its failure to release Fan
ME Sellins. This ceasure besides being most badly
Judged is decidedly merited The West Virginia State
Federation of Labor has fund ADEQUATE for its
penses local union in the state could likely to-
gether the $4,000 needed to release the miner prisoners
If there is any union with such treasury then have
never heard of it. The attempt to raise from all the
unions in the state would surely not be considered prac
cable And Cud it have been decided to take but
and desert the lance Of the prisoners just illegally
confined, long experience calls up its difficulty
And there are many who question the wisdom OF
fighting enemies with the weapons the enemies may
choose. To fight the capitalists with money is exactly
this Judge Dayton decisions have already cost the
miners than $1O0OO0 the case in which Fannie
Sens concerned is computed to have cost already
$4,000 exclusive of the bond Where is this to stop? Can
Labor scrape from It's little that the capitalists have left
al release Of Fannie Sens, but it is that
more than the capitalists continue 10 L8b them Of?
Shall always hire lawyers like John q! Palmer, who
will collect $4,000 and leave all his clients in prison? Shall
we always grove before tyrants like Dayton and tell the
workers to raise bonds by scrapng their aching bones
while he puts unoffe ndng and in JAIL he
has DONE and takes away the homes Of families he has
done?
Wheeling Labor may have been wrong in circulating
petition to recall Judge Dayton to urge Congressman
Nicely to ac and to demand Of the President uncondton
the Huntington Trades Assembly shares the views of
the editor Of it's organ is condemning it. The Ohio
Valley Assembly at least did something and result Of
that something people know Of Judge Daytons in
humanity to ths We're informed by all the 100000
that spent before. II
There are but two ways to+do anything, right way
and wrong way The miners spent 100000 in fighting
Judge Dayton, and not worker in hundred in West
Virginia knew about it. The Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly has spent about 5000 and not worker
in 100 in West Virginia that does not know about him
now and about his acts and what they against the
forward march of Labor
The editor Of the Labor STAR from the safety of an
other Federal Judicial District may call cowardice but
courage not always measured by the violence of words
It matters very little whether Wheeling workers
shall shall not go prison. but matters much whether
workers. who signed their to declaration when the
maddened Hatfield sud the signature to such declara
ton would mean imr rsonment and who, from soapbox
stage and press have said and done the things that Judge
Dayton said would imprisonment hardly seem to
merit the charge Of wardice gbly made from point
200 miles away.
Editor w 81. Thompson has served the working class
IN and out of JAIL and him for his loyalty but
reverence for faithful and bravery not necessarily
approval Of the act We respect the honesty and courage
OF John Brown but OF the wisdom of his action We