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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

the skies and when the workers awah.
en- there will dawn on the history OF
the race better and newer social
order ~-s.
Often we are accused of hating the
idle sons of rich men as a matter OF
fact they are as much the victim
OF capitalism as you are. The frui;
of exploitation turns to ashes on the
lips of Harry K Thaw when he is
sent to the asylum. Many are rich
doing nothing while the vast majority
are poor producing all.
Must Join Unions.
Make UP your mind you have a
duty to perform and if you remain in
different you are guilty of high treas
on to yourself. The emancipation of
labor depends on the industrial as
well as the political movement. Do
not be afriad Of losing your job. IL
its inception every great movement
world catches up with the idea and
it, is no longer revolutionary. Why
should there be child slaves in this
country while so many idle men tramp
from town to town looking for work?
Neglect Child-BuiId JaiIs.
Il have often been in the textile
mills of New England and watched
little girls feed great large machines,
the machines that starve them. In
the dawn of that new era u can see
the wonder of our descendants that
the world of today stood for this
thing. 1t is a proven fact that if you
neglect the child while young you
have to build iails and asylums to
hold them when they grow up.
take up the next daily paper you
can get your hand on and take a blue
pencil and mark out every item that
Ideals with crime and scandal and de-
pravity and you will be surprised to
find how little there is left. by
Your Fruits Ye Shall Know Them"
and the fruits of capitalism are bit
ter indeed.
eve see girls exchange their virtue
for pallet Of straw. Men enter a
life of crime because they can find
no honest work to do. The baby who
should be in school is doing the
worlds work. and so l again say to
you that Socialism is the modern
crusade" N -r.il
Prolonged applause punctuated his
address and the chairman spoke of
the Socialists of Bellaire being ready
and anxious to receive new members
and train them in their duties as
fclass conscious working men and
women.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
SWeatshop Conditions
4 In Washington P. 0.

Washington, April 6.-(Special)
That sweatshop conditions exist in tht
Post Office Department in WASHINGTON
and that q speeding-up process has
been adopted as = part. of re econ
omy and efficiency" program of the
Government was the charge made by
Representative j. /. Nolan of Califor-
nla, q union card man, on the floor
Il the House during the recent debate
On an appropriation bill The debate
was on clause appropriating money
for compensation on a pieces-rate bas-
is. After a sharp contest the clause
was ruled out Of the bill. Undoub-
teddy it will be restored later in secret
conference with the Senate.
The same bill originally carried an
increase OF $1,000 in the salary Of
Charles A. Kram, he official VINO is
responsible for the speeding up sys-
tenn. The House decided to give
Kram his raise.
The work which is now on a piece
work basis is at tabulating machines
Although the work of the office has
increased in the last few years, 1t is
being operated at less expense in
money to the Government than form
erly. The reason for this saving is
tnus given by a woman employed In
the service.
Nervous Prostitution.
"Sweatshop conditions will he found
o exist In many days if properly in
Vesugated. Many are breaking down
with nervous prostration, and it is
only question of time when eyery
one will have paralysis Of right arm.
Last February all limi was taken of:
each one told to do all she could.
The work was. four months behind.
so this helped to bring it up: at the
same time errors from last year were
produced in such quantities as to keen
he pay roll about usual The scheme
worked"
The women who are thus driven |
are paid $3.50 thousand for punching |
ne cards at the machines. They are !
charged 3 cents apiece for errors. or |
twenty times as much as they are |
9alQ TOT making an errorless card.
NOLAN told the House that through
ne installation of the tabulating ma
mines the Government has effected |
N enormous saving in tabulating mon II
y orders and vouchers. I'm al II
lltlon to that" he declared, .'the man H
Vno mas charge Of these machines ad- II
mis- that 1t is breaking down the
lealth Of these women. The emnlovs
es who have been on the nav roIl /
4 the Government for d ereat .manv,l
ears and d number who were trans r,,,
erred from the Bureau Of Erersv viIr
nd Printing WE found to he :. MT
lalnlea TO 40 this work. They haveI
g q nave young and strong womenI
sIano the strain. The strain in.l
ome Instances Is something aerce: T
INK thie Government ought 70 he
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
Get
Wage Increase

Lathers of Wheeling have secured
an increase in their wage rate. The
increase is in the nature of a com
promise. Previous to May 1st the IN
ion placed demand with the employ
ers for an increase to So per 1 900
for piece work and $40 per day, day
work. Failing to secure this the men
went on strike May LIST.
After about a week of idleness, dur
ing which no effort was made on the
part of the employers to bring in out
side strikebreakers, conference was
secured and compromise effected.
Had strike breakers been employed
the other building crafts would have
been drawn into the matter, ais no
union man of any affiliated craft will
work with non-union men of any other
craft. But, luckily, this did not hap
pen.
The new wages will be: $275 per
1000 piece work, and $4.25 per day
Of eight hours, day work, with better
working conditions.e The following
contractors have signed the new scale
w. G. Baughman; G.. D. Ebright, Otis
L. Depew, VIM. ERNEST, o. D. Groves,
Powell and Murphy, Thomas George,
VIM. A. Stoetzer, Herbert Welch, Will
liam Brown and Geo. W.. Petticord &
Co.
Two Not Signed.
The only two contractors who have
not signed are: Martin Fahey and
Philip Grim.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
WILL ENJOY SHORTER woRkDAv

Pittsburgh, April 16.--Nearly 900
garment workers in and around ljlfs.
burgh will be benefited by the renew,
al Of contracts between several en-.
ployers and the United Garment Nosk.
ers Of America. Under the agree.1 Il
the cutters have secured reduction of
four hours per week in theig Working
time, which gives them the eight ~, VI
day in their industry, with the s;l ne
rate of pay they received under the
longer workday. The tailor members
have secured a reduction of three
hours a week, which establishes ths
fifty-four-hour week foE/them, With nd
reduction in pay. The piecewora end
bers have secured wage mere. i
Garment workers officials are COZ RI
ring with other firms, and it is AeleyL
ed that additional compar III ac-
Ecept the new agreement.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
RE-ARGuMENTs oRr=rr9

Washington, April 16.-On April s
the, Supreme Court of the Uniled
States passed an order directing =azaa.
argument in the contempt case now
pending on appeal before it Of Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank
harrison. The. re-argument is to tai e
place on April 20, at which time Judg
Lurton, who did not attend tie origi-
nal hearing, will be present. The case
will have to be argued at length and
in all its features, as the order fol- Tie
argument was general in its terms.
What was believed would be the las
argument in this case was made lie
fore the court on Wednesday, Janaaty
z, when Judge 'Lurton was absent.
Since that time a decision has been
expected, but instead comes an order
to again present the case to the court.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

JUDGE DAYTON'S latest verbal spasm has branch
ed out to include the Associated Press. How the
Associated Press has ever offended him is beyond the
capacity of reasoning But the judge is not in that
category. The Associated Press is kind of capitalist
god mother to the capitalist papers Of America It has
the reputation Of standing for all that bad in system
because is old It has been charged recently by he
Masses" of New York with poisoning news in favor of
the Big Interests and recently with many specific
instances drawn from the West Virginia and Michigan
labor struggles by Charles Edward Russell in Pearsons
Because it sticks to capitalism and is against union
labor, to the extent Of defeating the Commercial
Telegraphers Union in its service it has been the
friend Of Judge Dayton and all the other foes of the
gained hosts Of Labor So when the judge roasted the
old A. p it like unto foolish striking his only
friend in a hostile crowd.
He probably did it because he wanted to roast the
Majority and didn't desire to thus .dignify" it. He
probably thought the smallest thing he could stoop to at
tack in the newspaper world the biggest thing in it.
and so the A. P.
But his explanation that charge to the grand jury
is his only way Of defending himself from irresponsible
papers, will not wash Is he after irresponsible
bartender when he dramatically nstructs grand jury
that who handled liquor could tell the truth?
Was he after irresponsible" workingman when he
condemned all organization Of Labor? And what sort of
open minded justice would be melted out to newspaper
reporter, liquor traffic employee, Labor unionst by
jurors whose minds had been prejudced by the judge be-
fore they ever heard word of evidence?
Judge Dayton is fitted by training, inclination asso-
caon financial compensation and previous condition of
servitude to be corporation lawyer, not judge.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
SAD EXPERIENCE

. Mr.. Geo. w. .Headly, who left ~.
city about one year ago to acccei
position with the Stone & Wobs,s.
Contracting company, has just lefa
ed from Fall City, Mass, where inv
just finished large electric rov@r
plant Mr.. Headly while at Fall civ
was forced to submit to an operation
while. being confined in the hospital I T.
wife who had been i'll for the las
took sick and died. The sad pai, +
the situation was that Mr.. Headly
unable to attend the funeral Of !,
wife. His many friends Of this =;
extends to him there heart felt sv..,
pathy in this time of trouble and snr
row.
Mr.. Headly is a member of the ,r.
penters Union and has deposited his
membership card with No. 8, where he
formerly belonged.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
: = - We RlIL NOW HAVE - =
Eetl1 Remarks
II NON HAVE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
By WALTER B. HILTON

THAT THE UNITED STATES COURT is being
used deliberately for the purpose Of breaking the strike at
an impartial tribunal considering every innocent
til proven guilty, but Judge Dayton has acted through
out In this though the victims dragged before him
were tried and convicted before he them
The latest judicial crime at Golfers bears witness
force of United States Marshals overlooking apparently
all the law violation that is going in West Virginia.
tered their gang at Golfers and led by the imported gun
man. OF the coal company swooped down upon handful
Of strikers camped hankcus upon their wrists and drag
ged them toward the far off Clarksburg jail.
Not among them resisted arrest not one even
talked back not had police record, and yet the
marshas acting under the orders of Judge A. g. Dayton
and as the plant tools of the coal barons of West Virginia.
handcuffed them and dragged them off like desperate
alleged oense is bailable, yet they handcufed and
dragged away.
This done simply in the hope of discouraging the
strikers The nine taken because they be-
ieved to be the leaders, and it hoped by the labor crush
ing coal barons that the sight Of their handcued leaders
on their way to dungeon under the orders Of in
spring court will break the spirit of the still fighting
the battle for decent living conditions for their wives and
Children and make them stink back into the beasty
dons imposed the coal barons under the sanction of
that same court.
Thus the court becomes not impartial Judgment
between right and wrong but class court standing
the side OF the oppressor class and against the oppressed
poverty stricken workers. 1t carries out the bidding of
coal company and treats criminals those who oppose
the companys profit grabbing, though those who oppose
may have lived all their years peaceful obedience to the
law Of the land.
But it will fail of it's purpose The people will not
much longer submit to law like that to judge who
CONSTITUTES the law like that They will begin to ask them
selves what famindedness be expected of United
States judge, who, like Judge Dayton, permits his own
son. paid attorney of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company to practice before him for that same company
They will begin to ask many things which the Majority
will help them to think of, from now on.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
Laundry Workers
Ask Higher Pay

Wheeling Laundry Workers have
made a request of their employers fol-
higher pay. -
The request is most modest one,
as they are asking for a minimum Of
but $3.50 a week for the girl workers
and an increase of five per cent for
all other workers. At present, it is
said, some girls are paid as low as
$3.50 per week.
A conference was held last week be-
tween representatives of the Laundry
Workers Union and the laundry prop
rietors, and it is believed certain that
the wage increase will be granted
without trouble. The new scale is to
take effect May LIST.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
Sentence Stayed
Until April Is

The twenty men and one woman I'm
der Judge Dayton's and the PITTSBURGH
West Virginia Coal company's dis
pleasure were taken to Philippi again
for sentence April Is, 1t their own
COST Of time and money, only to BE-
informed that sentence would be stay
ed until April 25s The reason for the
delay was that the appeal to tn.
Circuit Court of the United States haC
not been perfected, but although this
could not possibly have.been unknown
to Judge Dayton and the attorneys for
the company, all the victims were
again dragged to tfhiiippi and at then
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
broad enough and big enough to- treat
its women employees decently."
Terrorism Prevails.


its women employees decently."
Terrorism Prevails.
Terrorism is said to prevail is the
office in question, for corr lainis are
risky things for cweatshop workers
to indulge in. Those women down
there" said Nolan, fare so situated
that they are in fear of losing their
places. They say hat if anybody goes
in there and talks to an employee and
gets any information, that employee
will lose her position"
"a regular hell on earth is the
way Rep. Bryan Of Washington CHAR
acterized' conditions. every #princi-
pie hat has heretofore been held dear
to employees in the Government, in
the interest of emulation, of advance
ment, of merit, and reward is laband-
oned,'' he told he House.
Another provision in the bill which
contained the piece work clause was
to the effect that in the future when
any vacancy occurs in departments
where piece work is instituted, there
shall be no promotions, the office thus
vacated ceasing to exist and the mon
ey appropriated for it going into the
piece rate business SO as to extend
its operation. This ends all hope OF
promotion for those of Uncle Sans
sweatshop slave whsose lot forces
them to work at the tabulating ma
chimes. -
Government employees of this class
are unorganized.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
URGES ORIENTAL EXCLUSION

London, April 16, -"The Round Ia
BILE" a quarterly review, prints an
article in its current issue demanding
rigid restriction of Oriental immisEa.
ton into Canada. which, it says, would
be possible merely by a "gentlema n.
~ understanding" such as China has
with Japan, and with heavy fine ion
steamship companies intreducing such
immigration.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
READY FOR VOCATIONAL STU by

Washington, April 16.AzThe conn lis
sion on vocational study, re emily APP
pointed by President Wilson, has Or
ganized by electing Senator HIKE
Smith chairman, and delegatingNy The
non-Congressional members the NaSk
OF outlining plan of work to st hdy
the question of vocational and trd des,
training for the purpose of making
a report to Congress. 1t is inter ded
to commend practical course Of
studies on this subject for use in our
public schools that will supplant the
fads and theories in vogue in many
sections, which the Seattle convo' on
of the A. F.. of L. declared to lit
IN "a smattering of general know ige
that cannot be definitely applied VI hen
the student comes to take up the real
work of life" The trade unionisl$ on
the commission to investigate tpb 'ub-
ject are Charles H. Winslow, of the
Sawsmiths, and Miss Agnes EestoF, OF
the Glovemakers.
--O-
y year local doing its part BY the
store Of . A6FeAant ,Wh0 Ae0a nat 3D.
7SrAAr@ - eA@ - A9~eT0
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

own expense, possibly simply to add
~ their burdens.
All of them face Jail terms because
they have dared to strike against the
Vest Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal com
Dany and thus incurred the displeas-
ire of the company and Judge Day
ton.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

tory is in need of proper sanitation
and the force of strikebreakers must
be disposed Of. The settlement j. : ;
pronounced victory for these mnsical
workers, and when the terms Of sa S-T''i
ment was read to them by their Conn.,
mittee,-it was unanimously ado6te@
The strike started last June, and inyol.
we'd $50 workers. -. Vi
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

thing until the people finally lost interest and then take
meekly OF reckl essly what is thrust upon them.
Of the Trades Assembys filtration committee before the
City Council last Tuesday evening" to urge haste on the
part Of that body, is simply notice that Labor will not
stand Tor that game being worked in Wheeling
to buy spring water like unto the Board Of Control are
to decent water to drink and they intend to have
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
JOIN THE UNION-You cooks. walters. waitress,

JOIN THE UNION You cooks, walters mattresses,
ers, building aborers stenographers bookkeepers tee-
phone operators, inenen janitors hosting engineers
wire workers, confectoners, bakers and employees Of
Wheeling Stamping Works, Wheeling Can Company,
HazeAtlas, Neuralgylne, Merchant Evans Co., Stein
metz Box Factory, Stife Calico Works. Stone Thomas,
Shocks, Geo. E. Sfel Co-and the other factories and
stores in Wheeling.
The union will get you higher wages shorter hours
better working conditions and give you the independence
that you cannot have otherwise and without which you
cannot be real men and women
Isl; to make yon succeed thre is moth
ing to make you fail but your own fear,
WE WILL NOW SEE an exhibition on the part of
Board of Control of how not to give the people
whatth and get away with it The ydalying
ON the water filtration question has been for the purpose
of forcing the 9nical system upon the people.
Its old trick, this thing Of delaying and muddln
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
Jf lin COLEMAN CO.,
HOTEL MECCA
.HEMIsTs & DRUGGISTS
THREE STORES

1885 and 81 Market Street.
Newly Remodeled, Strict Attention
Paid to Guests, Everything up-to-date.
Rooms so and 75c, Including Bath.
Meals Served day and night STAG.
HARRY A. PARADISE.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-02
GEN. FRANCISCO VILLA"
still Flaht at Torreon.

Juarez, April i1.-Heavy fighting was in progress at Torreon today, according to a 1000 word report re. ceived by Gen. Carranza from Gen. Villa tonight
 The gist of the information was given out through Gen. Carranzas secretary, Alfredo Breceda, to the ef- feet that the heaviest fighting was proceeding in a so-called canyon nam ed Hurache, the southern railroad exit from the city
 The canyon is said to be in real- ity sort of basin formed by the proximity of three mountains. Through this basin two railroads run. It is one of the most strongly forti- fled of the federal positions and Senor Breceda said the rebels were meeting with stubborn resistance,
 It is reported that Gen. Maas with federal endorsements, who has been exported at Saltillo from where he recently has been seS-J--g dispatches and which is to the east of Torreon, IS making 0 circuit to the south with the purpose, the rebels assume, of joining the Velasco forces in I1ua- rache Whether the rebel force un. der Gen. Herrera. sent out to inter. cept him, has been engaged is not known. According to Seenor Ere ceda, the rebels have cut the rail- road between San Luis Potosi and Aguas Calientes. This is 300 miles cate the activity of another column of rebels intent on hindering- the movements of the federals.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-02
Hutton Makes Statement.

W q, Hutton, secretary Of the dem- ocratic state central committee. this morning refused to accept and file the certificate showing the official vote of Poinsett county as reported by Clyde Going. The refusal was based on the fact that the certificate was not signed nor certified to by Marion W. Hazel, chairman of the Poinsett county central committed The refusal of Secretary Hutton to accept the returns from Poinsett county gives another angle to the senatorial race and may decide the race in favor of Judge Kirby over Senator Clarke.
 Mir. Going went to the office of the state central committee in the South ern Trust building this morning at ll:30 and produced the certificate. The refusal of Mir Hutton to accept was based on the following conten- tions, made in a statement, which is as follows
 'I, as secretary ot the slate demo- cratic central committee. refuse to accept or file the certificate said to be the returns of Poinsett county, rendered to me by Clyde Going. "The rules of the state central com mittee require that the returns for senate offices and the United States senate shall be certified to the secre- tary of the state ceutsal committee by the chairman and secretary of the cCdnty central committee,
 The certificate rendered does not bear the signature of Marion w. Ha- gel. who is the chairman of the Pon- sett county central committee, ac- cording to tae records on hle w4-- the state central committee; neither do our records show of the election of H. B Thorne as secretary to sue. ceed Vester Thompson, secretary of the Poinsett county central commit. tee
 "lt is, therefore, not a certificate.
 w. c. HUTTON, Secretary, Democratic State Central
 Committee"
 The law requires that the returns from the counties be filed with the state committee secretary not later than five days after the election. To day is the seventh day since last Wednesdays primaries,
The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-02
Huerta Addresses Congress.

Mexico City, April 1.-"Before leaving these precincts must en- grave upon your hearts that it is my purpose, as I have said to the na- tional congress, to achieve the peace of tAe country and if to do so your sacrifice and mine shall be indispen. sable, you and 1 will know how to sacrifice ourselves. This is my pur, pose or what is the same thing. my profession of political faith"
 With this statement President Huerta ended his message ot congress which convened tonight. The docu- ment otherwise was devoid of sensa. tional statements or dramatic effect. Throughout the reading neither mem bers nor those in the ballery inter. rupted with applause. Just before his closing words the president paus- ed and surveyed the house. which became unusually silent. He pointed his finger as he impressed on the con- gress his profession Of political faith" Then came applause. with cries of Viva Huerta.''